IT"S GAME DAY!!!! WESTERN FINALS!!!

Let's Pick up where we left off the last time we beat the Stumps!!

 

WEST DIVISION FINAL | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (10-8) at CALGARY STAMPEDERS (13-5)

THE 4-1-1

Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. Sunday; McMahon Stadium, Calgary
TV: TSN, RDS, ESPN News
Radio: CJOB
The forecast: A mix of sun and cloud. High +5C, low zero.
Vegas line: The Stampeders are favoured by five points.
Streaks: Winnipeg: 1W; Calgary: 1W.
Home/Road: The Bombers are 5-5 on the road this year, including last week’s West Semi-Final win in Regina; the Stampeders are 7-2 at home.
Head to head, 2018: The Bombers and Stamps split their season series 1-1. Calgary won 39-26 at home on August 25, with the Bombers countering with a 29-21 victory at Investors Group Field on October 26.
Playoff history:

• The Bombers and Stampeders last met in the postseason in the 2001 Grey Cup, a 27-19 Calgary win.
• The last non-Grey Cup playoff game between Winnipeg and Calgary was the 1982 West Semi-Final in Winnipeg, a 24-3 Bombers win.
• Winnipeg and Calgary last met in a West Final in 1965, a best-of-three series won by the Bombers 2-1. Winnipeg then lost to Hamilton in the ’65 Grey Cup, dubbed the Wind Bowl because of blustery conditions.
• Winnipeg and Calgary have met six times in the West Final, with the Bombers 6-0 after wins in 1945, 1946, 1947, 1961, 1962 and 1965.

(with thanks Ed Tait)

https://www.bluebombers.com/2018/11/17/game-preview-west-final/

 

 

 

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If anyone has an image link to Stumps Depth chart- please let me know.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 18, 20187 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

7 minutes ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

Thank God Black and Ford are doing the East final! Let's hope we dont get Suitor...

Plus we ain't getting Proulx reffing...... I don't like when he does Bomber games...

Bombers winning with Suitor having to commentate about it could be entertaining by the end of the game....

7 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

of course it's going to be Suitor, he's TSNs top CFL colour commentator. What they should do is pair Black and Suitor together and then you've consolidated all the suck into one game rather than spreading it over 2 games. 

New drinking game. See how many times Suitor mentions the Riders in a non Rider game lol

8 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

 

Edited November 18, 20187 yr by Bomber_fanaddict

We can't bring the cannon or demand Mother Nature to do her thing, so we need this to get into Derek Denise's headspace:

 

 

 

Edited November 18, 20187 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

43 minutes ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

New drinking game. See how many times Suitor mentions the Riders in a non Rider game lol

"The bombers beat the riders last week, who were led by Brandon Bridge, air Canada. He came off the bench last year to almost lead the riders to the gc....he played pretty well in regina last week and had a shot to win, but a missed penalty cost them the game."

How close does everyone think I am?

Edited November 18, 20187 yr by Bigblue204

1 minute ago, Bigblue204 said:

"The bombers beat the riders last week, when they were led by Brandon Bridge, air Canada. He came off the bench last year to almost beat the Argos for a trip to the gc....he played pretty well in regina last week and had a shot to win, but a missed penalty cost them the game."

How close does everyone think I am?

Pretty much spot on...might want to say barely beat the bombers and it would have been a guaranteed win if they didnt miss the penalty 🙄

Dickenson wants to be the underdog so badly.  Weird.

1 minute ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Dickenson wants to be the underdog so badly.  Weird.

That's because he knows his team gets cocky and thinks all they have to do is show up and the other team will fold. His team doesn't do well when the opponent is willing to hit back and punch his boys in the mouth. I'm expecting a Bomber team with a nasty attitude today. **** Calgary.

Sorry, wrong thread

Edited November 18, 20187 yr by J5V

19 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Dickenson wants to be the underdog so badly.  Weird.

I got that feeling too... ******* tryhard....

27 minutes ago, J5V said:

That's because he knows his team gets cocky and thinks all they have to do is show up and the other team will fold. His team doesn't do well when the opponent is willing to hit back and punch his boys in the mouth. I'm expecting a Bomber team with a nasty attitude today. **** Calgary.

He's pretty cocky too.  There's a whole "everyone says we aren't very good, but we are actually the best" thing he keeps saying.

Been nervous all day about this game. It has been so long since we've even been to the divisional final. Should be a helluva game.

edit

Edited November 18, 20187 yr by Mark F

7 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

He's pretty cocky too.  There's a whole "everyone says we aren't very good, but we are actually the best" thing he keeps saying.

Yes he is. Combine that with his whiny ***** fest at the officials all game long and he has become quite the troll. 

James West bleeding Bomber blue:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/football-cfl-winnipeg-bombers-stampeders-calgary-1.4910474

Edited November 18, 20187 yr by Jacquie

 

Looking forward to seeing what Nelson can do

37 minutes ago, J5V said:

Yes he is. Combine that with his whiny ***** fest at the officials all game long and he has become quite the troll. 

It would be hard for me to be a Ref when Dickenson is in full whiny mode. I’d flag him for unnecessary whinyness.

1 minute ago, blue85gold said:

Looking forward to seeing what Nelson can do

Me too. Pleasantly surprised by this decision. 

1 minute ago, blue85gold said:

Looking forward to seeing what Nelson can do

Yep, he's quite a versatile player.  Likely will be covering kicks and involved in run game too.

I'M ******* PUMPED UP BOYS

Shocker with Nelson.  A good one tho. 

Lets go beat the red and black team tonight and next week. 

Bombers seem really well prepared and focused. This is OUR TIME!

Calgary and TSN talking like they've already won the game....

 

9 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Calgary and TSN talking like they've already won the game....

Good. Overconfident teams are the best to punch in the mouth.

Edited November 18, 20187 yr by Eternal optimist