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  3. Still love this team

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    17 hours ago, Noeller said:

    People who aren't smart enough to see the forest for the trees, complain about the obvious thing "Well, we didn't make that last kick, so we need a new kicker..." and they don't look at the plethora of things that went wrong in that game, including the offense having a relative pants-shitting. They also don't look at the massive leap Liegghio took from last year to this year, and think about the similar leap he could take from this year to next. It's not like P/Ks grow on trees...... we have a near-95% CIS kicker who has a MASSIVE ceiling, if we let him grow into it. He's not the reason we lost that game. I'd hate to see him go be an all-star for another team next year....

    While I agree that there were several factors that lead to a one point loss last Sunday, I believe that at a minimum, the Bombers have to bring in some serious competition at kicker/punter position. (Darn, in spite of how poorly the Bombers played and were coached in certain aspects of the game, at the end, it was still there for the taking.)  Yes, Liegghio took a "massive leap" relative to last year. However, in three regular season games where he was kicking last year, he missed 3 of 8 FGs and 3 of 8 converts. It would be difficult to not improve on those numbers. So, he did. However, this year he was still 7th of 9 regular kickers in FG% and 8th of 9 in convert success. There was a definite improvement in his %s but relatively speaking he was mediocre at best. And for KOs (yd. per kick), he was 4th among regulars and with a 46.9 yd. punting average, he was 5th among regular punters.

  4. Still love this team

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    Seems to me that Liegghio has taken a lot of criticism (most of it justified) over his kicking in the game. Heck, someone even called him out in a letter to the editor in the WFP. (Over the line, IMO.) However, although Buck P. has been on the receiving end of a few critical jabs after the game, mostly it has been crickets. IMO, proper execution or not, that was a horribly called game by him.

  5. Grey Cup 2022 GDT

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    8 minutes ago, Booch said:

    Loss isnt on Leggz...was on offence and poor game.plan...plain and simple

    Legghio cost us, period. His leg isn't strong enough and neither is his psyche. But I agree about the offence, Buck's play calling was outright bizarre at times. Did he out-think himself? I'll still be back next year. Hopefully, Leggs isn't.

  6. 2022 CFL Season - Non Back 2 Back Champs News

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    Hearsay, but I've read that the NFL/NFLPA is considering messing again with their already confusing QB rules that would allow an extra QB (3rd) on the roster full-time effectively adding another roster spot for all teams. I'm thinking that if Rourke is anywhere near healthy he would be at least 3rd string material in the Excited States.

    In 2004, Ricky Ray was third string behind Chad Pennington and Quincy Carter for the Jets. Big $$$s for Ricky for a very short time.

  7. Bombers Extend Zach Collaros

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    1 hour ago, Noeller said:

    I also have this fear of Toronto in the GC because we've never beaten them in the big game ever (I think that's what Bluto said last year) so I'd prefer to play anyone else, frankly...... I just don't like that stat.

    What Bluto said is true. However, the last time the Bombers and Argos met in a Grey Cup was 1950! I'm no fear and I highly doubt the the Bombers have it either.

  8. Back to Back Champs at Ticats GDT

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    Serious question. (I'm a Bomber fan but haven't played the game.) I know that the slot backs get to do that waggle thing so the defenders have to play off them. However. the outside receivers start from a stand still and yet the Bomber CBs still give a 10 yard , at least, cushion. Nine times out of 10, that's an easy pitch and catch for a first down. I wonder why the CBs aren't playing it a little tighter. Can't the Bombers run some sort of hybrid system to take this into account? I'm truly perplexed.

  10. Back to Back Champs at Ticats GDT

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    Well, that was an embarrassing first half. The Bomber D was nowhere to be seen. (Certainly the Ti-Cats receivers couldn't see them as they were playing so far off.) Parker got picked on so many times that towards the end he was giving less than a half-hearted effort. As for Rose...What the heck was he doing on the TD where he got burned more than I would have? Gauthier as a regular LB, even rotating, is not going to work. Sure his long locks look great when he's in the pursuit mode (all the time) but he's a special teamer at best. And we're not good enough in the middle of that D-line. Run stopping is a problem, too. I'm hoping that adjustments are made at the half to at least get a few stops. Otherwise it could be 50, maybe 60. Will the Ti-Cats run up the score? I would. And, I thought the O, except for a couple of plays, looked OK. End of rant. I'm tempted to not return for the second half......but I will.

