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passion is fantastic, i agree! But passion for winning should garner the motivation to excel on the field, score touchdowns, make tackles etc. but shouldn't that speak for itself, particularly after the season they've had? I guess what it comes down to for me is as a viewer i'm like: hey you are 3-5 (during game), and you're celebrating like you just won the grey cup. Call me when you have a plus 500 record and have made the playoffs and then we'll talk

You miss the point - you don't have the emotion invested here. You're (obviously) a fairweather fan with a meh attitude. To these guys - this is their passion, it's what they do. It takes guts, grit and determination to play pro football - it's not a walk in the park. So they're fired up every play, ready to rip heads off each other and you're saying "now now, boys, calm down"??? Nope - sorry....it just doesn't work that way. They're trying to turn around a losing season and every step they take in that direction is huge. You just don't get it.

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Let me equate it this way: You remember when the Canucks were struggling miserably at home, I think it might have been Burrows that scored that huge goal to snap the losing streak, and every Canuck fan went crazy with joy. You could say that it was the turning point of the season.

It's that sort of passion that can fire up a struggling team and fuel any future successes. Does this victory against Montreal mean that they'll go on and win the Grey Cup? That remains to be seen.

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i dont think anything going to happen but still:

The Montreal Alouettes have filed an official protest with the Canadian Football League concerning a controversial play that cost them a touchdown in a 19-12 loss to the B.C. Lions in a game last Friday at B.C. Place, Sportsnet.ca has learned.

As per CFL rules, teams have until 72 hours from the start of a game to file a protest. As first reported by Sportsnet on Sunday, Als management discussed filing a protest and followed through with it.

The incident that has ignited the protest stems from a touchdown called back because the play had, according to the officials, been negated when a whistle had been blown prior to or just after the play started.

The game supervisor and video replay official were under the impression the time remaining in the game should have been 1:05 instead of 1:00 and buzzed the on-field officials to stop the play to clarify the official time. CFL director of officiating Tom Higgins has admitted a mistake was made by the league pertaining to the time -- it was, in fact, one minute to go -- but that a whistle had definitely been blown on the play. The Als are disputing that.

"We just want what is right," Als general manager Jim Popp told Sportsnet.ca.

The matter will now be discussed by the league office and could result in a ruling by commissioner Mark Cohon. It will likely have to be ruled on in the next few days because the two teams play this Sunday in Montreal

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You miss the point - you don't have the emotion invested here. You're (obviously) a fairweather fan with a meh attitude. To these guys - this is their passion, it's what they do. It takes guts, grit and determination to play pro football - it's not a walk in the park. So they're fired up every play, ready to rip heads off each other and you're saying "now now, boys, calm down"??? Nope - sorry....it just doesn't work that way. They're trying to turn around a losing season and every step they take in that direction is huge. You just don't get it.
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Why don't you go ask any of the other teams how easy it is to beat the Alouettes, considering they hung 69 and 77 on Edmonton and Saskatchewan respectively over the course of the season series with each team, 40 on Calgary (a team which laid a serious beating on the Esks today) in their only meeting so far and they shut out the Argos. It would've been very easy to come out and say that the Als are gonna put a serious beatdown on the Lions, but for them to come out, especially in front of their own fans, and show some serious moxie by completely neutralizing the Als juggernaut is something to get excited about.

Let me put it this way: The Canucks go 4-10 to start the season, and then face the Stanley Cup Champs, and shut them down while hanging 6 goals on them. Don't you think that some of the players, and most of the fans would be pretty stoked afterwards? (I know that's not how the schedule breaks down, but that's the easiest similarity to come up with)

If you remember in previous seasons, going back to the days of Eric Carter and Da'Shann Austin, the Lions defense always had that swagger about them. Not necessarily a perceived arrogance, but a confidence which ran through the team.

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Oh for sure Calgary played a pretty good game, but the Esks just didn't do anything right, nothing at all.

Kind of like the Als on Friday night, BC played good but if the Als brought their A game it might have ended differently...

Esks need to pick it up big time, they have a good team but not performing right now

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Why don't you go ask any of the other teams how easy it is to beat the Alouettes, considering they hung 69 and 77 on Edmonton and Saskatchewan respectively over the course of the season series with each team, 40 on Calgary (a team which laid a serious beating on the Esks today) in their only meeting so far and they shut out the Argos. It would've been very easy to come out and say that the Als are gonna put a serious beatdown on the Lions, but for them to come out, especially in front of their own fans, and show some serious moxie by completely neutralizing the Als juggernaut is something to get excited about.

Let me put it this way: The Canucks go 4-10 to start the season, and then face the Stanley Cup Champs, and shut them down while hanging 6 goals on them. Don't you think that some of the players, and most of the fans would be pretty stoked afterwards? (I know that's not how the schedule breaks down, but that's the easiest similarity to come up with)

If you remember in previous seasons, going back to the days of Eric Carter and Da'Shann Austin, the Lions defense always had that swagger about them. Not necessarily a perceived arrogance, but a confidence which ran through the team.

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