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After going to a bomber game in Calgary I'll take the debt on a nice stadium over ever watching another game at Mcmahon. The only good thing was there were so many empty seats people could spread out, where we were I can't imagine how terribly uncomfortable trying to get an ass in each seat on the benches as marked would have been. I only compare to Calgary since ISO has two kinds of posts, ones where he ******* about the bombers, and ones where he tells us how much better Calgary is at doing things than the bombers.

Hiring Lapolice is the one thing they could do that might make me consider not watching any games.

http://www.ucfknights.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/barrett_danny00.html University of Central Florida - RB coach

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I hope you get him. Although I thought he never should have been hired in Winnipeg.

the parts of the game I watched they talked about him playing with a hand injury, a hamstring injury and I think a third leg related injury. The hand injury was obvious, and at times he did seem to favour his leg after plays from what I saw.

Just watching the game now and I"m bewildered as to why there was no review?? or challenge in response to no review? It was reviewed. All turnovers are automatically reviewed. About that no-challenge or non-reviewed would've been interception on that ball that bounced off the Als' player's shoe and got picked. Problem was the refs didn't rule that as an interception, hence why it was probably not automatically reviewed. Should've been Ottawa ball though. the replay they showed as it went to commercial showed the ball was up off the shoe but it wasn't caught after that, it bounced off the turf.

he can't play anywhere else this season since he was released after the deadline I thought (that was at the least the whole discussion in the troy smith thread)

wasn't milanovich the qb coach when he started in montreal, and trestman promoted him when he came in?

Did Trestman not come up here as head coach not OC, and he made a point of hiring experienced coordinators?

Living in Edmonton, I don't expect a bombers win at commonwealth. I have yet to see one since moving to Edmonton. My first bombers/esks game at commonwealth was when Lumsden was with Edmonton, and we saw him more injured on the sideline than we saw him in the game.

If the bombers looked like a possible playoff threat and the riders winning gave us a chance at getting in, I might be able to not cheer for, but be appreciate of a Riders win. With a bombers team that has been lifeless and isn't a threat of any kind, the only joy that remains in this season is watching the Riders lose. In my viewpoint there's only 2 acceptable outcomes to a CFL season, 1. Bombers win a grey cup (a mythical outcome I've never seen) 2. The riders don't win the grey cup

I haven't lost interest, but this season is more disappointing than most as in recent years we've just expected a terrible football team. This year we were given brief hope that the team wasn't terrible, never expected good, just not terrible.

So let's take a look, so far compared to the same point in the season last year Calgary, is taking 1 penalty per game more for an additional 8 yards per game Sask, is taking 1.25 penalties per game more for an additional 3.5 yards per game Winnipeg is taking .7 penalties less per game for an additional .1 yards per game Montreal is taking 1 less penalty per game for 2.4 yards per game less BC is taking 4 penalties per game more for an additional 26 yards per game Toronto is taking 2 penalties per game more for an additional 24.5 yards per game Edmonton is taking .8 penalties per game more for an additional 4.7 yards per game Hamilton is taking 3.5 penalties per game more for an additional 15 yards per game overall there are 2.8 penalties per game more for an additional 21 yards per game in penalties though 2/3 of this season vs first 2/3 of last season The reffing sucked last year too! Not sure where these numbers came from, but the CFL actually keeps official track of this data and their data shows that penalties are up about 18% (3.3 penalties per game) as of September 22nd. There are penalties being called on roughly 13% of the snaps. Offensive penalties isolated are up 30% from last year, which is where a lot of the hold up in the flow of the game has been in my mind. Dead ball fouls have seen the smallest increase, which again kind of supports what I'm getting at, because they don't result in a play being overturned. took the stats from cflmedia.ca number of penalties per team and yards penalized per team and then did the math. Took the week 13 file from last season which had 12 games per team, and the most current file that was available this year which has 12 games for all but 2 teams.

So let's take a look, so far compared to the same point in the season last year Calgary, is taking 1 penalty per game more for an additional 8 yards per game Sask, is taking 1.25 penalties per game more for an additional 3.5 yards per game Winnipeg is taking .7 penalties less per game for an additional .1 yards per game Montreal is taking 1 less penalty per game for 2.4 yards per game less BC is taking 4 penalties per game more for an additional 26 yards per game Toronto is taking 2 penalties per game more for an additional 24.5 yards per game Edmonton is taking .8 penalties per game more for an additional 4.7 yards per game Hamilton is taking 3.5 penalties per game more for an additional 15 yards per game overall there are 2.8 penalties per game more for an additional 21 yards per game in penalties though 2/3 of this season vs first 2/3 of last season

so coles notes of this thread: Rookie QB isn't perfect?

