johnzo

Hey, I got a prediction right this year! From June 18: "Montreal 8-10 -- transition year, chaos at OC will set them back but I think that Tom Higgins will get them gelled by the end of the season. He's turned around teams before." (Sure I got the record slightly wrong but the rest of it is there)

Jonathan Crompton = Sean Salisbury?

Before all this I had no idea that Lucy Decoutere was a captain in the Air Force.

Ottawa. I lived there for the final two years of the Rough Riders, had season tix both years. The Riders were 3-15 both years. Some great fans there, the parties after our rare victories were amazing.

I actually did this study back in July 2012, looking at the 2011 season (including playoffs) and the first two weeks of the 2012 regular season. We were exactly .500 in that stretch, going 11-11, so it was the perfect opportunity to figure these numbers out.

In 2011 I did a study on the ourbombers community, looking to see how members posting' frequency varied in the 3 days following wins vs. the 3 days following losses. What I found was that certain posters were way more likely to post in the days following a loss. Losses seemed to energize those posters, making them louder. I also noticed that a lot of the posters that I personally respect were participating consistently no matter how the team was doing. (here's the results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiLFGLZnbIP9dC1UaGRVRWNzd2Z4Q3o5Ni1RQ25vc2c&usp=drive_web#gid=0)

Actually the play that bugs me the most is the corner route in the endzone. We get near the red zone, Willy's gonna throw to the back corner of the endzone. Did it on the two-point convert last game too. It just never connects. The sack on the final play last game, yeah, that's frustrating, but **** happens. It's the tendencies that even an idiot like me can see that drive me nuts.

If Johnette can forgive Joey, then we can forgive Drew Willy a few interceptions.

Yeah, exactly, I don't think that Neufeld is the greatest OL talent the league has ever seen, but his replacements weren't as good as he was, and losing him forced an extra national onto the D and I think that's really hampered us.

January back in too. Devin Tyler takes a seat.

Consider this: according to the Bomber depth charts, this team is 6-2 with Neufeld starting and 0-8 when he doesn't start. I think his was the most critical injury we suffered this year. We've used six different players in Neufeld's RG spot since he got hurt: Goosen, Swiston, Jones, Knapp, Hinse, and Howard. No one has stuck in that position. Neufeld is one of our most important OL and has been impossible to replace. We've gotta be patient with him. We have no alternative.

Josh Portis wears #6 now. I think they first gave it out to Brett Cameron in training camp last year and now it seems it's just another number. I think the only other QB-ish number we have available right now is #10. Strange they didn't give Portis #10 instead of #6.

Trading for Neufeld was a risk worth taking. He didn't cost us an awful lot.

All things being equal, a CFL starter ought to win a Grey Cup every eight or nine years, so Allen won them at a pretty good clip. I'm trying to think of guys who did better in Grey Cups than Allen: Moon, obviously, went 5-0 in Grey Cups over six seasons, though he didn't start in two of those wins. Flutie was 3-1 in eight seasons. Ray has gone 3-0 in twelve seasons, not counting 2014. Calvillo was 3-5 in twenty seasons. McManus was 3-2 in seventeen seasons, but had only garbage time in the 1990 win and came off the bench for the 1994 win. He played a hell of a game in the '96 loss though. I think I agree with the people who are saying that Damon Allen that he was a B+ QB with an A+ career. But if I had to choose a starter for a Grey Cup game, it'd be a tough call between him, Ray, Flutie, or Moon. And Moon and Flutie had stacked teams for their wins. Allen won the Grey Cup with good teams, but never dominating ones.

I wish this would happen.

I tried googling for a worse CFL jersey than these and I failed. These are the worst CFL uniforms I've ever seen. They're even worse than the terrible yellow alternates that Hamilton and Edmonton have worns. They're even worse than the the Riders' melon/wheat uniforms. I'd rather see the Bombers play in Memphis Mad Dogs jerseys than these.

According to linkedin, she joined the club last month. http://www.bluebombers.com/david-siddall lists her boss's responsibilities. He's got a ton of stuff to do, both strategic (training camp, salary cap) and tactical (travel, roster transactions). Sounds like a job that could use an entire office, let alone a single assistant.

It will be interesting to see how Lirim H. does without his #1 holder these next two weeks.

Grigsby asked to be released because he didn't like one of O'Shea's changes. Remember that Cotton started in Edmonton and Grigsby asked for his release when he was told that Cotton was starting again.

Gord Miller is struggling today. "The field goal doesn't get them much, it brings them to within ... eight." Love Dunigan's color commentary though. Sounds like a drunk uncle who is just having a great time at the party.

Als determined to let Toronto make a game of it.

ook, J-Crompt, you gotta tuck in that ball.

For a guy parachuted into the starting role with no training camp, I've been pretty impressed with Crompton.

After watching the first quarter, I'm really not that bummed that Wallace Miles got away in the expansion draft.

Those 13-yard lines do look pretty cool.