WildPath

No one has said it yet, but thank God for no Rod Black on the telecast

I wish Lapo would call a normal play for Streveler in the rare scenario he gets to play. Rather than play Harris at QB and Streveler running the jet lol

Bighill just hasn't been himself this year.

I’ve noticed terrible spots for Winnipeg at least three or four times, and favourable spots for Calgary on more than one occasion. This is brutal. Way to go Medlock for preserving the drive with points at least, but wow. 

What is our O supposed to do when they have two less possessions thanks to two great punt return TDs, a fumbled punt return, and Calgary had a seven minute drive? Two of our, what, four maybe? possessions have resulted in field goals and one should’ve been a touchdown on a perfect pass if not for the idiot refs. They’ve moved the ball well, only two bad plays, neither of which were Nichols’ fault: the blindside sack untouched and the Harris untouched hit on second and two. Handing it to Harris on that play is what EVERYONE here would want, the lack of a block isn’t Nichols or Lapos fault. Calgary has given up ONE play over 30 yards this season, so yeah, throwing deep balls probably isn’t the smartest move.
nichols hasn’t been good most of the year. Lapo has made some questionable calls this year. Our offence has struggled moving the ball at times this year. NONE of those things have been true today.
Give your damn heads a shake people. Jesus Christ this place is volatile and idiotic sometimes. 

Willie J. hits Arbuckle's arm to force a punt
Grant, Janarion....has pretty good first punt return
Nichols completes couple of short passes to Whitehead...
Harris skips round the corner for 17....
Nichols has room to scramble up the middle, hook slides 3 yards short.
Some rumbles from the stands, as Medlock makes 27 yd FG
Bombers trying to mix up some fronts on D
Janarion Grant finds a middle crease on a punt return.....
....gets the sideline and motors the rest of the way.  80 yd TD.
Hecht gasses tackle at the hash mark, huge gain for Stamps
Arbuckle finds receiver wide open at Blue 15....
Then he gets middle pressure, but breaks contain round the end....
.....all the way to the endzone.  10-7 Bombers
D not looking good on that drive...poor tackling and coverage....
Lawler grabs ball behind him up the middle, despite getting helicoptered.
Ar Buckle sees blitz (Hecht) coming and beats it easily into the flat for 15
...followed by mid range completion on the sideline...and a FD swing pass..
Sayles jostling with Rogers in the end zone...draws PI call.  Ball on 1.
OB sneak for the TD.....10 point lead evaporated......14-10 Stamps
Nichols hits Matthews up the middle for 20...then Wolt for another FD.
Matt appears to drop ball right into corner of endzone for Woltman...
But ruled incomplete.....Harris gets first down on swing pass...
....another screen to Harris snuffed out on 2nd down.  Medlock FG.
Jefferson flushes AB out....Roh with the tackle....
Mr. J. Grant has nice punt return up the middle and gets Blue out of hole...
Harris hit in backfield on 2nd and 2.....poor Medlock punt and no yards call
Bighill blitzs and forces incomplete on 2nd down..
Lord Janarion takes the punt, starts right, reverses to the left.....
.... turns the corner again....down the sideline, 75 yards for the touchdown.
Going out on a limb.....this guy will be doing the returns, next week...
Sayles makes tackle on crossing route....to force punt...
Grant fumbles the kick...ball bounces down to the Bomber 22.  Stamps ball.
Arbuckle has wide open guy in endzone behind Hecht...but hits the upright...
NA then lofts sideline pass to Rogers...down to the 5, with halftime looming...
Sayles plays jump ball with Rogers in the endzone...comes down with huge INT.
Nichols starts 2nd half, with his longest completion of the day, 30 to Lawler..
Bryant holding penalty kills drive, takes away the field goal....
MOS has other thoughts, and sends Medlock to try from 56....
...and he nails it!  23-14 for the Bombers.....
Nevis having good game against the run (as usual)
Some of Hecht's physical limitations beginning to show, lately....
Sayles comes in blindside and sacks Mr. Arbuckle....
Lucky takes reverse sweep...bobs and weaves for 20...
Streveler on 3nd and a couple of feet...strings it outside and is stopped...
At least a 3 point turnover...this O has no finish, tonight.
Sayles another nice tackle, Maston knocks down pass...
Bomber D has tightened up, since that 2nd quarter...
Grant, who looks like a weapon...has a good punt return wiped out by holding...
Bombers ahead....but still too many "mental errors" tonight on both sides of the ball...
Harris gets clobbered on a hitch pass....Demski close to the marker
Streveler pounds 3rd and 1, right up the middle...this time....
Harris catches another dump pass....Nichols pressured and throws up....
...yes, another dump to Harris.  3rd and 1.5 Streveler in.....
....who goes up the middle again, like a good boy and converts...
2nd and 3 delay pitch to Harris - stuffed.  Too cute by half.
Bombers eating up clock...but struggling to maintain drives...
Williams breaks 2 tackles for a first down, Ambles avoids 2 more for another
Bighill still does not look quite right out there.....
D. Jones blitz forces 2nd down incomplete......Stamp 47 yd FG.  23-17
Harris run and check down for FD.  Matthews open down sideline, can't hold on..
Nichols pressured and dumps ball off again (rumbling from stands) short of marker
Stamps punt returner runs into his own guy, then Hallett....fumble - Hallett recovers
2 Harris runs for a first down, then wiggles down to the 3 yard line.
Nichols runs QB draw, but runs it like a sundial and is tackled on the 2.
....the lack of finish by this O tonight is glaring...
Medlock puts it through.  Bombers 26-17.
Arbuckle hit by 4 Bombers on 2nd down.  3rd down pass overthrown!
...but Sayles gets call for IC.  Some real stinger penalties tonight....
Williams takes screen down to Blue 23 with 3:10 left
AB reads blitz (again) Williams wide open in flat to the 11. 
Rogers wins jump ball with Gaitor, avoids another tackler...dives into endzone.
Extra point makes it 26-24.  Game starting to look like an Argo replay....
Bombers desperately need to get some first downs on O.
Harris runs for 2 (boos from the stands)
Nichols throws pass behind Woltman (quite a few more boos)
Stamps return kick to their 45.  Just need FG to win.
2nd down pass bounces off receiver hands, right up into the air.....
Who else?  Rose is waiting underneath it, to collect another INT.
Harris runs for 7.... Streveler pounds up the gut for huge first down...
Harris busts off tackle close to marker, and over 100....
Andrew and the Calgary bench then discuss the weather, I think...
Streveler dives over for the clinching FD.  Time for victory formation.
Bombers break losing streak, have series edge on Stamps and Moes
Not an artistic triumph...but alone in first place eases the pain
Not a fancy glass.....but the contents do likewise..






