Hot and humid.....players will have to grind it out tonight...
Nichols's intro gets a great hand....salvation is right around the corner
First series for Matt.....incomplete and then tipped ball.....
Opo sacks Jennings....
Nichols hits Adams on the sidelines for a long one....
...but review overturns it on no possession
BC No huddle....giving Blue D some alignment problems
Santos Knox whiffs on Johnson...Lions keep running it to the 25...
Couple of sloppy throws from Jennings….FG makes it 3-0
Streveler comes in on short yd package...runs around end, for 20
Nichols then lays in a nice pass to Adams, at the goal line...20 yd TD.
Johnson gets way behind Bomber secondary...but can't make catch.
Naturally, on next play..Bighill gets INT on Jennings overthrow...
Nichols getting into a groove.....hits Demski, then Wolitarsky…..
Harris takes dump pass and steeplechases right over BC defender to the 4.
Harris then gets a direct snap and barges into paydirt.  14 -3 Bombers
Salvation almost at hand, it seems.....
Jennings rushing some throws, looks indecisive out there.....
Lapo really mixing it up....multiple sets and misdirection stuff.....
Demski runs for first down, from the deep I....just all kinds of looks...
Streveler comes in 2nd and 1....and this time...throws one, down to BC 5
Streveler runs it in.  20-3 Bombers.  BC D looking pretty befuddled....
Jennings sacked by Jeffcoat, then gang tackled for another loss....
Fogg has punt get by him....then throws illegal pass to the wide site....
No matter...Harris busts up a truck sized hole in B gap....for big yards
Nichols follows that up, with long sideline bomb to Adams.....
Lions IC call, then an PI call takes it to the 1....
Streveler burrows in, for his 2nd TD.   28-3
Bombers have 300 yards of O in the half.....
With Bowman as an expensive decoy, or something....
Rainey gets off long KR with horse collar tackle call, to put BC in business
DT Johnson cranks Rainey, with big pop...
Jennings turns to short game....4 completions gets it to the Bomber 2
Johnson scores on next play to give the Lions a lift, going into 2nd half
Demski has good speed, but wants to go East-West at times....
BC adds a FG. 28-13.  Bomber O has slowed down somewhat.....
Moe Leggett now settling in at DHB.....
Fogg gets off a 35 yd punt return....setting up Blue, again...
Fenner adds plenty to kick cover teams....
Demski catches ball at marker, then runs 3 yds backwards....
Medlock FG has it at 31-13
Opo throws down Rainey for 4 yd loss on 2nd down play
Both Bomber DE's much more in evidence tonight ….
Pass pro for Bomber O, impressive.  Nichols can skip laundry tonight.....
Fenner now getting it done on D, as well....
Jennings telegraphs short pass at hashmark.....Bighill steps in front....
..shows a burst of speed....rolling down the sideline for 45 yd TD..
Backbreaker.  Against his ole club.  38-13.
Where in the world is Arceneaux?
Jennings out.....Fajardo in ….
His 1st play....Jeffcoat blows in and buries him....
2nd play....time count violation
Fafardo tries again....Randle tips ball up, then nice diving INT
Better effort from BC back 7 on D, this half....
Medlock makes it 41-13
LaFrance looks like another capable backup guy....
Nichols now showing a little rust on some throws.....
Streveler finally comes in at the 3:00 mark
Fajardo takes some pops, but battles away
Burnham makes an appearance....beating Cooper on long jump ball
Bomber penalties put it on the 1.   Fajardo scores
...then takes a pretty good hit on failed  2 point convert
Overall...more aggression on covering/tackling from Blue D, tonight
Grumpy ole Wally calls a timeout, with 18 seconds left
Some pleasantries and chippyness, in the last minute
41-19.  Not sure if salvation is around the corner
..but at least I know, the gin is.....

 

 

 

 

Edited July 8, 20187 yr by do or die

1 hour ago, voodoochylde said:

I think one of Neufeld's problems (at times) is his being miscast as a Tackle. Sure, he has the versatility to do it in a pinch but he's much better inside where he's not on an island.

