BigBlueFanatic

The Bombers accepted the coin toss win and then got Finch'ed.  Justin Medlock whallops the ball down to the goal line, but Finch returns it to Cal. 46. Between Finch's returns on punts and at least 1 great Maver punt, the Stampeders owned field position the entire 1st half. 
They scored on that. 1st possession. 
They then got the ball at their 53. Result FG
Third possession Calgary 43, then Winnipeg 52, then the Calgary 52 - result? Another TD.
Then the interception. Ball on the Calgary, 54 Result - TD
You get the picture. It was 24-0 before we recovered a fumble and got the ball at the Calgary 35.      
The result? Our first TD
They got their last FG of the half from a start at the Wpg 54
The coin toss? We weren't ready to defend Mitchell, especially with the field position he was given the entire 1st half.
We can look at our Offence, and Nichols being off, but, make no mistake, Special Teams was special..as in 30% off. Without all that instant field position, I'm not sure Calgary gets that 27-7 halftime lead. It was a letdown from that unit that we're not used to seeing.
 
 

I wish we would've won that game just to rub in the face of the arrogant prick: Bo Levi Mitchell.

I'm. Starting to think that we maybe go 12-6 now. We're road warriors.

Like most here so many highs & lows in this game. Very disappointed we lost but happy with the effort in the 2nd half. They never gave up.
 Man, I'm exhausted.. Happy sad, excited, angry, exulted. Just a mix of emotions...
 

VERY impressed with the end drive that produced the last Bomber touchdown.
Winnipeg teams have been unable to do this in recent years. Or even come close. 
They deserved a better fate.

JFG is totally, totally end of game  CLUTCH .  Toews of the Bomber. 

now that the Lions lose to a below .500 team, are we going to discuss if the Lions are 'For Real'?

If we don't spot them 24 points, we win this game. We did what we needed to in this game. Now let's secure a home playoff game in the semi final.

Esks RB Shakir Bell & the lions DB hit helmet to helmet. No penalty... I guess DB or RB brains getting scrambled is no issue to the CFL. Maybe I'm off base here but there shouldn't be 2 sets of rules for qbs & everyone else.

The rules these days are all effed up. A receiver or running back can get a helmet shot with no penalty & at times they are just as vulnerable as a qb. That RTP on Willis was bogus. No intent to injure. Willis didn't lead with his helmet. Clean hit but a cheap penalty. Then there's the PI rules, incidental contact & coaches challenges. To me, the rule changes the last 3 seasons have really messed up the game.

H & L asked Duane Ford if he would extend Walters and O'Shea he said in a heartbeat

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...

Bass is more than physical enough to stop Messam - anyone recall how he put the ol' pile driver on him in their last loss to Calgary?  The question is will he stay in position to make stops consistently or will he get wiped out by the Stamps run scheme and allow big run gains.

D) We win 15-3 on 5 field goals and the usual suspects complain and whine about how we won

Adjusted as requested.

Losing Noeller and 17 to a tornado in order to win a game in Calgary is what I believe is called "acceptable losses".

That's me, and you just know it's true. 

Someone here once said that the day after we finally win a Grey cup, his first article will be titled ''It's all down hill from here''. That really sums him up well.

FYP

As per the Winnipeg Sun
"I sure hope he's a receiver"
 - Matt Nichols on seeing the 6'6" Outlaw walk through the door

Cole has been excellent, glad they waited for him to recuperate.  Green has looked better with every game, so keeping him over Hubbard looks to have been a good decision.  Corney has kind of leveled off imo, effort is there but results are inconsistant, still shows well for a first year player though.  If he sticks with the CFL long-term I can see him becoming a Canadian version of John Chick.

Adams had a long lay off due to injury, he's just finished his preseason games, he'll be back to form, you can already see the flashes of it too. Randle too coming off injury we shouldn't be surprised he had some rough moments last game. They will be fine I have no worries about that. 

As per the Winnipeg Sun
"I sure hope he's a receiver"
 - Matt Nichols on seeing the 6'6" Outlaw walk through the door

As per the Winnipeg Sun
"I sure hope he's a receiver"
 - Matt Nichols on seeing the 6'6" Outlaw walk through the door

To be fair right now there are 3 other teams that are .500 or better
Calgary - Haven't proved we can beat them, which pretty much applies to every team right now
BC - Haven't played them yet
Hamilton - We've beat them twice
So for teams that are currently .500 or better we're 2/3
 
Then there's the teams that are close
Toronto - They could be .500 or better, but we beat them twice so they aren't
Edmonton - They could be .500 but we beat them once
Ottawa - Haven't played them
 
At some point the wins have to count for something. We have 4 losses, 2 to the best team in the league, one to the defending champions who we've also beat, and an ugly season opening loss to Montreal. But Calgary is the only .500 team we've played that we haven't beat, and there are two teams who are below .500 because we beat them.  I know it's natural as a bomber fan to just be waiting for the wheels to fall off ,and yes this was the "easy" stretch of the schedule, but news flash, it's not a bad thing (or even something that ever happened to the bombers) to win the games you're expected to win, we normally lose those.