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Gameday isn’t over until I’ve read Odds and Sods
Kick return options encouraging,  Everything else “meh”.

Gameday isn’t over until I’ve read Odds and Sods
Kick return options encouraging,  Everything else “meh”.

C. Nelson gets things off on the right foot.....with nice kickoff return....
Streveler puts up long sideline pass....Whitehead stops on pass that should of been....
Whitehead has nice punt return.  Good wheels.....
KR competition..... off to interesting start....
Streveler has no one open.....so barrels down the middle, for big gain....
Harris stuffed on 2nd carry.  Harris needs to leave this game soon.
Pass pro for the Blue.....could be better
Medlock pounds 47 yd FG
Kligore competing some balls for the Esks....
Esks DB's providing some tight coverage.....
Some nice ST work by Mike Jones......
Alexander, Fenner and Sayles show good closing speed in the back....
Bomber's vanilla D, getting poked a bit, here
Fenner stuffs hitch pass in the red zone
Stafford hooked on way to endzone.....officials miss the call....
So, Maas challenges it and gets the reversal.  Ball on the 1.
But, Esk QB fumbles the sneak....Wingman Jefferson recovers...
Streveler finally gets completion, then a end run for 17...
Medlock hitting some nice punts....
M. Jones beaten badly on play action, but breaks up under-throw....
Jones then knocks ball loose from receiver on 2nd down
Jones then goes back.... to return the punt for 15
Busy series for Mr. Jones.
Bennett in at QB...hits Lawler twice....and both incomplete
Medlock drills 45 yd FG...makes it look pretty easy
Mike Jones keeping busy ......with another ST tackle
Bennett looking pretty good in the pocket
Too many drops by the heralded Bomber R group, so far
Bomber pass pro looking better, this quarter
The soon to be cut Jake Thomas....gets a sack
Nice punt catch and return by Nelson..
McGuire draws in at QB
B. Oliveira's first carry is a nice 15 yards up the gut
McGuire makes a couple of nice throws
Thed The Hansen... strikes a blow on ST's....
Mike Jones having a good nite......
...until he lets punt bounce, then fumbles return....
...om Bomber 12.  With 18 seconds left in half...
But, Jeffcoat knocks down 2nd down pass.....
Esks settle for 19 yd FG....to close out the half.
Nick Temple makes nice tackle on screen play....
Bombers take back to back penalties.....
...then Esks take them back to back to back....
Typical X game stuff....indeed....
Less vanilla and more pressure from Blue D.
Santiago first carry for 5.
Petermann grabs 2 in a row....
Bennett completes to Walker and Hazel
Looking better as he goes along
Whitehead runs PR back and forth 30 yards....
...for a net gain of 5. 
A. McCalister trucks an OL and gets big sack....
...forcing a conceded Esks safety.  Bombers up 10-3
Larry Rose gets into the return act with a nice KR...
Esks take an IC, then offside penalty... to keep a drive alive..
Gabriel Amaavizca Ortiz makes them pay with 36 yd field goal
Germans? Mexicans? What's next?
Esk KR busts open ensuing kickoff....and is going for 6...
...but run down on good hustle play by Dylan Schrot....
Hansen continuing to strike blows for the Fatherland, on ST's....
As Bombers take another step towards world domination....
Edmonton drives into the red zone.....
....but 2 receivers can't hold on to the ball in the endzone
Turnover on downs, Bomber ball.
Some igloo dude goes a mile offside... then roughs the QB.
That will look even worse on film....
McGuire looking pretty good....but drops and sack holding him back....
Steven Richardson sacks O'Brian
Esks take their 3rd time count violation on punt plays....
Another good punt return by Nelson....shifty and quick.....
GAO does not have a lot of pop, in his punting leg...
If you are a fan of punting....this one's for you..
Jones lets another punt fall in front of him...but pretty good return....
Bombers running the 3rd stringers on OL...tough sledding for the backs.
Lucky W. finding out that it is not that easy, taking the corner in the CFL...
Last 3 minutes with bench guys and cannon fodder galore...
Clock stopped.  Too bad.
Bennett throws deep to Schrot.....who turns the wrong way....
...then the right way, juggles the ball and holds it to finish 50 TD play.
Bomber bench erupts, and Schrot is literally carried off the field....
....to complete a unforgettable first catch of his career.  20-3
Moes in 3 down mode....Maas calls a timeout with 1:10 left
.....thanks.
Home game #490 is in the books....
Gin #whatever is in the glass....
 




