TrueBlue4ever

Go back to Russia, you socialist commie! (I love the irony of MAGAts always screaming this insult when their dear leader offers such effusive praise for Putin. If they had brains I bet it would hurt them to twist themselves into such knots trying to logic their way around it).

I wouldn’t hand the keys over to Shiltz (guess I should learn how to spell his name properly) just yet. We saw a similar coming out party in Montreal in an early game from him IIRC and he got a bunch of praise for winning a game with so-so stats, then he turned out to be completely meh. For now, keep the platoon system with him and Evans (seems to be what works best for Evans and keeps him from being mentally overwhelmed).

In the Bomber game in Montreal, called against the Als. Cost them a TD.

Me too. Figured Andrew Harris out was a bigger deal than Evans. Also no tape on Schlitz who can put up a big game before teams figure him out.

Yeah it seems a bit broader than the way the rule reads, but I guess the “maintain elevation” part of the rules essentially means “don’t jump into the opposing line and end up still off your feet”. I know they also changed stuff to not allow any hitting of the long snapper while their head is down, so safety first. Just funny that we haven’t seen that call in over a decade, then we get 2 in 2 weeks. I suppose the refs were told to crack down in a mid-season review.

Wait, I was told stuff like that never happens in the NFL with their pro broadcasts, only on the bush league TSN. Was that a Suitor overdub?

Yes

BDI over Sargent Sundae.

Open question for the group - when Agudosi heals up, and assuming everyone else stays healthy, who would be your starting 5 receivers? A) Ellingson, Schoen, Bailey, Demski, Wolitarsky B ) Ellingson, Schoen, Agudosi, Demski, Wolitarsky C) Ellingson, Schoen, Agudosi, Bailey, Demski (drop to 7 starting Canucks) D) Ellingson, Schoen, Bailey, Wolitarsky, Agudosi (make Demski the back-up RB to Oliviera) E) remove Oliviera and run a six receiver set! F) other

I don’t know about that, but the Dalai Lama likes them . So I got that going for me, which is nice.

Too confusing. To get them to the concept of 3, Just tell them to get 2 friends and add up all the teeth.

Good catch rebus. Thanks for the correction! Mea culpa.

Don’t forget the stat where Harris leads big time - number of helmets lost in game.

Ok, does anyone see any of these players NOT dressing?

Well, Bob Irving has been around to broadcast for 5 Bomber championships (yes I count the CFRW years because CJOB still did the pre and post-game, and Bob also covered them with CFN TV network) and even if Rod Peterson was around since the inception of the Riders he hasn’t matched that total.

As far as I know, no one person has more than 2 Saskatchewan Grey Cup rings (correction - rebus identified one person with 3, see his comments). Contrast that with the dozens of Blue Bombers (from 1958-62 and again from 1984-90) who have 3 or 4 and the potential for dozens more this year to get their 3rd. BTW, the Stampeders equipment manager just celebrated his 50th year and 1000th game with the club this past weekend. He has 6 Grey Cup rings and 12 appearances.

The player record is 7 (3 players - Jack Wesley, Bill Stevenson, and Hank Ilesic). The head coach record is 5 (5 tied - Wally Buono, Frank Clair, Hugh Campbell, Don Matthews, and Lew Hayman) As far as I can decipher from my hunting, the overall record is 10 (including those won as player, assistant/head coach, GM, or president) held by both Don Matthews (5 as an assistant with Edmonton in their 5 year streak, another 5 as head coach including 3 in a row with Baltimore/Toronto back-to-back) and Hugh Campbell (one as a Rider player, 5 straight as Eskie coach, 1 more as Edmonton GM alone, 2 more as both GM and President/CEO, and the final one just as President/CEO, all of the last 9 with Edmonton). Matthews also appeared in 7 straight Cup games from 1977-1983 as an assistant coach or head coach which as far as I can tell is a record. Buono has 7 rings total (two as a player with Montreal) Cal Murphy won 9 Cups as a coach or GM, including 6 in a row which I believe is the record (Montreal in 1977 as an assistant, then 1978-82 as the Eskimo OC). He of course won as Bomber HC in 1984, then as GM in 1988 and 1990. Made two more HC appearances in 1992 and 93 with Winnipeg and one as Sask. assistant coach in 1997 for a total of 12 appearances. Dan Kepley is next I believe at 8 Cup titles as a player and coach. Matthews and Buono have each taken part in 14 separate Grey Cup games (Buono has the record for most head coaching appearances at 9), Campbell holds the overall record from what I can see at 17 (3 with Saskatchewan as a player, 14 with Edmonton as coach or management). And now you know………the rest of the story.

Wonder how much the sex assault scandal fallout will hang over the tournament?

3Down has been talking about this. Apparently with a win the Bombers would be the first CFL club ever to win 400 home games in their franchise history. Calgary was at 399 but the Bomber win two weeks ago denied them the claim to be first. And the Bombers play before Calgary this week. FYI Edmonton has been stuck at 397 home wins since 2019.

All you need to worry about is them going 1-0 this week. The O’Shea way.

I ran some of the permutations based on the East remaining head-to-head match-ups. If the Bombers win their next two games (taking them to week 12), they will guaranteed finish ahead of two of the East teams by season’s end, but will not clinch a crossover spot in week 12 unless Edmonton loses twice more by then - so it is possible they could clinch at 11-0 but dependant on specific factors not yet determined. The earliest guaranteed time they could clinch with no help from other teams is the Banjo Bowl if they win everything up to and including that game (go 13-0). Realistically, 13 wins should salt away a home playoff game if not the division title, but this is the mathematical clinch scenario.

I believe Lyin’ Guy referred to us as “a bunch of assholes”. Why would he say that?

They can say it all the live long day. It could even be accurate, I wouldn’t care. Better than being the best 4-4 team ever.

Absolutely this. “Dirty” vs “plays with an edge” is always subjective and most often based on fan allegiance, but O’Shea had quite the rep himself. https://www.cfl.ca/2007/09/16/o_shea_cfl_s_dirtiest_player_/