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Features June 6, 2024

7 Things – Ticats @ Stamps

 

1. Us

The Stampeders come into Week 1 ready to improve on a 6-12 2023 campaign that saw them lose to the BC Lions in the West Semi-Final. Calgary announced their leadership group on Tuesday with Jake Maier, Reggie Begelton, Rene Paredes, and Mike Rose getting the nod for captains.

 

2. Them

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats found themselves in a similar position to the Stamps last season falling to Montreal in the East Semi-Final. Bo Levi Mitchell returns to McMahon where he began his career and played 10 seasons for the Stampeders before heading to Hamilton last year.

3. Head To Head

These two teams met just once last season. The Tiger-Cats took down the Stampeders 22-15 at home.

The Stampeders will look to end a bit of a lull against Hamilton having won just once in the last five meetings between these two teams.

4. Fast Facts

This will be the fifth time in history the Stamps have opened the season against the Tabbies. They’re 4-0 in the previous lid-lifters against Hamilton – all of them played at McMahon – with wins in 1998 (by a score of 21-20), 2007 (37-9), 2015 (24-23) and 2018 (28-14).

Both clubs finished third in their respective divisions in 2023. The Stamps were 6-12 in the West while Hamilton was 8-10 in the East and both teams saw their seasons end with semifinal-round losses.

Thanks to our Director of Communications Jean Lefebvre for handing off these facts!

5. Who’s Where

6. Players to Watch

Stamps: DB Rodney Randle Jr. – Rodney Randle Jr. gets the start at halfback in his first regular season game as a member of the Red and White. The year-old has 23 games of CFL experience under his belt with the Alouettes and Tiger-Cats, and saw action last year in three pre-season games with the New England Patriots.

Tiger-Cats: QB Bo Levi Mitchell – Bo Levi Mitchell makes his much anticipated return to McMahon Stadium on Friday night. Mitchell played 10 seasons for the Red and White leading the team to two Grey Cup Championships.

7. Quotable

In his fourth season with the Stamps, and second as the starter, Jake Maier is looking forward to his first ever matchup against former teammate and mentor Bo Levi Mitchell.

“How much would I like to beat Bo? Probably as much as he’d like to beat me.”