Friday thoughts

Thoughts on a soggy Friday in the big city:

• The Cougars dropped a 6-0 decision to the defending co-champs in our season opener last night.
• Great to see Perry Nyhus at the game last night. One of the real gentlemen in the broadcasting biz. Sorry about hammering your kid Perry, but that 's what you get for letting him play quarterback!
  
• Due to the defensive nature of the game, some folks think we should introduce a bunch of new plays on offence. To 9-10-11 year olds, who are having a hard enough time remembering the plays we already have. Uh, no.
• Speaking of armchair quarterbacks, now the campaign has started to dump Marcus Crandell as quarterback, following the Riders' 27-10 loss in Edmonton last night.
• Yeah, I'm sure Crandell was to blame for all the dropped passes and missed tackles too.
• A weekend with no pressing engagements until Sunday night. I may actually get to the gym for a refreshing change!
• Apparently, when it comes to the Olympics, Canada is a second half team.
• No big news out of Pats camp yet, but thank goodness Victor Bartley wasn't a no-show. He's going to be a key guy for the Pats this year.
• When can we expect one of the goaltenders to be traded? I'm guessing next week.