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Forecast for Calgary on Sunday: +4 degrees and sunny. Go get 'em Bombers!

Fixed that for you.

A really great read. Wolitarsky comes across as humble and grateful for the chance to play a game he loves. He does look a lot like Matthew McConaghy is the movie "Reign of Fire", though.

O'Shea is being cryptic about Santos-Knox's availability. He apparently did not practice yesterday but O'Shea said he might do so today, so the "faint hope" clause is in effect.

You talk about the noise at IGF as if its a bad thing......

There is always room for improvement, but the Riders have had excellent return teams all year and the Bombers did reasonably well. I cannot see that Calgary's special teams are better.

Agreed. I cannot see the Bombers doing anything different than what got them here.

Calgary is not the team of the past few years. Their O-line and D-line are both suspect as is the rest of the team to a lesser extent. As far as the Stamps being favoured, so were the Riders last Sunday. I say the Bombers should go right at them and not be intimidated.

But what of Santos-Knox?

With the AAF set to raid the CFL, the league will have a hard time signing good import talent. This would be a bad time for expansion but if all teams are crappy, it would average out in competitiveness, I guess.

When I peeked yesterday at that thread, there were damned few congratulations and a lot of hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth.

Sorry, but he was assuming Saskatchewan "mating" rituals or lack thereof.

That was a mouthful.

Ripper, I agree with you to an extent. That was a very hard hit, but in re-watching it with the available video from TSN, it was not at all certain that it was a deliberate head shot. It may have been, but the available evidence does not confirm that. I am against "intent to injure" but football is a violent sport and sometimes it is hard to differentiate between intentional and accidental. If there is a deliberate head shot, then the offender should be tossed, fined and suspended.

Wild may be very fit and experienced but he is a good player. However Santos-Knox has been little short of great this year playing beside Mr. Grandmont. Doubtless, Jovan has learned a lot and would be missed if he does not play against Cowgary.

Ian Wild did not look all that good when he was in. He and Sayles were targeted and victimized. Here's hoping that Santos-Knox will be back for next Sunday.

You're welcome, Scorch, but expect verbal abuse and questioning your parentage, intellect, and sexual preferences starting tomorrow.

I lived in Regina for three years and the only time the water was drinkable was mid-winter.

Lions playing as if they expect to lose.

I would bet Wally will be retained as a consultant of sorts.

Things not going well for the Lions in this cat fight.

This could get ugly real fast.

With Collaros out of the picture, it looks to come down to the Bomber O-line vs the Rider front 7. I expect the Riders to blitz the heck out of Nichols and no doubt LaPolice has planned for that. Riders look to be most vulnerable up the middle as neither Hurl nor Judge are all-stars.

How the heck are the Riders with a gibbled up quarterback and no decent backup favoured by 2.5 points??

Win or lose, I am hoping for a game that will be talked about for time to come as a classic take-no-prisoners game. Bragging rights for the next 7 months are on the line. Go Big Blue! A blowout of the Risers would not be a classic game, but I'll take it.