My take on the bye week discussions.

First the "Barret is gone Thursday" rumour. What a crock of shit that turned out to be. Rider89ers is the guy who started that rumour on riderfans.com and to be totally honest I have never liked anything the guy has posted. He is a troll of the worst sort and should have been permabanned over a year ago. I've had my wars with the loser dog and have come out of them the winner. If he actually had a "source" in the Rider office for this rumour then the source should be fired right now. Too many leaks are being posted in the last couple of years. I won't name who I'm 99% sure is behind them but I will say to check out who has been hired into the upper positions in the last couple of years and make your own mind up.

Now we turn to the Corey Holmes will be traded back to us discussion.
14. Player Trade Policy
- Deadline moved up to the 12th week preceding Grey Cup.
- Trade-back clause of less than one year will not be allowed.
- Future Considerations must comprise of cash and/or draft pick only.
- Compliance officers empowered to investigate trades.
That SHOULD take care of that. But it won't. Too many people think that wishing will make it so. Sorry, I loved Corey as a player and a person but he won't/can't come back here this year.

Now I have to talk about the "Riders have their destiny in their own hands" people. Sorry but they don't!!! We need help to host a home playoff game. We are currently 2 games back of Calgary and they hold the tiebreaker. So we have no hope of finishing ahead of them. But we are also 2 games back of B.C. and play them again and we hold the tie breaker with them by 8 points. So we can finish ahead of them with some help from Calgary who plays them twice. If Calgary sweeps B.C. then our hopes of playing in Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field on a cold day in November are very much alive. But a loss to B.C. next week by more than 8 points could eliminate that chance too. But the good thing is that we do hold our third place destiny in our own hands by having to play Edmonton twice more. If we win both of those game then we SHOULD make the playoffs. How can you tell it's stretch run time when I've got playoff implications of every game worked out already? I need a life.

Anyway thanks for reading my ramblings. Maybe I will post my impressions of Yo Murphy this week after seeing him at practice.