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It’s a battle of 3-2 teams Saturday at McMahon Stadium as the Calgary Stampeders take on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.
The Stamps held on to sole possession of second spot in the West Division in Week 5 with a 22-18 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Regina’s Mosaic Stadium.
Meanwhile, the Ticats defeated the Montreal Alouettes 34-26 to climb into second place in the East. Hamilton and Montreal actually sported the same record after Week 5 but the Tabbies were technically in second place thanks to their head-to-head win over the Larks.
After an 0-2 start, the Ticats have defeated Saskatchewan, BC and Montreal by a combined score of 106-60.
The Stamps, meanwhile, have won three of their past four contests after dropping their season-opener against Toronto.
The Stamps swept the season series from the Ticats in 2010, winning a squeaker (23-22) at Hamilton’s Ivor Wynne Stadium on July 10 and a rout (55-24) at McMahon on Oct. 29.
Before the game, you can stop by Foothills Stadium for the Pre-Game Bash. At today’s Bash, a lucky fan will win the chance to watch the first half of the game from the sidelines. The Stamps are happy to introduce these get-togethers as a regular feature for home games.
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You can follow all of tonight’s action by getting exclusive live updates on the Stampeders’ Game Day Twitter feed.
>> Calgary Stampeders’ Game Day Twitter
Also, AM 770 has the call on radio with Mark Stephen and Greg Peterson. This is a big year for the Stampeders’ radio partners as QR77 celebrates its 20th season of bringing the Red and White to the listening audience. The game will also be telecast on TSN (subject to local blackout).
For even more updates, follow communications director Chris Jurewicz’s tweets from the sidelines.
Our regular Twitter feed has all the news and updates throughout the rest of the week, so diehard fans will want to follow all three feeds.
>> Calgary Stampeders’ official Twitter
Here is some reading, viewing and listening to get you ready for kickoff.
News and blogs
>> Game preview (includes links to PDF downloads of depth chart and game notes)
>> Locker-Room Blog by Henry Burris
>> Locker-Room Blog by Geoff Tisdale
>> Milestones on tap
>> Locker-Room Blog by Charleston Hughes
>> Feature: Biscuit finds a BBQ feast
>> Feature: Behind the scenes at McMahon
Multimedia
>> Video: Player comments
>> Audio: Coach Huff comments
>> Video: DeVone Claybrooks chows down