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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!

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.