The only game in  Pick'ems I wasn't sure about was this one

Ottawa might be the better team on paper but they've been sitting around for a while and they have no momentum. Regina keeps surprising me; their defence is better than I expected and their offensive line seems to be hanging together okay.

Further the Prider's have that Chris Jones audacity and chutzpah may give them an edge against an untested Ottawa. I think Regina will win but it won't be pretty. Carter on defence is going to be fun to watch just because there's a battle of egos going on.

I think Harris is a better quarterback but Collaros played a lot better than I would've guessed in last week's game. I think he can get the job done just because Jones is putting confidence in him .... I think Collaros is back but I can't say the same thing about Drew Willey

I'm looking forward to a good battle with both teams having a chance to win

Yeah..they are going to be having some in house squabbling in no time there..especially when things dont go well like it is now.

Add in Jones' antics and freak outs on sidelines it will be monkey see monkey do.

I'd say by game 5 it will be the inmates running the asylum there 

53 minutes ago, Ripper said:

That Edmonton team wasn't that great and still isn't. They have QB who will win at any cost.  I hate the Esks, but Reilly is the league MVP hands down

your jealousy is showing

9 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

your jealousy is showing

I wouldn't mind having Reilly on our team if that's what you mean.  We could use the depth in the secondary

.....his abilities as a RB, should not be overlooked, as well.   Jones will find a way....

21 minutes ago, Ripper said:

I wouldn't mind having Reilly on our team if that's what you mean.  We could use the depth in the secondary

Im jealous of reilly. Id do terrible things to have him as a bomber. Im jelly of ottawa with thorpe. The tigernaughts qb depth. the stamps regular season success. And mostly im jealous of taylor lofflers hair. 

another observation from the game....seeing as the Rider's didn't have any "inside" information of the Ottawa offense as mentioned in an article previously that it was said they did with T.O is there any correlation in the 2 extremes in the deference's performance?

Basically it seemed T.O couldn't get going and the Sask defense always had defenders in the right place and swarmed to the ball smothering them...but in Ottawa..Harris pretty much had a clean game...db's and linebackers were constantly in chase mode and Ottawa moved up and down the field easily and hung a 40 spot on them...maybe more truth to this than just speculation...and Penison's ejection from an area he wasn't supposed to be on walk thru day for further "intel" probably put a wrench in the Ottawa game planning....things that make you go..hmmmmmm

 

Edited June 22, 20187 yr by Booch

1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

I was just trying to recall the last time the Bombers received a humiliating beat-down like the Riders endured and came up blank.  It must have been before the Nichols era as it seems every loss in the last few years has been reasonably close.  Such a relief not have to be on the receiving end of blowouts any longer.

The 52-0 Tim Burke game in 2012, and that game was way worse than this one. We weren't even briefly competitive in that one.

The WSF last year was pretty bad too, a couple garbage time TDs put some lipstick on the pig but we were soundly outcompeted on that day.

2 hours ago, AtlanticRiderFan said:

It's divided at this point, though I think most fans are trusting him for now, at least until we see a few more games. If we're still losing by Labour Day, then they will be out for his head.

No way. Jones has too many meat shields. Way too much invested to turn so soon. By labour day Prider fandom will have settled on a narrative that exonnerates Jones "what if Collaros hadnt got hurt?" or "Bridge really needs to step up" and designated an official scapegoat player to heap abuse on.

2 hours ago, johnzo said:

The WSF last year was pretty bad too, a couple garbage time TDs put some lipstick on the pig but we were soundly outcompeted on that day.

I think the bombers basically quit in that game. Horrible game, and defence was exceptionally awful. Even for them.

17 hours ago, do or die said:

The Riders should be concerned with how their VETERAN OL-men looked....

The sheer incompetence was unbelievable - have not seen OL play that bad in quite a few years. 

2 hours ago, Mark F said:

I think the bombers basically quit in that game. Horrible game, and defence was exceptionally awful. Even for them.

I recall that my impression of that game was that the team, especially the defence, went into that game with no hope or expectation of winning, and played that way. It was a sad end to a promising season.

14 hours ago, Rod Black said:

Personally don’t care if your here to face Beethoven. . Preferred if you face the door. IMHO. 

 

Why does a Rider fan think he has to come here to face the music when his team shats the bed? What is this, the Spanish Inquisition? Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition...

They want to have fun.  The rider boards probably suck today.

8 hours ago, johnzo said:

The 52-0 Tim Burke game in 2012, and that game was way worse than this one. We weren't even briefly competitive in that one.

The WSF last year was pretty bad too, a couple garbage time TDs put some lipstick on the pig but we were soundly outcompeted on that day.

Some bad beat downs in the Jeff Reinbold era & the Joe Zaleski era as well. 

On 2018-06-22 at 11:26 AM, Mike said:

Watching the game right now ... Carter is pitiful on the corner. Absolutely pitiful. You have to question any roster decision where you essentially bench a top 10 receiver in the league in order to get a below replacement level DB on the field. 

This is the perfect description of why this is such a bone headed decision... you downgrade two positions... I would bet there's at least five DBs cuts from other teams that would be far better players that Carter...

On 2018-06-22 at 12:14 PM, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

I was just trying to recall the last time the Bombers received a humiliating beat-down like the Riders endured and came up blank.  .

The most recent that immediately came to mind was in 2013 against BC... it was painful... Buck Pierce played half the game for them after we traded him to BC for insurance... which is weird b/c I was pretty sure I had suppressed the memory of the entire 2013 season...