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odds and sods = only reason I visit here after training camp over do or die? what brand of gin? neat? G&T? martini? bombers: my favourite parts of last three games = not being physically dominated on line of scrimmage + not losing yardage on every special teams exchange -- it's been a long time since we had advantages here.

I believe Suitor hates the Bombers and enjoys their losses. Rod Black must meditate for hours to clear his mind of any scrap of football knowledge -- whenever he has breaks from his classes on "How to say stupid things!"

Very sad. Faint hope in present regime almost gone. Remain riders whipping boys. Even though they hired and fired Taman. Not too early to start drinking. And imagine its 1984.

I get so tired of hearing Suitor drone on about conventional wisdom and the "right calls". There has been a lot of statistical analysis of the American game which demonstrates that many these "right calls" are dead wrong -- David Romer did one study. NFL coaches still mostly ignore this. Not sure why we have to be just as stupid in the CFL. The "right call" was to go for it.

Anyone read Sportcasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won The author argues (with evidence) that home field advantage in team sports is real and mostly attributable to refs or umpires favouring (unconsciously one hopes) the home team. Subjective calls like holding are most likely to be affected. I wish this theory worked in Winnipeg.