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After a run of 16 straight Labour Day Classics I've missed the last three. With this being the last one at Toilet Field I'm thinking of making the trip. So, two questions:
Who is going? Who wants to go?
My old crew have all stopped going so I'm looking to find another orphan, or maybe jump on a bus tour. Any takers?
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Kris Adams has a ton of potential if he can just shake the psychological stuff. He's 1/4 on deep passes and could have caught all four. I don't want to give up on him yet, I worry that he'll be another Bowman (or Peterson), in that we'll ship him off to another team after he's gotten all his dropsies out here and then go on to be a star.
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Torn as well. On the conservative side, a Rider loss helps with our bid to make the playoffs. On the optimistic side, a Stamps loss gives us a better shot at first, especially since they own the season series.
Being that I'm a realist and go with my heart, I'm with Mike on this one. Stamps by 95.
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18 minutes ago, White Out said:
When I first saw the schedule I kind of wished it was further into the season. I think the perfect time for a bye week in the CFL is with 3 or so game to be played after. Get a nice break late season to ramp up for the post season. But considering all the banged up players we have already... can't really complain.
We have a second bye in week 16 though, don't we? I think every team gets two byes now that we're at nine teams, one team each week.
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Wonderful as always, DoD.
The one and only thing I don't agree with (and the nit pickiest of nitpicks in yet another awesome game), was Ian Wild being his usual studly self. I actually thought this was his worst game of the season (worst for Wild, still better than most LBers). He whiffed a few key plays (hit on the RB in the backfield, go-ahead sack), and it often seemed he was a step away from the receivers in his zone, leading to catch then tackle, rather than a knockdown.
Again, I love Wild, I'm loving this team, very little to complain about, but I do think it wasn't his best game.
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Once again I'm disappointed after putting my faith in Glenn. Some things never change.
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8 minutes ago, Brandon said:
I've been watching from the 2nd quarter on.... Edmonton should be winning by 20... two fumbles on the 1 yard line is crazy. Also Reilly still refusing to slide feet first nearly cost them another fumble.
A weird game because the receivers have made some catches and the return game has been gone on both side.... it just seems that they keep trying to bomb it down the field rather then going short - mid all the way down....
Carter has also dropped several catchable balls which is uncharacteristic of him. I understand Montreal taking deep shots since Edmonton has a poor secondary, but I don't get what Edmonton is doing at all.
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I can't believe that Montreal would actually be winning right now had they made the kick at the end of the first half. This really is a game of "who wants to lose more?"
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Is Edmonton's o-line really as bad as they've looked? What's crazy is that even with all of those hits, Reilly still has huge numbers.
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7 hours ago, bearpants said:
I see, makes sense... While there are probably a few good ones from time to time... my experience is that the CJOB call-in folks are generally uninformed...
Agreed, but in this case the callers were complaining about Willy's play and Irving and Brown were citing his stats as proof that he was playing well.
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2 hours ago, bearpants said:
I'm curious to know where you heard this... the general consensus around here was those were meaningless, garbage time stats...
CJOB in particular. Whenever a caller would mention Willy's poor play, Bob Irving and Doug Brown would basically tell the caller they were out to lunch and list off Willy's stats. I heard this on the postgame for weeks on end. Bob constantly saying things like, "it seems no matter what Willy does people won't be happy with him."
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1 hour ago, blitzmore said:
What? McDuffie caught everything thrown at him in camp. I think he dropped one this year near the goal line, which was not an easy catch in any event. He also hasn't dropped any when returning, that I can remember.
He did have a fumble on a kick return in Hamilton that started their (futile) comeback attempt.
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On August 5, 2016 at 0:54 PM, Bomber_fanaddict said:
Thanks to Mike I now have the Gold one. My updated list is:
#38 Reaves - White Away from the 80s - Pressed names and numbers (pretty sure that's all they had back then lol)
#5 Brock - Blue Home - Retro That they came out with 2 years ago - stiched
#85 Stegall - Navy Home from the 2000s - Stitched
#98 Walls - White Away from the 2000s - Stitched
#83 Armstrong - Gold from the 2000s - Stitched
#95 Legault from the 2000s - Stitched
x2 #85 Navy 60s Retro - Stitched
#12 Bowman 70s Retro White - Stiched
2012 Navy home Blank (Might put Pierce on it)
2012 Gold Away Blank (Might put Willy on it)
#33 Harris Royal Blue Home from this year - Stitched
Royal Blue Home from this year - Blank
Still looking for the digital Camo (Shudder) and the ones from the 90s (I think they were puma) Navy with the white arms.
I have a Charles Roberts Puma navy with white sleeves, press on, but I think it's a youth size (probably youth large as it fits like an adult small).
I also have my royal (from a few years ago, sadly not the new one) Bolden jersey and a navy Nick Moore from a couple years ago that was a gift that I've not worn once. Really want both a new home and new away jersey, I love the look of both of them. Have no idea what names I want on them, though.
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On August 6, 2016 at 0:02 AM, Noeller said:
Maybe I'm in the minority, but being able to sit and watch the incredible lightning show from under partial cover was fantastic. Despite the delay, I was enjoying being able to experience the elements.
I'm with you. I was annoyed at the delay at first, but being outside yet dry during that lightning storm was incredible. Never experienced anything like that.
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Lots of teams giving up 300+ yards passing to Edmonton these days, how's that working out for the Eskimos with their three-game losing streak (and even their two wins were only by three and four points again Sask and us)? I'm in the "stats are for losers" camp. For the first five games all I heard were people defending Willy by using his stats but anyone watching him play would have seen how ineffective he was. So far this season, Nichols has two wins, zero losses, four TDs, zero INTs. I'll take those stats over any number of yards.
