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GAME 18 | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (10-7) at EDMONTON ESKIMOS (8-9)

THE 4-1-1

Kickoff: 3 p.m. Saturday; Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
TV: TSN, ESPN+
Radio: CJOB
The forecast: A mix of sun and cloud, high of 6C.
Vegas line: The Eskimos are favoured by 4.5 points.
Streaks: Edmonton: 1L; Winnipeg: 5W
Home/Road: The Bombers are 4-4 on the road this year; the Eskimos are 6-2 at home.
Series: The Eskimos lead the all-time series (since 1938) 102-89-3.
Recent history: The Bombers and Esks have split their season series this year, with Edmonton winning here in the season opener 33-30 and Winnipeg winning on the road in the Alberta capital 30-3 on September 29^th. Winnipeg has won in each of its last three trips in Edmonton, dating back to Matt Nichols first game as the clear-cut starter in July of 2016.

 

(Thanks to Ed Tait)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Sad that Lankford is kicking.  At least bring someone in off the street who might kick in a meaningful game, ideally a young Canadian.

Who cares? Medlock is going to be our kicker next year, not whoever we sign off the street. 

Let Lankford kick and have some fun before the playoffs. 

Just now, USABomberfan said:

I say keep Lankford relegated to kick duties.  He's better at that than he is at being a receiver.

I wanted to laugh at and agree with this one at the same time. 

17 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said:

Why? Both clubs know this game is meaningless, it doesn't even affect how we finish in the standings. This game, and its results are nothing more than a formality.

Meaningless to Maas? Sure, that's why he's dressing his starters who will play all day. A big eff you to the backups on the Esks by their HC. He's coaching to save his job. 

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Meaningless to Maas? Sure, that's why he's dressing his starters who will play all day. A big eff you to the backups on the Esks by their HC. He's coaching to save his job. 

I guess the logic here would be they could celebrate a .500 season? 9-9 does sound better than 8-10, though missing the playoffs is still missing the playoffs. No issue with him being a jerk to their backups - they're a divisional rival let their team crash and burn all they want.

Say what u want but Lankford is in the cfl history books now 

Only player to score a TD and kick a FG in the same season

Edited November 3, 20187 yr by Goalie
3rd in 25 years. Westy did it as did Pasaglia.

12 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Meaningless to Maas? Sure, that's why he's dressing his starters who will play all day. A big eff you to the backups on the Esks by their HC. He's coaching to save his job. 

Looking at the crowd or lack there of.. I'd say someone needs to go this off season

Edited November 3, 20187 yr by Goalie
Oops.

Williams with the spectacular catch for the Esks TD. Reilly can do that all day long.  No one cares anymore.  He chucked it all year long  & they still missed the playoffs.  Ha. Ha. Ha. 

Big Chris is looking good. And as are others. 

Well, they gave us that 80 yard TD. I thought he was touched. But I'll take it!

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Williams with the spectacular catch for the Esks TD. Reilly can do that all day long.  No one cares anymore.  He chucked it all year long  & they still missed the playoffs.  Ha. Ha. Ha. 

Well umm, Streveler says "I can do that too to C Washington."

5 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Looking at the crowd or lack there of.. I'd say someone needs to go this off season

I'm sure Maas is done in Edmonton. 

Just now, SpeedFlex27 said:

I'm sure Maas is done in Edmonton. 

Somebody is. Firing Benevides isn't enough eh. That D IS bad tho

Maas is a Hervey guy. If fired, I can realistically see him as HC in BC. 

9 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Say what u want but Lankford is in the cfl history books now 

Only player to score a TD and kick a FG in the same season

I call BS. Ben Cahoon did it in 2007, I'm sure there's other examples.

Nothing to play for games are fun to watch a little nerve racking, is it over jet.😉

15 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Meaningless to Maas? Sure, that's why he's dressing his starters who will play all day. A big eff you to the backups on the Esks by their HC. He's coaching to save his job. 

The other side of the coin is if Maas sits his starters it's a big eff u to them and even a bigger eff u to his starters if he wins with the back ups. He actually would be taking less of a risk by starting his back ups because if he loses today to our predominately 2nd team there will be a bus ticket waiting for him at the end of the game.

13 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Say what u want but Lankford is in the cfl history books now 

Only player to score a TD and kick a FG in the same season

Nope. back in the days of 32 man rosters all kinds of players started other positions but also kicked & punted. Example, Don Jonas led the league in passing & scoring as a qb/kicker in 1971. He won the Schenley Award in 1971 as the CFL's MOP. 

5 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said:

I call BS. Ben Cahoon did it in 2007, I'm sure there's other examples.

Troy and Pasaglia are the only 2 recent

14 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Looking at the crowd or lack there of.. I'd say someone needs to go this off season

You just didn't notice them cuz of bags on their heads

Just now, HardCoreBlue said:

The other side of the coin is if Maas sits his starters it's a big eff u to them and even a bigger eff u to his starters if he wins with the back ups. He actually would be taking less of a risk by starting his back ups because if he loses today to our predominately 2nd team there will be a bus ticket waiting for him at the end of the game.

Guess that is what every other HC is saying to their starters who are sitting then? But I get your point. Disagree, though.

8 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Somebody is. Firing Benevides isn't enough eh. That D IS bad tho

I call their offense even worse, throwing a pick like that against Richie Hall's soft zone.

2 minutes ago, USABomberfan said:

I call their offense even worse, throwing a pick like that against Richie Hall's soft zone.

Yeah. Our D just blows right. Just ignore like all our games the last 10 weeks or so... Our D just blows 

Edited November 3, 20187 yr by Goalie

Good for Dunigan not going for the Rod Black bait that the bad 2nd half of the season was due to Derel Walker's injury.

7 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Good for Dunigan not going for the Rod Black bait that the bad 2nd half of the season was due to Derel Walker's injury.

It did have something to do with it. 

Injuries are part of the game. They lost Walker who is one player. The rest of the receiving corps stayed intact. Calgary was competitive until they lost their fourth starting receiver. What happened in Calgary was a legit reason for their downfall but they have issues elsewhere on that team as well.  You can't point to the Walker injury & say that's why they missed the playoffs. Besides, Edmonton's defense  has been awful this year. 

Edited November 3, 20187 yr by SpeedFlex27