 
 

H.H. to Desjarlais, replaced Spooner and did well handling a frustrated Cordarro Law.
 
 

Sayles, Harris, Grant, as everyone else has said. HH to Jefferson, who I thought played great again tonight.
Also want to mention Crown Lands, the halftime show. I thought they were pretty good, and not being country was a nice change of pace.

1. Grant
2. Sayles
3. Harris
HH - Stanley Bryant: made C. Law his female dog most of the night. Harris had 100 yards again and #15 HAD TIME. 

Nichols owes Grant his gamecheque. 

This has nothing to do with QBs and everything to do with LaPolice.  We don't make good adjustments at halftime.  We don't try to win the games, we hold on to try and not lose the games.
11
3
6
7
6
These are our 2nd half points for the last 5 games against TOR-OTT-HAM-TOR-CGY.  We aren't scoring in the 2nd half.
Some is due to fumbles, being stopped at the goal line, etc.  But as a team, we need to have the strong close out mentality and the offence needs to put some of these games in the bag.
 

They didn't take Nichols out because he sucks, they put Streveler in because he's a threat to run with the ball. EVERYBODY knew we were going to run the ball, the D has to respect Streveler's ability to run the ball and can't focus solely on Harris.

It's like people don't stop and look at what this team is built to do... they are the "trap" team. Play safe both ways. Don't give up big plays on D and don't turn the ball over on O. This team is built to let special teams win the game for them. Why are we shocked when they are coached that way? That means check downs and punts from the offense and bend without hopefully breaking by the D. 
Stop expecting the kind of team you want and see what kind of team we actually have, especially with the coordinators we have. You will be a lot less upset in the long run. Just accept this team will always be in close games. 

I laughed at this (Not) Rod Black tweet:
 

“My ancestors were there tonight. I could feel them floating with me and I just let go. When you believe in karmic energy and space and time, everything happens at the same time.” - MBT
Well... there you go.

I doubt that MOS would have won a 3rd down ball placement challenge. I can't remember any coach winning one. Better to keep the challenge for something that's winnable.
Bighill led the team in tackles with 10. He was much better this week than he was last week. I expect him to be back to his old self soon.

either way we should have seen Streveler.

Deal

Welp, this will be my go-to ammunition for any 'Riders fan that brings up Durant's antics when retiring as a Bomber. Sure, he screwed us out of $70,000 but they paid Collaros $200,000 in 2019 willingly for the following stat line:
1 rush - 7 yards.

Props to both WFP and CJOB for paying hotel rooms for someone to stay in Guelph and report on practice this week. As good as Ed Tait is it will be nice to hear other reports from others as well.
 

Again, it's just my own personal thing, but I feel like those who are STRICTLY CFL/CIS are more hardcore than those who are just football fans, and will watch all football, regardless. I am perfectly fine with being seen as crazy on this (I'm used to it) but it's 100% how I feel...

My sole reason for paying any attention to the NFL is to keep tabs on former or potential future CFL players (draft picks & neg list guys).

I don't care enough about football as a sport to watch a bunch of generic (to me) athletes in places that I've never been to. I love the regional rivalries of the CFL and the Canadian players. That's certainly what draws me in. Having said that, I have a buddy at work that's a die hard Raiders fan, and an NFL junkie, in general, and so I started following the Raiders a bit last year because their "story" is somewhat similar to Winnipeg, in terms of what they've gone through as an organization. Also, the whole Baker Mayfield thing last year in Cleveland intrigued me. That game where he first came in and helped them come from behind and win? That was entertaining. So I follow that a bit......but generally speaking, I have NO idea why people in Canada buy into the hype so much.

I still watch some but its tough. The over exposure of the players on social media makes it hard. Especially combined with antics ranging from extremely douchey to awfully criminal (like tyreek hill) 
I still feel like the guys who play in the cfl are largely cut from a different cloth. A lot of these guys play because they want to play football.
Id much rather watch college or even Junior college etc. 

I did not watch any NFL at all last season - don't miss it.  The most overrated league on the planet.