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Finally! After a great off-season of signings, coaching changes and waiting, its game day!!!! Road to the cup starts today, LETS ******* GO!!!!!!!!!!

1 nu jake. boy he brought it and the 4 man pressure was good 2 brady, carried the offence tonight. 3 vaval. letting the ball go through for no single and getting us the ball at the 40, busted a huge one and great all night hh the completion to wilson when we needed it bad crunch of the game to smith on kick cover awe thats dirty goes to tsn for making us relive the 01 gc honorable mentions, white, nield, perkins short yardage, and wj.

Oh have I got some news for you...

Extremely cold and extremely windy at McMahon. I haven't watched the video yet, but based on your posts, I don't think you guys realize how bad the elements were... It was like a playoff-time game, as confirmed by Zach on the OB post game. Just absolutely brutal conditions to play in. The wind was swirling all night and absolutely did change directions which is what kind of ****** the Bombers re: coin toss, etc. Defense and offense each took turns looking like all stars and then absolute hot steaming garbage. The stamps final scoring drive was embarrassing to sit there and watch. I, too, was fully expecting a fumble or INT on our final offensive drive. Credit to Zach and the whole offense for getting it done in the clutch. We have the best kicker in the league by a mile... Once they completed that pass to Pokey I knew we had won. McMahon is an absolute graveyard for us and has been for generations. That, combined with the weather, the fact that it's the first game of the year, on the road.... Just getting out of there with two points is a blessing. I really feel like next week at #FortHew will look better. Last year I walked out of McMahon at half time of that ludicrous "Stampede Bowl"... This year, redemption. Mrs Noeller was 0/5 in games attended last year and on the verge of being banned by me and @Coorsman from attending any further Bombers games. As the kick sailed through at the end, she looked at me and said "My curse is lifted!"... She may stay... For now. Go Blue.

Sorry Jake. Luv u bae.

Some of those games were like a football to the groin.

NOELLER PANIC LEVEL: Moderate to High

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We don't have a ton of insight on how the game roster comes together, but my gut says: a) Younger has fallen in love with too many role players. Most of whom have the wrong passport. We shouldn't need more than one of Wilson/Jones/Ayers really with the D we play. Two is already pushing it. Griffin is basically an every down guy now. Jones and Wilson almost never play 2nd and 5 together. Woodbey/Griffin we shouldn't need more than one. Woodbey/Ayers, shouldn't need more than one. Those Canadians need to become our role players. Smith, Shay, Stuart. b) Miller/O'Shea are in love with the same guys for their utility on special teams. Based on how we used guys last night we basically have Vaval, Ayers and Castillo as Americans who only play special teams. When we needed an extra guy on D, ******* Jake Kelly was the guy, not Vaval. If we sort out the guys in part A, we could dress a guy like Singer who maybe takes on kickoff returns and gives us cover for Vaval, plus some utility on O. Then we can use Vaval on D....because he's a guy who is also poised to breakout and is a playmaker in general. Getting him some D reps would be a major positive because we don't have a lot of DB's making plays on the ball. We have a lot of DB's making tackles. There's an opportunity cost to all these decisions. And as we saw, our D ******* blew for 2.75 quarters of that game anyways. For special teams, Brody Clark already looks like a ******* beast. First guy down there most kicks for us last night, think he had 2 tackles. You got Clark, Kelly, Shay, Smith, Hallett, Corcoran/Cobb, Chris-Ike, Cadwallader who are primarily cover guys. That should be more than enough combined with the starters. Ultimately, going into next week, seeing how that game played out. I'd turn Woodbey into Reese. Gatkuoth barely played, only came in when Ceresna pulled himself on the last drive and a few other reps sprinkled in. He's not a guy who is going to give us a lot of burst out there anytime soon. He needs some time. Hamilton doesn't run much. Against a different team I might consider Fletcher, but against Hamilton we need guys who can fly off the line in pass reps. DL of Ceresna, Lawson, Jefferson, Jenkins, Dixon, Reese, Gatkuoth is pretty solid IMO, especially for pass rush. Get Jenkins and Reese used to some 3 tec reps too. I'd sit Ayers for Singer. Give us some more options on O and in return game to make Vaval somewhat of a player on D too. Longer term if we really want some big bodies it would be nice to see a real TE style receiver on the team. Tons of American guys who are solid receivers at 230-260 lbs and can block a little bit too. Daniels is basically a 7th OL IMO. Very few routes he's going to win in this league.