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1 hour ago, wbbfan said:
cant say he never will be. hes hardly been given any looks on offense. Brandon banks doesnt get much for looks on offense should hamilton replace him? Fogg is a db and doesnt have any impact on offense.
Banks gets a decent amount of plays his way on offence, lots of plays specially designed for him as well.
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38 minutes ago, IC Khari said:
... as of right now we're in one! The Bombers are alone in the West in third place with 6 points. True we've played one more game than the Esks, but I'm enjoying it right now (I'm enjoying the Riders bringing up the rear in 5th almost as much as well
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And even though the Esks have a game in hand, even if they were 3-4 right now we'd still be sitting in third because of our point differential with them.
We're also in good shape having not played BC yet because those games can be four point swings for us if we were to win them. It's just a shame that we gave up two early-season losses to Calgary as catching up to them would be mathematically quite tough (especially with them having two games in hand). But maybe I'm getting a bit ahead of myself talking about ways to get to first or second place...
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Great synopsis! I'm hoping Henry will bounce back and Ottawa will take this one. Gotta keep the west tight!
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Last year Nichols wasn't in a Paul LaPolice offence, had o-linemen with a year less experience, didn't have Andrew Harris in the backfield, had one of the worst receiving corps in the league, and had a kicker that did everything in his power to lose games. I think we're now seeing what he's actually capable of. Let's remember that without Matt Nichols winning five games for them, Edmonton is not likely to be the defending Grey Cup champs.
Let's also remember that with the exception of the season opener last year, against the worst team in the league, Willy didn't look spectacular prior to his injury.
Travis Lulay agreed to take a pay cut to stay on as the backup in BC, maybe Willy will do the same. Could we have won these last two games with Willy at QB? Maybe. But it's not mechanics, players, or anything else that's caused his poor performance this year, it's fear and indecisiveness. When Nichols rolled out of the pocket yesterday and threw a completion down the sideline (much like he did last week after avoiding a sure-sack), I was confused. I didn't realize that Blue Bombers QBs were permitted to do that, since it's been so long since I've seen it happen.
I was as excited as anyone to have Willy back this year, I believed him to be the answer. But as with Buck and Khari before him, he's a shell of his former self post-injury. Maybe he'll get it back, maybe he won't, but with how often QBs go down in this league I wouldn't be surprised to see him back on the field this year, and I agree that having him as our second option is pretty solid.
Everyone forgets that Nichols was battling Reilly for the starter's role in Edmonton before an unfortunate injury. By the time he was healed it was Reilly's job, and this is the first time since then that Nichols has another shot. I'm not saying he's the next elite QB, but let's remember that it took Anthony Calvillo some pretty bad seasons before he became the hall of famer he is today. Nichols is winning us games - can we stop making excuses for why that's happening and just be happy that he's getting it done?
(Apparently I want everyone to remember a lot of things. Time to expand my vocabulary!)
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11 minutes ago, iso_55 said:
I think the search for qbs for the CFL has taken them to sign more D2 & even D3 qbs. Guys that wouldn't get NFL looks because of the level of play at their college level. We used to get most of our qbs from the D1 levels & most had 2 or 3 years as pros. Now we get young guys that aren't as experienced thrown to the wolves by coaches searching for the next Great One. There definitely is a drop off at the qb position (I believe) these days.
That makes a lot of sense. No longer worrying about signing guys that'll run to the NFL. (Hell, Dickenson, Ray, Burris, and even Casey Printers all got NFL looks after good CFL performances).
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8 minutes ago, iso_55 said:
NFL expanding rosters & hoarding players.
Good point. I also think it has a lot to do with the relative youth/inexperience at QB league-wide right now. Consider early 2000s:
Khari, Dave Dickenson, Henry Burris, Ricky Ray/Jason Maas, Damon Allen, Danny Mac, Anthony Calvillo
vs. Willy, Reilly, Jennings, Collaros/Masoli, Mitchell, Harris, aging tired Ray. Basically, there's Burris, Glenn, and Durant. Glenn is serviceable, we don't know where Durant is at yet, and Burris is injured and in his twilight years. Ray a shell of his former self. In the early 2000s, 400+ passing yards in a game by most teams wasn't an unreasonable expectation. Now, breaking 300 is considered pretty big (and I don't think that defences having gotten better, just look at the BC/TO game tonight and the huge holes all over the field).
Not saying that Collaros, Harris, Reilly, and Willy aren't good, just that maybe their best years are yet to come. Jennings is a question mark to me - I don't think he's all that great right now, but he's also incredibly young, so if he sticks, he could play for two decades.
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7 minutes ago, Blueandgold said:
Man, I know we're frustrated with Willy but I would hate to be stuck with a duo like Jennings & Lulay.
Agreed. BC isn't remotely as good as their record.
At this stage in the season, Ottawa is the only team that really looks like a contender (keeping in mind that Edmonton has only played that same Ottawa team, so they're still a bit of a question mark).
Right now I think the east is Ottawa, then Montreal. TO and Hamilton are pretty much equal, and neither look very good to me.
As for the west, tomorrow's Edm/Sask game will reveal a lot. Assuming Edmonton wins, I'd say they're alone on top with the other four teams looking relatively weak (yes, even with Calgary's big win against us, I just don't think it's a true reflection of that team).
It's kind of weird to say this in such a small league, but it just seems like most of the teams aren't very good. The quality of play across the league feels like it's much lower than in years past (and has been trending towards this over the last five or so years).
Of course, just my opinion!
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Just throwing this out there, while I absolutely hate BC's Halloween home jerseys, that black helmet with the reddish-orange retro lion logo looks fantastic. That said, I think it's pretty fair to say that our home and away uniforms are objectively the nicest in the league.
Stamps/Riders who you pullin for?
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Or if their receivers or defenders could make any catches.