 
 
 
 

The centrepiece of my cave is a (reportedly) game worn 71 from eBay.   My unnaturally large son never remembers why his dad makes him wear 63 when he plays OLine.  38 would be pretty cool too.  Please one of these years can the Bombers make some memories for my kids.
Keeping the faith on Vancouver Island.
Very grateful for training camp updates —- way more detail than Bombers website.

The centrepiece of my cave is a (reportedly) game worn 71 from eBay.   My unnaturally large son never remembers why his dad makes him wear 63 when he plays OLine.  38 would be pretty cool too.  Please one of these years can the Bombers make some memories for my kids.
Keeping the faith on Vancouver Island.
Very grateful for training camp updates —- way more detail than Bombers website.

The centrepiece of my cave is a (reportedly) game worn 71 from eBay.   My unnaturally large son never remembers why his dad makes him wear 63 when he plays OLine.  38 would be pretty cool too.  Please one of these years can the Bombers make some memories for my kids.
Keeping the faith on Vancouver Island.
Very grateful for training camp updates —- way more detail than Bombers website.

The centrepiece of my cave is a (reportedly) game worn 71 from eBay.   My unnaturally large son never remembers why his dad makes him wear 63 when he plays OLine.  38 would be pretty cool too.  Please one of these years can the Bombers make some memories for my kids.
Keeping the faith on Vancouver Island.
Very grateful for training camp updates —- way more detail than Bombers website.

The centrepiece of my cave is a (reportedly) game worn 71 from eBay.   My unnaturally large son never remembers why his dad makes him wear 63 when he plays OLine.  38 would be pretty cool too.  Please one of these years can the Bombers make some memories for my kids.
Keeping the faith on Vancouver Island.
Very grateful for training camp updates —- way more detail than Bombers website.

The centrepiece of my cave is a (reportedly) game worn 71 from eBay.   My unnaturally large son never remembers why his dad makes him wear 63 when he plays OLine.  38 would be pretty cool too.  Please one of these years can the Bombers make some memories for my kids.
Keeping the faith on Vancouver Island.
Very grateful for training camp updates —- way more detail than Bombers website.

The centrepiece of my cave is a (reportedly) game worn 71 from eBay.   My unnaturally large son never remembers why his dad makes him wear 63 when he plays OLine.  38 would be pretty cool too.  Please one of these years can the Bombers make some memories for my kids.
Keeping the faith on Vancouver Island.
Very grateful for training camp updates —- way more detail than Bombers website.

Some hard hitters there. Specially Benny.
 

