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CFL - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
TrueBlue4ever replied to JCon's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
Think he learned that from Gary Lawless. -
GDT: Game 17 vs Arizona RIDICULOUS START TIME ALERT
TrueBlue4ever replied to iHeart's topic in Winnipeg Jets Discussion
Funny that the broadcasters were talking about the Arizona goalie working on his puck handling and decision-making outside the crease, then a minute later, oops! -
GDT: Game 17 vs Arizona RIDICULOUS START TIME ALERT
TrueBlue4ever replied to iHeart's topic in Winnipeg Jets Discussion
I am not looking at an argument. I cannot speak to other arenas and other fan bases. I don’t recall hearing a boo regularly in other cities during the anthem, but I don’t make a point of listening to the anthem in other cities. If it has happened (and I accept your position that it has happened), I would be disgusted by it. But having had season tickets to the Bombers and flex packs to the Jets, I can say with full confidence that people are not booing here. The Bombers “glorious and blue” has been a thing since we moved into IG Field, if not before. It is a rip-off from the Roughriders “glorious and green” they chanted at old Mosaic (which made more sense since “green” and “free” at least sound the same). Since “True North” became a big thing at Jets games, the Bomber fans wanted their own chant, so that is what they came up with. And since “True North” bled into anthems at Bomber games, the “blue” shout out has been co-opted during Jets games, especially with the success of the football club. -
GDT: Game 17 vs Arizona RIDICULOUS START TIME ALERT
TrueBlue4ever replied to iHeart's topic in Winnipeg Jets Discussion
In my experience it has always been glorious and “blue”. They have done it for years. Just like Bomber fans do the “True North” chant at Bomber games, just more muted then the “glorious and blue” they belt out at IG Field every anthem. -
GDT: Game 17 vs Arizona RIDICULOUS START TIME ALERT
TrueBlue4ever replied to iHeart's topic in Winnipeg Jets Discussion
They aren’t booing. They are chanting glorious and “BLUE” as a salute to the Bombers. -
Blue Bombers - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
TrueBlue4ever replied to JCon's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
J.J. doing some self-promotion on Twitter. Thoughts? -
So when exactly did you see Schoen this week?
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Given there are 3 back-ups behind Bighill rostered, and 8 linebackers for 3 spots in total, I doubt he is playing tomorrow. And even with Rose not rostered we have 2 back-up DBs and 3 back-up d-linemen. If we are short with Schoen out, we need help at receiver, where we would have one back-up (Grant) at receiver with Demski and Bailey both banged up and McCrae not even rostered, so guessing he is still too hurt. Wonder if Ambles or Alston gets brought in on an emergency basis? Offence is where we need back-up protection, not another d-lineman. If Biggie is replaced on the d, I could see Rose coming in since we can anticipate a pass heavy offence from the Als.
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Answer: because it works and we are winning. Because he does what the club asks, works hard at a thankless task of blocking on offence and special teams, fills a big role on the short yardage offence which has been extremely effective this season. O’Shea has been open about his reasons but some don’t listen here because they have been convinced by others that O’Shea doesn’t have a clue how manage a roster, all actual evidence to the contrary, and would rather see an 8th d-lineman bolster our already number 1 defence instead of having a starting fullback on heavy package plays. People may not like the answer and tune it out in favour of their personal narrative, but it’s not like O’Shea hasn’t hid his reasons from us.
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Dull first period, good second, bad third, but Hellebuyck probably steals it in the third and a win is a win.