Their gross averages aren't nearly as important as their net averages. If Renaud places the ball better, coverage teams will be more effective and his net average may very well be longer. I could be wrong but I think every team has a punter with a higher net yards than lirim *edit* NET PUNTING NO NET YDS AVG WHYTE, S MT 102 3,664 35.9 WATERS, S TO 96 3,721 38.8 MAVER, R CA 89 3,413 38.3 MAHER, B OT 91 3,439 37.8 SCHMITT, R BC 90 3,272 36.4 MEDLOCK, J HA 89 3,125 35.1 SHAW, G ED 74 2,832 38.3 BARTEL, J SS 72 2,483 34.5 HAJRULLAHU, L WP 65 2,244 34.5 MILO, C SS 27 950 35.2

What are the thoughts out there on playing JFG over Romby, and if a national receiver goes down you put Bryant in then. Bryant hasn't seemed to do very much this year, and when JFG was on the field he was making more plays than I recall Bryant making. I'm far from an expert, so don't crucify me if this is a terrible idea, but it just seems JFG was earning his playing time early in the season.

I will agree, those 2 throws are back breakers BUT we shouldnt even be in those positions to have to force those throws... Also, the guy whos making those ints is the same cool customer who has orchastrated 2 (or 3?) Unreal last minute combacks.. Good with bad.. Unreal comebacks against the East. The interceptions are completely unacceptable. A #1 QB gets you those comeback wins while also not throwing games away. It's what makes qb's great. Frankly the lustre we saw on Drew is coming off mighty fast. Do you realize Willy is essentially a rookie? He's still learning but has all the tools, both mental and physical, that you'd want in your starting QB. He can be a rookie until the cows come home but he's had years learning behind Durant and is 28. And bad decision making isn't something you can necessarily fix overnight. If Willy indeed does have bad decision making and can be made to panic in the pocket we're in for a very very long rebuild. And people wonder why Winnipeg doesn't develop any Quarterbacks? Not everyone is Ricky Ray. So Willy is 28, has thrown for 2889 yards, 12 TD and 11 INT according to cfl.ca The first time Anthony Calvillo threw for 2889+ yards was in 2000 (and Willy is there with 7 games left) he also had 27 TD and 5 INT, that was his breakout year in those categories. He was 28 The difference between 28 year old calvillo and 28 year old Willy is prior to 28 Calvillo had 1697 pass attempts, 14,279 yards and 76 TD and 76 INT Willy prior to to this year had 147 pass attempts, 1182 yards 9TD and 5 INT's So give him time, it takes time playing to develop. Calvillo had 6 seasons under his belt before he broke out, you're freaking out when willy has half a season where he's actually playing.

Did you not watch the game? Turnovers were probably 4-2 in favor of the bombers. Did you? We had at least three turnovers. I was just thinking I forgot about the turnover on the fake punt

Did you not watch the game? Turnovers were probably 4-2 in favor of the bombers.

I'm slowing gaining faith in them. I actually had some belief that they were going to score on the final drive last week. Winning our next game after the Edmonton debacle helped me a lot. I had faith last week. A co-worker texted me offering a bet (I already lost a bet to him in the Edmonton loss), with just under 10 minutes left in the 4th quarter when the bombers were down 26-20. I took his bet, even if I was a bit nervous on the last throw when it looked like he threw the ball straight up into the air. Some losses will come at some point, but I say just enjoy the ride, there are way too many people on here who seem to expect or want the bombers to lose (not directed at you or any other individual, just a general observation, the chat room is probably the worst place, the vocal minority playing chicken little waiting for the sky to fall) Just enjoy winning some games, cause we all know it's been a while. ***** when they hit a 5 game losing skid, but for now just enjoy the games.

this feel familiar to anyone else? Two missed 2 point converts, the first being questioned for how early it was, leading to protecting a 1 point lead late in the 4th quarter?

I wanted to make the trip this year from Edmonton, been wanting to see a game there since they updated the stadium. Instead going to my first game at IGF August 7th vs the Riders. Work offered to send me on a work trip to Winnipeg so I scheduled it around the bombers home schedule. Hopefully next year I'll make it to BC place for a game.