Simonise back on kickoff.....fumbles and boots it around, to put Bombers in a hole.....
Nichols roughed in end zone, then O strings together 4 first downs.....
Medlock makes it 3-0.
Powell gets around the end on 2nd and short for 50 yards.....
...then catches ball on wheel route for easy TD.  
D on 2 point convert, still not a Bomber specialty…..8-3 Ottawa
Nichols spreading the ball around, early, and releasing it quicker....
Hits Demski, then Dressler down to the RB 25, Adams catches slant. ….
Harris runs for first down, then Adams catches another slant.....
…..breaks a tackle and is in the end zone for the TD...
Harris finding open receivers and has time to deliver...…
So far, looks like the aliens have returned the real Hall to us......
Fenner blitz/sack stops drive on 2nd down.  FG makes it 11-10 Redblacks
Demski runs for 15, then passes to Adams and Demski….
...sets up 37 yd Medlock field goal.  13-11 Blue
Opo jumps offside.... but in 3 man rush....sacks Harris, on next play....
Medlock hits #3 to push it to 16-11.
Ward goes for CFL consecutive FG mark with #39 in a row....
No... RedBlacks run the fake FG....and it comes up short...
Adams embellishes contact a bit and draws 30 yd PI.
Thompkins makes nice catch for first down... Dressler grabs 10 more..
Nichols sacked....Harris gets to Ott 24.  Llast play FG has Bombers up 19-11.
Alexander tagged for PI....but Bryant sacks Harris on another 3 man rush....
Nichols takes flea flicker, drops it off to Big Wolt for 20.....
Dressler takes hitch for 10...Harris runs it down to the Ottawa 6.....
Harris then...uh.....stands and watches 2 incomplete passes from there (sigh)
Medlock is 5 for 5.  Bombers up 22-11
Bombers kick their first punt ….at 5:50 of the 3rd quarter
Harris drilled by Bighill.   Ward does tie the record this time.  22-14 Blue
Demski dancing around...on the end around...and fumbles ball away..
RB's don't go on 3rd and 1.  Ward now has CFL record with 40th straight
Bombers could use some O here.  Nichols fumbles but Chung recovers....
Harris catches pass, hurdles tackler for good gain. Ottawa roughing on same play...
Dressler gets his helmet ripped right off for another 15.....
Revenge is sweet.  Dressler wide open on curl out, in end zone for the TD.  28-17
Harris takes heavy hit from Jake Thomas....Sayles nice knockdown on 2nd down....
Harris and Demski run for FD.  Thompkins catches one for another...
Dressler drops 2nd down pass.....Medlock hits his 6th FG.  32-17
Clutch drive.  Up 15 with less than 4 minutes to go.
Somehow Randle has good ole JFG take the ball right out of his hands.....
JFG then catches 30 yard shotput TD pass...as Fogg falls right down....
32-14 Hold the phone.  That only took Ottawa 45 seconds.....
Huge Medlock punt puts RedBlacks on own 32, with 1:45 left
Ellingson makes great catch to convert 3rd and 3.....
Bombers laying off receivers and missing tackles, now...
JFG (new Ottawa threat) catches pass over middle to Bomber 15
Harris then tosses to Ellingson for the TD.  But they need the 2-pointer
Of course, Ellingson catches floater over Alexander.  32-32
Bomber D has completely vaporized a 15 point lead in last 3 and a half minutes.
OT.  Harris catches, then runs for first downs.  Harris rips off 12 more....
Nichols finds Dressler on 2nd down....wide open in end zone.  38-32 Bombers    
Have to have the 2.  Nichols delivers to Adams.  Up 40-32.
Matt has looked a lot like the ole efficient Nichols, today.....
Just need a stop on D, to close out this thing and cap my drinking...
Ellingson catches two passes for first downs.....we just can't cover that guy...
Vincent Rodgers takes brutal roughing penalty after the whistle
Bomber D can't cover Sinopoli either...he takes it to the 18
Sinopoli catches it again, cuts inside to the Bomber 5...…
...but Adam Bighill pursues him....and punches the ball out.....
Santos-Knox falls on it.  Bomber ball.  Bomber WIN.
D finally make a stop.   Bombers finally get 2 points
...on a bottle drainer, that should of been in the bag, long ago....
….and has put me in the bag, right now....

 
 

 



 
 


