2nd play of game....Randell picks off Jennings
Blue cash in a Harris plunge, after some hard running
Lions drive down to the Blue 14.....
...but Leggett forces Jennings to fumble...Bass recovers..
Passes to Dressler and Adams...couple of BC penalties.....
...sets up Medlock FG......Bombers out of the gate - 11-0
Andrew Harris running like he wants to finish business....
Blue D vanishes...BC marches 75 yds for TD, in short order...
Blue pull double end-around fake....hits Dressler for 60 yds...
Next play. Nichols hits Smith on wide open post pattern 27 yd TD
Bombers throwing it down the field to Smith, in this one.
The play action is giving the Lions D some trouble...
...Nichols then rolls out and hits that Smith fella for 35 yd TD
...Smith making me eat something, with my gin, at this point.
BC 6 penalties - Blue 0....not sure how long that will last.....
Moe Leggett still making plays....so is Randle.....
25-6....looks good. But Bombers can't stand prosperity.....
Wild misses tackle on Rainey (along with 3 others) for big YAC
Wild then whiffs on Johnson's TD run....just like that.....
25-15. Not getting the pressure on Jennings...we had at start....
McDuffie not getting much room on kick returns......
Nichols bombs down the sideline to JFG.....sets up Medlock FG..
The ole even up process begins...Bombers take 3 penalties
...on BD drive to help set up Jennings TD run...
Loffler called for playing through the ball - and cold cocking Manny A.
Bomber D can't close the deal on 2nd down BC conversions....
BC challenges on long pass defended by Randle...they get it....
...which completely flips field position....
...but Lions get called for roughing the kicker...
...and passes to Smith and Denmark get them in position for Medlock.
31-19.....a few more stops on D....and things are looking good
Ok, things are not looking good.....Lions march right down the field.....
....Jennings hits Sinkfield for TD. 31-26 Bombers....D looks worn out.
Hoping for game saving turnover.....or else.
Next series....D playing way off receivers and not getting pressure....
Jennings breaks pocket...runs it 15 yds for the TD........BC 32-31.....
After McDuffie return...Nichols trots out with 58 sec left.....
2nd down pass knocked down......3rd and 4....gamble time...
Incredibly ....Medlock come out to attempt 61 yarder in dead air dome...
...which falls well short......game over.
Wonder how Nichols felt, when that call was made?
But this loss is not on him or Medlock....
... or even MOS.....tempting as that might be.....
..it falls right on this defense, which blew a 25-6 lead.....
Down the stretch...simply no rush, no cover, no tackling......
Looked like a Jim Daley D out there. Terrible.
This team made some strides...but still missing some pieces....
I have made some strides....but still missing some bottles....

 

On 11/14/2016 at 4:06 PM, blueandgoldguy said:

Khari set all sorts of records with Paul as OC so I don't buy that.  There were some plays out there for Nichols in the second half and he failed to capitalize.  Bombers can win a Grey Cup with Lapo as OC but I doubt they will with Matt Nichols.

With a 19 point lead one of the easiest ways to let another team back into the game is turnovers, so not forcing plays that aren't there is the wise choice.

But the Bombers still had to trade punches with BC in the second half, instead they mostly took it on the chin.  The defence didn't have the edge over BC's offence for over a half of football, and our offence largely lost the battle with their D in the second half.  When I look at it that way, losing by a point seems like the correct outcome.

20 hours ago, mbrg said:

With a 19 point lead one of the easiest ways to let another team back into the game is turnovers, so not forcing plays that aren't there is the wise choice.

But the Bombers still had to trade punches with BC in the second half, instead they mostly took it on the chin.  The defence didn't have the edge over BC's offence for over a half of football, and our offence largely lost the battle with their D in the second half.  When I look at it that way, losing by a point seems like the correct outcome.

A tale of two halves, that's for sure.

It's a game, for me at least, in a very long time where I didn't think we were going to lose right to the moment we were 3rd and four with 36 seconds left.

Then, the feeling crept in. 

37 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

A tale of two halves, that's for sure.

It's a game, for me at least, in a very long time where I didn't think we were going to lose right to the moment we were 3rd and four with 36 seconds left.

Then, the feeling crept in. 

Also, this might be the first time since... I can't even really remember... I was confident the offense would step up and get those 4 yards needed... but alas...

The way our offense had been playing in the second half, I had way more confidence in Medlock than anyone else on the team...