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Rourke with a nice strike for 12 over the middle as the quarter ends. 14-0 for the good guys. Lions D offering no resistence so far.

Liegghio’s kickoffs are deep but not super hang time. Coverage doing its job so far.

Zach likely could have run that in himself, but Bob’s your uncle 14-0

2nd down from the 11, Zach rides the line of scrimmage on the scramble for days before hitting Bailey for the TD.

Free play on the BC offside but corner route to Dalton incomplete. 1st and 5 from the 7 and Brady runs to Zach’s wrong side on a botched handoff do Zaxh grounds it.

Greg finds a hole in BC zone for 25 yd reception.

Dakota for another 1st down sneak.

Woli over the middle for 9.73 yards.

CHallenge denied.

Deep shot for Ellingson just out of bounds. FYI you can go to cfl.ca and follow the game play-by-play, but o can continue if you wish and no one gets too irritated by it. Bombers now challenging for PI on the Ellingson pass.

Lions first series, Rourke with some good zip on the ball and making quick reads, striping go together 3 first downs before a deep ball is punched away by Nichols with great coverage. Second down Rpurke flushed out of the pocket but fumbles the ball moving upfield. Bombers recover, quick hitch to Sheed, Prukop with a big run on a QB keeper for about 20 yards. Then Brady for 11 up the guy before Zach finds Roadhouse wide open for the TD. Bob’s your uncle 7-0. Nwxt BC series a quick 2 and out with a lon g bomb knocked away by Tre Ford with more right coverage. Grant with some good speed on the punt return. Bombers pound the ground with Brady and Prukop pushing the pile.

Sorry, I meant Winnipeggers.

I would like to see Prukop get at least a quarter if not a half. Nice to remind teams he could throw as well as run come playoff time. Set up a nice “Streveler-esque” change of pace.

Bombers live, Jets playing in the shoe box in Tempe, and game 1 World Series. PVR will be working OT tonight.

Got my new Collaros jersey and some CancerCare pink winter gear for the missus. Let’s show the Leos what a real roar sounds like! Bring it!

I have faith in the intellect here. Can’t spoon feed you like over at Riderfans, where counting to twelve qualifies you for a Doctorate.

Just needed a “buff” Ricardo pic.

OK, you just made me feel really old. Google “Fantasy Island”. Not the movie, not the remake. The original, which aired after “The Love Boat”. And if you ask what the “Love Boat” is, I may have to throw one of us out the window.

So…..Christian Aumell calling the game instead of DT. Thoughts? Mr. Taylor, since you post here, hope you feel better. And Joe Pop honoured tonight. An recollections? Would love to here Speed’s version of his wrong-footed onside kick against the (two words) Rough Riders.

No problem Karen. 😁

Whatever Jesus said? (That’s it, waiting for the lightning strike). As an aside, very “interesting” pictures they chose for each person. Although the statement is neutral and a simple fact, void of opinion or slant, the photos seem to suggest a villain and a victim, no? The subliminal power of the media.

Check out “Spitting Image”. They were pretty scathing about the Royals in their day, and almost nothing (not even teeth) was spared their satirical attacks.

Yep, singular focus, certain of my destination, marching steadfastly against a noisy nuisance, undeterred and not afraid to face a blustering irritating windbag of an opponent bent on wreaking chaos, and then will vanish into nothingness until the next squall. See what I did there? 😁

I agree with everything you wrote except the bolded part. I think the Bombers got plenty of respect from the media for that game and weren’t shortchanged. And that one game did not invalidate everything else Rourke did this year when he played. Just like the Bombers getting thumped in Hamilton does not invalidate how good they are. The hype machine is definitely high for Rourke, like any exceptional Canadian the media wants to make a story of (Cornish, Harris, Schaefer-Baker) in the Canadian league. Limited sample size, sure, but the numbers churned out were abnormally high, and not just a one-off, but consistent in pretty much every game he played. So IMO over-hyped but not over-rated, but to me, so what? Happy to draw eyeballs to the CFL, and the media likes page clicks, so they write what sells. I find your response fair and measured, others who have pushed back against the media machine less so, like it was offensive to them that he got this praise, and in turn it made their criticism somewhat hollow and over the top, at least to me. And I agree some of it is driven by the jersey he wears, as it most often is. That is all.

I don’t know, I did another search and he’s looks pretty good. And he’s been working out well too And it’s on the internet, why would they lie?