IT"S GAME DAY!!!! WESTERN SEMI-FINALS!!!

Let's Dominate the riders and End their season!

 

 

 

WEST DIVISION SEMI-FINAL | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (10-8) at SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS (12-6)

THE 4-1-1

Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. Sunday; Mosaic Stadium, Regina
TV: TSN1, TSN4, RDS, ESPN2
Radio: CJOB
The forecast: A mix of sun and cloud. High -10C.
Vegas line: The Riders are favoured by 2.5 points.
Streaks: Winnipeg: 1L; Saskatchewan: 2W.
Home/Road: The Bombers are 4-5 on the road this year; the Riders are 6-3 at home.
Head to head, 2018: The Riders captured two of the three meetings this year, winning 31-23 in the Labour Day Classic in Regina and 32-27 a week later in Winnipeg in the Banjo Bowl. The Bombers countered with a 31-0 shutout on October 13^th at Investors Group Field.
Playoff history: These two clubs last met in the playoffs in the 2007 Grey Cup, a game won 23-19 by the Riders. The Bombers last played in Regina in the playoffs on November 8, 1975, a 42-24 Saskatchewan victory in the West Semi-Final. Add it all up and the Bombers have lost seven straight playoff games to their arch-rivals dating back to a win here in Winnipeg in the 1965 West Semi-Final. The Riders hold an 11-9-1 advantage in the 20 playoff meetings between the two teams.

(Thanks to Ed Tait)

https://www.bluebombers.com/2018/11/10/game-preview-wpg-ssk-4/

 

 

 

 

Man we have got to do to the Riders what the TiCats are doing right now to BC

21 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Troy Westwood annoyed me his entire career. 

My only good memory of Troy Westwood is when he hit a 55 yarder to beat the Riders in the early 2000’s. 

Everything else is him missing kicks left and right (figuratively and literally), and of course the 2001 GC.

2 minutes ago, Blueandgold said:

My only good memory of Troy Westwood is when he hit a 55 yarder to beat the Riders in the early 2000’s. 

Everything else is him missing kicks left and right (figuratively and literally), and of course the 2001 GC.

ESF 2007 vs Montreal. Hit the winner.

The biased reporting begins already, just said the stadium was buzzing when it's clearly empty.

Give the ball to Harris ! Its playoff time !!

10 minutes ago, Fraser said:

The biased reporting begins already, just said the stadium was buzzing when it's clearly empty.

Maybe the rum hut got moved a province over to help pay off our stadium debt?

10 minutes ago, Fraser said:

The biased reporting begins already, just said the stadium was buzzing when it's clearly empty.

Bob Irving said this as well

Alight everyone see you for the post game celebrations

Is that Will Sasso's brother singing the anthem?

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Edited November 11, 20187 yr by johnzo

Officially feel like I'm going to barf! Go Blue!

Did TSN really make a Rememberance Day logo with their CFL on TSN logo embedded in a poppy field?

Super tacky.  Couldn't just leave the CFL on TSN logo out of it?

41 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

70% was a good year.

70% was pretty average kicking performance for Westwood's era.  Paul Osbaldiston was career 72%, Mark McLoughlin 74%, Terry Baker 72%, Prefontaine 72%.  McCallum was a 70% kicker for the first decade of his career.

Something happened in 2006, suddenly the leading kickers were 80%+, and since 2011 we've had multiple 90%+ kickers every year.  This year, there were four, and Medlock just missed with 89.6%

It's amazing how much better kickers are now.  Maybe it's like goaltending, where the coaching suddenly got a lot better?

1 minute ago, johnzo said:

70% was pretty average kicking performance for Westwood's era.  Paul Osbaldiston was career 72%, Mark McLoughlin 74%, Terry Baker 72%, Prefontaine 72%.  McCallum was a 70% kicker for the first decade of his career.

Something happened in 2006, suddenly the leading kickers were 80%+, and since 2011 we've had multiple 90%+ kickers every year.  This year, there were four, and Medlock just missed with 89.6%

It's amazing how much better kickers are now.  Maybe it's like goaltending, where the coaching suddenly got a lot better?

They started expecting them to do their job and stopped excusing their mistakes for being goofy.

Brandon Bridge better wear his TacGlasses.

I mean, Alexis Serna lasted another year and a half after kicking just over 65% for a  full year.

Ryan Lankford would’ve been one of the best kickers in the league ten years ago.

that is not a flagship advertiser for a pre-kickoff spot in a playoff game

Let's go BOMBERS 

Crown going down in gulps now not sips...

Good FG

Go Bombers!

How bad is the wind?  Seem to be giving bad field position on the kicks

Game summary so far? Taking wedding photos.

3 minutes ago, Fraser said:

How bad is the wind?  Seem to be giving bad field position on the kicks

40 k winds

7 minutes ago, White Out said:

Game summary so far? Taking wedding photos.

6-3 Riders, Bombers have the ball at midfield in the 2nd quarter. Game not a sellout.

I thought illegal contact was an automatic first down