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1. Brady -- he's absolutely the Most Outstanding Canadian and perhaps the Most Outstanding Player in the league. 200 yards in 3 quarters and change. Unreal.
2. Zach -- efficient, 5 TDs, using his legs to extend a drive, that shovel pass to Brady. Wow 
3. Kenny and Dalton -- Lawler earning his current paycheque and Schoen his future one.
HH. Jackson (of the Jeffcoat not Damian varietal) -- a disruptive force and that strip sack. Wow.
Good luck charm -- My 6 year old who went to her first game today and got to see us hang half a hundred on them. The second most special Bomber game I've attended after the 2019 Cup

1 Zach 319 5 heels up and chilled early 
2 Brady 200 combined yards 
3 dl some pressures, good run d controlled line of scrimmage
hh the under hand flip to Brady while being tackle that Brady took in for the game winning score 
crunch of the game and block, ol in the red zone dive by prukop 
awe that’s dirty Lanier with two late hits on Zach. 
 
honorable mention to just about every one. Kramdi had his best game, ol dominated, kick cover got a lot better too 

First star to first half me for sticking with it.
Second star to second half me for being able to look back and laugh at first half me.
Third star to Oshea for trolling Booch and Mike by playing Jackson at literally every position.
HH to Suitor for calling a 10 yard run in a 3 point game before half time a potential TSN turning point.

too much regina style pizza?

1 Zach run game struggled but Zach threw us out of trouble and into the win column 273 yards 2 passing tds 1 rushing td couple first down runs and 2 qb sneak tds for brown 
2 roadhouse monster performance 8 for 149 seemingly every catch for a first 
3 haba 3 tackles sack and a tfl 
hh grants monster return for a td 
block of the game was yoshi pancaking the twisting dt with one hand then mauling the de right after
hit of the game wj on Harris with no freaking helmet after getting face masked to hell 
honourable mentions to biggie clements Demski woli Bryant fox holm and Sergio with the kick off single after missing the xpt. 

It ain't my 300k so welcome back Kenny the king 

I'm still thawing out as I type this. My first playoff game at IGF (couldn't go last year because of health stuff). I'm so grateful to witness this team -- from going to the 2019 Cup in Calgary to today.
1) Brady O. Accounted for 45% of our total yards from scrimmage. So glad we stuck with him and that Walters chose him as our RB1 in the off-season. Monster game.
2) Darby. A great pass breakup and we finally got to Rourke on his SAM blitz. Welcome back to the family, Alden.
3) Willie. Strip sack and a pass knockdown for two impact plays in the first half (if memory serves me correct).
Honourable mention to Lawrence for a great pass breakup. Our secondary looks so good.
HH to the crowd. That was the most electric atmosphere I've been a part of at IGF. The last game of this magnitude I've been a part of in person was the 2011 Eastern Final. Let's get a better result best week at IG West!

It starts with O'Day - just like it starts with Walters here in Winnipeg.
You have to bring in a certain kind of man. The coach can then implement a philosophy when if players don't FI, they can FO.
Then your new leadership group can start to police themselves.
After Marino's suspension, ther ewas the question od how long Marino would last under MOS. And the truth is that MOS would never have dealt Marino. Our scouts would not have brought him in, Walters would not have signed him if they did, Jefferson/Bighill/etc would have had him bounced in TC if Walters dropped the ball.
There are contingencies in place. You may get past one - but you aren't going to last long. 

he was out there at the very end blocking on Augustine's runs, right in the thick of things.  He got wrestled down hard by 44 Calgary after the play. makes me happy seeing a wide receiver challenge linebackers in the box at crunch time.

Demski snubbed by 3downnation this week as top Bison of all-time...not even in the honourable mentions.

Good to see you, Bluto. Don’t be a stranger.

1 kyrie and biggie  10 tackles 1 sack  soo many big tackles  
2 jeffcoat and sayles  much more pressure than last week  
3 the rbs  tough running day combined over 100 total yards  
hh schoens td catch. 
 
honorable mention to auclair for steam rolling legs to seal the deal. 

Derek Taylor describing how all non-US based sports work (Thread):
 

it's about precedent....they lose one now, then next CBA lose another, maybe 2.... and eventually it's at 0 Canadians. I stand by the players who refuse to start this ball rolling. I just really hope there's a way to get the owners on board with it.

