blueandgoldguy

Fluck yeah. Didn't get a chance to watch this game. Just caught the tail end of it. I am pleasantly surprised by the outcome. Season series over the Esks which could be very important at the end of the season. It sure sounds like Jefferson was in beast mode.

there are around 9,000 seats left so they are approx. 23,500 - 24,000 for the ticket count. Maybe they boost that by another 1-2,000 tomorrow morning and afternoon with some last minute group sales to corporations.

Drew Willy is out there just waiting to be signed.

Offense was mediocre again. 275 net yards and only 17 first downs versus a terrible defense. Nichols did not play well after the INT. I'm not sure why everyone is blaming Lapo. The team won yet again on the strength of the defense and special teams.

This reeks of TSN's influence. The longer they have to wait it out the higher the production costs for tv and they don't want their crew waiting longer than they need to. Plus they would be splitting their CFL audience in two with 2 games occurring simultaneously for an hour or so. There is a desperate need for competition for tv rights when the contract is up in 2 years.

We all wish for a Don Draper-type as the starting qb for the Bombers. Unfortunately we are stuck with a Jerry Smith.

Indeed he does. Herp derp.

Quite easily. Andrew Harris...especially when Nichols passes him the ball behind or near the line of scrimmage and let's him do all the work.

Nichols failed to generate one td against a team with a tonne of injuries and off-season losses. Inexcusable for O'shea to not use Streveler more often.

Time to find out what he can do. Give him a series or two. It doesn't mean he will succeed, but they need to give him more than running plays. He should be allowed to actually develop with some reps that are more than simple running plays.

Bombers win no thanks to Nichols. Defense good, Special teams good, Harris good. Nichols mediocre. Bottom line is he failed to march the team down the field on his own. He passed for a paltry 177 yards and only 16 first downs. He failed to generate one TD on offense. He seemed to expect Harris generate first downs out of nothing per usual and this conservative play nearly cost the Bombers the game. The past 3 weeks, there is no QB in the league who has generated as little offense as Matt Nichols.

Someone on another forum was able to determine there were only 17,000 blue seats available a few weeks ago. He said punching in a code into your console would allow you to determine the number of seats available. I think all if you added up all the blue and grey dots on ticketmaster you would only end up with 28,000 or so seats. We don't see all the standing room seats (500 - 1000) the 50 suites (apparently all sold out) and super suite, the two club areas on the suite level, the loge seats and the patio. All those areas are included in the 33,000 seat capacity for IG Field. Assuming all those areas are sold out like the suites, and the blue dots are all that's left, I think there are "only" 16,000 seats available with the sales from the past week and a bit. They need to sell/distribute another 9,000 seats, mostly in the lower bowl, to have a decent-looking crowd.

Calgary has a tonne of injuries. They are playing a backup quarterback. They are on the road. They will be coming off only 4 days rest. Bombers have relatively few injuries. They are playing their starting QB. They are at home and have a full week of rest. There are no excuses to expect anything other than a Bomber victory.

Nichols reminds me of Jerry from Rick and Morty!

I don't understand why we are not seeing Streveler in for a series or two during every game... or at least a few snaps say after a short plunge on 2nd or 3rd and short. I thought they intended to use him more this season?

27 yards passing for Nichols in the second half. Maybe it's time i resurrect my Matt Nichols is the worst quarterback in the CFL thread.

You can do that in the CFL!?

Week 1 seems so long ago. remember when Nichols rolled out of the pocket against BC and made that nice throw for a TD. It looked like he had his mobility back. It appears that was short-lived.

So this big ticket push last week has resulted in maybe another thousand seats sold...probably some group sales to businesses as I see a few gray squares and rectangles of sold seats scattered in the lower bowl. I'm sure some singles have sold as well but it's not that noticeable. A few weeks ago, the promoter said there was no plans to lower prices. Well plans have a way of changing particularly with the NFL involved. There is no way they will allow the stadium to be half empty in 3 weeks. Not at the risk of perceived lack of interest in their product in a foreign country. It's worth noting the promoter for this event is the same one for the cancelled junior hockey game at Mosaic Stadium a couple years ago between Regina and Saskatoon. Reason for cancellation: lack of ticket sales due to absurd prices.

Lapo sabotaging Nichols and the Bomber offense for not letting him interview for head coaching positions elsewhere? Haha kidding....I think.

Nichols had 27 yards passing in the second half against the worst team in the CFL. Easily the worst performance by an opposing QB against Toronto this season. Bethel-Thompson had over twice as many yards passing. Think about that for a minute. I firmly believe that if Nichols had average talent around him he would be putting up Drew Willy like numbers. Heck, with above average talent he put up Drew Willy like numbers today!

Watford signed before Drew Willy?! Damn, I guess Willy is as lowly regarded an option as there ever was.

I think the Bombers have a family season ticket package and family single game packages that work out to $15 for each child. That is a pretty good deal.

Riders just had their worst attendance ever at New Mosaic last night.

Maybe they thought that an NFL exhibition game sells itself.