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we are going 5-2 closing out the season..and based on the teams we play to for it to happen..likely end up in second in west..bank on it!

He just typed "toilet" and it auto-corrected for him. (Sorry, couldn't resist)

Sask had 10 points off turnovers (got a FG after the fumble) and returned a kick for another 7 points. The Sask offense really didn't do anything to win that game at all, it was missing the tackle on that kick return when they had the guy dead to rights and then giving away the ball on sloppy turnovers. You play like that in the other 2 phases you are making it really hard on your defense. Those guys deserved to win that game but it was given away by the other phases, especially when we take in the blocked field goal attempt too.

We should dress Flanders. Even if there’s no specific role for him It would be nice to spell Harris and have a legit backup on the roster who doesn’t fumble he game away when he has to come in for a series. Hopefully once Gray is here that’s more of a possibility.

Have a lil faith..we have just been working out the kinks lol...but seriously..... I can't see why we don't sweep the Riders at home, and coming out of the bye have no excuse not to beat the Al's at home. Ottawa loss was I think more of a dud game than a true indication of what we are as a team and see us winning that one, and a split with Edmonton is pretty realistic..pretty hard to beat a team 3 times in a year and even then...they ain't that good. Final game of year against CGY...at home...with them likely sitting some key guys could be a win for us as well...but you never know...but closing out 5-2 isn't a stretch, possible 6-1 if CGY rests most their starters or back to 5-2 if the Shmoes sweep us...and all hinges on if we stand up and deliver on Saturday...or we turtle and concede we are fractured...a big win...convincingly and our season turns Big time players come up with big time plays in big games...lets see who our bigtime players are..or if we have any

If the league can use offensive terms like "regina" and "saskatchewan", I can't see them having an issue with "Banjo Bowl".

The term "Banjo Bowl" doesn't offend me at all, and I'm pretty sure the huge majority of fans feel the same way. I'm sure if the league thought it was offensive they would have done something about it a long time ago. The fact is fans on both sides of the border have taken the name and ran with it. It's fun in my opinion, and my advice 3RD AND 1 is just accept that the name ain't going anywhere soon. It's not hurting anyone, and coming over here in enemy territory sure isn't going to get anything done about it lol. All you're doing is getting the locals here riled up.

This is the 15th Banjo Bowl, it's building its own history and tradition. It's going nowhere. The fact that the rider fans cry about it makes it all the better. Me and some friends are travelling to Winnipeg next year for the bb. One is a rider fan, the other a stamps fan who wants to take it in. Deal with it rider fans.

Riders have the season series? Edmonton have the season series? Did I sleep through 3 games?

We played the esks close in the opener, we can beat them, we should have beaten the riders, we can beat them, we can beat Montreal, hell we can beta calgary with some production in offense. I got no time for defeatists.

I disagree. I think it's about trying to appease everyone. A solution born by politicians and not experts. Experts would have told you to change the speed to 30KM/h all the time. Heck, experts would have said to change all the residential streets to 30Km/h (or 40KM/h). But politicians don't want to face upset people, so they decide to go half way. Just during school hours (+2 hours on each end) and not on weekends. Everyone is happy (ha!). So instead of having a consistent, expert supported, policy, they have this wishy-washy policy where people need to check their clocks and remember what day of the week it is.

School Zone enforcement is about making money. Period. Its not about safety. So to me, its a cash grab and the people who defend it arent seeing the big picture. Here's why. You know when the school zones are absolutely, 100% always enforced? When people are more likely to forget they exist and kids are least likely to be out (holidays, before/after school etc). Never fails. Thats not about safety. Secondly, there are tons of activities after 5:30 but apparently the concern for the lives of children ends at 5:30. That tells you its a cash grab. They are being efficient about their enforcement to maximize profits. Thirdly, there was no overwhelming safety issue. We all have stories of idiots driving too fast when kids are around (whether its a school zone, school hours or not) but there was not an immediate and critical need. The streets were not running red with the blood of children. It just wasnt true. When I was in elementary school, we had two serious incidents of kids being hit by cars (one was outside the school zone). The old law was that you were to slow down when kids were present. If there was an issue in a particular area, police would do enforcement. You know, old school, where they pull people over, educate them and give them a ticket. Photo radar is a tax collector on the owner of the car. Thats it. Anyway...thats my two cents.

"Look at me, I'm a Rider fan!!"

Obviously it was LaPolice's fault for drawing up a play that required Nichols to throw behind Washington to work.

Rider fans headed to Bango Bowl Keep an ear to them c.b. Radios good buddy your clear through to Moose men. I says “Pig Pen, this here’s the Rubber Duck we just ain’t gonna pay no parkin” so they crashed the Doug Brown gate doing 8 i say “let them Combines roll” 10-4 Cause we got a little convoy Rocking through the night yeah we got a little convoy ain't she a beautiful sight? Come on Combine convoy Ain’t nuthin gunna get in our way We gunna roll this Combines convoy Cross the prairie plain Convoy yee haw! Me n sis r gittin married!

