Just made it for kickoff......something about the Manitoba Moose....
Santos Knox picks off Glenn's first pass......
Medlock misses 48 yd FG attempt...
Carter with bad decision to run it out of end zone....
Good Fogg punt return has Blue set up deep....
Nichols still telegraphing some throws......
...but then looks off, and hits Denmark in middle of end zone...
DE Jeffcoat back to early season form....
Glenn finds wide open Cartier, who completes 85 yd pass and run TD....
Better push inside on DL.....Glenn sacked couple of times, already...
Fogg back to field punt, on one side....while Leggett suddenly appears on the other...
Rider punt  coverage pulled to wrong side....Moe beats one man....
.....and is off to the races 95 yds for punt return TD.   Some MOS trickery.
Medlock bombs punt over Carter's head for 85 yd single.....
Glenn has Roosevelt open past Heath, up the middle......
...Walker pinballs right off of the receiver.....who takes it the distance.....
The long pass plays given up on D.....continues.  15-13 Bombers.
Crapinga tries surprise short kickoff.....but Blue recover..
Nichols putting mustard on the passes, today.....
Matt then throws to corner of end zone......
Nothing wrong in the state of Denmark.   Denny has his 2nd TD.
Glenn completes 5 passes.....the last to Bagg, down to the 1.
Lafrance punches it in.......22-20 Bombers
In last minute....Adams falls down, untouched in end zone.....
.....and draws phantom "accidental" penalty......
No idea why Jones does not challenge that one.
29-20 Bombers at the end of a wacky first half....
A. Harris not a factor, at all.....so far...
Bomber D on pace to give up over 500 yds passing.....
Medlock pounds long kickoff single......
Rider ST unit, not having a good day....
Mr. Leggett outfights Holley for 50/50 ball......
....then breaks Roosevelt's tackle.....and takes it all the way.....
38-20......comfortable lead....but with our D, one never knows....
Glenn goes down......and comes up holding his throwing hand...
In goes Bridge.....who promptly hits a......you guessed it....
......yet another wide open receiver (Holley) for 6.
Bridge runs in 2 pt convert......38-28.....not cooled out, just yet...
JFG and Harris get first downs, into Rider territory....
Bombers hurry out of the huddle.....and Nichols puts it up...
....to a wide open (repetitive, I know) Lankford in the end zone....
Bridge looking a bit less of a comer, at this point....
Mike Miller does not take no for answer on special teams....
Bombers start to eat up clock , with Harris.....
Flanders catch/run to the 3....negated by penalty.
Medlock makes it 48-28.   Comfortable, at this point....
Nichols scrambles.....no slide....and keeps going for 40....
...until ball is punched out of his hands, for the turnover....
However, Randle picks off Bridge in next series.....
Harris pounds away, as the Blue kill the clock.
Nichols 3 TD/0 picks.....Blue special teams very good....
Blown coverages and 250 yds in YAC.....not what you want on D.
But Bombers now 8-3.   Riders pushed back to pretender status....
Another huge win, at IGF...
Another huge gin for DOD.....




 

Edited September 10, 20178 yr by do or die

Relax people, the Bombers are back on the 22nd ... and the Riders are in last place!

2 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

I watched that play over and over again.  No where can I see the Rider player touch Adams.  Adams trips himself.

 This.  Adams absolutely trips himself.  That said, about one second before, the D back grabs hold of Adams' arm… For just a split second, but long enough that it could've been illegal contact. 

  But, at the end of the day I am with DOD... I was just prayin' that Jones wouldn't throw the challenge flag and was shocked that he didn't. To me, had he done so, it was a slamdunk overturn.   Pretty critical turning point, too, in that it lead to seven at the end of the half versus three. 

Edited September 10, 20178 yr by deepsixemtoboyd

9 minutes ago, deepsixemtoboyd said:

 This.  Adams absolutely trips himself.  That said, about one second before, the D back grabs hold of Adams' arm… For just a split second, but long enough that it could've been illegal contact. 

  But, at the end of the day I am with DOD... I was just prayin' that Jones wouldn't throw the challenge flag and was shocked that he didn't. To me, had he done so, it was a slamdunk overturn.   Pretty critical turning point, too, in that it lead to seven at the end of the half versus three. 

Not to nit-pick too much but the difference was a lean of nine instead of 3-5 It was 29-20 at the half

9 minutes ago, Dragon37 said:

Not to nit-pick too much but the difference was a lean of nine instead of 3-5 It was 29-20 at the half

 Nice catch! Actually, though, we agree. I meant to say that it "led " to seven points for us (for a first half total of 29) rather than three points for us ( which would've been the first half total of 25 ). Damn Siri. She changed my led to lead!

