Dr Zaius

The last two Grey Cups they have collapsed

8-7 after starting the season with our starting QB on the shelf isn’t a terrible record (especially when you look league wide).  
Sure there are a few warts and I’m far from satisfied with the compete level, the consistency and performance week in, week out but I’ll take it.
Just have to get to the dance. After that anything can happen.

Any Bomber win looks like a masterpiece to me.

This. A million times this.
Piss on the blue foliage.

This is personal. I don't ask for much so consider this a personal favour.

Nichols did the minimum, which was the right thing to do when your team's D is dominating field position. The one thing he couldn't do was force the ball causing turnovers and he did that.
When the field tipped into our end and we were in our endzone Nichols stepped up and hit wolitarsky for a 25 yard completion in a tight window. THAT was a TSN turning point, imo.
Count me in the group that was satisfied with Nichols performance.
 

I think what happened is Bighill confronted Hall and told him that Biggie is now in charge of the D.

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...
 
 
 
 

If the season ended today we'd play Sask in the West Semi and have the 2nd and 3rd overall picks in the 2019 Draft.

Could this be a year where we finally peak late in the year?

1-3 all defense. Jsk and Bighill had monster games. Fogg, Sayles, Alexander big games. Dl Bryant and Nevis especially big games. 
Hh the blocked punt was a big part of setting the tone. Harris hard a really hard night running but still came up with a bunch of first downs and fought tooth and nail for his yards. 

I like
1st star: Kevin Fogg
2nd star: Soupy Sayles
3rd star: Adam Bighill
Happy Honker: Drake Nevis 
 

Our D has barely given up a TD drive from Labour Day on.  This didn't come out of nowhere.

Harris looks slow. He's dinged up

That's a beautiful tackle by a nose tackle on a big QB.

That’s the Nichols we know and love. 

Wolitarsky is just so fkn solid at SB...  I'd slot Demski at Field WR when he's back

Could this be a year where we finally peak late in the year?

I was at practise today (September 18)...here are my observations regarding how we lined up

OLine
Bryant Neufeld Goosen Chungh Hardrick (Couture 6th man)

QB
Nichols all 1st team scrimmage reps

RB
Harris with LaFrance backing up.  Flanders doesn't look like he'll be on the game-day roster, (no 1st team reps and no ST reps)

RECEIVERS
Adams Dressler Demski Thompkins Wolitarsky (Peterman and Simonise in reserve)  Washington doesn't look like he'll be on the game-day roster, (no 1st team reps)

DLine
Roh Bryant Nevis Oka (Thomas and Rivers rotating in)

LB
JSK Bighill Gaitor at SAM (reps were about a 70/30 split with Gaitor and Fenner)

SECONDARY
Priester Alexander Loffler Sayles Randle (reps were about a 70/30 split with Priester and Fogg)

PUNT cover notable
Briggs and Bennet are upbacks
Fenner and Randle the gunners
Wild still playing on the team

PUNT return notable
Demski and Fogg getting reps...

Didn't observe kick team scrimmage



DI's
Looks like Medlock, Rivers, Fenner, and Wild

Just returned from first trip and game to IGF- Want to thank Winnipeg and BB fans for a fun weekend and great game experience 
And I'd be saying that even if the score hadn't favored my riders - won't disagree that for the second game in a row we had no business even being in the game after first half
The game day experience at IGF is fantastic- 
I'll have a couple suggestions for Mosaic that they could mirror from IGF 
And when you guys go- it is seriously loud
Also need to give shout out to Santa Lucia pizza- great pizza and they were willing to deliver to a motorhome " in some parking lot near IGF and we're calling from a cell phone with a 403 area code"
Anyway, before I delete this account, let me say that two families of Rider season ticket holders are planning to make this trip an annual tradition 
 

Our biggest issue this year is Matt Nichols.. It really is the biggest problem. Hes gone from a game managing QB to throwing 5 interceptions in a half of football. The backup is a rookie. What u want MOS to do? Nobody expected Nichols to be this bad. .
Fire coaches all you want.. The cycle will repeat itself again tho because without a legit QB.. It don't matter who the coach is. 

A gooder Inglish poster

Streveler looked alright considering he was running Nichols offense and Nichols is basically the complete opposite style of QB, along with Streveler's level of experience.  Lapo also had about 5 playcalls yesterday, Harris/Flanders search run, Demski sweep, QB Draw, RB slip screen and a handful of pocket passing plays.  Can't really judge Streveler until he actually gets to run an offense designed for his strengths.

I think Walters and O'sheas fates are tied together and if one gets fired, the whole house gets cleaned.
O'shea is very responsible for turning this franchise around and attracting FA talent that want to play for him.
I don't know if he gets enough credit for the team-building aspect as he should.
That being said I don't know if he can push us over the top for a championship.

I think Walters and O'sheas fates are tied together and if one gets fired, the whole house gets cleaned.
O'shea is very responsible for turning this franchise around and attracting FA talent that want to play for him.
I don't know if he gets enough credit for the team-building aspect as he should.
That being said I don't know if he can push us over the top for a championship.