mcdonald@sask.UUCP (Shane McDonald) (10/02/84)
[Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking, ...] Due to the fear of people actually believing some of my opinions, I've decided it would be better to post them separately. What's this Western Supremacy crap? The way things are beginning to shape up, maybe I'll be wrong about it this year. It still looks like the last-place team in the West will end up with a better record than the 3rd place team in the East (last playoff berth), the last-place team in the West won't deserve to make the play-offs anyways, and the way Toronto and Montreal have been playing lately, there's no chance of Ottawa or Hamilton making the Grey Cup. I still stand by my opinion that the West has been stronger overall than the West for a long time - this depends on what you consider a long time. Okay, so maybe not everybody thinks 5 years is a long time, but I do! I remember it was pretty much the way it is now back in 1980, and since 1981, when the CFL implemented the complete interlocking schedule, the Western teams have always outplayed the Eastern teams. Anyways, the way things are shaping up, Saskatchewan and Montreal have got to be the hottest teams going right now. They play in Montreal on Saturday, and you can believe nobody in Saskatchewan will be watching the baseball playoffs! I'll predict the Riders will take the game, partly because I'm biased and partly because of Saskatchewan's awesome defense. Previously, I predicted the Western Champion would win the Grey Cup. I'm not so sure now. In the Winnipeg-Toronto game last Sunday, the Argonauts were darn impressive (that is, what little I saw, since I was listening to the Saskatchewan game on the radio). New prediction - Toronto takes it all this year. Shane McDonald (sask!mcdonald)