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So the quick answer is yes it has happened before, but with a caveat. In the earliest years of the MOP award (starting in 1953) the eastern and western teams did not play an interlocking schedule, so the only chance for them to meet was in the Grey Cup. So in 1953 the MOP was Edmonton’s Billy Vessels, but the Tiger-Cats beat Winnipeg in the Grey Cup, so he did not face Hamilton. It happened 3 more times in the 1950’s when the Esks Jackie Parker (in ‘57 and ‘58) and Johnny Bright (in ‘59) won MOP but Hamilton and Winnipeg played in the Cup each year. By the time Montreal’s George Dixon won MOP without playing in the Grey Cup, CFL teams were playing a full interlocking schedule, so he faced the Bombers in the regular season. I haven’t done a deep dive through the rest of the 1960’s and 1970’s, but as far as I can tell, the MOP for each season from 1980 to 2022 either played for or against the eventual Grey Cup champions for that season. There were two close calls though. In 2002 Milt Stegall did play against Edmonton in one game, and started the second before being injured early, and then did not play in the playoff game as the Esks went on to win the Cup. In 2004 BC’s Casey Printers won MOP and did play eventual champion Toronto at home in August as he was replacing an injured Dave Dickenson. He’d play a bit of the re-match in Toronto before being pulled midway through a loss. And then he famously was sat for the Cup in favour of Dickenson three days after winning the MOP, and the Argos won. Now since the whole implication of this question is that Kelly sat out against the Bombers in their lone meeting and the Bombers are destined to win, if you have now angered the football Gods with your presumptive confidence and jinxed us come this Sunday if the Als pull off an upset, and made me do all this work to boot, then
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Ehlers scores almost from on the bench, and it’s 3-1
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Perfetti with a laser opens the scoring.
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Connor with the best chance in a ragged first period, just misses burying the breakaway rebound. I guess that’s what you call a good “road period” for Buffalo.
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I think he means has the MOP never played AGAINST the league champions. Obviously if the MOP is on the eventual Grey Cup champs they would not play against themselves, but I will look into it to see if the MOP has ever not played a game for OR against that year’s champs.
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And ex-Jet Comrie in the net for the Sabres.
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Axel Jonsson-Fjallby in for an injured Kupari as well.
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Sorry can’t copy the line-up from the Facebook page. Bucky in net, heritage jerseys
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Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
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Blue Bombers - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
TrueBlue4ever replied to JCon's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
The obvious choice would be Paul LaPolice. Great offensive mind, history with and ties to the city, Grey Cup winning pedigree, works well with O’Shea, and he……..wait a minute……..sorry,, thought I heard screams and a table being overturned somewhere. Got distracted. Now where was I? Oh yeah, LaPo. He…….huh. swear I heard it again. Weird. -
Not holding my breath on that one. Not really for Biggie either, but it would be nice to hear an update about him.
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Blue Bombers - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread
TrueBlue4ever replied to JCon's topic in Blue Bomber Discussion
His player bio says he’s 5’9” (college combine has him at 5’10”) and 225 lbs. According to a few internet sources, average NFL running back is 5’10” to 10.5” and 213 lbs. so size does not appear to be an issue. It’s his speed that I think would hold him back. His college combine 40 time was “high 4.70” according to a 3 Down article, and average NFL running back speed is in the 4.43-4.58 range, according to various sources. NFL combine 5 year average came out at 4.49 for running backs. As Booch pointed out, NFL is all about measurables, so tough to even get a foot in the door. And RBs seem to be a dime a dozen coming out of US college, with a shorter high end shelf life than other positions. But good luck to him. If not, he is someone one would hope would be a true Bomber for Life (who was the last high end player we could say that about?) -
