Monday musings

Let's wring out a water-logged noggin, shall we?

• Ouch. The Riders dropped a 31-27 heartbreaker to the Edmonton Eskimos before a full house at Mosaic Stadium yesterday afternoon.
• Ricky Ray was absolutely unconscious at quarterback. If his receivers didn't drop a number of balls in the second half, the Eskies would have won in a walk.
• Kinda scary when Stevie Baggs admits on the post-game show that the defence wasn't ready for the short passing attack the Eskimos threw (literally) at them yesterday.
• It's interesting to see all the keen football minds on the message boards are blasting the Rider coaching staff for yesterday's loss, criticizing the offensive play calling in the 4th quarter.
• It's especially interesting when the critics believe they are qualified to critique professional football coaches on the basis of their (critics) many hours playing Madden football in their mom's basement.
• For instance, one of the reasons the Riders were stuffed trying to run the ball late in the game is because the running back (Cates) ran the wrong play. Watch the replay, as all the blocking went right, and Cates (after Durant had to spin around to get him the ball) ran left. Please don't blame the coaching staff for that.
• On the flip side, the atom Cougars roared to a 40-6 win over the Bisons in our regular season finale yesterday. The J-man notched five tackles and two forced fumbles. Nice!
• Next up, a yet to be determined opponent in our lone bowl (playoff) game next weekend. Bring 'em on!
• Hey, I forget. Have I advised you not to deal with Level Corp? Because you really shouldn't. Glad to help.
• The '03 Escape needs new tires. Who can set me up with a sweet deal? Anyone?
• Carlo Palazzo returns to the SportZone airwaves this week. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
• I'd like to thank the Cowboys' Marion Barber for pulling up lame on his way to a fourth quarter touchdown last night. That cost me my fantasy football league matchup this week, thank you very much!
• Colten Teubert and Matt Delahey will be back in the Pats' lineup Wednesday night when Regina visits Saskatoon. That will help immensely, providing both players are 100% motivated.
• So with Delahey back, that leaves the Pats with four 20 year old players. The others are Brett Leffler, Matt Strueby and Mitch Czibere. Which one sits and/or gets sent packing? I'd say it's a choice between Strueby and Czibere right now. Tough call.