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/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just now, The Classic said:

That final play, his man sacked Nichols, and Hardrick just walked off field. I'm a fan of the man, but what was that?

A guy who just got beat on a play. Hes pissed off. O got owned today. Hardrick is not happy. Maybe If u want drama here instead, its cuz hes had enough of Nichols but its nothing so..

15 minutes ago, sweep the leg said:

16 touches.

Total

Just now, Geebrr said:

Total

Problem with that.. We basically didnt use him as a RB the entire first quarter going in to the wind. They came out throwing the first Q... Yes we were down by 6 but.. Use your biggest O weapon especially against a team who is vulnerable to the run.

2 minutes ago, Goalie said:

A guy who just got beat on a play. Hes pissed off. O got owned today. Hardrick is not happy. Maybe If u want drama here instead, its cuz hes had enough of Nichols but its nothing so..

Not looking for drama, but pick up your QB.

O-line was just as weak as Nichols tonight in my opinion. This one kinda hurts after getting real excited about this season, but the season isn't decided in one real garbagey game. Unless it's the Grey Cup, but ya know what I mean 😉

Wow...I see the posters that were just waiting for this to happen. First loss of the season and Nichols is ****, Lapo is the worst coordinator and the team  is crap. 

This place is so schizophrenic. 

 

Just now, B-F-F-C said:

Wow...I see the posters that were just waiting for this to happen. First loss of the season and Nichols is ****, Lapo is the worst coordinator and the team  is crap. 

This place is so schizophrenic. 

 

It's bad 

1 minute ago, B-F-F-C said:

Wow...I see the posters that were just waiting for this to happen. First loss of the season and Nichols is ****, Lapo is the worst coordinator and the team  is crap. 

This place is so schizophrenic. 

 

I think the forum is a live in the now type of thing

Based on this game.. Nichols was crap.. Lapo was ****. Its just a fact..  Poor play calling and 3 picks cost us tonight.. There no way to sugarcoat it.. Nichols worst game in recent memory by far.. 

Edited July 27, 20196 yr by Goalie

17 minutes ago, Goalie said:

He was stabbed ffs.

But it was only just a fork maybe they decided not to remove the fork and it is still inside him?

I guess it’s only human nature to place blame here, there, and everywhere, but talk about 

over

reacting.

It was absolutely a disjointed game..but correctable.

We didn’t play a clean game but Hamilton came to play, didn’t they?

Their DLine exposed our inexperienced OLine and the domino effect only got worse, especially when you start 2 TDs down.

This too shall pass...

 

 

(unless it gets intercepted )  🤭

2 minutes ago, B-F-F-C said:

Wow...I see the posters that were just waiting for this to happen. First loss of the season and Nichols is ****, Lapo is the worst coordinator and the team  is crap. 

This place is so schizophrenic. 

Literally no one on this board thinks this team is crap...  speaking of being overly dramatic...

If we are talking about tonights game... Nichols was hot garbage. 

Lapo wasnt good either. Its just discussing the game we all watched. 

24 minutes ago, Goalie said:

6 turnovers was why we lost tho. But more specifically the Nichols pick 6 was the difference in the end. 

What about the two turnovers on special teams? But I do know you’d rather blame it all on Nichols. 

2 minutes ago, B-F-F-C said:

Wow...I see the posters that were just waiting for this to happen. First loss of the season and Nichols is ****, Lapo is the worst coordinator and the team  is crap. 

This place is so schizophrenic. 

 

And what about the people who even when the team is winning, and still see major flaws in Nichols game, dont believe in him.  Nothing schizo when he opinion doesnt change.

Hes had some good games this season, but against garbage opponents.

Glad its early in the season.... theres plenty of time to get it figured out!

We didnt start down by 2 Tds.. We gave up a TD on opening drive then our QB threw a pick 6 pretty much. 

Self inflicted tonight

3 minutes ago, B-F-F-C said:

What about the two turnovers on special teams? But I do know you’d rather blame it all on Nichols. 

