It's GAME DAY!!!! BEST OF THE WEST vs Beast of the East (Ed Tait TOTALLY ripped this one off of me - jk)

 

 

GAME 6 | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (5-0) at HAMILTON TIGER-CATS (4-1)
THE 4-1-1
Kickoff: 6 p.m. CT Friday, Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton
TV: TSN, RDS, ESPN+
Radio: 680 CJOB
Vegas line: The Ticats are favoured by two points.
Home/Road: The Bombers are 2-0 on the road this year with wins in Vancouver and Ottawa. Winnipeg is 4-1 in its last five road games, the lone blemish a loss to Edmonton in the 2018 regular season finale in which a number of the team’s starters did not play or had limited reps. Hamilton, meanwhile, is a perfect 3-0 at home this season.
Recent history: The Bombers 5-0 start is the third best in franchise history. The 1960 squad opened with 10 consecutive victories en route to a 14-2 record while the 1939 Bombers rocketed to an 8-0 start, finished the regular season 10-2 and then defeated Ottawa to win the second of the franchise’s 10 Grey Cup championships. The Ticats, meanwhile, have opened with a 4-1 record in their first five games for the first time in 21 seasons.
Series: The Bombers are 64-55-0 all-time vs. Hamilton and 27-32-0 at Ivor Wynne Stadium/Tim Hortons Field.

(With thanks to Ed Tait)

https://www.bluebombers.com/2019/07/25/game-preview-wpg-ham-3/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the type of game where a change of pace at QB may jump start the offense.   But O'Shea's loyalty most likely will prevent this from happening.   

Not enough Harris on O. Lapo overthinking things

Just now, the watcher said:

Rose is playing a he'll of a game

He's nice 

3 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Its not really. Hamilton isnt exactly marching the field.

Yeah- but neither are the bombers with their starting QB.

 

I wonder what the scrore would be like if the ti-shats didn't lose their starting QB in the first quarter. 

Edited July 27, 20196 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

2 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Not enough Harris on O. Lapo overthinking things

Harris should of ran the ball 20 times tonight .... Hamilton has a terrible run defense and they facked up by not exploiting it. 

Just now, Goalie said:

Not enough Harris on O. Lapo overthinking things

Of course not now. The Bombers are chasing, so away with the run game.

Nichols is absolutely god awful tonight 

Brutal game for the offense. Just brutal. 

Just now, blue_gold_84 said:

Of course not now. The Bombers are chasing, so away with the run game.

Well they started the game not using him either so. 

hope this game is an aberration

I know I'm not a professional but play action doesn't work when you're not running the ball.

D has to make a game changing play 

Nichols best game as a Bomber last week.. Outside of Banjo Bowl last year WORST as a bomber tonight

Just now, Goalie said:

Well they started the game not using him either so. 

And were chasing at that point, too. I get what you're saying and I agree on Harris not being used well tonight, though. The offensive game-plan stunk from the first possession.

Just now, Mark F said:

hope this game is an aberration

Nobody goes 18-0

We couldn't be playing worse on O or ST

6 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Does this look like the Bomber defence is playing well against a second-string QB?

Yes

Need D to force a turnover on Ham zone.

1 minute ago, Mike said:

Nichols is absolutely god awful tonight 

Exactly why I laughed and stayed quiet last week when several people said "where are all the Nichols haters at now?".  Measuring stick game, and he has not measured up whatsoever!

1 minute ago, Mark F said:

hope this game is an aberration

Well down by 8 with 5 turnovers... I'd lean towards 5 turnovers won't happen every week. 

1 minute ago, HardCoreBlue said:

I know I'm not a professional but play action doesn't work when you're not running the ball.

Which is weird cause Harris is averaging 6 ypc 

D going to get gassed soon.

Just now, Geebrr said:

Nobody goes 18-0

We couldn't be playing worse on O or ST

I wasn't expecting the Bombers to go 18-0... but I expected a half competent effort by our team.

Just a complete let down tonight. Nichols has been terrible, and every time we give ourselves a chance we just turn it over. 

Need to get Nichols to play well against decent defenses 

Just mark this at 5-1

Why aren't we blitzing every down?