MOBomberFan

Bo's laser is looking more like a storm trooper blaster these days

It was only a matter of time

Fajardo gives the crowd something to cheer about heading into the end of the half. It was wobbly as hell but it got there in time somehow

Faj is trying to win, he's just not that good

Let's see if Bo Levi is back from the dead Nope, they stick with Schiltz

I like this Snead guy. Faj has lots of help out there. MTL should come away with the clean sweep but we'll see...

BC 27 CGY 17 MTL 24 HAM 21 I think the MTL/HAM game is toughest call. On paper MTL should win, but... MBB Pickem's perfectly split 50/50 on HAM/MTL right now

Tricky... James Butler

Everywhere Khari's been to so far he's been asked to make chicken salad from some sketchy ingredients, not sure he's really had a fair shake

Khari cut loose

I think CFLPA all star awards are more prestigious anyhow. Voted on by players of opposing positions, DBs voted on by WRs and vice-versa, and so on, and no votes for your own teammates. Still going to be an element of popularity but who knows better than the players?

Bombers +66 Point Diff in 4th quarter...

Greg McRae

Love to see some young'ns getting a shot. Would have liked to see Dobson and Eli listed as starters with the vets on standby if anyone faltered... they'll at least get the second half I hope...? I would expect Auggie to take over at RB fairly early. Personally I'd be protecting Grant but whatever, can't rest everybody.

I was looking for a way to superimpose Rider logos over the Cleveland stuff but decided it would be far more effort than it is worth.

Factory of sadness

O'Day absolutely deserves the chance to prove he can right the ship. He's the mastermind architect that brought in top flight free agent QB Trevor Harris on a 2 year deal and heck, he'll only be 38 next season! And Dolegala gives them that incredible 1A/1B flexibility all teams envy. Don't nap on those 2024 Riders!

In nearly 40 years I've never once been to the States. I've been across Canada and spent a week or more in each of Spain, Germany, Denmark, and The Netherlands, but never once crossed the American border. For what? Cereal? Tahiti Treat? Civil forfeitures? No thank you. Though I would like to go to Vegas one day.

Imagine paying for the opportunity to pay to drink Pilsner

My seats are in the upper deck and I'm barely ever there now, mixing it up on the concourse is the greatest. The widened concourse at either endzone (North side especially) is just a fun spot to watch the game. Close to washrooms, close to drinks and food, no stairs, quick exits, jumbotron (and cannon) right over your shoulder... perfect hearing is overrated anyways, and sitting is for the ride home!

Agreed, and I have similar thoughts looking at HAM's #'s as well... a lot of expectation led to that bandwagon being at 94%. We have expectation here too, of course, but the Bombers are actually backing it up Agreed here too. I know IGF looks deceptively bare to the field camera at times, but I can confidently say most of those people are in the concourse or at packed around the rum hut. Not sure we can give BMO the same benefit of the doubt when we see swathes of empty seats. 50% full at best, at any given time

Re: attendance w/ 1 final week to go, ranked by average attendance/game: #1 WPG averaging 30,448 fans / game, 92.2% occupancy, 4 sellouts, low of 25,662 #2 SSK averaging 27,648 fans / game, 82.9% occupancy, 1 sellout, low of 24,158 #3 EDM averaging 24,774 fans / game, 44.5% occupancy**, 0 sellouts, low of 19,921 #4 BC averaging 23,208 fans / game, 42.6% occupancy**, 0 sellouts, low of 20,106 #5 HAM averaging 22,877 fans / game, 94.14% occupancy rate*, 3 sellouts, low of 20,912 #6 CGY averaging 22,074 fans / game, 61.9% occupancy, 0 sellouts, low of 17,942 #7 OTT averaging 18,921 fans / game, 76.74% occupancy rate, 0 sellouts, low of 18,004 #8 MTL averaging 17,828 fans / game, 89.03% occupancy rate, 2 sellouts, low of 15,088 #9 TOR averaging 14,310 fans / game, 56.74% occupancy rate, 1 sellout, low of 11,555 *HAM only has capacity of 24,300 to begin with, hence the highest occupancy rate league-wide **EDM has a capacity of 55,614, BC has a capacity of 54,500, hence the very low occupancy rates even on good days Frankly, I give props to the SSK and EDM fans for showing up at all considering how terribly their seasons went. It's a complete disgrace that 2 teams out of the playoffs ended up #2 and #3 in overall attendance while the top team in the league is dead last by a large margin. If SSK is a telethon team then what does that make the rest of the entire friggin' league? OTT worries me the most out of anyone... a nice new-ish stadium with dwindling attendance season over season and a **** team with no direction or glimmer of hope for the future... maybe we should do another expansion draft to make them competitive for a season or two again (not serious, obviously)

Thanks for the heads up, you aren't kidding! Very slim pickins but I found 2 suitable seats. Can't wait!