Ball was right where it needed to be for Washington to have it. Piss poor one handed effort when he was in position to get two hands on it. Sure didn't want it.

Our QB throws the ball high and outside into double coverage. Our receiver makes a nice move to even get a hand on it and folks blame the receiver? Then they go on to blame PLAP. SMH.

Of if the Argos called one of their games....The Empty Bowl.....

Oh I have no quarrel with the speed limits, what bothers me is their convoluted rules for enforcing them. What is the logic behind only having the zones in effect September - June? During summer, often there are even more kids playing on the play structures, seeing as how they are on summer break? If it were up to me, just a flat 30 KM/h school zone rate year-round, dawn till dusk.

I don't know who you're trying to convince here, me or yourself. The idea you think it's derogatory to Bomber fans is puzzling. The fans love it. Sponsors love it. The league and TSN love it for the eyeballs. The more you protest the more we can plainly see its getting under your skin and you hate your backwards province being the butt of the joke. I hope you didn't faint and fall off your tractor while reading this btw.

In fairness to Walters, Canadian scouting is his forte. But he need a US scouting that is far better than the current group.

The elephant in the room that nobody wants to acknowledge. cough...walters...cough...

But O'Shea does sit guys who aren't playing well. Case in point Poop Johnson got taken out. People bitched about lankford over Washington but we saw that Washington in the last game wasn't ready. They sent Bowman packing for Thompkins already too. So I really don't see this refuses to sit out his favourites if there is a better option at back up guy some people like to say is there. I think it's just easy for fans to say "well play the backup! That will fix everything!"

Wow. Just wow. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.

Personally I believe a coach can be a "player's" coach as well as a disciplinarian. The biggest asset any coach can have is an ability to communicate to the players and his staff. In that communication he has to make sure they (referring to all including coaches) understand the standards he expects of them and the consequences should they not be met. Unfortunately I believe MOS can communicate with his players and his staff but unfortunately has not been able to communicate the standard expected or the consequences if not achieved. Instead he seems to defend in public for sure but not sure in the room or the coach's offices. This I believe is the big problem. I have seen coaches over the years who are both player coaches (Riley for one) and disciplinarian (Murphy for example) and then some that were both (slot in Grant). They were all successful and I think it was because they followed through with the consequences. Setting short term and long term goals for players and the team itself is standard coaching 101 but in setting them they have to be realistic, attainable and consequential. I haven't seen that from MOS to date.

Plus. Harris handles a lot of volume at his age and it’s fairly common that he misses a series or two. It seems like every other week he’s being helped off the field and riding the bike just to stay in the game. Not a knock on harris it’s just that when you rush from 150 a game it’s gonna take a toll. We could just dress Flanders ahead of a useless player like Ian wild and if Harris needs to go out then you put in simonise or peterman for one of our useless American receivers.

So in reality there is absolutely no incentive to create a safe school zone. The incentive is to catch people speeding. Its about money not safety.

Photo enforcement is contracted out. The problem with this particular contract is, that the contractor is paid “commission” per ticket. The enterprise benefiting with commissions from citizens violations of a law, is a capricious and lazy method of enforcement.

Have not more kids died on school trips then being hit by cars the last 30 years?

No way....in a split second he is going to try and catch it, even if it is a high throw or slightly behind...to expect him to just let it go is ridiculous!

That was actually pretty funny...

From your last two posts it would appear you have become quite an expert on this site twisting the knife while wanting to give the impression you are sympathetic to our cause. I for one do not appreciate your comments here. Your gloating under the guise of honest analysis wears thin. I stay our off your site so why don't you do the same. Yeah, I'm a little touchy right now and will read and accept critical comments from our posters but I kind of wish you would buzz off.

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I think experts would have said the old law worked perfectly fine, proven by the lack of kids being hit by cars and would have instead recommended actual police enforcement in areas where it was deemed necessary. They likely would have recommended increased signage to indicate school zones (I've driven through areas Im not familiar with and some of those school zones sneak up on you). The fact there are still school zones where the signage is not adequate is indicative of the fact its a cash grab. If it werent, the city would gladly "over-signage" the area, if their main goal was to never give out a ticket (because it means everyone is driving slower). Clearly, the city does not want to give out zero tickets. People should slow down where kids are active. That should be everywhere, not just school zones. But speed should not be lowered just to produce revenue. If the speed limit is 60 and the weather is awful and you drive 60, you can be ticketed for not driving to conditions. If kids are present and you fly by, you should be open to ticketing. But that requires real police work. Lowering to 30 all the time in residential areas is just mind-numbing to me. Enforce laws, enforce common sense. Dont create Dukes of Hazzard style speed traps with tax collectors hiding around poorly signed zones on holidays to create revenue from car owners.

