Comments on: 2006 CFL Semi-Finals Review

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:03:16 +0000

yeah! i forgot about that behind the line of scrimmage thing. That had me scratching my head as to what the heck he was talking about. And I know what it’s supposed to be. But if walby said it, then it must be true :)

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:33:57 +0000

Good observations Bill. Hard to remember some of these things to write up. That “offsides” thing makes them sound like they are seven years old.

That wide open thing gets me too. Basically Canadian football broadcasters have a repertoire of a few sayings they repeat and repeat. Then you get into their basic understanding of the game, like mixing up post and corner routes, or outs and curls and calling formations the wrong thing. They all need to go to school. And Walby played the game but he still said multiple times this year, including last week, that “if that pass was behind the line of scrimmage it would be a lateral.” Either he does not understand or he is having a hard time explaining it. Either way, that is bad position for a colour commentator.

For the record, a forward thrown ball is a forward pass and not recoverable if incomplete. Anything that is parallel or behind the QB (line of scrimmage is irrelevant) is not forward and therefore a live ball. Underhand or overhand has nothing to do with it as well.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 01:53:15 +0000

and yeah, the Friedman water slave thing was funny :)

Anyone catch the signoff? Friedman said something like “Khari 0-and-2 Jones”.
I guess something to do with Khari picking winnipeg and calgary.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 01:50:55 +0000

Pinball doing that return was great! Luckily it wasn’t later in the game or some from winnipeg might have decked him :)

There did seem to be a lot of people there. They even had the 3rd deck open with people in it. Surprised it was really only 26 thou. Looked like more. And it sure seemed to be loud. Good for toronto!

Armitage has to be one of the worst culprits – try and count how many times he says “wide open” when a ball is thrown to a receiver. Matt Dominguez was wide open on the touchdown. Having like 2-3 guys there when the ball arrives is already wide open. Maybe “open” if he has a step or something but definitely not “wide open”. That’s got to be one of big my pet peeves.

Another one is how Darren Flutie and Khari Jones say “offsides” when there’s an offside penalty. There’s no “s”! That really bugs me too!

And thirdly is when their voice gets really high or excited when there’s nothing really happening. LIke a long bomb but then no receiver for miles and miles. Makes you look at the TV and it turns out to be nothing. WHY AM I TALKING IN THIS LOUD AND EXCITING VOICE! Annoying, eh? :)

I do have to admit that I found Mark Lee less annoying this season than other ones.

The one Chris Walby thing I remember from this game is on the Rider drive at the end of the half. He talks about not living off the short, sideline passes and that you have to go downfield to Armstead and Dominguez. Then he says we’re doing good going out of bounds to stop the clock. Argh! And we do end up going to Dominguez for the touchdown so that’s kind of funny :)

And I’m glad we won and Keith did great. That way nobody will remember the dropped touchdown pass or the dropped 3rd down pass (not all keith’s fault either).