It might be just a select few posters I'm seeing do this, but man some of these criticisms just get so old.  Sure it's all warranted and good to rip the guy when he throws bad passes or makes a bad decision, but now it's rip him even when he completes a deep ball to Matthews that was called back, or the one to Whitehead that stood?  I mean, what is this?  Some Nichols witch hunt where he can do no right or something?

I'm not going to pretend that Nichols was all good, but on series's where our offense was off he wasn't the only one who made the errors.  Andrew Harris was not good either outside his TD catch and had as much to do with the struggles, as did Fenner on defense, Adams and some of Lapo's play calls that 17to85 talks about.

Nichols isn't above criticism and he doesn't necessarily deserve heaps of praise on his head.  But it's absolutely ridiculous to assume that he single-handedly wins or loses games.  That's not how Mike O'Shea's team works.

And his passing yards are meaningless.  You can rack up yards all day against bend but don't break defenses, but if you don't get TDs out of them, you are overrated.  Yup, I said it.  Passing yards are completely meaningless.

Edited June 29, 20196 yr by USABomberfan

15 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

No worries, Ripper can only count to 13.

I just got this. Very good!

15 hours ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

If you are going to argue that KJ>MN, then you need to add one stat of importance: Soul-crushing-game-losing-Pick-6. 

well if you're going to go down that road, then you might as well include 2 and outs.  I'd have to think that Nichols is up there amongst the league worst when it comes to quantity of two and outs!

20 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

No worries, Ripper can only count to 13.

I've been treated to this joke so many times in the past few years, I feel qualified to make corrections to it. If we could count to 13, we would have known we had too many players on the field.  The joke is that we can only count to 12, therefore we were oblivious to how many people we had out there.   As for myself, I can count to 21 when I am naked

Edited July 4, 20196 yr by Ripper

5 minutes ago, Ripper said:

I've been treated to this joke so many times in the past few years, I feel qualified to make corrections to it. If we could count to 13, we would have known we had too many players on the field.  The joke is that we can only count to 12, therefore we were oblivious to how many people we had out there.   As for myself, I can count to 21 when I am naked

Who are you kidding

 Its 20 and 1/2 🤣

12 minutes ago, Ripper said:

Does this qualify as something funny to you?

never mind funny, I've read it 3 times and still don't understand it......

53 minutes ago, Ripper said:

I've been treated to this joke so many times in the past few years, I feel qualified to make corrections to it. If we could count to 13, we would have known we had too many players on the field.  The joke is that we can only count to 12, therefore we were oblivious to how many people we had out there.   As for myself, I can count to 21 when I am naked

Well sure, *now* you can count to 13. 

Dunno about passing yards.....but this thread is getting more meaningless, by the post.

1 minute ago, do or die said:

Dunno about passing yards.....but this thread is getting more meaningless, by the post.

Friday can't come soon enough.

maybe a poll for how many passing yards Nichols will have tomorrow night is in order!

Am discrediting this topic....

4 hours ago, J5V said:

Well sure, *now* you can count to 13. 

There is 12 bottles of beer in a case. if everyone there doesn't have a beer, does that count as 13?

2 hours ago, Ripper said:

There is 12 bottles of beer in a case. if everyone there doesn't have a beer, does that count as 13?

Not in Saskatchewan. A Rider Dozen means there are 13.

 

 

 

25 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Not in Saskatchewan. A Rider Dozen means there are 13.

 

 

 

In 7 years we were in the grey cup game 4 times and won it 2 times.  Ya that's hilarious from where your are standing I bet.

It is hilarious that Rider fans like "#1990"  but would need the streak to go another 100 years to even get close to having as many Cups as we do. 

9 minutes ago, Ripper said:

In 7 years we were in the grey cup game 4 times and won it 2 times.  Ya that's hilarious from where your are standing I bet.

Jeez & in all those years you're still 6 Grey Cups behind us.Not surprising as you can't count past 13. Things get a bit sketchy after the number 10, I see.

Edited July 4, 20196 yr by SpeedFlex27

Yeah #1990 doesnt have same sting as #3 cupsever

At least we have won 10..and have been to most cups in history of CFL 

Just now, Booch said:

Yeah #1990 doesnt have same sting as #3 cupsever

At least we have won 10..and have been to most cups in history of CFL 

At this rate Saskatchewan will catch us in 2164.

2 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Jeez & in all those years you're still 6 Grey Cups behind us.Not surprising as you can't count past 13. Things get a bit sketchy after the number 10, I see.

Well in the 50 years I've been around we have each won 3 cups, we have been in game 9 times and you have been in it 8 times. I doubt many of you experts were even around when the Bombers were good in the 50's and early 60's.  You sound a bit like a Leaf's fan.

4 minutes ago, Booch said:

Yeah #1990 doesnt have same sting as #3 cupsever

At least we have won 10..and have been to most cups in history of CFL 

That's awesome. How many cups were you alive for?  3 I would say as I guess we are close in age

Just now, Ripper said:

Well in the 50 years I've been around we have each won 3 cups, we have been in game 9 times and you have been in it 8 times. I doubt many of you experts were even around when the Bombers were good in the 50's and early 60's.  You sound a bit like a Leaf's fan.

4 Cups in over 100 years

Pathetic

1 minute ago, Ripper said:

That's awesome. How many cups were you alive for?  3 I would say as I guess we are close in age

Who cares? Bottom line is you've only won FOUR... LOL.

4 minutes ago, Ripper said:

Well in the 50 years I've been around we have each won 3 cups, we have been in game 9 times and you have been in it 8 times. I doubt many of you experts were even around when the Bombers were good in the 50's and early 60's.  You sound a bit like a Leaf's fan.

I've seen more Grey Cup wins for the Bombers than your entire organization have ever won.  58, 59, 61, 62, 84, 88 & 90. LOL. So go blow farts somewhere else.

10 minutes ago, Ripper said:

That's awesome. How many cups were you alive for?  3 I would say as I guess we are close in age

Born in 1974. Can u do the math?

Also look at the success of an organization as a whole..not cherry pick sections of years so in my opinion the Winnipeg Football club has been more successful than the Sask Football Club..and pretty much every other one save for the Argos..

Mind you I will give it to Sask as being bv the CFL leaders in save our butts telethons and have sold the most phoney bogus rider shares worth nothing to again..save their butts

 

14 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I've seen more Grey Cup wins for the Bombers than your entire organization have ever won.  58, 59, 61, 62, 84, 88 & 90. LOL. So go blow farts somewhere else.

It awesome that you have been a fan that long, I salute you.  I hope to be cheering for my team for many years yet. Bombers are very close right now I think, O'shea will win one in Winnipeg if things stay together

Seen a lot of great Bomber players over the years as well as other CFL teams.  I feel fortunate in that way. Some real legends.