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my 2 cents the fumble... it was a forward pass.....but I stand by Fajardo was over the line of scrimmage.

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They can pan to his wife between all plays, she is certainly easy on the eyes. In all honesty though Fajardo's injury and his story makes news, All broadcasters pick a story or two, this game has lot's; Rivalry, Jefferson vs. Hughes, Collaris vs his old team, Fajardo injury, Strevelor injury, rookie Dickie coach, Evans injury, the 13th man, yes if Fajardo's dad/wife are there to watch him in his first playoff game, Powell vs, Harris #2 vs #1 rushing. Both sites are very confident going in. Sask is good, they have talent, we need to play a he11 of a game to win, can the Bombers play that type of a game in the riders back yard....yes.

2 cents worth, we start the game with 3 or 4 man rush take away the running lanes and the middle of the field. Try and make Sask grind out the run on us or have Fajardo try and complete long sideline throws or deep balls, let him get outside the tackles and test his mobility early. The worst thing we can do is let him stay in the pocket and beat us with quick throws and screens.

Yes and when it is that cold the ball is different. It feels like it's heavier and denser. It doesn't seem to have the plyability that it normally does. I can completely understand how receivers dropped balls and snaps and throws were a little off. I too have played in that type of weather. Your finger tips and toes numb up a little, even a slight breeze makes your eyes water, as you breath heavy your hot humid breath makes your nose run, and it doesn't stop, somehow even your equipment feels heavier.

At the end of the day we beat Cal. in Cal. that was huge. We are a good team with Collaris and Strev. but let's not forget that Fajardo led the league in passing and that Sask won the West and earned the right to play at home. We have an amazing home crowd but so does Sask. Big games in Regina are hard to win, we can win ,we have showed we can but they will not be easy to beat at home. I truly believe that the level of Fajardo's injury will be a massive factor. We can make fun of his arm strength and his "spin" move but he beat many teams including us twice with it. Best case for the Bombers is that his back is too aggravated to play.

You might not say it.....but the records books do.

I do believe we can win. If we continue the trend of shutting down the run, and get a hit or two (cleanly)on Fajardo with an already ailing back our defence should be able to take away the Sask. offence. Let's not kid ourselves though, they do have a very good set of receivers and Fajardo led the league in passing, if he is close to 100 % and he get's comfortable they can damage us. On defence they do have a good pass rush, we are set to beat this based off of our three headed rushing attack this week. Sask. can't just pin their ears and come for our QB, or for that matter get to focused on Harris as we can beat them with other players. If Collaris can stretch the defence to keep them honest combined with the threat of Demski, Harris, and Strev. running and the jet sweep option of Janarian Grant being set-up, we have the potential to beat Sask's defence. As with any game limit mistakes...Cal. game we had a bad punt, 11 yrd net, they got 6, we gave up a long return, they got 6, that is just about all the mistakes we made and it accounted for 14 points against. Sask is a good team and they will get points if we make mistakes. We can do it, but it will not be easy.

Anyone have any insider type info in Fajardo and his back?

I like both, each has strengths and weaknesses. does anyone have any idea when it may be back-up?

1-Strevs heart 2-Medlock 3-Defence HH-Demski....Sask has to plan for 3 running threats

Offence found its identity...spread the run around, Demski, Harris, and Strevelor.....

I feel our defence played well. Save the long range fieldgoal all Cal. points were aided by our special teams mistakes, our special teams have not been special today. Our offence has looked poor. No mis direction we are not trying to stretch the field, but we are not pounding it either...Im not really sure what we are doing on offence to be honest. If we want to get back in and take a lead we need our specials to tighten up, and our offence has to figure out what they are doing

Harris looks alright today........man is he in the "zone"

C'mon snow and poor weather hit Cal. hard. Really poor weather helps us, I want it so bad that you can't throw the ball more than 20 yards. That would give us a massive advantage IMO

1st star vernon adams 2nd star strevelor H h two emerging stars in the two qbs today

Strev Dline grants return HH to Medlock for rebounding on his punting!

You have to like Strev. He may not be a polished passer yet....but the guy has mojo and what is he 24. If you can gain pocket awareness even if it takes a few years he seems to have a bright cfl future. #27 runs well, he could be a little more patient at times in the hole but really he has filled in for Harris really well! Peterman just balls, the guy deserves more time. Bailey looked good, he ran hard, one mistake bubbling back that he is lucky on the outcome with but his small body of work graded out well I’m sure. Defence was awesome! Our slime even with massive rotation is good, heck even Hanson was in creating havoc. Lots to be proud of today

I feel the hit to our long snapper was dirty but.....by the "rule of the law" it was not. it is what it is and hopefully we won't see that again as I don't want to see any long snapper on any team hurt on a hit like that again. Jefferson DID make contact to the head and again by "the letter of the law" it is not allowed so he was fined for it, I personally have no issue with the fine, just keep it consistent. I am very interested to see what reffing crew this game gets and if we will see a few more holds called on the Riders o-line. I was not watching ours specifically so perhaps we also got away with holds as well but I was watching Sask's and they did get away with many holding calls last game. This next game will two very good teams that match-up well and have a dislike for one-another, I can't wait this should be a he11 of a slugfest!

And how Reilly is still standing is a miracle.

and that appears to be all we can do.....IF Nichols misses time it will be Strev. time. I stand by my opinion that the way this offence is designed he probably not be as effecient as Nichols, but he will run it just fine. Your opinion differs and that's cool you explained why you think he will struggle, and now as you said we must just wait and see.

With our run heavy, high percentage pass game we are designed for Im not to concerned with Strev. going in. My thoughts are he will make more mistakes and have a worse INT. to TD than Nichols but will also sustain more drives than Nichols due to his superior running ability. Honestly IMO we have not been winning based off our passing game, we have been winning with Harris, special teams and defense, this won't change.

Harris the entire offence Grant 300+ and 2tds Sayles everywhere all game hh Rose with the game winning pick goat Nichols passing game

I believe 177 tonight. Not good enough. He had the deep ball, he tried twice both were good throws and very close. It was there as Cal was playing aggressive. I don’t know if it’s Nichols or LaPo but we need to push it down field more than we have. Harris was inhumanly good the last two weeks, but we need a passing game.

Nichols was given a gift wrap golden chance to win the game with our defence forcing the fumble. With the game on the line he engineered a 2 and out. simply put a good QB makes runs out the clock. Some blame possibly to Lapo for not running on 2nd down.