So @DTonOB led me down the rabbit hole with this tweet, and I dug up the stats in the CFL (1958 and beyond) era. There have been 28 teams to lose a regular season game by 30 or more points and then play in the Grey Cup that same year. Those teams are 12-16 in the Grey Cup game. The Cup winners are : 1988 Wpg (lost 36-3 to B.C.) 1989 Sask (lost 49-17 to Edm) 1990 Wpg (lost 55-11 to Sask - the 44 point loss is the largest ever for a same season Grey Cup winner) 1993 Edm (lost 53-11 to Wpg and 52-14 to Winnipeg - the only CFL team to ever lose 2 games by 30 points and then win a Grey Cup the same season) 1994 BC (lost 62-21 to Cal) 1999 Ham (lost 52-19 to Mtl) 2000 BC (lost 35-2 to Cal) 2004 Tor (lost 58-20 to Mtl) 2007 Sask (lost 42-12 to BC) 2010 Mtl (lost 40-3 to Ham) 2011 BC (lost 42-10 to Ham) 2022 Tor (lost 44-3 to BC) Winnipeg has the best winning percentage, having won 2 Cups and losing zero in a year where they lose a game by 30+ in the same regular season, while Ottawa is 0-2 in Grey Cups where they lost a game by 30+ points that same year. BC is 3-1 in that situation for the most GC wins. Hamilton is the worst at 1-7. Incidentally, Montreal is 1-4. As an aside, on 9 prior occasions, a team has lost by 30 points or more to a team and then met that same team in the Grey Cup that same year (which is the scenario we have this year). Those losing teams are 2-7 in the Grey Cup. Winnipeg has been involved in both of the scenarios where the 30+ point loser later won the Cup against the same team: 1988 Wpg lost in B.C. 36-3 in the season opener, beat them 22-21 in the Grey Cup This one stings - as mentioned above the Bombers beat Edmonton twice in 1993 by 30+ points in the regular season, then lost to them 33-23 in the Grey Cup (with Matt Dunigan injured) Also, 4 times a team has lost multiple games by 30+ points and still made it to the Grey Cup. Other than Edmonton in 1993, all those teams would lose the big game. Sask in 1997 lost to Winnipeg 43-12 and 55-10 in the regular season before losing to Toronto in the 1997 Cup, and Hamilton did it twice, losing the 1980 Cup to Edm after losing 53-18 to Edm and 49-10 to Mtl earlier that season, and then in 2013 when they lost 37-0 to Sask and 36-5 to Mtl before succumbing to the Riders in the Cup game. On the flip side, Winnipeg won a game by 45 points over Sask this season. There have been 17 teams to win by 45+ points in a regular season game and then play in that year’s Grey Cup. Those teams are 9-8 in the championship game. Edmonton holds the record for biggest margin of victory by a team that went on to win that year’s Grey Cup, beating Toronto by 54 points (61-7) in 1981. They also beat Mtl 62-11 that year, becoming one of only two teams to win multiple games by 45+ and then win the Cup later that same year. More on the other team at the end (hint, 1999 Hamilton). Calgary beat Hamilton 60-1, and that 59 point spread is the largest for a winning team that would later lose that year’s Grey Cup, in 2017. Incidentally, that Calgary squad won a second game by 45+ points, beating Mtl 59-11, to become the only team to lose a Grey Cup in the same season that they won multiple games by 45 or more. And there are teams have have been on both ends of the spectrum, winning by 45+ and losing by 30+ in the same year and going on to play in the Grey Cup. BC has done it twice and won the Cup both times (1994 lost to Cal 62-21 and beating Shreveport 67-15 before defeating Baltimore in a home Grey Cup, and in 2000 lost to Cal 35-2, beat Tor 51-4, and won the Cup over Mtl), Sask did it once in 2009 and lost the Cup (lost 43-10 to Mtl, beat Wpg 55-10, then lost the “13th man” Cup to the Als). And the one other team to be on both sides of the big win/big loss coin is the fascinating 1999 Hamilton Tiger-Cats squad. That year they had 3 margins of victory greater than 45 points and also lost a game by more than 30, and ended up winning the Grey Cup over Calgary at season’s end. They are the only club to register 3 wins of that margin in a Grey Cup year. Beyond that, the first two wins (54-8 over Edm and 63-17 over Sask) were in consecutive games, so the combined margin of +92 in back-to-back games is a single season CFL record as best I can tell. Then later that same season, after losing 52-19 to Mtl, they beat Wpg the next week 65-15, and the 83 point swing in consecutive games is also a record in the CFL era. And now you know…..the rest of the story.