ShyGuy

The CFL.ca storylines article made me chuckle today https://www.cfl.ca/2025/10/28/3-storylines-to-watch-in-the-eastern-semi-final-3/ The difference between #1 Winnipeg and #2 Montreal is 6.3%. The difference between #2 Montreal and #9 Toronto is 3.9%

https://3downnation.com/2025/10/26/montreal-alouettes-lose-game-key-players-before-playoff-rematch-with-bombers-seven-thoughts/ So a few key players didn't finish the game, I imagine anyone who picked up a ding no matter how minor probably got to ride pine though

This is standard language and terms in pretty much every major sports league. Teams want control over the players they draft and develop and have them being somewhat cost controlled. This is actually LESS onerous than most other leagues. NHL is 3 years and then restricted free agency. NBA is 2 years plus 2 years of team options then restricted free agency. NFL is 4 years then a team option I think (3 years if undrafted). MLB is the king of cost-controlling players, I don't think most players make their debut in the majors until their mid twenties, and then there is all kinds of weird rules and arbitrations... I think average age of hitting unrestricted free agency in baseball is something ridiculous like 32. NFL used to have unlimited contract value on their rookies, but teams pushed back on having their first overall picks being their highest paid players.

What is the status of the Als roster right now? Seemed like during the game every second play they were taking an injury timeout. Hard to judge injuries from inside the stands though

Is there any mechanism in the CBA to allow Elgersma to get anything other than the standard ELC out of the Bombers? Maybe some additional marketing money? I think there was some confusion with Rourke and his contract coming back from the NFL because the standard rookie contract is 2 years + a team option... so in theory BC could have paid him a pittance when he came back but obviously that was never going to happen. I guess this is the relevant piece of the CBA here

How much would a thrice benched 28 year old QB command on the open market? I wonder if the Bombers might be forced to do something with Hogan. Jackson was interim coach in Edmonton and obviously QB coach is a big step back. I would imagine if he doesn't get a promotion he would be a candidate in at least Ottawa for the HC or OC gig

I think this win means the only person who has more wins with a single team than O'Shea is Buono, who had more with both the Stamps and the Lions

I was talking about essentially punting this game and choosing to cross over and play Montreal at home in the playoffs!

Maybe the Bombers are hoping for a game in Montreal and the wind is like the end of the game of the final game last season and they hope to just pound the ball with Brady and Streveler for 300 yards or so

so dumb The worst part about this is that the Bombers will pull a rabbit out of their ass and somehow win with Streveler having -70 net passing yards or something ridiculous and the riff raff will come out and be like 'bUt StReVeLeR jUsT wInS gAmEs'

Looks like the Bombers are going to get their sellout. About 30 tickets left to purchase on ticketmaster. Should be a nice day for football, about 13 at kickoff but a bit windy. I'm just happy because mercifully my kid's soccer tournament didn't schedule her a game on Saturday. FWIW I think you need to go out there and play a full game. I get wanting to keep people healthy or playing for a matchup, but the reality is they haven't played really well in a month... and then even before that back in August. They are on a stretch of 4-4... that first win was against an injured Als team and then you have the 3 pass win against Ottawa, you smoke the Ti-Cats and then barely limp to a win against the B-Squad Riders. They need string 3 good games in a row which they haven't done since the start of the season... might as well make it 4 and start it on Saturday.

This is the nominations for the year end awards 'Lifetime achievement award' because... who else on you gonna pick on the line this year. I don't think anyone is going to argue that Bryant has any business being in any Most Outstanding Lineman discussion this year Brady is the right pick here. Leading the league in Yards from Scrimmage despite missing 2 full games and all but a single drive in another. Demski is a nice sentimental pick but just barely broke 1000 yards on the season

Big Stan with the lifetime achievement award. Kind of surprised Holm got the defensive nom, voters always seem to love stats and Jones has a ton of tackles... I also laugh everytime I see the PFF article on 3downNation and see Willie's ridiculous 99.0 score way at the top of the list. I think Vaval has a good shot to make it out of the the West in both categories, but that will be the only Bomber there. Im suprised that Alexander got the MOP nom for the Als starting for only 7 games... that must be some kind of record, he's not even eligible for the passing leaders.

