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I have two tickets for tonight’s game I cannot use. Upper deck west side 45 yard line row 1. They are yours for free (plus parking pass if I can transfer it) to the first interested person who can answer the following trivia question: Who holds the Blue Bomber record for most receptions in a single game?

Best day, game day. 😃 Only a 1,000 tickets left? 👀

I do know this, and that is, regardless of facts and evidence and emotions and allegiances, Argos do indeed suck.

Listen, I'm not disagreeing with you.... I'm just saying you play in the east and Dinwiddie's record needs an asterisk...

Would like to see this from Mass today please and thank you:

I can agree with the “take a mid-point” approach. But I have yet to see the naysayers offer that up. We have “the biggest fans around” hoping we lose to prove a point, wanting OSH fired, saying it will cost us every week when it hasn’t in 6 seasons, saying OSH is lucky, pathetic, stubborn, smug, head up his ass. Haven’t heard really any “measured criticism” from the loudest critics, and it’s the same wail every game, started before the season even began, and there is no evidence to show it has cost us a win. Could we lose? Sure. Is it “putrid roster management” or because of another possibility, like maybe our QB playing the Grey Cup with a busted foot, or our OC calling a bizarre game plan, or our kicker missing a convert. Or getting lazy and giving up turnovers to squander a 16 point lead with 3 minutes left. Fact is, when we have had an actual serious problem on the roster it has been addressed. When our starting QB went down in 2019 and our back-up could not win consistently, we traded a top draft pick for the soon-to-be 2 time MOP. When our kicking was really bad in 2021 we brought in Castillo and he won us the Cup. When it seemed to be ironed out, we tried to salvage the young Canadian, and he was pretty good, but missed the one big kick at exactly the wrong time. So we replaced him this year. We had the best Canadian running back in history, but we opted to sign the younger guys and did not show excessive loyalty to him. And now he is a back-up in Toronto and his replacement here is leading the league. So changes are being made, just not for the sake of change like some wish would happen. I am content with the “KISS” model. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. If it manifests into an actual problem, our track record with this management group is that it will be addressed. But the weekly negativity has been over the top since the get-go IMO, so any push back on the hyperbole is being wrongly labelled as extreme, and knob polishing, and blind to any flaws, and “he is perfect brainwashing” which is not happening actually, and the accusation that we are pretending he is godlike is a BS argument. You want to talk loose hips and other intrinsic factors, go ahead, but I like metrics like wins and losses and knockdowns and tackles and those other measurables. Would be happy to engage in a measured discussion if the critics would stop hurling insults like “you are blind if you can’t see it”, and making false accusations about “but criticism is not allowed” and all the other over the top stuff. But the sky is not falling here, and at times it sure seems to me that it is presented that way by some of the “roster management“ crew.

And you have a problem with that strategy? Would you be happier with “good losses”? Only “smartest man in the room “syndrome I see is the know-it-all fans on a message board convinced they know better than the most successful coach we’ve had here in 60 years. And no, us defenders don’t think O’Shea is flawless, but we also don’t think management needs to sit him down and fire his ass because he’s headed for that inevitable failure. Been hearing that all year, hell for 6 years, and no signs of it yet. Jesus, Dunigan was right, fans are way too spoiled here. Can’t be happy unless there is some imaginary problem to ***** and whine about. Maybe you’d all prefer the 1997-99 version of this team? Enjoy the ride people, stop trying to make it the Titanic approaching the iceberg.

If Holm gets an interception tonight Booch has to marry his mother-in-law

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I’m pretty confident he will retire with in the next 4 years though… …. .. maybe.

I want 600 yards of offence. It can be 500 for Zach and 100 for Brady. Or 400 for Zach and 200 for Brady, I’m not picky. But I want absolute destruction.

...and it should be duly noted that Damian "Breacher" Jackson formed a human gangplank allowing these giant men to cross upon his back to the safety of the last lifeboat. God bless.

How about, Start a “roster management” thread. all the roster discussion goes there. Some oddball opinions are being pushed hard lately.

To hold the mirror back up to you, can we not be simultaneously happy with the results of this team for the past few years AND still talk about how we could do better/sustain the success? I mean, what’s the point of having the forum if we can’t?

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Jackson duh.

Get your mother ******* game day pants on!!!!WERE GOING GAME DAYING!!!!!!

More accurately... he ripped off Bighill's helmet... swung it at Bighill's helmet-less head... and somehow was allowed to stay in the game

The Bud Grant era cap they gave away earlier this year was solid. Go with that one.

nobody likes a necro-poster....

the pandemic:

I might have a couple I could send someone when I get confirmation on our numbers today. Also, I agree that the first row in the upper deck is the best we have had them there since the new stadium.

Yeah, it would be nice to string together a solid 4 quarter effort ala BC game tonight.

You can make that argument, but that game came down to Brady's fumble and Zach's pick-6 in the final couple minutes - and then yeah, it put our D in a bad spot that they weren't able to cover. At the end of the day, our coach is making investments in ST at the detriment of defence. And I'd be fine with it if our ST was noticeable better than other teams and it gave us an edge, but that hasn't been true at all. Now, to take a "middle-ground", our D has been among the best in the league - if not the best - so you can believe we don't "need" additions. But it sure does help your players out late in games/seasons.