Yup for sure. As a tackle he is a complete liability, as a guard it's fine. 

1 hour ago, Bigblue204 said:

I don't remember that (not that's its unbelievable I just don't remember) so I'm calling BS on you calling BS on me calling BS. Isn't it nice to be having this issue right now lol remembering how many games a QB DIDN'T get hit behind the Oline. 

Nichols has a deal were he feeds the hogs anytime they keep him clean, it happened at least 2 or 3 times last season.

3 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Nichols has a deal were he feeds the hogs anytime they keep him clean, it happened at least 2 or 3 times last season.

which vegan restaurant does he take them to?

3 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

which vegan restaurant does he take them to?

"Death by Asparagus"???

2 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

I don't remember that (not that's its unbelievable I just don't remember) so I'm calling BS on you calling BS on me calling BS.

 

Edited July 9, 20187 yr by TrueBlue4ever

58 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

"Death by Asparagus"???

I can see them going nuts over the all you can eat Arugula and Kale bar.

Here's the Rainey kick.  It's at 1:24:11 if the link doesn't go right there. 

Looks like Miles put a little twist on his leg before the kick.

 

3 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

I can see them going nuts over the all you can eat Arugula and Kale bar.

Not to mention the PETA bar 

7 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

"Death by Asparagus"???

That's usually the way stalkers work.

9 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

I'm calling BS on this. Harris has had decent holes basically all year. Nichols didn't get touched last game. Something that never happened behind bond. I'm not saying bond is **** either. I loved the guy. Was hoping we'd be able to find space for him. But first point of contact being much closer? That's straight up BS, and likely based solely on a bias towards Neuf. How can anyone measure that?

Go back and re watch most of the first half of his carries against hamilton especially. He has been shaking tackles and cutting back in the back field a lot with out bond. 

Actually we had a stretch of iirc 3 weeks last year with maybe one sack and two weeks in a row with out a hit on nichols. 

Well if you watch line play instead of following the football its actually pretty easy. How do you measure it? when a guy is facing tacklers in the back field on half his carries vs bursting through regular holes and first being contacted past the line of scrimmage its a very obvious difference. Go to the YT streams of the games and set the speed to .75%

It was even more dramatic a difference pre bond last year. That was also before hardrick slid over. 

13 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Go back and re watch most of the first half of his carries against hamilton especially. He has been shaking tackles and cutting back in the back field a lot with out bond. 

Actually we had a stretch of iirc 3 weeks last year with maybe one sack and two weeks in a row with out a hit on nichols. 

Well if you watch line play instead of following the football its actually pretty easy. How do you measure it? when a guy is facing tacklers in the back field on half his carries vs bursting through regular holes and first being contacted past the line of scrimmage its a very obvious difference. Go to the YT streams of the games and set the speed to .75%

It was even more dramatic a difference pre bond last year. That was also before hardrick slid over. 

All of this - is also because of a rookie QB behind centre who is not as much of a passing threat - same thing happened when Nichols went down last year. 

1 minute ago, Mark H. said:

All of this - is also because of a rookie QB behind centre who is not as much of a passing threat - same thing happened when Nichols went down last year. 

That can certainly have such an affect. But you can easily see the difference in the pre nichols era and early nichols era in terms of time in the pocket. 

At the same time, weve seen BC un able to pass the rock against us for extended periods of time in the jenings era, but also seen them repeatedly rip massive runs with regularity on us. In the cfl even if a qb isnt hitting you arent going to cheat that heavily to the run game. 

Our OL also got banged up late last year when nichols was hurt as well. 

38 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

That can certainly have such an affect. But you can easily see the difference in the pre nichols era and early nichols era in terms of time in the pocket. 

At the same time, weve seen BC un able to pass the rock against us for extended periods of time in the jenings era, but also seen them repeatedly rip massive runs with regularity on us. In the cfl even if a qb isnt hitting you arent going to cheat that heavily to the run game. 

Our OL also got banged up late last year when nichols was hurt as well. 

