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2014 Lions = 1996 Bombers? The parallels are there. In 1996, the Bombers brought in Kent Austin, who was clearly past his prime. He led the team to a 9-9 regular season and then suffered the CFL's most historically lopsided playoff loss to the Eskimos. The Bombers spent five years wandering the wilderness after that loss. I wonder if this game signals the exit of the Lions from a good run in the league's top tier? It seems like they have to move on from Lulay and Kevin Glenn has a lot of miles on his odometer. Who do you rebuild around? Beck? Drew Tate?

I've run into Rider fans half a dozen times here in Seattle and when we get to chatting they're usually pretty cool, we give each other **** but it's friendly. Last year a bunch of Rider fans bought me shots for my birthday, which was Grey Cup day. But y'know, I'm good with people.

It was 36-3 midway through the 3rd quarter. There was no reason for Crompton to put the ball up for the majority of the second half, which is a big reason why his passing yardage wasn't super awesome. Also, Brink and Marsh both got significant garbage time. Neither threw a pass.

WHY IS REILLY RUNNING THE QB SNEAK?

Hey, it's third-and-one, and we're the best rushing team in the CFL -- how about we line up in a pistol formation and make our struggling quarterback throw a pass? Man I just don't understand the world sometimes.

Sunseri appearing to do a better job coping with that pass rush than Joseph did.

(just tuning in) Wow, how do you complete 10 passes for 41 yards?

They're only up by 47. They've got to get a couple more TD's to match the 68-7 game that began the dark times in Winnipeg. ugh forgot about that According to @CFLDaily: "Edmonton beat Winnipeg 68-7 in 1996 for the largest playoff victory in #CFL history. This currently is the 3rd largest."

They're only up by 47. They've got to get a couple more TD's to match the 68-7 game that began the dark times in Winnipeg.

That is the cherry on top of the insult they've piled on top of the injury.

Hard for Solomon Elimimian to look like a league MOP when he's getting hit by OL on every play...

So he left like 100 plays on the field this year?

He was terrific at the red zone option play last year too. We ran it over and over and it couldn't be stopped. It was the one thing Crowton got right. When Burke benched Goltz, we had the best red zone offense in the league.

Love Mo Legg as a playmaker but don't like his tackling. He got beat a number of times going one-on-one against the ball carrier and quite a few of his tackles got shrugged off. I think Brack is a much more reliable tackler.

SEMI-FINALS Glenn vs. Crompton. Nichols vs. Joseph. All outdoor games with some great defences. I don't think we're going to see a lot of points scored this weekend. BC 18 Montreal 14 Edmonton 21 Saskatchewan 11 FINALS Huge questions out West: is Cornish available? Is Reilly? My brain says Calgary takes it, but my heart says Edmonton benefits from Calgary's annual choke job. BC 24 Hamilton 17 (OT) Edmonton 28 Calgary 27 GREY CUP Edmonton 14 B.C. 10

Yeah, he put up 1000 yards while being the only really consistent threat on the Bombers. Shades of Terrance Edwards there.

Like many people here I don't care for the Riders but I have to say that I'm a Rob Bagg fan. Undrafted free agent national, running on two rebuilt knees, top-ten receiver. Gotta root for a guy like that. Wish he played for the Bombers

Brutal Montreal game plan. It's Week 20 in the CFL, rainy and windy, and you've got Jonathan "747" Crompton hucking the ball 35 times? I love the Montreal receivers but JC isn't a good enough passer for that game plan to work at all.

I don't know what triggers the concussion protocol, but Collaros didn't leave the game at all. The big hit happened at the end of the third quarter, so he had a bit of time to shake it off before the fourth quarter started. Didn't see exactly what happened on the field because TSN was playing the between-quarters commercials. It sure looked (and sounded) like a big hit though.

There's that sick clunk of a helmet-to-helmet hit ... Collaros is flat on his back on the field ... sure hope he's okay. edit: and he stays in the game, but on the next play he sure didn't look sharp, hunting around, ball extended, trying to figure out where Grigsby was so he could hand it off. And then he throws a couple slick passes and its Hamilton TD.

Coaching isn't the issue. Having a crappy GM who screwed up his qbs was. The Glenn/Burris thing & now the Burris albatross contract no one will want. You really think that Kevin Glenn would've put up more wins than Burris did this year, playing behind that OL? That seems ... like a odd thing to believe. Also, don't forget that trading Glenn allowed them to pick up Antoine Pruneau, a very good young starting Canadian. You want to hang something on Desjardins, you can point at their crappy import receiving corps. But I think he's played his QB situation fine. He basically got a bonus starting Canadian by signing Burris and trading Glenn.

I've been a Mark Nelson fan since the 2009 Bombers. Would love to see him back here in 2015.

lol. Ottawa got to pick the eleventh-best import (or second-best quarterback) and the seventh best non-import off each team. That's not "highly favorable." That's just barely better than dumpster diving.

No Jon Cornish for half the year, Bo Levi misses a handful of games, Mo Price missed significant time, team still wins 14 games...John Hufnagel says hello. How about GM of the Year for Hufnagel? It was Hufnagel the GM who supplied the depth that allowed them to overcome those injuries. The Stamps are miles deep at every position. They even have a useful Canadian backup for Cornish.