Bobby West

OK, removing all the Media Hype that became so repetitive it was annoying. The amount of story's on Cody Fajardo's injuries was ridiculous. Just about all of the stories were coming from the Eastern media. There has been so much focus on that QB that there has been zero focus anywhere else. It almost seems like a distraction. In fact cfl.ca has Craig Dickenson suggesting they are going to use all 3 of their QB's!  I doubt that's the case. Unless he means short yardage but he dosent say that.
At a glance this game is so evenly matched its really to hard to call.  For every strength the Bombers have, SK has one. For every weakness SK has we do too. I really don't think anyone should be looking past this game.  Some of the earlier comments I've read I cant honestly believe that a knowledgable fan would truly think that. Sometimes we are talking or writing from an emotional place and not a smart place. How many points we beat them in the Banjo Bowl dosen't mean a thing. The fact that SK won both their home games and we won our home game further instills these 2 teams are pretty evenly matched.
The win in Calgary was everything positive that could it can possibly be. Im glad that will help with a little more confidence. But again any smart football fan could see that Bo was seriously off of his game. He was missing open receivers with no pressure on him. I call that game a positive karma game given to the Bombers from the football Gods. If we think back we have seen that happen in Calgary before. Where the Stampeders fell apart. They were fumbling and throwing Ints.
If Jim Popp wouldn't have been fired in Toronto I don't think any of us would be having this discussion right now. As its been said that Pop would not have traded Zach Collaros. Where we all know there wasn't any deal struck with PinBall Clemonts. So now that we have Collaros we have as good a chance as anyone to win the Grey Cup. But I would like to point out that as much of a surprise as it would be or will be playing Zach against Hamilton or Edmonton. They haven't faced the Bombers with Zach. The reason I didn't put the Riders in there is because their DC Jason Shivers has known Zach all of last season and of course the beginning of this year. So out of the 3 other DC's left. SK has the DC that knows Collaros the best. The last thing I want to say on this is... Thank goodness Riders GM Jeremy O'Day traded Zach Collaros. Otherwise Zach wouldn't be here and SK would have had 2 great QB's this season. That in itself is hard to comprehend. As they totally lucked out on Fajardo! 
Now if we take out all the "possible" Injuries on both sides and just discussing head to head. The weather is not going to be a factor. The crowd will be loud and will probably create some disruption. But I'm sure LaPo knows exactly what to do to communicate. I'm positive SK will have their MLB spying Streveler on every play he is inserted into the game. The weather looks to be 6C and I'm hoping the wind will be a non factor. We all know when that wind gets going. The team with the wind in the 4th get quite the advantage. So far the reports are not saying much for wind. 
 In order for the Bombers to win Zach needs to have several long drives with points at the end f each drive. No turn overs and hopefully recover one of their turn overs. The defence can not let Cody Fajardo drive the ball like he has. If Fajardo gets control of his game and goes on long drives. It will be hard to win that way. It very well might come down to who has the ball last. Or if the Bombers are up by a couple points. Then they need to finish it by controlling the clock with running and 1st downs. The Bombers can not put it in the hands of Fajardo with enough time on the clock. We have all seen that 1st year starting QB drive the ball at the end of a game to get the win. Not just once or twice but several times this season.
Bombers need the ball last! Either to drive for the winning points or to close out the win. 
 

ditch the rouge.

Just new on here but was I ever cheering for the Bombers . Not that this helps but I see Winnipeg playing with vengeance next week. Just like the game right after Labour Day. If the Bombers can step up and beat Calgary decisively in Winnipeg. No doubt the players will feel much better on the bye. Not to mention confidence going into the Playoffs. Who knows how this season will end. The EE might surprise everyone. What the Bombers can control, right here and now, is to win their last home game of the year and win it decisively. They need to end the regular season on a high. 

Just new on here but was I ever cheering for the Bombers . Not that this helps but I see Winnipeg playing with vengeance next week. Just like the game right after Labour Day. If the Bombers can step up and beat Calgary decisively in Winnipeg. No doubt the players will feel much better on the bye. Not to mention confidence going into the Playoffs. Who knows how this season will end. The EE might surprise everyone. What the Bombers can control, right here and now, is to win their last home game of the year and win it decisively. They need to end the regular season on a high.