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Esks Mitchell gets wide open, down on sideline....Reilly misses him...
Sayles comes in clean and blocks first punt of the game.....
Nichols sacked.....Blue settle for Medlock's  3....
Camera reveals that MOS... is not wearing shorts...
Winnipeg media should initiate an investigation...
Sayles....nice hit on shuttle pass......
Wolt Man takes middle pass for 30...getting the Blue out of a hole...
The Duke of Edmonton catches pass, but fumbles....Alexander recovers...
Nichols looking a bit tentative under pressure...he is sacked again...
Bighill hits Reilly's arm on 2nd down....killing a Moes drive
Adams can't squeeze 2nd pass for Blue....
Bomber O sputtering right now....
Reilly misses a pair of passes.....Esks O sputtering, as well...
Some ugly pass pro, and slow decision making by Nichols...another sack.
Nichols finally hits Petermann...good effort to run it to the 2
Streveler sneaks in....Bombers 10-0
Bomber import receivers....only effective as decoys, at this point.....
Miller lays down the smack, on kick coverage....
Yet another 2 and out by Edmonton... Reilly now looking flustered .....
Miller comes in and slides out of the backfield to catch and run for 22.
Medlock misses 44 yd FG attempt.
Bighill and Bomber DT's....really running things in the middle now...
Gator comes off edge...hits Reilly...ball goes right to Loffler downfield....
....heads up lateral to Fogg brings it down deep into Esks territory....
Dressler sweeps it to the 5....then Harris takes the pitch untouched for the TD...
Sayles gets in another good hit downfield....
Randle breaks up pass in endzone....Esks settle for FG.  17-3 halftime
2nd half starts like 1st...Bighill flushes out Reilly, who gets plowed by Santos-Knox.....
Gets worse....Reilly throws late on square out....Fogg steps in front of it....
....and cruises 70 yds down the sideline for easy Bomber TD.  24-3.
Eskimos doing a lot of holding and throwing blocks early....to no avail....
Crazy amount of stunts and 6 man fronts from Hall tonight.....
Reilly flushed out again....Alexander hits arm from behind.....
... with Fogg on the spot again, to recover the fumble.....his big nite continues....
Harris getting stuffed in the run game....Blue getting conservative on the play calls...
Medlock makes it 27-3.  20 points off of 5 Eskimo turnovers....
Bomber D getting big pressure on virtually every play...and forcing errant throws....
Reilly now gets buried in the backfield by 3 Bombers......tough night indeed...
Bombers now doing their own version of Play Safe....on O.
We have around 160 yds in offense....and a 24 point lead..
D continuing to push the Esks around physically.....Reilly hits the dirt, yet again...
Bombers finally and actually throw the ball down field to Adams for 30....
Harris starting to pound away at the tired Esk D-line for back to back first downs.....
But Lapo gets cute....Dressler loses 5 on that ole sweep.
Nichols is pressured....tries to squeeze it in tight....and is picked off at the Esk 5 yd line.
Sayles pops the Duke again....this time he stays down, then leaves the game...
Reilly is sacked by Nevis, on 3rd and 10....for turnover number 6....
...and looking in serious discomfort at the Edmonton bench......
Harris does some more effective clock grinding....Medlock makes it 30-3
O' Brian comes in...and appropriately throws last play pick to Alexander.
Bomber secondary's best game  - Fogg, Sayles, and Alexander really got it done
The inside story....was the pregame abduction of Richie Hall....by aliens.
...as the guy who took his place... dialed up a whole bunch of looks ..and big, big pressure
Offense was nothing special.....but the D was....
Gin was nothing special ....but the consumption was...
 
 
 
 

Drinking game for tonight.

Everytime the bombers score... take a shot.
Everytime the defense blows coverage ... take a shot.
Everytime Rod Black says something stupid... take a shot.

Regardless how things go, everyone will be sheeeeetfaced.

Fendler out. We are starting 2 rookies in the secondary with Leggett moving to LB.

Mark F:   I love close games when the Bombers aren’t playing... but give me 60-0 for the Bombers every game and I’ll be very happy.
I still have nightmares of Lulay coming in the game and our D over and over again almost catching him then him escaping for another first down.
But also great BC Place memories of 1990 with Battle’s INTs and Nick Benjamin’s downfield kick coverage (not to  mention the last you know what) and 2009 with Fred Reid’s 260 yards they can never stop us feeling. 
 

Mark F:   I love close games when the Bombers aren’t playing... but give me 60-0 for the Bombers every game and I’ll be very happy.
I still have nightmares of Lulay coming in the game and our D over and over again almost catching him then him escaping for another first down.
But also great BC Place memories of 1990 with Battle’s INTs and Nick Benjamin’s downfield kick coverage (not to  mention the last you know what) and 2009 with Fred Reid’s 260 yards they can never stop us feeling. 
 

The “non-import” receivers had me thinking of Joe Pop too.  Almost like real weapons rather than token Canadians.
Loved Mo on the last play of a blowout game downfield first to tackle returner.  He makes me believe.
Happy Oline always a good thing.
For 25 years why can’t we discover new quarterbacks like other teams.  Maybe ....
Blowing out other team ... huge yardage discrepancy ... for us ... feels like the mid80s again.
(It was just Montreal) NA NA NA NA can’t hear you.

The “non-import” receivers had me thinking of Joe Pop too.  Almost like real weapons rather than token Canadians.
Loved Mo on the last play of a blowout game downfield first to tackle returner.  He makes me believe.
Happy Oline always a good thing.
For 25 years why can’t we discover new quarterbacks like other teams.  Maybe ....
Blowing out other team ... huge yardage discrepancy ... for us ... feels like the mid80s again.
(It was just Montreal) NA NA NA NA can’t hear you.

