Eternal optimist

I swear to god the rouge was invented for putrid offenses like this.

"You're cut, son."

Rose's pick-6 turned the tide for sure... but I'd argue that Demski's recovery of Harri's fumble on our own 17 was just as important. At the time, game was tied 0-0. Fun fact: Jennings had 45 yards passing, and the INT was run back for 71 yards on the interception. Do these net out? I think they should.

Well, my alarm permit is still the same price, but that doesn't make me any happier about paying it.

Nick Arbuckle leads the league in completion % as of Week 5 (68.8%), according to CFL, a "deep throw" is consider 20+ yards. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Ok - here's the best way I can explain sigma in layman's terms. If you're a doctor and you have two patients, and you measure their heartbeats per minute (bpm) 3 times each and the results are below: Patient #1: 60 bpm / 60 bpm / 60 bpm Patient #2: 100 bpm / 20 bpm / 60 bpm They would both have the same average (60 bpms), but obviously patient #2 is in a much more concerning scenario. Sigma, a.k.a standard deviation measures how varied your data set is, in the example above, Patient #1 has standard deviation of 0, whereas Patient #2 has standard deviation of 40. TLDR; Sigma/standard deviation is a way of telling you how varied a given data set is, it gives more information than just an average, as averages can often be misleading if you have numerous outliers that offset (such as Patient #2's heartbeat).

Might be adding fuel to the fire here... but just some stats on Nichols vs other QBs after Week 5: 1. Most TD passes in the league (10). 2. His completion accuracy (69.4%) is right around league average (67.9%) 3. He's only thrown 1 interception to-date, the only QBs who have less is Trevor Harris and Nick Arbuckle, Arbuckle also has considerably less playing time, so I'd attribute his low INT total to that. 4. Winnipeg's offense successfully runs the ball... alot! Of our total offensive plays (204), close to half of them (95, 46.57%) have been running plays, which is 1st in the league. We're the only team above.500 that currently successfully does this, the two other teams that are run-heavy are SSK (104 running plays, 228 total offensive plays, 45.61%) and MTL (99 running plays, 213 offensive plays, 46.48%). After that, there is about a 10% drop-off in run-play % with each other team running the ball less than 40% of their offensive plays. 5. Although it is true we have 2nd most 2-and-outs in the league (24), the league average is 19, we're within 1 sigma of the league average, essentially meaning our offense is pretty much middle-of-the road in terms of 2-and-outs. 6. His completion % for deep passes (38.10%) is 3rd-worst in the league, though it should be noted he doesn't shy away from it (21 attempts, league average 21.3 among qualifying QBs). Interesting note here though, Reilly's deep pass completion % is only 28.13%... only QB who is worse is Mitchell (20.00%) though I'd attribute that to him playing hurt. 7. There does not appear to be any correlation between 300+ yard games and team winning percentage (R^2 value = .0872) league-wide, suggesting that this stat is practically irrelevant with respect to wins league-wide, not just for Nichols who is 4-0 with 0 300 yard games. 8. You guys made me late for work.

I've mentioned this on the forum before, TSN offers 24-hour day passes to stream CFL games for a very reasonable $4.99 per day... much better than ridiculous cable prices, considering I can get my main news source (CBC) also online for free.

I am also a cord-cutter, personally I listen to the radio for games, if it's a game I really want to watch, I'll go to the local pub, though that doesn't happen often.

As long as the defense stays true and doesn't cheat or give up big plays... I think we'll be fine.

Well, going back to 1978, they've never started 5-0. For years before then, records are a bit murkier, so I don't want to mislead with incorrect information... Other fun facts, the 1960 resulted in the of the best finishes for the team (14-2), and the 12-game win streak is 2001 is the Bombers longest ever as a franchise. The longest winning streak of active CFL teams is held by Calgary (22 wins straight during 1948-1949 seasons) Close, but no, they went 7-1 through the first 8 games., losing to Calgary in Week 3. So it isn't considered a 5-0 start.