In short, it’s the cumulative effect of several factors, one being the absence of Travis Bond. I also think OL play as a cohesive group can make up for the loss of one dominant starter. 

Further, I think the benefits elsewhere on the roster, MLB in particular, tilt the scales in favour of Neufeld starting. 

We still have the best OL in the league.

Just my 0.02

We haven't missed Bond in the least.. sure he was good...but not the main piece that held this group together.

Oline play and being dominant is a lot of times due to familiarity and cohesion between a group of guys who have spent a lot of time together as a group which this group has. 

Factor in that chungh..Bryant.. goose and Hardrick are all top shelf talents and well you have basically the best line in the league..they trust each other...know each others tendancies and work off it.

The beauty of it is they will/should all be back again next yr if we want them so things will continue on the same way.

I gotta mention that Hardrick has been dominant this year..takes his blocks to the extreme and just doesn't let his guys go..send them into the next level consistently..he is one of the straws that stirs the oline's drink and his attitude and edge is a big part of the oline's personality..love that guy out on the field 

8 hours ago, Booch said:

I gotta mention that Hardrick has been dominant this year..takes his blocks to the extreme and just doesn't let his guys go..send them into the next level consistently..he is one of the straws that stirs the oline's drink and his attitude and edge is a big part of the oline's personality..love that guy out on the field 

Seems every week there's a clip that shows up on twitter of Hardrick just pwning some poor schmuck. Really has turned into one of the best in the league at that position. 

3 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Seems every week there's a clip that shows up on twitter of Hardrick just pwning some poor schmuck. Really has turned into one of the best in the league at that position. 

Really like Hardrick's back-story too.  I wish nothing but the best for that guy and his family.

I would say he is the best Right Tackle in the league and totally personifies a team player. 

And to think when he was originally brought in, many just looked at it as a "meh" signing..But just a solid dude all around and he loves it here to boot...

Hardrick might be my next jersey. No one looks like they're having more fun than him out there, I look for him after every touchdown.

We have completely morphed from having a bunch of softies, who yelled "look out" a lot....and were good at helping the QB up, after he got buried......to a bunch of nasties, who simply take no guff or prisoners out there.

....and I enjoy this immensely .

 

58 minutes ago, yogi said:

Hardrick might be my next jersey. No one looks like they're having more fun than him out there, I look for him after every touchdown.

I think he could work on his hops. He barely touches the top of the wall that Harris jumps onto. Still his wall celly is one of my favourites. 

1 hour ago, Fan Boy said:

I think he could work on his hops. He barely touches the top of the wall that Harris jumps onto. Still his wall celly is one of my favourites. 

He's too busy working on his footwork.

 

2 hours ago, bigg jay said:

He's too busy working on his footwork.

 

Hardrick should have a caption on that one that reads....'GOTCHA'   heh heh

6 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Seems every week there's a clip that shows up on twitter of Hardrick just pwning some poor schmuck. Really has turned into one of the best in the league at that position. 

And atleast one of goosen running down field and pancaking the crud out of some one too. hardrick and the young nucks have continued to really improve. Bryant is steady as ever. 

 

3 hours ago, bigg jay said:

He's too busy working on his footwork.

 

i dont know if any other bomber loves playing the game as much as hardrick does. This isnt about a jump to the nfl, or the next contract or any thing but fun. That man loves him some football. And you cant help but love him for it. 

I love that everyone is talking about Hardrick’s personality and the nastiness of Goossen and Chungh... meanwhile Stanley Bryant just continues to quietly be the best o-lineman in the league... he’s the reigning MOOL and he basically gets zero recognition... I get the feeling that’s the way he likes it...

4 minutes ago, bearpants said:

I love that everyone is talking about Hardrick’s personality and the nastiness of Goossen and Chungh... meanwhile Stanley Bryant just continues to quietly be the best o-lineman in the league... he’s the reigning MOOL and he basically gets zero recognition... I get the feeling that’s the way he likes it...

Shutdown and shut up left tackle - that is all.