Hello, Trevor Harris. It\u2019s been good, for years, your game has. But I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s ever been this good.<\/p>\n
So how about it? Five more years? Maybe 10?<\/p>\n
They say life begins at 40, so, are you in? Damon Allen was 44 when he played his last game. Just putting it out there.<\/p>\n
Here are the Week 7 takeaways.<\/p>\n
RELATED A FAST START IS COOL BUT THERE\u2019S SOMETHING EVEN BETTER THAN THAT<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n So, the Saskatchewan Roughriders were a little miffed that the Calgary Stampeders could spend a crappy night, four to a dorm room, and then push them around on their own field the next day.<\/p>\n Even though the sleep-deprived Stampeders offered up two big turnovers early in that game, the Riders found themselves down 7-3 after a quarter in that one.<\/p>\n A mission statement, then, was to get off to a fast start in Vancouver, against the BC Lions. \u201cThat\u2019s something that we preached, from the top down,\u201d receiver Dohnte Meyers<\/a> told TSN after the game.<\/p>\n Mission accomplished. Twice.<\/p>\n The Roughriders marched their opening drive 80 yards, on five plays, for a touchdown and a 7-nothing lead.<\/p>\n They marched their opening drive of the second half 66 yards on four plays and scored a major there too, to take a 30-11 lead.<\/p>\n The Riders grabbed control with that first touchdown, and tightened their grip with the second.<\/p>\n Because two fast starts are better than one.<\/p>\n IT\u2019S OFFICIAL: THIS IS A RENAISSANCE<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Say, friend, have you been waiting for the Calgary Stampeders to crash out and resemble the group that finished the last two seasons with 11 wins in 36 games?<\/p>\n Go home. That bus ain\u2019t comin\u2019.<\/p>\n With a 21-point home field win over Winnipeg in Week 5, followed by a road win in Regina last week, and now an impressive, 21-point Week 7 road win in Winnipeg, we have more than enough on aggregate to pronounce the 2025 Calgary Stampeders as the real deal.<\/p>\n Can they go worst to first when all is said and done?<\/p>\n That\u2019s to be determined with a lot of football yet to be played, of course.<\/p>\n But right now, the Calgary Stampeders are the standard by which all others are measured.<\/p>\n Been awhile since we\u2019ve seen that.<\/p>\n SOMETIMES YOU GET SO FAR BEHIND YOU\u2019RE FORCED TO ABANDON THE PASS<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A funny, non-conventional wisdom thing happened on the way to Montreal\u2019s 26-25 win over the Toronto Argonauts.<\/p>\n The Alouettes got so far behind they were forced to run the football in order to play catch-up, if you can believe it.<\/p>\n Montreal\u2019s first 16 plays from scrimmage were all passes. And what did they have to show for it?<\/p>\n An 18-4 deficit, with two and a half minutes left in the first half.<\/p>\n The Als took the ball next at their own 46-yard line and proceeded to rush five straight times, and six of eight times, overall, on a field goal drive that got them a little closer at the half.<\/p>\n When the night was over, the Als rushed 16 times for 84 yards, including quarterback Davis Alexander<\/a>\u2019s 10-yard touchdown run on the clinching score with less than two minutes left in the game.<\/p>\n Conventional wisdom? It can be a little overrated.<\/p>\n YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A FLYING RUNNING BACK<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n When it happened, I felt a little shock wave ripple through my nervous system.<\/p>\n Did I \u2014 did I just \u2014 see that?<\/p>\n \u201cThis must be exactly what it feels like when a wildlife biologist spots what\u2019s thought to be an extinct species in the wild,\u201d I thought.<\/p>\n
\u00bb\u00a0Tiger-Cats win fourth in a row after defeating REDBLACKS<\/a>
\u00bb\u00a0Trevor Harris shines as Roughriders bounce back against Lions<\/a>
\u00bb\u00a0Stamps storm past Bombers in statement win<\/a>
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