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Just as opposition parties do not win elections so much as governments lose them, sometimes teams win it all because the opposition implodes at critical times. The only credible opposition to the Bombers so far this year is Calgary with the Riders showing occasional signs of life. I'm betting the real Grey Cup game will be the Western Final.

Agreed. The Rider and Lions' defenses are decent, though.

The key to the Bomber success this season and the last half of 2016 was the recruiting that Walters oversaw, and chief among the arrivals which turned the Bomber fortunes around was...Matt Nichols. Nichols has exceeded the expectations of everyone, and before someone else points it out, the re-tooled O-line and Andrew Harris sure helped.

O'Shea should take both Kyle Walters and Matt Nichols out for a very expensive dinner.

Boy, that's a lot of work. Thanks.

Mitchell has the benefit of (arguably) the best supporting cast in the league, whereas Nichols has made his own case for the MOP award. However, whichever QB takes his team to the Grey Cup will likely win it.

Have we heard anything about the new receiver who arrived last week (Brown?). Could he be the piece we need to replace Dressler?

Calgary may not be the powerhouse team of last year (even though they choked in the Grey Cup) but they are still the team to beat. The biggest problem in the league this year appears to be the lack of good starting quarterbacks or at least their performances. Much as I hate to admit it, Jones' Riders have a pretty good defense (not great) and BC is fairly close to that as well.

Damn. He's onto me.

And the defenses of every decent team.

Is this a necrophilia reference?

Its even more surprising given the terrible quarterbacking in many of the CFL teams.

Bombers have been the beneficiaries of a whole lot of team collapses (Montreal, Edmonton, Toronto, Hamilton and probably BC) this year. Even Calgary has struggled for one reason or another and Reilly missed throws he ordinarily would have made.

If anyone needs a chuckle this morning, go to 3downnation and read Cameron Judge's twitter diarrhea- he describes a bizarre college life, and makes me wonder if he learned his lifestyle at Trump University.

Just stay to Hell away from Las Vegas. This time, what happened in Vegas isn't going to stay in Vegas.

Giving up those kind of yards consistently is going to cost the Bombers wins. I maintain that Reilly was off just enough to lose his edge and Bowman looked to have completely checked out early in the game.

But no word on our D-lineman Canuck in the US.

I'm not sure that Wally still his magic mojo any more.

If memory serves, we should be getting the word from on high about Westerman this week.

Agree with Mr.Dee's observations. Lankford keeps giving reasons for him to stick around and might be the reclamation project of the year in the CFL. On a sour note, we cannot keep giving up those kind of yards to the opposition, which is another reason to question Hall's tenure as DC. Fortunately, the Bombers have found (apart from Carmichael) good enough talent to compensate for Hall's schemes. Not to take anything away from the Bombers defense, but Reilly was not his old self and at least Bowman didn't show up.

Could go either way.

Greedy S.O.B.

Your acumen is startling. How do you do that?

He was probably too cheap to buy a ticket. The great news is that his diseased mind was too disorganized to do a lot of damage and hurt a lot of people.

I should have said "best balanced" game overall. The offense was good, and the defense was better than they have been all season. The D-line has pressure on Reilly more and more as the game went on , and it is very encouraging that the dumb penalties have stopped. I would consider the game last night as a much better measure of the Bombers- Ottawa was almost like a full-contact scrimmage.