I expect this game we don't abandon the run for no apparent reason....BO easily over 100 this game...like he should have been last game....

Good on you, JPan! Was an east sided for 30+ years at Canadinns. Started on the east side when the move to IG Field happened, found the sun a bit glaring higher up in the upper deck. Every year they offered me an upgrade, and I always pushed to get as close to row 1 as possible, and one year asked if by chance they had anything first row on the west side. They did and I grabbed them, pretty much directly across from my old east side (row 2) seats. Fantastic view of the Bomber bench, not as insanely loud as the lower bowl.

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You say this, but other than a few emotional posts here and there, I see mostly the other side (the one telling everyone to stop complaining about the way our roster is managed) as the only side who doesn't really offer a "mid-point approach". There's nothing wrong with being critical if it's warranted and trust me, the criticism is warranted. I don't need to talk about the results, those speak for themselves and obviously we are all thrilled to be 8-2. What concerns me is the process. Even if we set aside the debate as to whether roster management can cost us a single game or not (I do think it can and already has this year, but whatever), I don't know how anyone can be pleased with the way we manage our game day roster. We dress far too many special teams players for a team that doesn't exactly stand out from the rest of the league on special teams, we have zero depth on the defensive side of the ball, we blatantly and stubbornly ignore rules that could be used to our advantage and we rely on far too many washed up and/or non-contributing players. Have the Bombers done a good job of addressing issues? I mean ... I guess so? In my opinion, it's not so cut and dry. They've addressed some blatant ones like our kicking situation and they've done a good job of building depth at certain areas like DB and OL, but they really haven't done a lot of the proactive move making they used to do in order to prepare for the unexpected situations that may come up. We have exactly zero Americans preparing to fill roles as linebackers in case of an injury ... one healthy American edge rusher if Willie or Jeffcoat go down this week ... a sort of pseudo-running back to replace Brady if he gets hurt ... our practice roster makeup genuinely makes little to no sense (why is there a 36 year old punter on it? Could we not just airlift him in if Sheahan goes down? What would genuinely have to happen for Tomoya Machino to ever get on the gameday roster? He's like our 5th string backup at any OL position) and we haven't seemed to use it as a way to develop Americans in a few years now. Despite what people seem to think, we've been a fairly healthy team for a few years now. Our depth hasn't really been tested all that much and if it does have to be, I'm not sure it's a test they'd pass. All in all, very happy with the results our team puts out. Don't love the process, not really sure why i should. We're mostly getting by on pure talent at this point (absolute testament to Walters, etc) but our gameday execution in all facets is leaving a TON to be desired.

I don’t know about that... after seeing that wonton act of vandalism... I am now voting Cons, because they will do somethinging about vandalism. We will promise to give you what you already have and pretend it was all our idea! Ass.

The first section anywhere in the upper deck is a great seat.

Something about olive drab Bomber caps just doesn't sit right with me... maybe they are nicer in person

Not everyone is going to be successful in this league. Yes, Argos and Lions are up but the Stamps and Elks are down. Shouldn't be a zero-sum game but this is the CFL and so we just move from crisis to crisis.

Well time to knock these overrated bums down a peg. 6-3? Really.. well good for them for what they’ve accomplished so far but that stops tonight. I fully expect a solid effort on offense, and I know our D will make life miserable for Cody and co. Expect a big win tonight!

Going to say the odds of that happening are somewhere between 100% and 100%.

Hopefully the good Buck shows up and stays the entire game!!

New stadium isn't likely to help calgary that much. It's all apathy when it comes to them.

In terms of the roster, why Holm vs Parker? Imo the argument should be Parker vs Kramdi. I thought the turnaround for Parker was that pick in the Sask game here, where the receiver stopped his route early and Parker made a great int falling backwards. Following that it was play after play.

I think it's hilarious that anyone thinks people vote based on how much vandalism is done to election signs. Every party is targeted. The Alberta UCP seemed to have an organized force in some ridings to deface and remove signs and yet here we are. Used to be. Now they're mostly the mis/disinformed. Feel free to argue, but you'd have to answer for the PC's campaign messaging which is going directly after those votes. Parental Rights, anyone?

If Edmonton was competitive and Calgary got the stadium that team deserved, the league average would jump by 10k.

I'd like to also point out those 2 wins were vs Streveler when Nichols was hurt and we hadn't started Zach yet. So that record actually flatters him. 🤣

There's definitely a half way point between the two opinions. The DL rotation is poor and the usage of players on the game day roster is very obviously not as good as it can be. Anyone paying attention can see that. But I'm happy we're winning and will always give Osh the benefit of the doubt because he's earned it. In the meantime, I pray improper roster use doesn't come back to bite us in a truly important game.

Picking a Rider loss is usually pretty reliable.

this scum would have been given an important position if Trump had succeeded. more and more astonishing.

Which is probably why the league should have kept it out of their spin piece.

Does Adrien Sala getting a Hitler moustache and the words race traitor scrawled across his billboard somehow gain the NDP votes? Because if so I've got all these sharpies just sitting here...