I realize some on this site absolutely hate any rule changes to our fair CFL game ... still look how the changes to our convert rules for  example have made the game more interesting for the fans
For the coming year I suggest some kind of adjustment to the review process is in order ... I am interested to see how we can do it better, more fairly, and remove the frivolous reviews while keeping the referees in check/
To me one of the strangest most foreign rules is our touchback rule. It feels like NFL envy. In every other kicking situation we have the rouge, but on the kickoff we want to suspend the rouge for a team making an amazingly good kick. Lets change the rule back to scoring a rouge for kickoffs through the end zone. Lets get back to rouge consistency though our whole game.
Third, something a touch more surprising: change the scoring on a safety from two points to three points. The way the rules have changed teams are able to "buy" their way out of bad field position. All the hard work of good defense and punting coverage, can be disposed of for slightly more than a rouge. Make teams trapped deep in their own end work their way out of it, not buy their way out of it. Faced with the prospect of giving up three points and the either giving the ball back or getting the ball back which would you choose?
I would also like to see a change on infractions away from the play, especially on kick returns and on passing plays. I mean if you can't have pass interference because the ball was not "catchable" lets apply similar thinking to  slight contact infractions away from the play. I am not talking roughing but the normal jostling that is happening all over the field.
The last thing I would like to see different in the coming year is more certain and costly penalties and suspensions for injury maker infractions like helmet to helmet and roughing the passer. We need to keep our starting QBs upright. It seems the NFL  is doing a better job of this than we are. I don't know how exactly to make it better but we have to do something. I would like to see some "non-reviewable" or "non-appealable" automatic suspensions after so many roughing infractions. One game suspension and perhaps a two game and then three game if the practice by that player persists. I don't mind a player losing his livlihood for a week if he is taking it away from another player's career.
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get out. Just get right out of here with talk like that. Refs might suck at calling no yards but it is so much better than the ******** fair catch nonsense that I'll live with it. 

JFG is totally, totally end of game  CLUTCH .  Toews of the Bomber. 

JFG is totally, totally end of game  CLUTCH .  Toews of the Bomber. 

Late to the party.  I normally hate losing any player.  I worry Milanovich sees something in Willy.  He might know more than me.  Willy got harder to watch partly because announcers often talked about him like he was an established starter.  He wasn't.  We just decided he was, from a small sample size, then he got injured forever, and nobody took his job.
If Willy becomes Collaros or Harris, too bad for the Bombers.  But what else could we do?  Ex-starters often need to be backups with new teams -- too hard on the team you lost your job on.  First round is good currency for an international.  We got a veteran backup who wants to be here.  And provides some nostalgia -- I watch Milt's miracle catch frequently.

Darrin Bauming‏ @DarrinBauming
Khalil Bass is also taking a day off practice today. Also Morgan (injured Sat), Hurl & Thomas (1gm IL). Briggs (injured Sat) is practicing.
Bob Irving‏ @BobIrvingCJOB
Ian wild, ryan smith, and andrew harris not practicing with bombers --all have "BODY" injuries vs non-body injuries. Status TBD
Darrin Bauming‏ @DarrinBauming
Ryan Smith's right thumb is wrapped up as if it may be cut. Smith left Saturday's game and did not return. #Bombers
 - Flanders and Lochard each got some reps with first team in "team" scrimmage;
 - Randle at boudary corner with starting D; Adams to field; 
 - Frederick and M. Harris practising with second team;
 - Godino and Denmark got reps with first team; majority of first team reps to Denmark;
 - Knox is back practising with punt ST, and 1st team MLB in place of Bass;
 - Briggs also practising with punt ST;
 - Randle picked long toss; Glenn hit a couple of passes...looks like he'll be alright with our playbook;
 - Heath practising with second team;
 - Burnett in at WIL for Wild; Wild was doing wind sprints;
In a couple of "skelly" sessions (no D defending) starting O was McDuffie, Dressler, Lochard, Sheppard, Denmark, Kohlert...also flipped out Lochard and inserted Flanders