     

    Go Blue!

  12. GDT - Banjo Bowl - Riders @ the Back-To-Back Champs

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    I've got a question for all of you armchair QBs out there. Actually, maybe, just an observation. So Collaros tosses one to Bailey and he takes it in for a TD with 30 seconds left in the first half. Score is then 27-7. Bombers kickoff and SK starts moving the ball down field. On the second last play of the half (seven seconds left on the clock) SK is near centre field and Farjardo throws his usual short one that is caught  by one of their guys at about our 45-46. The guy drops and not one but a couple of Bombers immediately touch him down with two seconds still on the clock. On the last play of the half Lauther kicks a 53 yd FG to bring the score to 27-10. I realize that in the end that FG didn't matter but had the Bombers not touched the downed receiver, the two seconds would have gone and the half would have ended at 27-7. I realize this is one of those in the heat of the moment things but I would have thought the players on the field would have been more aware of the clock, especially a vet like Bighill. Was the Bomber coaching staff aware? Was it a teaching moment? Your thoughts?

  23. Non Back to Back Champ games Week 12

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    Not much else to do tonight so I watched the game. In hindsight, it might have been a better bet to watch the W Network "shot in Winnipeg" movie with my wife. As Do or Die noted....two inept teams, one coached by a guy who might be a decent high-school coach and the other by a guy who is probably, maybe a decent assistant. Yikes! If I may make a few more comments.

    Why is Duron Carter still playing football, let alone starting at safety for the worst team in the league? I saw a commercial done by his Dad the other day and I think that he would be a better fit. Duron does do a lot of dancing and no tackling out there.

    I'm beginning to think that the league is on its last legs (in the current configuration). How can it survive when there were more fans in the stands in TO than in Edmonton tonight? Yeah, I know that Commonwealth is "cavernous" but there was nobody there. I'm very serious about this. In reality, the Bombers and Riders are the only teams currently putting a good amount of butts in the seats. TSN contract or not, I don't think that the league can last all that much longer. Thoughts welcome.

    This is a quarterback driven league and right now only two teams even come close to having that "it" factor at the QB position: Bombers and Stamps. BC with Pipkin at the controls is going nowhere. And why did it take Lapo so long to figure out that Caleb Evans is nowhere near the QB that Arbuckle is?

    I really like the home unis that the Bombers wore on Thursday. They are the class of the league.

    I've got more but will leave it at that. I'm not a gin fan like Do or Die but I've got a Laphroig single malt that needs to be sampled.

     

    Cheers.

  24. Week 12 - Stumps @ Back-To-Back Grey Cup Champions - GDT

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    12 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

    I've watched longer than you and I can tell you that the refs wrong calls decide a lot more games in 40 years than you can count on one hand.

    Last night they got a fumble wrong (That's a fact, not conjecture or a 'what if' argument).  It allowed us to keep the ball instead of giving it to the Stamps & allowed us to get 3 un-earned points. That's the definition of an instance when the refs made the wrong call that possibly changed the outcome of the game because we won by 2. If their QB had fumbled and they'd kept the ball, you know that most folks around here would be rightly whining about it.

    There's nothing stupider or more aggravating than fans blaming the refs for calls that go against the team, like the RTP,  then saying you can't blame the refs for calls that go against the other team. You can blame the refs for both or neither, but anything else is just stupid.

    I agree the the on-field officials got the call wrong. However, when they ruled it an incomplete pass, the whistle went and the majority of the players stopped (Yes, like all well-trained athletes, they played to the whistle.) Then it went up to the "command/control" centre for the final say and they, in my opinion, made the correct (and fair) call.

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