I think we’ve been a little spoiled for the past several years. If we can’t get excited with a walk off win on the road in Calgary ( a place we’ve never won much at) over a team that beat us three times last year and had our number then I don’t know what to say. I’m that glad football is back and we’re going back home 1-0

A win’s a win. Eat **** Dickinson brothers.

Why the **** is Jake Kelly out there?

JT: I taught him that!

Adding Jake Ceresna to the DL changes the complexion of that unit and the D so much. Hard not to be stoked to see what they can do.

Feel really good about this year. Not sure if we'll win tonight but that won't change how I feel about the overall picture. I really like the improvements on D and having a legit OC and the two best offensive tackles in the should be enough for a pretty significantly improved offence.

Adding Tim White and a full year of Ontaria Wilson makes our offense miles better than last years. Not to mention the addition by subtraction of Kolankowski.

I got to say. Zach threw a dart for 28 yards to Wilson In a brutal wind. He had a few balls come short but I thought he was fine. His stats were pretty much identical to Vernon MVP in June and July Adam’s Jr

One more positive- I don’t ever have to see Kolo on the ground playing nightcrawlers in a Bomber uniform ever again.

Definitely some things to clean up, tweak and hone but I loved the last drive, the play calling. You can tell a huge difference of having a proper OC this year co pared to Hogan.

can we keep wally in the booth and kick suitor out

The possibility of a fully functional DLine rotation alone, is cause for celebration. Make it happen Coach Thomas!

I don't get the fascination with Tony Jones. He's an average MLB and we're on year 3 of him and we seem to treat him like he's 2018 Biggie.

Credit to Ceresna, White, Nield for being factors in a big win Willie looking like he can be useful again as a rotation piece who doesn’t have to play 96% of the defensive snaps is huge Brady being Brady was awesome Vaval looking like a cagey vet Cons … our pass coverage aside from Holm and at times, Major … it was rough. Kramdi sucks at safety, Woodbey was lost all night, Nichols looking old, Moxey looking slightly less old. Hope that unit shores things up. Tony Jones and Kyrie absolutely useless in anything other than the most obvious rushing downs was a downer

HM to Condell, it finally seemed like we had an OC that understands the CFL game, and how to best utilize the players in his offense, not some guy that trying to reinvent the wheel.

VA at the end of the bench having a good cry, games over buddy go home

Great game from all the new additions, that's extremely encouraging

Perkins is a smart short yardage guy

Brother, can you please just relax on this obsession that you have with Booch? I don't know if you are aware this is what is happening, but here's how literally everyone else sees these conversations going. Goalie (completely unprovoked): "BOOCH THIS BOOCH THAT Booch is so annoying" followed by a strange multi paragraph rant Booch (in response): "I mean, in response to what you said, I actually was kind of proven right on that particular point" Goalie (in response): "Lighten the **** up dude" It's game day of the season opener, it's been a long off-season, we all have our faults but for crying out loud, just grow up and enjoy today for what it is. The start of the Bomber season. Go Blue.

Condell was 4-14 with the Argos the year after Ricky Ray retired where they trotted out McLeod Bethel-Thompson, Dakota Prukop and James Franklin as their quarterbacks. He went 8-10 with Hamilton the year after Masoli left with two prior Grey Cup visits and they had Dane Evans (who we broke) and Matt Shiltz as their quarterbacks, then went 8-10 again the next year after they brought Bo to town and he only played a third of the season. Then he went 4-14 last year with Dru Brown and the QB carousel in Ottawa. Nowhere near as bad as JBR made it sound.