Well it was a pick 6 pretty much. So.. 

Those fumbles resulted in Fgs.. The only turnover that resulted in not a FG was the basic pick 6. U dying on the wrong hill tonight tho.. Nichols was garbage today. Even he knows it. Why cant u accept what Matt just did. Im not happy with Nichols play.. If you think the QB who threw 3 picks wasnt a large part of the reason we lost, ok. Delusional tho but ok. 

Edited July 27, 20196 yr by Goalie

Some of the more reactionary posts in the last 3 pages is why I avoid this place for 2 days after a game. We have not been exposed. Our roster management is not awful. This team CAN be taken seriously. 

Nichols overthrew some receivers, the line did not give him good time like in other games, coverage by Hamilton’s DBs was very good on deep balls, the team got down deep early and never committed to the run to get back into the game, and some bad special teams gaffes. Add to that injuries to the two best receivers tonight, and a 6 to 1 turnover ratio, and we lose. Guess what, we weren’t going 18-0. It’s a loss, it sucks, Hamilton was more emotionally ready to play on their first drive and all night defensively, move on to next week. We’re still a good team. I’ll see you all on Monday. 

Now back to the hysteria. 

3 minutes ago, B-F-F-C said:

What about the two turnovers on special teams? But I do know you’d rather blame it all on Nichols. 

I'm a Nichols fan but he's really turning into Hank/Frank and that's a bit scary

1 minute ago, B-F-F-C said:

What about the two turnovers on special teams? But I do know you’d rather blame it all on Nichols. 

The special teams constantly went 2 and out??

Part of this loss is on O'Shea for sticking by Nichols.  He was clearly off tonight, and with the OLine struggling, why not put your more mobile QB in rather than let Nichols continue to take big hits??  Streveler could have at least extended plays by rolling out and allowing receivers time to get open downfield.  Was worth a try, that's for sure!

17 minutes ago, Floyd said:

No one in their right mind was cutting Matthews ha...

But you could see this coming - Walker is just another average receiver/returner like we've always recruited... and we always get carried away with them

Overthinking...  thats an achilles heel on this team for sure

Wow...one poor game and everything he’s done to date is worthless. 

Honestly you guys are worse then rider fans. 

I waited a week for this?

Now I feel like Hodor.

Worst game of the year. Terrible. But, with less than a minute left, we had the ball with a chance to tie. 

Sky not falling. Carry on. 

9 minutes ago, Goalie said:

I think the forum is a live in the now type of thing

Based on this game.. Nichols was crap.. Lapo was ****. Its just a fact..  Poor play calling and 3 picks cost us tonight.. There no way to sugarcoat it.. Nichols worst game in recent memory by far.. 

Sure Nichols didn’t play well but there were other players who didn’t play well. But Nichols seems to always be the scapegoat. 

1 minute ago, B-F-F-C said:

Wow...one poor game and everything he’s done to date is worthless. 

Honestly you guys are worse then rider fans. 

Kenny Walker?  He's played two games with 10 receiving yards.

'Everything he's done'... ha - I'm sorry you're the one losing it tonight

Saying that Chris Matthews is better than Kenny Walker is not 'crazy'

Nichols played a lousy game as he himself admitted on the post game. Lapo called a poor game. Turnovers killed us. Those two fumbles on returns cost us 6 points. Oline did not have a great game. Our D was solid overall, especially against Evans. Hamilton's D was outstanding, especially their front 4 and let's highlight Davis.5-1 is still good. Being in first is good. On to the next one.

1 minute ago, rebusrankin said:

Nichols played a lousy game as he himself admitted on the post game. Lapo called a poor game. Turnovers killed us. Those two fumbles on returns cost us 6 points. Oline did not have a great game. Our D was solid overall, especially against Evans. Hamilton's D was outstanding, especially their front 4 and let's highlight Davis.5-1 is still good. Being in first is good. On to the next one.

That about sums it up. Well done!