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/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Played our worst game, 6 turnovers and we lose by one possession.  Shite happens.

Edited July 27, 20196 yr by the watcher

1 minute ago, Tracker said:

Okay time to put Streveler in

I mean, the game's done...

Just now, AKAChip said:

The perfect microcosm of why Lapo will never be a great co-ordinator. 

Pretty much. Zero adjustments made.

Hamilton scores 14 in 5 minutes and 9 the rest of the way and wins.

Turnovers and O you were ****

Edited July 27, 20196 yr by Geebrr

Nichols was hot garbage

still has a lot to prove 

Edmonton and Hamilton have slapped him around

Hamilton is for real..

I look forward to next week when we destroy Toronto and everyone starts acting like this is a great, flawless football team again.

2 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Okay time to put Streveler in

Cats win with a back up QB .... it's actually possible 😱

Can't argue with the result tonight. Nichols was awful, the special teams gave up the ball and free points too often, and Hamilton BARELY did enough with those gifts to win the game.

2 drops by ST

Bad 1st half by D

And bad game by the O

1 minute ago, Mark F said:

not the best game for the o line either

1 sack against. Harris wasn't used. How many steamboats should they be able to allow

Nichols happy feet came back today. 

Losing to 3.5 quarters of Dane Evans is a very bad look. 

Hamilton is good but we beat ourselves. I'm already looking forward to what they're gonna do to Toronto next week. One thing that stood out to me... Andrew Harris looked really slow tonight. 

OL was garbage 

6-0 you say?

I've already moved on from this game, I've put it behind me.

 

Nice basic lesson - if you have an all-star receiver, don't make him a healthy scratch... get him on the roster

We had zero deep threat at the end of that game and Hammie knew it - and Lapo knew it too

Nichols with Drew Willy happy feet is not something I wanted to see

Just now, Noeller said:

Hamilton is good but we beat ourselves. I'm already looking forward to what they're gonna do to Toronto next week. One thing that stood out to me... Andrew Harris looked really slow tonight. 

I thought Harris was solid 

Just now, Noeller said:

Hamilton is good but we beat ourselves. I'm already looking forward to what they're gonna do to Toronto next week. One thing that stood out to me... Andrew Harris looked really slow tonight. 

He can still run through contact but he gets caught from behind way earlier than he ever hand. Was bound to happen eventually. 

Just now, Floyd said:

Nice basic lesson - if you have an all-star receiver, don't make him a healthy scratch... get him on the roster

We had zero deep threat at the end of that game and Hammie knew it - and Lapo knew it too

Nichols with Drew Willy happy feet is not something I wanted to see

He is coming back in.

Nichols was great against inferior competition the past few weeks. This game should show us how hard it is when he's facing a good defense. Certainly not all on him - down two receivers at least - but he continually limited us. 

You've got to solve the Nichols riddle to determine how far this team goes. If you can trust him, then this team is great. If not, you end up like tonight. Evans had less than 100 yards passing and the Bombers still couldn't win.

Just now, AKAChip said:

He can still run through contact but he gets caught from behind way earlier than he ever hand. Was bound to happen eventually. 

Relax, he has never been a speed guy

A little disconcerting that our offense has looked bad both times we've played a good team.

OL got beat up all game

Just now, M.O.A.B. said:

2 drops by ST

Bad 1st half by D

And bad game by the O

Bad 1st half by D? They gave up 1 TD the entire game. Ok 2 but we both know the 2nd was a pick 6. D was good... The O tho.. The lack of Harris in to the wind was mind boggling. Play calls were crap.. The guy throwing the ball was the biggest problem tho. 3 picks. 

3 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

Hamilton is for real..

If Masoli is okay. If not, not so much. Their D is good but no Masoli not good.

Edited July 27, 20196 yr by HardCoreBlue