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Have to hand to the D today.  No Randle and they held the Argos to nothing offensively.

Nah, those were all physical mistakes, guys dropping balls.  That happens, the way it happened really favoured the Argos because the ball bounced to guys with clear path to the endzone.

I couldn't hear what your screen name was. I wanted to get you a beer at halftime and did, but with 1:20 to go in the third yoy haven't returned to your seat.
It's a large, premium import and it's getting warm. I'm drinking it.
Fraternal love, 
bluto
 
 

For now they are. All the woulda, coulda, shouldas, ran away and hid...

Just finished watching the game. As Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells said: "You are what your record says you are.", and without a doubt the Bombers are the worst team in the CFL west. How a team looks on paper is truly irrelevant. 

For the proud Tiger
Reality comes sooner
Johnny comes lately

Crap,I forgot about this game........binge watched Big Bang Theory instead.....

I pay particular attention to OL play, both during live games and also while rewatching televised games. I do not recall seeing Travis Bond do the kind of holding he did in that game while he was here. Literally grabbing guys around the shoulders with both hands. It’s odd, because a guard of his caliber should not be overmatched. 

Regarding Lofler & JBR & DOD’s commentary, just YES.
 The guy has really pulled a disappearing act since his first year when he was a big-time, big impact play maker. Now he never seems to be around the ball until it’s too late, never delivers the big blow, and has missed too many tackles. 
I am dismayed and mystified.

With two of the best interior OL in Goossen and Chungh, very slim chance Harris doesn’t get a first down behind them. 

Our advantage is in the trenches.
Agree with your assessment. 

Chant several psalms noted for their lamentation themes, wallow in general suckiness and drink a case of bud prohibition to beat the heat. 

Getting beyond the atrocious play of the O, in the 2nd half.....,.bottom line is that this D has never been able to close out games.  Didn't stop the Esks down the stretch..... and couldn't do it again, covering and tackling last nite.  2 losses, where just a stop or two, would of been 2 wins.  Same ole tired movie

Opening drive.....Harris running sweep...gets the edge..
….and cruises down the sideline for 50 yd TD
Nobody touched him, either...
BC moving....until Lulay shot puts pass, into the end zone
Fogg has easy INT and pretty good return...,.
Nichols play action, then 50 yarder to wide open to Woltarsky
Medlock hits 41 yd FG attempt...uh, off the post..
Bomber 2nd down D, still needs work
But O has 130 yds in the quarter...
Nichols hits Adams for 30, down the sideline.....
...but then telegraphs sideline out, for easy INT
Bombers not spreading pass game around, yet...
With Johnson out, Rainey stuffed on 3rd and 1....
Harris runs for 10, Demski for 20....
Demski looks pretty good in North/South mode
BC called on IC.....then Harris pounds it in 14-0.
Medlock hits perfect short kickoff..nice recover by Briggs..
...and hits on 50 yds FG....off the bar....17-0 Bombers
Harris breaks 3 more tackles on screen....beast mode...
Adams kills that drive with dropped slant pass.....
Fogg good PR....called back on "holding"
Rainey has better luck on his good PR...
Lulay is getting some time to throw the ball
Wild called for "roughing" Lulay....
Time running out in half....BC skips FG....
...to throw last play pass to Burnham...who drops it.
17-0 at half, but Bombers left some points on the field, there...
Another good kick return from Rainey...guy scares me....
3rd and I....Farjardo strings it down the line, Bighill with the stop
Adams with nice catch....Harris bulls his way down to the 10...
Streveler runs to the 2.  Bombers go for it on 3rd down....
Streveler takes ball deep in backfield, but cannot crash it in...
Moral booster for Lions....more points left on field for Blue....
Bomber D still cannot cover the wide flat passes.....
Jeffcoat called for "horse collar" tackle...…
Rainey catch and run for 35, another pass to Collins...
Tonight's crew having some difficulty with "officiating"
Lulay dives into the end zone….17-7 Bombers...
What looked like a laugher....is now not looking very funny...…
Harris bulls through a bunch of Lions for good gain.....
Nichols double pumps.....then terrible overthrow INT
Now C. Johnson tagged for roughing on Lulay.....
Penalties off the ball... are really stinging the Blue.....
Opo plants Lulay in the backfield...Long makes its 17-10.
O now features bad passing, instead of Harris
Lulay puts up jump ball....Manny A....jumps over Cooper...
After 9 month layoff....Lulay hits 300 passing yards....
Long makes it 17-10.  DOD makes it, another gin...
Bombers another 2 and out on O....which has been terrible, this half.
Bighill smacks Rainey for loss....D gives up ANOTHER 2nd down pass.
2nd and long again....Lulay gets out of pocket and hits Burnham...
Johnson takes sideline pass...no tackling....TD BC.  Tie game.
Bomber D now imploding....Bomber O has already imploded.. 
1:50 left...time to pull this one out.  Nichols sacked...
Nichols rolls out, throw across his body for ANOTHER BAD INT.
The idea was to pull this game out.....not toss it away..
Naturally, Lulay goes after Cooper, 40 yds to Burnham....
BC runs clock down.  Long hits 15 yd FG...on last play of game.
20-17.  Abject and utter collapse on both sides of the ball.
Worst game by Nichols in a Bomber uniform.....
0 points in 2nd half, against a Mark Washington D
Defense can't make a stop in crunch time….again 
Well, after some more gin...I am sure that this game.....
…...will simply look...just as bad.   
 
 
 
 
 

i was losing it one of the worst ref jobs ive seen in the cfl in a long time. 
that said we had tons and tons of chances to win the game and failed to do so. 

H.H to Mike Miller, a star is rising.

1 First star goes to harris. 13 rushes 139 yards 2 tds 4 catches for 29 more. beast mode.
2 Randle gets second star with 3 or 4 great pass knock downs in the clutch and a couple great wrap n tackles.
3 JSK + bighill combine for the most formidable 1 2 punch at lber weve had since we last won a grey cup. Honorable mention to demski for some great runs and getting 10 touches.
hh the on side kick. perfect execution and play call. thing of beauty. 

37 Mill eh? Wonder if that number played into his signng.....

37 Mill eh? Wonder if that number played into his signng.....

Shutdown and shut up left tackle - that is all. 

We are rather prone to giving up something they are quite good at. 

Ha - it’s time to knock out the BS, we could end up with a dirty pocket
 

We haven't missed Bond in the least.. sure he was good...but not the main piece that held this group together.
Oline play and being dominant is a lot of times due to familiarity and cohesion between a group of guys who have spent a lot of time together as a group which this group has. 
Factor in that chungh..Bryant.. goose and Hardrick are all top shelf talents and well you have basically the best line in the league..they trust each other...know each others tendancies and work off it.
The beauty of it is they will/should all be back again next yr if we want them so things will continue on the same way.
I gotta mention that Hardrick has been dominant this year..takes his blocks to the extreme and just doesn't let his guys go..send them into the next level consistently..he is one of the straws that stirs the oline's drink and his attitude and edge is a big part of the oline's personality..love that guy out on the field