You can watch the Stampeders and Argonauts clash LIVE on TSN1\/3 and streaming TSN.ca and the TSN App, with coverage beginning Thursday at 7p.m. ET \/ 4p.m. PT.<\/a><\/p>\nThe Argonauts were displaced from BMO Field while the venue was hosting matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, forcing the Boatmen to hold camp and practice in Guelph and play on the road for the first two months of the year.<\/p>\n
Defensive back DaShaun Amos – a three-time Grey Cup champion (2018 with the Stampeders, 2022 and 2024 with the Argonauts) thinks that the odd schedule has been a positive and will work in Toronto\u2019s favour moving forward.<\/p>\n
Amos joined First Up on TSN1050 on Tuesday to discuss the experience of playing on the road for an extended period, how the team has used the time on the road to improve and his expectations for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think grind is a good word… it\u2019s been ups and downs, it\u2019s had its pros and its cons,\u201d Amos said of starting the season as visitors. \u201cEveryone is looking at it, thinking it\u2019s all bad, but it really hasn\u2019t been. Being here in Guelph, kind of isolated, living as a team, we got to know the character of our team, we faced some adversity so we\u2019re battle-tested early in the season.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s brought us a lot closer than I\u2019ve been used to as far as bringing new teams, new staff, bringing teams together like that this early in the season. I think honestly in hindsight we\u2019ll probably look back at this moment and say \u2018this is exactly what we needed\u2019 to bring us together, bring us closer and to be ready for the back half of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amos looked at the time together away from home as a chance to bond and learn about the team, but he also credited first-year head coach Mike Miller\u2019s preparation in helping guide the team through an unusual spot.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe credit goes to Mike Miller and the rest of the staff – everybody coming together and using the time that we had, knowing the challenge we were going to be facing starting the season,\u201d Amos said. \u201cWe\u2019re all we have. It\u2019s just been us, and we\u2019ve been on the road, we\u2019ve been away from home. It\u2019s been a plus because we\u2019ve been together and trying to figure out this thing together.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Argonauts are sitting at 3-4 after seven games, second in the East Division with a positive point differential. Three of their four losses have been by single digits, including two by just one score.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would love to be at a better record than 3-4,\u201d said Amos. \u201cI think that\u2019s one thing we\u2019ve learned in this front part of the season is that it\u2019s come down to a few plays here, a few plays there.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing able to take those moments and learn from those losses and turn it over is a lot easier to do when you\u2019re at home. Having more home games, being able to sleep in your home bed, it\u2019s those little things I think they make a difference. Being able to have your own crowd – shout out to Toronto fans, they\u2019re the best at travelling and making us feel loved as we go on the road for these first seven games.\u201d <\/p>\n
The Argonauts only have six home games on the schedule for the entire season, and Amos has a goal in mind for those games – a perfect homestand.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur motto is always win at home, go undefeated at home, so I believe we can do that. We\u2019re at 3-4 right now, if we can go undefeated at home we\u2019ll be in a good spot at the end of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n
That would get the team to at least nine wins, with five more road games also still to come. A playoff berth in a weak East Division is definitely within grasp if the team can play at that level moving forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve said it since day one – we have everything we need in our locker room,\u201d Amos said about going on a run in the second half. \u201cWe have a lot of bright minds, we have talent, we have leadership, we have young guys that can play just as good as the older guys. We have a complete group, we have depth, all the pieces are there, we just have to continue to hit the rock, continue to show up to work every day, continue to work on the little things, fix the mistakes, then go out and play football.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Argonauts suffered one blowout loss this season at the hands of their upcoming opponent, when the Stampeders hosted the Argonauts on July 2. <\/p>\n
Vernon Adams Jr. threw for 405 yards and six touchdowns, adding another touchdown on the ground, to lead the Stampeders to a 58-36 victory.<\/p>\n
That loss still sits with Amos over a month later, and is part of why he\u2019s anticipating this Week 10 showdown.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt stings. Even after being able to move on from that and put it behind us and learn from it, it still stings,\u201d Amos said. \u201cWe still have some scars from that. So as a defence we\u2019re fired up. It\u2019s an opportunity. We work hard, it\u2019s not like we\u2019re going out there and it\u2019s whatever, we\u2019re gonna let this team put up 50. We went out there with the intentions to win the game and that didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe atmosphere, the mood, the energy of knowing we\u2019ll be at BMO Field, it\u2019s the home opener, the crowd\u2019s going to be there, this is the perfect game for us to show what kind of football we can really play.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Toronto Argonauts are finally set to play their home opener Thursday on TSN against the Calgary Stampeders,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[712,49,48,521,522,520,82,79102],"class_list":["post-845849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports","tag-toronto-argonauts-sports-football-team-team-genius-sports-122345"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}