johnzo

Fave obscure bomber: QB Jay Walker. He got a single start in the garbage time of the Reinebold era (JR was already gone but you know what I mean) and it was a work of art, the best QB play we'd seen in years. After that he wanted to be paid like a CFL starter, the bombers balked, he did not re-sign, and Kerwin Bell was our QB the next year. Always wondered what would have been with Jay Walker at QB in 1999.

discipline is also playing to the edge of the rulebook .. no one on the Bombers crossed the auto-disqualification line. they did some dirt but none of it rising to the level where the officials didn't have a choice but to toss 'em. veteran savvy. that said, I wouldn't mind seeing helmet tear-offs like Harris' get added to the list of no-discretion DQs ... that's a real dangerous looking play. No place for it in the game. also wouldn't be surprised to see supplemental discipline handed out this week.

Cheaper travel. The CFL can't be flush with cash right now, I bet this is an economy move.

Rick Campbell really looks like he wants to twist the knife on the redblacks ... pay Marcel back for hooking the can to him after the 3-15 Jennings/Davis season.

Reilly is a game wrecker.

Champs get the hardest schedule, I guess.

Milt rightly calling out Flanders for jogging that 2nd down play out of bound two yards short. Your RB can't play like that.

Biggie in the mix too, he's playing lights out.

yeah, I think that's a gap in the rulebook. it calls out a few specific things like punching that will result in an auto-DQ, but everything else is ref's discretion.

per Tait's game recap so he could play next week against Edmonton.

Matty getting sombre, tells it like it is, prayin to God we come together.

Don't we have an American kicker cooling his heels in quarantine right now? Ali Mortada is on our suspended list .... tiny guy originally from Sierra Leone. Signed the last day of August.

losing Abdul Kanneh for six has got to hurt ... they're down another starting db too. agreed on Dunigan. drunk uncle Matty is the best football company.

the change from Hecht to Alexander in 2019 was like the change from Willy to Nichols in 2016 -- suddenly we were a different team.

Battle of Alberta (halftime) All the excitement of comatose dinosaurs drowning in tar sands (except that drowned dinosaurs can actually be fantastic ... the Royal Tyrel dinosaur musuem of Drumheller is one of the treasures of the world. See it.)

Banjo Bowl Harris v. Campbell and forum v. Liegghio; it's headhunting day. Roughrider game plan: establish Powell early it doesn't matter.

whoah Ed Tait off the leash a little:

someone was talking about their suspicion that Adams was hurt ... he may not be getting the deep balls thrown his way but his downfield blocking is solid as ever.

that pass to Adams on the blitz play was so great. a wide side safety valve throw in full retreat, turns a great blitz into a 5-yard gain, saves the drive.

Banjo Bowl (first quarter) Favorite Rider? this one is real easy -- it's the thirteenth one

Week 6 TiCats at Argos, LDC rematch a tense back and forth, a greenhorn kicker falters, drama aborted @TrueBlue4ever you gotta get your rhyming quick six haiku in here .. that's legit THN (the Haiku Network) Top Ten material there, so can't leave it buried in the season thread.

he was like Wayne Gretzky. You couldn't lay a hand on him, he could move around so well. He didn't take a lot of punishment and I think that was his secret, he didn't wear down over the course of the season like other QBs.

only time I've ever left a football game early in my life was when Flutie and the Argos were up 50 on the Rough Riders in the 3Q.

A terrible defensive call on the 3rd and 10, Argos left the box wide open, too much space for just Muamba to cover.

if that keep coming in waves band ever turns up in the broadcast booth the cfl will be dead to me forever. that is the worst song I have ever heard in my life. fake pop country boys cooing midtempo is the end of sexy.