BigBlueFanatic

Not good enough in this game sure, but you don't fire the OC for one stinker. Hall has served up a secondary scheme that makes the rest of the CFL look all world for several seasons now...

The O has saved the bacon all season long... agree with the OP stop for a short gain on 1st... cue the 12-18 yd pass on 2nd down into the zooooone ?

If Jeffcoat is good to go, then Okpalaugo should sit so that the Bomber D-line can deliver a big ol' serving of Poop... right into Glenn's grill.

Seems to me Loffler is having a bit of a sophomore jinx... and yet I can't help but think many times he's the victim of looking bad on TV making up for other players mistakes or the zone scheme. There was one play in the second half where he tackles Rutley on a pass and run. Guess what happy duo are *standing* right there, passing a cigarette back and forth?! Surprise! It's Knox and Hurl. Why in the name of all that's Blue is the frickin Safety having to bail out the MLB and WIL?!

You've got to wonder if Wally is pressing with Jennings because he's supposed to be the future of the franchise. We know how he can move on from veteran players even when they are still playing at a very high level. Look at Andrew Harris. Yes he wanted to come home but Wally wasn't going to open the vault to get him to stay. It's been said/theorized on this forum that Buono was done with a running back near 30 years old. Lulay is healthy right now and should have played the last two games. The standings in the West would be even crazier if he had.

I entreat the court to consider that our sophomore kicker (he of the clutch trick kicks and the not-clutch in game misses) was completely cursed; he single handedly lost a home game vs Edmonton where Nichols repeatedly put them into scoring position, only to have Lirim miss what... six field goals?! I have to look back but I'm sure there were other close losses due to either kicking or the Etch-a-sketch D making opposing offences look all-time.

Does this mean the Hamilton D will be in turmoil next week or more of a handful? You only have film on how they've played so far... game planning on O will be interesting.

He's so biased to anything Montreal does... and you can see his soul crying in agony whenever he has to praise the Bombers. Calling that helmet to helmet hit on Nichols 'form tackling' ended it for me. No use for Climie at all.

Pretty sure Bass was our MLB when Wild came back from the NFL.

No O, too many injuries on D and the inexperience + sloppy tackling making us look as bad as Hamilton

CARMICHAEL. Getting burned or hanging his teammates out to dry. He's gotta go!

He actually catches it, tucks it and as he's getting up to run he punches the ball out with his other hand... if that isn't a catch and then loss of possession then I haven't been watching football long enough (I started remembering games in 84). The c'mon centre really fumbled that call ?

About Bass... I find this impossible to believe. He brought the lumber when the chance was there, and if you missed him suplex'ing Jerome Messam last year well... it looked like he enjoyed that! I will say that as a MLB there were times he simply chose the wrong lane, contributing to explosion plays by the opposing offence.

TSN already fapping to three assists for Matthews over Laine's two goals... the bias is puketastic

Watching Bass at MLB last year, it was painfully apparent that he often went for the wrong gap on run plays. My observation is that he wasn't necessarily getting bulldozed mano-a-mano, he was caught trying to catch up and/or being dragged along off of weak arm tackles.

Tori Gurley got flushed with the whole TO receiving crew (on account of attitude) yet we were almost unanimously happy he was signed last season. Players leave clown shows to become good teammates and productive roster additions all the time. No reason that can't/won't happen with Stanford. Carter on the other hand...

What a fantastic find Mr Dee!! Thx for posting it

Even with all the turnovers - it's hard not to look at the late game collapses by the D, especially to top tier teams like Calgary and BC. Prevent D and/or soft coverage meant that we also saw opposing offences drive the entire field from goal line to goal line way too many times. Would love to see Steinauer or Thorpe here.

Yup we're a D coord, MLB and deep threat away from true greatness. Maybe Gurley steps it up big with a training camp in the system. Matt Nichols almost 400 yards, 2 td's, no turnovers and still some are saying he's a bum... the issue was definitely late game D today. Prevent scheme plus Wild left looking for his cleats every other run play was not fun to watch at all!

I want to see quality play from all three phases of our team. Bombers need to remind the "experts" they're a team to be reckoned with! This season I've been extremely lucky to watch 17 of 18 Bombers' games with my parents (both over 70 years old)... would love to celebrate a playoff win today and keep the dream of a championship alive for another week!

Probably Hurl is gone too

Sounds like someone gets to go have supper with Jamal Westerman - seems like a fair deal to me!

Horrible call and an even worse non-challenge

Egads the highs and lows in this game. I'm just stunned. This game was a microcosm of our season thus far. Amazing second half that gave us a chance, but if the Bombers play anything resembling decent or even average football in the first half, then we win. Time to go on another win streak...

I was at McMahon in '94 as the Bombers rolled into town after Dunigan blew away the Esks on 713 yards passing. Flutie's Stamps struck first but then the Bombers came right back, trading TD's on a bomb from Dunigan to Alfred Action Jackson. That's as good as it got as the Blue got trucked 58-19. That was a crappy drive back to Edmonton...