The CFLPA bargaining committee

It would be nice if AH33 were still here...
But I always think about what happened after 2007. The MO was to keep the team together, and go get a championship next year
That DID NOT work out - they clearly retained some players that they needed to move on from
I have found this off-season to be a nice balance of retention and recruitment...so far.

Updated list:
18 days left until free agency. As far as I can tell from the roster on blue bombers.com and the free agent list on cfl.ca, here is where we are at:
Bold = confirmed signed
Plain = pending free agent
Italics = on roster, presumably signed but contract status not reported (any help to clarify would be appreciated)
Underlined = released
 
QB - D. Brown, Collaros, McGuire
RB - Augustine, Borsa, Harris, M. Miller, Oliveira
WR - Adams, Bailey, Demski, Grant, Jackson, Lawler, McKnight, O’Leary-Orange, Wolitarsky 
OL - Bryant, Burks, Couture, Desjarlais, Eli, Gray, Hardrick, Kolankowski, Neufeld, Richmond
DL - Antigua, Jeffcoat, Jefferson, Kongbo, Richardson, E. Rose, Sayles, Thomas, Walker, Wicker, Wilcots II
LB - Bighill, Briggs, K. Brown, Cadwaller, Gauthier, Hansen, Lowes, Maruo, Wilson
DB - Alexander, Alford, Darby, Ni. Hallett, No. Hallett, Hampton, Houston, Johnson, Jones, Kramdi, Matson, J. Miller, Nichols, W. Rose, Taylor, Thompson
K - Castillo, Crapigna, Liegghio, Mourtada
LS - Benson
 

His deal is $160K plus incentives so maybe he stands to make much more if he has another season like this past one.  I know Walters doesn't like using bonuses due to the uncertainty but maybe this was the only way to get it done and still have room for other guys.

I'd like tho for us to actually go back to the original all white aways without the blue shoulders...those would be so sweet

Had to crawl out to the Eagles Club in Victoria to get the game on with sound. Bars are all showing NFL. Was biting my nails the whole time. It was a Ticat crowd in here for whatever reason. There was an 80-something year old wearing a Bomber shirt cheering at the table next to me and we had a hug after the last whistle, damn does it feel good to be the champs. Cheers from Vancouver Island! 

As someone who coaches special teams for a while, I can honestly say the point single was not the worst decision I've seen. It was a high wind day, difficult to judge the ball. In those circumstances I would never instruct a player to let a kickoff get behind you. It's a live ball and you never know when it hits the turf how it will bounce. Letting it past you could result in a TD. You field kickoffs in the wind and don't get cute with it. Also, the returner would have been coached that field position against the wind is of paramount importance. If you don't see an obvious lane take the knee and take the ball at the 35. I know that the single point did not allow the Cats to win, but in my opinion, getting the ball for sure at the 35 against the wind is what allows them to even have a FG to try. If the returner gets tackled at his own 20 I don't like Hamilton's odds of driving the field for a FG try for the win against a gale force wind. 
In retrospect, it turned out to be a bad decision but we'll never know how it might have played out if he brought it out or let it go by. Could have bounced sideways and died in the end zone with the Bombers recovering it for the win, returner could have been hemmed in and tackled at his 15-20 yard line like he was in the 1st Q when he brought it out. 

Had to crawl out to the Eagles Club in Victoria to get the game on with sound. Bars are all showing NFL. Was biting my nails the whole time. It was a Ticat crowd in here for whatever reason. There was an 80-something year old wearing a Bomber shirt cheering at the table next to me and we had a hug after the last whistle, damn does it feel good to be the champs. Cheers from Vancouver Island! 

Had to crawl out to the Eagles Club in Victoria to get the game on with sound. Bars are all showing NFL. Was biting my nails the whole time. It was a Ticat crowd in here for whatever reason. There was an 80-something year old wearing a Bomber shirt cheering at the table next to me and we had a hug after the last whistle, damn does it feel good to be the champs. Cheers from Vancouver Island! 

Every Ticat fan out there, except the pro-Covid, pro-fascist one that used.to come around here , I feel bad for you. I really do. 

Duthie just went off on how it would have been a storybook ending if Hamilton had won at home with Massoli coming in after not getting the start and how The Bombers "ruined the ending" in Hamilton.

From where I stand the storybook ending was Winnipeg, after not winning for 29 years, put together a beast of a team...won a Cup...kept the team together after a cancelled season...came into a hostile barn and overcame 3 quarters of adversity to win their second Cup in a row in a thrilling overtime.

Seriously...every one of these tools can suck a dufflebag full of weiners.