Aka a steady baseline.

Gotta love how Osh is so against using a freaking rule properly to make our team better. He's actually come out and said so. Drives me nuts.

I feel like this is what it has to be ... variety and a multitude of different offensive sets is what I'd expect. Realistically, I think they're going to be giving the opposition a lot of different looks this season, which I don't mind at all. I don't really know if we can trust Zach to beat good teams with his arm, but I do have some level of belief we can beat good teams with Condell being able to create a lot of confusion on what we are doing on offense.

Vaval is just so fun to watch

Vaval looking like his rookie season wasn't a fluke

Dickie still a whiny *****, there's nothing there

I like to see him gets some snacks from the hotdog vender outside the stadium in the 2nd half.

True but let’s win by a 100 and call it a day.

I want the ball in the hands of our best play makers. I don't care how it gets there. Brady makes **** happen whenever he has the ball, especially if it's in space.

TC loves the 11/21 formation. Both for max protect and passing. Looks like we might catch a bit of a break there too. Calgary isn't listing Flo, or Hutchins on the AR. Flo as the reserve tells me hes probably a GTD and not 100%. https://static.cfl.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/260605-vsWPG-position-chart.pdf

If they were serious about starting 3 Canadian receivers they should have picked one up early in the draft. Picking a blocking tight end in the second and yet another Canadian linebacker who won’t see meaningful reps seems like a wasted opportunity.

It's at the 1 hr 45 min mark. Strevy is right pissed at Wynn, swears at him, gets a 10 yard penalty from Frenchie, then limps off the field because Wynn twisted his knee in the pile. Screw that guy. So Strev's penalty on the a-hole Wynn makes it second and 17. Andrew Harris says "no problem" and gets it all back on the next play. Man I loved that 2019 team.

Time for my wild prediction of the year before the season starts: Jake Maier plays well enough but not great in Ottawa, in game 4-6 Dinwiddie gives Dru Brown the start and he gets concussed and sidelined in his first start. Maier returns to action the next game and begins playing better while Brown languishes on the bench. In week 13 Zac Collaros suffers a season ending injury, and Elgersma gets the tap to start. After a couple games TE suffers a broken foot leading to a Winnipeg QBing crisis. A trade for Dru Brown is worked out with Ottawa bringing him back to the Bombers. Brown catches fire, while at the same time Winnipeg shuffles the deck on defence to tighten it up. Bombers who are 3rd in the West go on the road and begin a heater culminating in bringing home a Grey Cup. Taylor Elgersma, plays a pivotal role on a broken foot throughout the playoffs as the Bombers change of pace QB. At the Grey Cup parade both Taylor Elgersma and Chris Streveler show up shirtless and wearing fur coats and smoking cigars. Life is right in Bomberland again. (I would like to note that I am not wishing injury on any QB in this post and would hate to see this exact scenario roll out with the exception of the Grey Cup part)

Dust off your fur coats for the home opener, Strevy's throwing a retirement party. 😄

I like the idea of adding a guy like Addison to the staff. Doesn’t replace anyone, another voice in the room and without knowing anything about his personality, he’s got the type of story you’d think players can learn from and appreciate. and he was pacing as a 1000 yard receiver last year so I’m sure if we have an injury in the playoffs, he’ll be lacing them up.

Rando mcrandolpohersons' name will only be remembered if he goes else where and becomes an allstar. Almost forgot about the best part of camp, the awards! Best name, Stevie rocker. No first guy gone, because we had a pretty crazy amount of retirements pre- and mid-camp this year. Camp? who needs camp? Oladejo. Made the club from the tub, List is too long and uncertain. But most importantly, the MVP of TC, Taylor Elgersma. And for the first time in a long time, camp MVP has made the team!