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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!

Collaros is climbing for sure, but make no mistake this team is 5-1 on the back of an unreal defence right now. Bighill an Willie J (in that order in my mind) are the MOP’s right now.

What about tickets to the game? Hotel? And I thought Flair did not have cancellation insurance per your earlier post. Hope it does not need to be re-scheduled, or if that comes to pass, it is as easy as you hope.

That’s evident from your picks. 🤣 (Says the guy who is now 0-6).

Thanks for the correction.

Very true. Also true that the wolves were howling before the first convert was missed. There’s a post begging for Lirim to get picked up before the Calgary game, and on the game day threads going back to Calgary, one miss and fans are yelling for him to be axed. It’s not like fans were very tolerant of his “less than perfection” before it became full-blown shank-itis.

Some road games and staying off social media would do wonders. Fans here can be pretty ruthless when less than perfection is delivered.

So no takers for the quiz. Answers - 1. 3 of them were defensive TDs, 2 on interception returns and one fumble recovery in the end zone. He also had a punt return TD. 2. So with 2 INT return TDs, he had……….exactly zero interceptions. Both returns were laterals from other players’ interceptions. 3. That year he had 4 TDs in total. All in that game, no other scores the rest of the year. And the same answer for career defensive TDs. 3 in that game, none for the rest of his CFL career.

My memory of him in 2001 was that Mills and Blount would start the game and run heavier sets, wear down the D, then Roberts would come in during the 4th quarter and use his speed outside against a tired team. One game against Sask. in oppressive heat, the Bombers had practiced all week in it and were well hydrated, and by the 4th during commercial breaks the entire Rider defence on the field was on its knees and the Bombers were lined up for the next play. Roberts ran 4 sweeps and went about 15-20 yards on each and Dave Ritchie pulled him from the game and said after it was a mercy pull because he could see that Sask just couldn’t keep up with him and they did not want to run up the score. Roberts was the primary punt/kick guy that year and transitioned to full time RB next season and got out of the return game.

No, no, no. There is only one acceptable meme for this conversation.

The deforestation continues.

Didn’t he say on that video he could hardly wait to get up to the “UFL” and tear up the league? Edit: Thanks Super for verifying, just beat me to it.

Here’s another one for the older crowd. James Jefferson (I think before he added “the 3rd” to his name) holds an astounding CFL record from 1987 when he scored four touchdowns in a game, a record unlikely to ever be broken by a defensive player. Some trivia questions surrounding this feat. Without looking it up: 1. How many of the TDs were “defensive” touchdowns? 2. How many interceptions did he have that day? 3. How many touchdowns did he have that season in total, and how many defensive TDs did he score in his CFL career?

Was at both games. 45 yard line 20 rows up for the Bombers, raced down Portage after the traffic cleared and ran into MTS Centre just in time to yell “True North” and sit at centre ice for the Jets (for some reason was able to get lower bowl seats then for a semi-reasonable price). Pavelec started and let 2 in on 2 shots, Mason came in and held the fort, and we scored 5 in the 2nd (Jim Slater with a pair) to win 5-2. The second time I pulled the double header. The first was my birthday back in 1991. Bombers had a player mutiny against Cal Murphy because he held the purse strings tight and was a bit of a tyrant, which chafed a few players who felt they deserved more incidentals from the club. Also took pot shots at Rod Hill, who they called “Murphy’s house boy” (the racial undertone went unnoticed at that time - today that phrase would set people off big time). After a lot of public feuding and an aborted practice IIRC, the club took out its frustrations on the Tiger Cats, setting an all time club record winning 68-14 (Hill even got an INT touchdown and was mobbed by his teammates in the end zone). Then hopped across the street (double headers were so much easier then) to watch the Jets beat the Leafs 4-2 on HNIC. Pretty sweet birthday.

I thought the 2nd Amendment was the most twisted bastardized part of the Constitution that has strayed the farthest from its original intent, but reading the transcript of Alex Jones’ words, I am starting to see the 1st Amendment make a case.

Ok, I actually feel bad about that joke.

You suck! 😁

A club’s decision to honour a player is usually separate to a league decision to ban them though. Mantle and Mays both had their numbers retired and were already in the baseball Hall of Fame before they got banned. Pete Rose was banned for life but the Reds still retired his number in 2016. And Roberts is in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. There is no formal disciplinary issue that would keep him from being honoured, and he should be up there for sure. As for when, he could go in any time now. But if he slotted anywhere from first to last on the list with Joe Poplawski, James Murphy, Greg Battle, Ty Jones, and Rod Hill it would not surprise me.