TrueBlue4ever

A field goal inside 50 yards (certainly inside 45) is not considered long in today’s league, and we have passed up on 3 of them so far. And judging by how Crapigna kicked those pair of 22 yarders, I’m seeing why they don’t trust his leg. He didn’t clear the end zone on either of them. And if we have such faith our defence is going to get a stop, then it shouldn’t matter if we pin the opponent inside the 20 to start, or give them the 35 with 3 more points on the board.

Name one disrespectful thing Fox Creek has said here. Has actually been quite complementary about the Bombers, and taken the good natured jabs with good humour. And for that, is being told to leave and go back to the inbred site and stop posting here. And yet you complain about the Rider trash dumping on rival fans on their site like we are so superior here. Every fan base has their jerks, but how about we give our new visitors a chance to enhance this board before painting them with the same brush we reserve for the worst of them. And yet from day one here Bluto was given the benefit of the doubt here, veteran or not. Just because we don’t like the Rider team and can cherry pick certain fans who are a problem (they exist on every team, BTW, even our own), no need to instantly drive away a rival fan who wants to engage in football talk and unfairly label them as deranged because they like the colour green and for no other reason.

Another take: 1. Sask (up from 2)- Even if some Bomber fans don’t want to see it, Riders are playing well and Fajardo is compensating for the patchwork o-line with his scrambling and quick release to a talented receiving corps. Ball hawking secondary and solid kicking game so far. They get top spot because they have done a better job at getting big leads. Big question, are they built for the playoffs? 2. Wpg (down from 1) - Even if some Bomber fans don’t want to see it, the offence isn’t quite there yet, and we lack trust in our kicking game. But the best o-line on the league helps the offence a lot, and the best defensive front 7 in the league is making this the most dominant defence seen in years. Still susceptible to letting an opponent hang around and steal a victory, but if defence wins championships the road to the Cup goes through them right now. 3. Tor (up from 4) - Took out perennial powers Calgary at home, and hung with the Bombers and won the run game battle. Had they started their better QB, they might be 2-0. 4. Mtl (up from 5) - looked impressive, but need to beat a better calibre of team than the Elks before they can be ranked ahead of the others. 5. BC (up from 7) - Still trying to figure them out. Do they fight back in week 1 or did Sask get complacent and give them garbage yards? Did they shut down BLM with great D or is Calgary falling apart? Michael Reilly gives them a good chance any given week, their kicking game at present does not. 6. Ham (down from 3)- Only the facts that they have lost to the clear top 2 teams in the league, had to play road games to start, and the ineptitude of the teams below them gives them a ranking this high. Their offence has not impressed, they are undisciplined, and they appear to be still trying to live off their press clippings rather than playing tough football and earning the praise thrown their way before the season started. 7. Cal (down from 6) - Ranked behind Hamilton because of who they lost to and due to losing both at home. Something off about BLM, but until he owns his own mistakes, acknowledges the talent of his opponents rather than expecting them to bow down to his greatness, and accepts his new teammates, or gets properly healed with all of his mystery ailments, not sure if they will be in the right headspace to climb out of this. 8. Ott (up from 9) - Yes they are 1-0 and ranked below winless teams, but they were really impotent in week 1 and should have lost. Still on track to be the worst team by year’s end. 9. Edm (down from 8. - Week 1 may have been a fluke, but week 2 left little doubt that this team is bad, and Trevor Harris couldn’t be bothered to put up misleading fancy stats this week. How all that supposed offensive talent on paper can be so ineffective is inexplicable.

I find that some of the fans here who gripe about fans from other sites coming here are also the ones who visit the rival sites themselves and criticize fans there of doing exactly what they themselves do here. I for one welcome fans from other sites. No one rags on Bluto for being here as an Argo fan. I get the knee jerk reaction to dump on all things Rider, but it doesn’t give us licence to be d*cks to individual people because they root for the green and we can hide behind a keyboard. If they become trolls, they will out themselves soon enough (see Migs, Zontar). But if we unilaterally kick off everyone who trolls, there would be a few Bomber fans here who would also qualify for termination. And rooting for another team is not the sole criteria for being a troll.

Wow. And the Oscar goes to…….. Getting pilloried for this ad from their own party insiders. Makes the “Just not a leader” spots look like Mensa material, and beating that ad was a low bar to clear.

