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/

 

 

 

 

36 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

What doesn't correlate with me regardless of either interpretation is expects player to be fined but defends it.

The good old 'everyone's against us' tactic. 

3 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Wow.  Two pretty different interpretations of the same quote on O'Shea and what he's doing with an hour.

I'm not a Friesen fan in the least but he's not wrong if you read the full quote from MOS.  They are both right but neither gives full context.

Quote

“I’ve seen it, I’ve watched at least an hour of it back and forth. I can see the league’s standpoint and their concern and where football is going, but I can watch that clip and talk about it for another hour and defend Jackson.”

 

 

12 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

What doesn't correlate with me regardless of either interpretation is expects player to be fined but defends it.

He would defend it from the perspective that Jeffcoat didn't do it on purpose, and tried to lay in a good legal hit.  Believes it will be fined because it turned into a hit to the head which can't be denied.

Just now, Sard said:

He would defend it from the perspective that Jeffcoat didn't do it on purpose, and tried to lay in a good legal hit.  Believes it will be fined because it turned into a hit to the head which can't be denied.

Interpretation makes sense, thanks.

On ‎2018‎-‎11‎-‎13 at 9:36 PM, SpeedFlex27 said:

To the posters here who went to the game.... what are your impressions of the New Mosaic? How does it compare to IGF? Please look at it unbiased & give me an honest opinion.

Been there twice. Feels like you're sitting a million miles away in the stands compared to IGF. Just saps the energy imo. Concessions are much better at Mosaic, but IGF is a MUCH better venue to watch a football game. Only problem with Mosaic is they don't have any good beer and you feel like you're watching through binos from the parking lot. Seats are very narrow too. They also have similar rapid transit problems to IGF.

Edited November 15, 20187 yr by gcn11

yeah..cheeped out with the quality of the seats..I see many being replaced due to damage or being broken after the winter/offseason...not as big either...and the pitch/slope of seating area is way less...putting you further from the field...and it is a big reason why the crowd noise is more disruptive at IGF...it is right on top of you and you almost actually feel it and it is way more intimidating..and this is from out of players and coaches mouths I have spoken to about it..

2 hours ago, Booch said:

yeah..cheeped out with the quality of the seats..I see many being replaced due to damage or being broken after the winter/offseason...not as big either...and the pitch/slope of seating area is way less...putting you further from the field...and it is a big reason why the crowd noise is more disruptive at IGF...it is right on top of you and you almost actually feel it and it is way more intimidating..and this is from out of players and coaches mouths I have spoken to about it..

You talk about the noise at IGF as if its a bad thing......

no...it's a great thing....both stadiums have their things that are better than each other...but in regards to seating..acoustics..football feel/atmosphee..IGF blows it away

10 hours ago, gcn11 said:

Concessions are much better at Mosaic. Only problem with Mosaic is they don't have any good beer.

#contextisimportant 

On 2018-11-15 at 9:59 AM, gcn11 said:

Been there twice. Feels like you're sitting a million miles away in the stands compared to IGF. Just saps the energy imo. Concessions are much better at Mosaic, but IGF is a MUCH better venue to watch a football game. Only problem with Mosaic is they don't have any good beer and you feel like you're watching through binos from the parking lot. Seats are very narrow too. They also have similar rapid transit problems to IGF.

I have to say the buses have been absolutely fantastic this season. They have really figured it out and it is fast and cheap.

6 minutes ago, Atomic said:

I have to say the buses have been absolutely fantastic this season. They have really figured it out and it is fast and cheap.

Absolutely. 

On ‎2018‎-‎11‎-‎14 at 6:39 AM, Goalie said:

Its basically IGF with a different roof. The blueprints are identical damn near. 

The impression I get are their are more seats in the North end zone at Mosaic than IGF. They also can add permanent seats in the South end zone whereas we can't without messing with the roof at IGF. We could do what they did in the South End Zone in Seattle.  Seating capacity wise, they are virtually identical. Thanks for both your comments. 

31 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The impression I get are their are more seats in the North end zone at Mosaic than IGF. They also can add permanent seats in the South end zone whereas we can't without messing with the roof at IGF. We could do what they did in the South End Zone in Seattle.  Seating capacity wise, they are virtually identical. Thanks for both your comments. 

The original plan for the 2015 Grey Cup called for them to add seats to both the South and North End Zone. In the end, they only added seats to the South End Zone. It was originally designed to expand up to 40,000 seats. However, with subsequent modifications made in the North End Zone, I'm not sure if those seats can still easily be added. 

1 minute ago, JCon said:

The original plan for the 2015 Grey Cup called for them to add seats to both the South and North End Zone. In the end, they only added seats to the South End Zone. It was originally designed to expand up to 40,000 seats. However, with subsequent modifications made in the North End Zone, I'm not sure if those seats can still easily be added. 

Those add on seats were supposed to be temporary. 

12 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Those add on seats were supposed to be temporary. 

Absolutely, just expanding on the discussion. 

2 hours ago, JCon said:

Absolutely, just expanding on the discussion. 

Nice play on words. Well done. A toast to you, sir.

 

 

 

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Nice play on words. Well done. A toast to you, sir.

 

 

 

They make good commercials -of their whiskey I cannot say as much.

54 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

They make good commercials -of their whiskey I cannot say as much.

I'm a committed Canadian Club whiskey drinker.  

21 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I'm a committed Canadian Club whiskey drinker.  

I rarely drink rye.  When I do it's CR or Forty Creek

I like mixing rye with Yukon Jack

4 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

I rarely drink rye.  When I do it's CR or Forty Creek

I like mixing rye with Yukon Jack

Wow, that must have quite a kick!

 

1 hour ago, Mark H. said:

They make good commercials -of their whiskey I cannot say as much.

Welcome.... to the 'On Sale' rack!

According to Bob Irving Kembrell Tompkins is out and Charles Nelson is in.  I don't think it's injury related.  Charles Nelson looked really promising in the Edmonton game.  More upside and can improve the kick return game immediately. I still see Thompkins as an option next year if Dressler retires but at 30 perhaps he needed to show more than he did.  I'm a believer that in a post-AAF world the CFL will have to stick with Import players for longer and let them develop rather than having the constant turnstile of imports coming in and going out.

 

2 hours ago, Mark H. said:

I rarely drink rye.  When I do it's CR or Forty Creek

You sound like the world's most interesting man!  Do you live vicariously through yourself?  Can you speak Russian, in French? Did you once have an awkward moment, just to see how it feels?

16 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

You sound like the world's most interesting man!  Do you live vicariously through yourself?  Can you speak Russian, in French? Did you once have an awkward moment, just to see how it feels?

I didn’t have a hot clue what you meant. I don’t always use YouTube, but when I do, it’s to decipher your obscure connections. 

22 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

I didn’t have a hot clue what you meant. I don’t always use YouTube, but when I do, it’s to decipher your obscure connections. 

it's really not that obscure.  The world's most interesting man ad campaign was pretty popular.  I actually assumed that you were quoting from it.

Edited November 18, 20187 yr by kelownabomberfan