The AAV is not out of whack for what Wheeler brings to the table right now. If he was a UFA this summer he'd have gotten more money from someone else. Assuming he is more than a PPG this year, he'd have walked into free agency and got more next summer too. He could have demanded more years. Seems like a really fair deal in my mind, the more I look at it. When people talked about Wheeler not fitting the Jets' core or whatever, it didnt make sense to me because he's arguably our best player right now and I'd fear losing his grit and passion in the playoffs. The best case scenario is the Jets win a cup or two, Wheeler plays til the end of his deal and retires a Jet.

It could also be seen as an investment to attract talent knowing Blake Wheeler is the captain longer term.

Sure but once the kids do get outside they are too fat and slow to dodge a car going 50.

If I put on the opposing DC's hat.....frankly, our receiving crew wouldn't scare me.....or anyone else for that matter. Nichols struggling only emphases the basic problem.

well then I am sold...Let's just do that same thing.

Well when a fan base only exists to have smoke blown up their asses anything that isn't smoke being pumped up there MUST be a grave insult.

Which is different from any regular day how?

That team went 6-2 after Labour Day and Glenn had a pretty good 2nd half of the season.

Derogatory? It's supposed to be fun. If this was the Argos calling a visiting Riders game the Banjo Bowl, I would see youe point, but the name was meant to be a joke shared between two prairie provinces. The fact that it makes anyone angry is puzzling to me.

All right, I propose we change the name of the Banjo Bowl to "We Hate the Riders Day."

I personally hate that the Bombers and CFL in general have followed the lead of the LA Kings and others and are trying to use their social media for laughs or to be ironic. You’re a professional football team. Don’t try to piggyback on jokes that have already been made by someone else. It was funny once now it’s just tired.

Yep, all of those guys can run, catch and block. There’s no defense in the league equipped to defend that kind of option attack. Who’s the biggest LB in the league? 235 lbs? Most teams have at least one guy playing in the box who’s 200 or less. Good luck. Plus you still have Adams, Thompkins, Wolitarsky etc downfield, Dressler when he is back. Streveler is a far better passer than most QBs you’d try to run this with so you can have a ton of variety. Hell even if they ran looks like this 20 times a game it would totally **** up every D and their planning. You can basically give Nichols some scaffold to get his mojo back. Lets keep doing the straight drop back passing!

no kidding. Maher is probably almost as good as the other guy, and one quarter the salary. Lots of anguish from missed field goals, that should have been made, over the years. Both leagues. vikings cut ryan longwell who I think never missed under fifty, and then lost a playoff game with his cheaper replacement, who flubbed a 27 yarder that would have won it. And people say there are no former Bombers making it in the NFL! That's two now. two kickers. Were tops in finding and developing kickers.

I’m less about stats and more about the eye test. Streveler passes the eye test. Nichols does not.

I don't think it is an issue with the play calling...hard to determine if it is Nichol's not being able to execute on all the options, or gets jitters and just want to dump it off for fear of getting injured further..and I don't think he is 100 percent...in body and mind I see receivers open...or in a position to be thrown open or lead to a ball...and Nichols isn't pulling the trigger for whatever reason. Also...teams know he is no threat to run this year, and basically disregard that in their pass rush, and even on a play action/roll out...they know he ain't going anywhere. Tho he was no major threat or consistent runner before, the ability/threat was there...and that is huge in an offence to hum along nicely. The fact that Harris is able to accomplish what he is right now is amazing and is a tribute to his talent...and the o-line...now if we could insert a QB who can threaten a defense with the notion he may take off, as well as stand in and make intermediate passes and utilize the offence then we will be onto something...but right now..Nichols funk is affecting things big time and it is the issue we have sputtered..

They showed some this week. Had good adjustments for the blitz in the first half, including some quick routes behind the blitz and Harris. Riders started showing more 3 man pressures, Bombers quit running and Nichols stared blankly downfield in the 2nd half. Personally I'd run like crazy at those 3 man pressures and challenge them to take down Harris, Demski, Lafrance running downhill. Bombers went away from it and didn't seem to have many plays with audibles for Nichols to adjust from pass to run against the 3 man rush, we saw it once and Harris got them into 3rd and short. That was on one of the 2nd half FG drives. Lapo is getting outfoxed every week and too often he's outfoxing himself. Ya they have to adjust, but sometimes you have to trust what is working too. You can also have multiple plans and options to switch into. Seems like the adjustments get made at half and they can't switch out of that. It's mind boggling how many games in the last calendar year that this team has gone 2 consecutive quarters (usually the 2nd and 3rd, sometimes 3rd and 4th) with basically no offensive production in terms of first downs, yards and points.