I don’t think the Toronto win is considered “massive” by any standards. Even with Carter’s insane performance, the game still nearly came down to the wire had it not been for a mistake by Sears

Good for you.

..and then the subsequent season he was just good enough to back into the playoffs in the East, just barely squeaked by Hamilton and then got completely humiliated by Ottawa in the East Final.

Lol, so most teams want Franklin because he can play. Plus the last time our QB got hurt he came back on 8 and a row to win the GC. But keep talking

Pantsonfire….agreed…Labour Day will be the deciding factor for Stamps/Esks. Riders and Wpg will also settle I thought or two.

I’d read his comments before your endless whining any day.

Well firstly, SSK is actually 1 for 3 in the past seven Grey Cup games. If you’re going to cherry pick, at least learn how Google works.

It’s pretty telling when you have to narrow down your statistics to the point where they lose all meaning, just to have some way to make your team look slightly better than average.

Your Esks missed the playoffs twice in that seven year period, and had to back in through the East two other times. But they won the single Grey Cup game in which they played in that whole 7-year period, so that makes them a better playoff team than SSK, HAM, OTT, and CGY who have all managed to win their divisional championships and actually attend the “big show” multiple times.

Yeah.. I’ll take our “choking in the playoffs” over whatever it is your Eskimos have done over the past seven seasons.

I’m not trying to say the team is better than they are. They beat a team handily and are put below that team in the power rankings? Sorry but that dosent compute!
Hell BC played 3 games out early East this season in an 11 day period and won all 3 games. There is no excuses for short weeks or injuries or anything else.
All scoring plays are reviewed by the command center. The TD you are talking about was reviewed Why do you think you know more than the replay. Maybe they had a better angle than we did. Besides the Riders lost that game and I stated that. The fact remains all the Riders had to do was split the uprights from 45 yards out to win. They messed up. The same kicker cost them in their OT loss to Winnipeg.
No the Riders are not going to win awards this year. However they are going to beat teams that no one gave them a chance. Just watch and see.

So beating the second best team (by record) is worth a drop in the rankings because the Stamps beat the worst team in decades?? Don’t think so.