20 year war and for what? Took the Taliban 4 months to re-claim the country once the troop withdrawal was announced, they will summarily execute all the locals who “aided” the US military, and the US troops are not even all out yet. https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/afghanistan-taliban-us-troops-intl-08-15-21/index.html

Blue offence so-so Points left on field. No matter, Defence is a wall Argo run game works They hung around a while, but Wrong QB started Sad times in AB Both teams are hot garbage, but My tears are from joy. Stanback is a beast But are Als that good, or does Opponent just suck? Writers gave them raves Forecast dominant Tigers In fact? They’re puss*es. O-line holding up All Rider facets clicking Labour Day fight looms

Go to moves this year: Willie Jefferson - play the guitar after a turnover Kyran Moore - the funky chicken after a TD BC kicker - “oops“ grin after another shanked 25 yard FG BLM - post game “we beat ourselves” table interview pout Wilder Jr - flex after a one yard gain, one yard loss, tying his shoes Sewell - sideline dance after trashing his opponents and then cheap shotting them, costing his own team points Banks - points at the ground after every play as if the refs will start giving him calls Bede - head butts and high fives after a field goal kick goes 70 yards……and wide Ottawa - can’t say. They haven’t really done a single thing in game worth celebrating yet.

Not sure the Rider fans want to see Fajardo running QB draw plays this late in the game, or even see him still in the game period, for that matter.

Smooth Jimmy Apollo wants a Powell TD for Lock of the Week. Well, I do anyway.

Riders are home to Ottawa next week then a bye, Bombers in Toronto and home to the Stamps before they meet, so entirely feasible.

Good timing Hamilton.

Team 14 and 0 getting a little testy.

Planned rollouts and quick throws from the QB help.

Costly mental errors by Sask. And like him or not, Fajardo can scramble well. He and Collaros head and shoulders above the others.

Although I like the nickname Brandon Blanks, I think instead of “Speedy” they should call him “Surly Banks”. Just looks so sour on the bench, and a whiner on the field. And with a few hard hits, gets soft.

Hamilton kick returners may want to start taking a knee. 3 games in a row a returner has been lit up. Stout goal line D by the Riders, but again how do you not know to keep your hands out of the neutral zone pre-snap? Especially when you have a white goal line as a marker for you?

Do they give out rings like this for that? Or just that silly big play chain? Last time I saw it, it was hanging from the north end cross bar after the West Final. 😉

And I know back-to-back games at home a week apart does not help attendance. The drop-off in Winnipeg on what was a pretty great night weather-wise was shocking though. And traditionally attendance drops after Labour Day league-wide.

To win back the title you have to have it in the first place. Judging by this synopsis of the history at new Mosaic: First pre-season game - Winnipeg tie First regular season game - Winnipeg win First playoff game - Winnipeg win First NHL game - Winnipeg win First division final playoff game - Winnipeg win you never held the title. Can’t wait for the first Grey Cup there, when the Bombers three peat. 😁

Win or lose by the Riders tonight it is already looking like a two-horse race in the West. I am betting both IG Field and IG Field west will host playoff games this season.

I get your point, but at the same time, NFL pre game broadcasts run the ticker underneath showing the game lines and over under all the time. Like it or not, gambling is HUGE in sports and may be the lifeblood the league needs, and TSN is the league broadcaster, so they will play ball. I was going to post this in a separate thread, but with this discussion it seems like an OK place. Not sure what the attendance in Sask will be tonight, but Edmonton dipped from 30K to 25K, Calgary had only 23K for it’s opener after the pandemic stole away last year, and dropped to 21 K yesterday. And stunningly, the Bombers had 22,100 fans last night. The Grey Cup champs of Bomber nation could not sell out their banner raising home opener after a lost season, and dropped another 8,000 fans for last night. Other than the frigid Thanksgiving post-snowstorm game in 2019 against the Als, last night was the worst attended Bomber game in IG Field history. I read an article about NHL teams selling more partial season ticket plans because fans do not want to invest in a full 45 game package post-pandemic, and league experts are a bit worried about declining interest in attending live events. So in a league that needs attendance more than any other to meet the bottom line, given these numbers in the “CFL hotbed” of the West, just how much trouble is the league in right now?

That face mask sack should have been a flagrant foul.

My original comment was not intended to be limited to just the playing field.

Must be the water in Alberta. Lots of circus rainbow wigs and big shoes all over the place. Obscure stat of the week in 71 years Edmonton has only started the season 0-2 with both losses at home once (2010). In 75 years Calgary has never started that way. This season Alberta teams are 0-4 at home to start the year.