Oh, those crazy Eskimos!

I have season tickets to the Eskies. For those of you that aren't familiar with the CFL, its pretty much the same as the NFL with the following exceptions:

- 3 downs.
- No fair catch rule
- Bigger fields (110 yards long, much wider)
- Bigger Balls (actually our balls are much larger, also, pun intended).
- Recievers and Running backs can be in foreward motion before snap.
- You can return a missed field goal.
- Field goal posts are @ the goal line.

The bottom line is that there's more passing, the game is quicker, and its much more entertaining to watch. It may not have the big name players, but I feel its a less boring game to watch.

Anyways, back on topic.

Our local team, the Eskimos, has the the league's leading passing yards quarterback and reciever, also we have a running back with 1300-1400 yards, with one game to go. It boils down to the simple fact we have a yards productive offense, but a generally "unreliable in key situations" quarterback. Yeah, I said it. Ricky Ray is unreliable. I've seen 10 games this season in person. I can count on one hand his good games, games where he didn't self destruct and hope to hell the defense kept it close.

To make matters worse, the coach seems handcuffed to keeping Ray in all the time. We have essentially 3 starter-quality quarterbacks. Our second string is Jason Maas. I've seen him "bullet" pass over 50 yards. The guy has a crazy arm, and can thread it. Our third string is Jared Zabransky. If the name sounds familiar, he's the Boise State quarterback that pulled off that massive upset in (I think) the Tostita Bowl with a massive trick/fake play. He got the opportunity to play a quarter in a preseason game, and tore it up.

So, essentially, we're hanging on by a thread to make the playoffs. We've lost many games this season because, quite simply, Ray couldn't get the offense going.

Well, we'll see if Ray blows it next week. Its sad really. For whatever reason, the upper leadership (not the coach) and the media paint Ray as a complete saint, not being able to make any sort of error, ever.. even when he can't complete a play to save his life.