Well stats fascinate me, so here we go: Last time above .500: Technically, the last time they were above .500 was when they opened 2016 with a 1-0 record... Before that though...you have to go back to 2014, when they managed to get to 9-8 in week 19. They would finish 9-9 (.500) on the year. Last winning streak: Weeks 18-20 of the 2016 season. The games were pretty much meaningless though, as before the streak they were 4-11. For the last meaningful winning streak, you have to go back to 2014 when they strung together 6 wins to dig themselves out hole of 3-8 back up to a more respectable 9-8. Last season above .500: 2012. This was also Calvillo's last full year as starting QB, he would play in 2013, but would not finish the season with them.

As someone who works in the field, it is the responsibility of Als management to detect fraud, not the auditors. This is a huge misconception in accounting.

Tough schedule? Absolutely. My point still stands though... the Stamps still control their own destiny when it comes to catch us, however, this is mostly by virtue of the fact the 2019 season is still so young.

C'mon now... everyone who peruses this site knows the single most important stat to judge a QB by is passing yards... it's even what the CFL QB stats page sorts to by default!

Well, the Bombers are 4-0, CAL is 2-2, they put Mitchell on the 6-game IR beginning with their game against SSK, looking ahead, that would mean he'd be eligible to return for their week 10 match up against the Als (assuming he sits a full 6 games on IR). So, they're currently 2 games back of us, but play us three times, 4 wins to start the year is fantastic, but teams have dug themselves out of much bigger holes, and they're actually still in a playoff spot as of right now (3rd in the West) Also, Grey Cups are never a cake walk, just ask the 2001 Bombers...

Hey Hamilton, Thanks. Sincerely, Bomber nation.

HH to the D for that beastly stand on the 1 near the end of the game when it didn't matter but at the same time kind of did.

Hey c'mon now... he consistently has at least one offsides penalty a game

I think this would be stating the obvious, but he is clearly just washing his hands of IGF, as for the Jets... they seem to be incapable of wrongdoing in this city, hence the free pass.

What?!? I want paid pooping breaks!

Well, seeing as how Andrew Harris was born in 1987, he would've been 20 at the time and still playing in the CIS, so I bet he cares... Also, O'Shea was playing for the Argos in 2007, so he'd probably remember it too, I would think.

Okay.... for starters, at most during the regular season you get 2 home games against a divisional opponent, so that's just not possible, but since you asked, here's the game dates and attendance: 2017 Friday, July 7 (CAL) - 30,165 Thursday, August 17 (EDM) - 30,554 Saturday, September 9 (SSK) - 33,134 2018 Saturday, September 8 (SSK) - 33,134

I would argue a much better gauge of d-line success is not only QB sacks, but also average rushing yards against. I compiled the week 3 results (per CFL.ca) and manually added in week 4 using the official box scores...here's the total opponent rushing yards and opponent yards per attempt, by team. As well as their record: Team - Total yards - Attempts - YDs/Attempt WPG - 128 - 34 - 3.76 - (3-0) CGY - 304 - 78 - 3.89 - (2-1) OTT - 300 - 70 - 4.28 - (2-1) TOR - 294 - 60 - 4.90 - (0-3) SSK - 382 - 72 - 5.30 - (1-3) BC - 486 - 90 - 5.40 (0-3) MTL - 331 - 61 - 5.43 (1-2) EDM - 270 - 48 - 5.62 (2-1) HAM - 576 - 94 - 6.12 (3-1) So in terms of stopping the run, SSK is adequate at best. Also, your argument neglects the fact SSK has played an extra game than WPG, so of course they have more stats - I would be very surprised if they didn't... they have about 40 more offensive plays to get said stats.

This is just straight up false. We broke 29,000 3x in 2017, and once in 2018. Don't spout lies.

Lol... even his stock is subject to a dead cat bounce, I guess.