15 hours ago, do or die said:

Fogg back to field punt, on one side....while Leggett suddenly appears on the other...
Rider punt  coverage pulled to wrong side....Moe beats one man....
.....and is off to the races 95 yds for punt return TD.   Some MOS trickery.

I think Paul Boudreau should get some credit for that as well. I don't think its a coincidence that he was a coach for the 2014 Rams team that pulled off the same play.

 

https://www.bluebombers.com/2017/09/09/bombers-go-to-the-bag-of-tricks-for-six/

 

ryan is bulked up!

3 hours ago, deepsixemtoboyd said:

 This.  Adams absolutely trips himself. 

No, he didn't. Rogers' left foot makes contact with Adams' right foot, causing him to lose his balance and trip.

5 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Does every O line hold the D as much as the riders did?  Maybe I was looking for it but they seemed to be holding like crazy, uncalled. 

I think it's S.O.P. throughout the league now to keep the QB's alive and well but the Rider O-line has always relied heavily on this tactic going back to the days of Picard.

5 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:

No, that wasn't it. Stay classy, though.

Says the guy who was making fun of a man's accent.

Yesterday was the first time I ever heard the term accidental pass interference. I've heard the term "incidental" but not accidental. 

19 minutes ago, Jacquie said:

Says the guy who was making fun of a man's accent.

Sorry your sense of humour is lacking and I offended your delicate sensibility.

17 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Yesterday was the first time I ever heard the term accidental pass interference. I've heard the term "incidental" but not accidental. 

Maybe you've just "had too much beer" like I have. 

1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

I think it's S.O.P. throughout the league now to keep the QB's alive and well but the Rider O-line has always relied heavily on this tactic going back to the days of Picard.

Damn!! That echo!!!

1 hour ago, Jacquie said:

Says the guy who was making fun of a man's accent.

Everybody makes fun of Proulx's accent.  

8 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Does every O line hold the D as much as the riders did?  Maybe I was looking for it but they seemed to be holding like crazy, uncalled. 

This has been my pet peeve for years. I maintain that certain teams are allowed to hold. BC did it when they last won the cup. As did Sask. Calgary does it to this very day. Us? We get "hands to the face" penalties.

1 hour ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Maybe you've just "had too much beer" like I have. 

A lot of people don't understand the difference between accidental and incidental and use incidental wrong.

 

Accidental - Didn't mean to do it.

Incidental - Didn't affect play.

 

In this case, the trip was accidental as their feet got caught up, but was very non-incidental as it made the catch impossible.

Yes, but I don't really mean to drink all that gin......yet I still get tipsy anyways....

17 hours ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Sorry your sense of humour is lacking and I offended your delicate sensibility.

Sorry your sense of humour is lacking and I offended your delicate sensibility with my previous post. 

Edited September 11, 20178 yr by Jacquie

accents can be very funny.

probably English speakers mangling Quebecois is pretty funny in P.Q.

2 hours ago, Mark F said:

accents can be very funny.

probably English speakers mangling Quebecois is pretty funny in P.Q.

it's more Americans mangling it that is the funniest, I know I was just in PQ (Montreal and Quebec City)  in August listening to Americans trying to speak French (Quebec french).   I was talking to some Americans from New York and they asked me what part of the US I was from, and they were blown away that I was from Canada.  "We didn't think you were from Canada, you speak English so well" was their comment.   I just about fell over laughing.

Edited September 11, 20178 yr by kelownabomberfan

the amount of uncalled holds the riders managed to pull off was staggering. 

49 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

it's more Americans mangling it that is the funniest, I know I was just in PQ (Montreal and Quebec City)  in August listening to Americans trying to speak French (Quebec french).   I was talking to some Americans from New York and they asked me what part of the US I was from, and they were blown away that I was from Canada.  "We didn't think you were from Canada, you speak English so well" was their comment.   I just about fell over laughing.

I had pretty much the same thing said to me once in Florida.  Lots of Quebecois vacation there and these Americans had never met anyone from "English Canada".  Unbelievable.  At the same time, I had some kids working the till at a restaurant in South Dakota tell me that they were amazed that I sounded like them.  When I asked them what they thought I should sound like they said "British".   Damned Yankees...

4 minutes ago, shadybob said:

the amount of uncalled holds the riders managed to pull off was staggering. 

Yeah, some absolutely horrid missed holding calls on Saturday. Pretty typical for Proulx's crew, though.

Sad footnote to the game