Maybe some team was telling his camp something that didn't come to fruition... you would think being on a CFL roster and practicing week-to-week then entering back into the window would be preferable for a CIS guy rather than sitting around for a season working out by himself but who knows. Obviously baseless speculation, but something smells with Brown being shut down early in Ottawa. I wonder if they enter into a full rebuild if he could be pried out and the rights to Elgersma be the piece... would the Bombers never do that in a million years thinking they have the next Rourke? Would the Redblacks jump at the chance thinking they'd have the next Rourke?

Wonder what is going on with Elgersma https://lfpress.com/sports/local-sports/taylor-elgersma-wilfrid-laurier-must-take-fight-to-western Seems his agent is still poking around in the NFL, but the season is almost half over at this point.

If you take care of the ball at least one of those results are going to flip. There's no reason to have Prukop come in and throw into double coverage after grabbing all the momentum with that Grant punt return in 2022. There's no reason to trot Collaros out with a busted up hand to throw 4 picks in 2024. 2024 is extra frustrating because you have the chance to take the lead after Zach messes up his hand when you get the ball deep in Toronto territory and Oliveira doesn't get a touch with Wilson in. You take the field goal, its still close... defense gives up a long TD which is what ever and then its all passes the rest of the way when Collaros is in with his mangled hand. 2022/2024 was defintely on the offense/play calling... 2023 was kind of wash but you would hope the defense could put up a stop at the end there.

I think Week 9 against Toronto (3 DST TDs), Week 11 vs Ottawa (In the last minute Ottawa returned a TD off a field goal, picked off Collaros but Castillo nailed a game winner with time expried), Week 16 vs Ottawa (3 completion game) and this game were all ... fortunate wins. Losses where they were unlucky not to win,... Week 10 vs Calgary, you'd probably like a LDC/BB split, that 2 pt to Schoen would have just tied it, and the Bombers did absolutely nothing after Collaros got hurt in the Banjo Bowl, Bombers had lots of good chances late Week 19 vs the Elks as well. If all of those go your way, Bombers are sitting on 12 or 13 wins... if they all flipped the wrong way they are near the bottom of the league on 5 wins.

https://www.cfl.ca/standings-tiebreaker-rules/ The verbiage 'eliminated' makes it sound like the bottom team drops out and that seems to jive with what the analysts have been saying. So in a three way tie between us, Calgary and BC, we drop to 4th, and then it goes head to head for BC/Calgary. It seems more intuitive to say that in the 3 way tie breaker, Calgary gets 2nd because they win the 2nd tier tiebreaker, and then it resolves head to head against BC and Winnipeg but I am just a fan.

The one thing people miss is that they don't take the winner of the tiebreak scenario, they dump the loser. So because Winnipeg has the worst round-robin W% of the group they get dropped, and then the tiebreaker resolves between CGY-BC

Does that list include the win against the Argos where they got 1 offensive TD and 3 DST tds?

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/17EocBZLow/ An angle of the Sterns play that shows the Neufeld/Brooks scuffle. They didn't show a replay in the stadium and watching the reddit game thread it didn't sound like they showed it on the broadcast either I imagine Neufeld picks up another fine for that.

After this debacle let BC put Edmonton out of their misery tonight so the Bombers don't need a result next week. It's still possible to host a playoff game with the Lions winning tonight weirdly

So after the Bombers win, what is the preferred outcome of the rest of the games? BC wins and puts Edmonton out of their misery? I think in this situation if Calgary goes 0-2 the Bombers can finish 2nd. BC Loses and Calgary Wins which means the Bombers can't get second but the Elks are mathematically eliminated? BC Loses and Calgary Loses and the Bombers have a chance to either host a home playoff game or be eliminated entirely based on Week 21? The Bombers have the tie break head-to-head against both the Lions and the Elks. In a three-way tie I think they come out ahead (Winnipeg 3-1, BC 2-3, Edmonton 2-3) but any tie breaker involving Calgary I think the Bombers lose because of the 0-3 debacle.

Didn't the current Bombers just dog-walk the Tigercats to the tune of 40-3?

So what's the deal with the furor surrounding these passes? They decided to combine the concerts and the team parties and that make it harder to secure team party access? Is there less supply than there has been in other Grey Cups?