Well it's been a long wait but the Calgary Stampeders Football Club has finally begun it's training camp for the 2005 CFL football season. There's been a lot of changes in the off season. The team is almost completely new, from new ownership to a new coach, new starting quarterback and star receiver. The buzz in the city is just beginning and the team has some high expectations already. Only time will tell how the new team gels and time they will need. The regular season starts Canada Day July 1st, 2005. Against the defending Grey Cup champions the Toronto Argonauts. Watch it at 7pm Mountain Standard Time on TSN, The Sports Network. (I better get royalties.) Check out the stamps new website at www.stampeders.com.
GO STAMPS GO, GO STAMPS GO
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Games...games...we don't need no stinkin games!!!!
Ohh...uhh wait that was the other post....
YEEAAHHHH FOOTBALL HAS STARTED!!!!
I just have to say one thing though, whats up with those clown like uniforms?? The only hting good is the new 'sparkle' to the helmets. Makes it more easy to blind your oppenent.
GO STAMPS!!!
Yeah some of the designs of the new jerseys are stupid. But at least it's not something stupid like the LA kings use to have -- purple and gold.
Well Thank god something interesting is starting sportwise. The Dead Zone between sport seasons seems particularly long this year...( thanks for nothing N.H.L). If it wasn't for the CHL I would probably move to europe.
Zib..I actually think I'm going backwards in my sport watching choices. I used to watch almost anything involving chasing a ball/puck around, or anything with two fellas beating the holy s**t out of each other in a ring/octagon. Now I could really give a fart in a windstorm about 95% of the sports ( or sports entertainment) on TV. The Five Worst examples of televised sport.
5. Baseball - Man I used to love Baseball, but now I can't watch unless it's the Yankees and the BoSox in the playoffs. Did you know that the average two hour baseball game features 13 minutes of actual " ball in play " action? to slow for me man.
4. Tennis- I tried to watch some of the French Open this weekend but I swear I don't know who half these people are.I ended up watching re-runs of Malcom in the Middle instead. Also the Men's game hasn't had the kind of rallys that make the sport interesting, just power serve and volley. As for the women, two sets to win? I expend more effort taking a dump. Sure SOME of the women are cute and they wear short skirts, but give me Women's beach volley ball over tennis any day.
3. Poker/Pool/darts Are you kidding ...these are SPORTS?! I love playing poker, or pool but watching them on TV? Whats next The world " kerplunk" championship? If you like tv poker for the bets, I got a bet for you...I bet you could find something more interesting to watch...like for example flies fucking!
Strongman shows - Look I got nothing against stuff like Caber tossing, shot put etc... but it does not make for interesting television. Strength contests should only be on television when something painful happens ( "Oh the Big Russian has torn his arms off...that's gotta hurt his chances for gold"). where the hell do these guys come up with something like flipping a truck tire end over end five times, and who the hell wants to watch it? I say put all the juice monkeys in one room , last man standing gets to be govenor of Kali-foorn-ya.
1. NASCAR - The ONLY thing interesting about this snorefest is the crashes, Otherwise it is a bunch of cars driving in a circle for four hours. You can see the crashes on sportsdesk in a fifteen second soundbite. I shudder to think how many future Maury Povich guests have been concieved at NASCAR tailgate parties. The amazing thing about this sport is its popularity. I understand why the sponsors like it...the cars are basically moving billboards that witless mouthbreathers stare at for four hours at a time.
Dis-Honorable mentions go to ; soccer, cricket, rugby, curling, figure skating, the X games, bodybuilder / fitness / cheerleader compitions, bowling, track and field, gymnastics and womens hockey.
Anyway I gotta go...ESPN 2 and I are in talks to televise me picking ticks off my dog's ass...
The Stamps will finish in 4th spot right before Winnipeg!
Here are my comments in regards to the pre-season game against Saskatchewan:
1) Saskatchewan should have lost much worse regarding they didn’t play their star players(Dominguez, Keith, Reggie Hunt, Schultz, Nate Davis, MaCalla, Benefield, and Travis Moore) Calgary played the first half with most of their starters and only led by 5. Sask only started 6 starters.
2)Calgary receivers tossed more touchdowns than the QB’s did! (Copeland – 1, QB’s – 0)
3)Calgary’s best receiver (Copeland), got more yards passing than Smilin ‘Bank’ (Burris) (Copeland – 74 and Burris 70 in the whole half)
4)Burris only completed 31% of his passes. (5 for 16) Crandall 61%
Calgary fans, don't get you hopes up yet because you beat Saskatchewan's "ROOKIES"! haha
'That's great kid don't get cocky!.
Yes I agree Saskatchewan played mostly 2nd, 3rd, and 4th string guys. However; when the riders first string, Nealon Greene, played his only series it ended in an interception. Oops! Calgary's starting defense only played the first quarter. Which the riders scored zero points and the score was 10-0 for the Stamps.
Everyone knows the riders are chokers, look at Paul McCallum. It's a long season and anything can happen. What if the riders finish in 4th place? Oh my god! Heavens no. 'Think of the children'.
If that should occur I'm sure someone's lawn is going to suffer from a drive by "manureing". Those crazy rider fans!
Hey Schmunky, baseball is a multi-task spectator sport. You put it on the tv; then you either go on the computer or you do house chores. That way you don't have to watch the whole thing. You keep busy doing something else and you check in every so often.
Although I can sit down and watch an entire curling match. Which I imagine most people find terribly boring. I don't mind watching poker on tv. If it's someone I know, like Daniel Negreanu. I like the seeing good hands. Like straights, flush, full house, and 4 of a kind. But battling over a big pot is exciting too.
Everything else you are right on. It's only worth watching for the women and/or explosions.
Right now I'm watching a crazy man on tv. In his great words "my style is impetuous. my defense are impregnable"
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