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Maier in with 2 minutes left. Good timing Dave. A TSN Friday Night Football haiku: TV ratings called They want their twenty fourteen Stamps and Tabbies back.

That’s already his Twitter handle.

As I continue to pursue the “perfect” season for my own amusement, I will take McGuire.

Did Harris have to provide another test before coming back last year, or is it only if you refuse in the first place? And if the former, would another fail be a different result leading to a second suspension?

I have been looking for any updated drug policy protocol, but the most current I can find is before 2019. It says any failed test (and refusal counts as that) puts you on the mandatory testing regime, and not just random. Anyone know the difference in frequency of testing? And if he has to be tested before he comes back, if he tests positive would it be treated as a different result worthy of another suspension, or could it be argued that the substance that was in his system before is still there so it is still the same positive as opposed to a new second offence (and how would that change if the first test was refused)? Is it possible to be punished twice for the same infraction?

So you agree with him. Then why are you arguing?

Aside from Calgary, none of the other Western teams have played a full game yet without their starter, so there has been no “impact” yet - and we are still running away with the division at this point. Save this tired whine for after week 10 (and here’s betting Reilly and Fajardo are still starters then). I will say this. If we are up by 2 TDs plus in the 4th they should give McGuire some decent reps. Was surprised Collaros went all the way to the end in the Banjo Bowl.

Good report. Hopefully the pass rush plays disciplined and doesn’t get too sack-hungry and lose contain. Let him try to beat us with his arm from the pocket and confuse him with looks rather than all-out blitzes, even as tempting as it is with that o-line.

Honestly having trouble remembering the last season where all (or even almost all) the starting QBs from game 1 stayed healthy throughout the year CFL-wide. Any ideas?

I honestly prefer it this way. In 2019 all you heard about was the Hamilton juggernaut and how it was on track to be an all-time great champion. Even after we pummelled them in the Grey Cup, the talk at the start of this year was not the returning champs, but the redemption tour for “team 14-0”. The more we fly under the radar, the better IMO. Seen too many defending champs pull off an underdog win, carry that win to a dominating regular season where they suddenly play up to the level of their championship win, get praise heaped on them as being the new power, and then get taken down in the playoffs (think St. Louis Blues). If TSN wants to try to convince viewers there is still parity this year, let them. Let’s just keep on quietly winning all the way to another Grey Cup, then we can bask in the long overdue accolades. Being the Week 7 champions in the eyes of the media means extremely little to me.

I actually love this pick!

Loser gets the start.

FIFY.

If crossover rules come into play, then a sweep of the Elks gets us to 8 wins, and Edmonton could not catch us, so we lock down 4th place. Assuming the 3rd place team in the East is no better than .500, we would get a playoff spot on those 3 wins alone.

Getting way ahead of things here, if the Bombers sweep Edmonton and BC in their next 5, regardless of anything else that happens, they clinch a playoff spot. Add a Calgary loss anywhere in that time and we clinch a home game, add 2 Sask. losses and we clinch first place by game 11.

Dakota Prukop looks like next man up. https://www.goelks.com/players/dakota-prukop/159945/

Interesting breakdown by Marshall Ferguson on the back-to-back games. The Bombers’ run heavy game plan instilled by LaPo and being maintained by Buck is still the outlier for the league, but the results are telling, with Zach’s efficiency offering great balance. Also benefit from playing with the lead so much. https://www.cfl.ca/2021/09/16/ferguson-team-won-labour-day/

“Apology accepted, Premier Kenney”

Very good then.

Procrastinate?

For anyone wondering, he lost the original case at trial in Provincial Court, had the verdict overturned in QB (which was the basis for this report), and then the Crown appealed to the Alberta Court of Appeal and had the original verdict reinstated. This guy also trolled the police station for 5 days once the law first went into place, daring them to give him a ticket so he could go to court. They refused to do so at first because they knew him from all his TV appearances railing against the upcoming law. His argument originally was. That seatbelts in some cases caused injury and he should be free to make his choice to protect himself, but after losing in the Court of Appeal he said “I enjoy risk, and wearing a seatbelt reduces my enjoyment. I’m doing this so my kids can have a more enjoyable life”.

Is anyone else getting Jamie Stoddard-in-training vibes from Wolitarsky yet? Looks to have more physical talent and speed, but the numbers so far are disappointingly similar.

If that’s a veiled shot at the failed offence behind Nichols versus Collaros, your criteria are factually incorrect. This year the Bombers’ time of possession is 29:57 per game, so their defence is actually on the field longer than the offence by a hair. They have 34 two and outs so far (35 if you count the 3 play kneel down to end one game, which I did not) so over 18 games they’d be on pace for 102. In 2019 they led the league in time of possession with 32:02 and had 85 two and outs for 5th best (they were 6 away from being 2nd and 7 away from 7th for context). At this year’s rate over 18 games, the current team in 2019 would have finished 8th best in two and outs and be 6th in TOP. In 2018 they were 6th in TOP at 30:03 (this year’s team would have ranked 8th) and had 84 two and outs (3rd best, this year’s team would have ranked 9th). In 2017 their TOP was 7th best at 29:02 (this year’s team would rank no higher) and 3rd in two and outs with 74 (pro-rated, this year’s team would finish behind all 9 teams that year). Recency bias may be at play here, and as I said Collaros is climbing, but this offence struggled for the first 4 games this season. The focus is certainly shifting away from an Andrew Harris-led scheme, but his injury will have had something to do with both the optics and the reality of that.

Good luck!