Opponent unknown, but the Bombers will host the Western Final for the first time in 49 years. 

 

Can Harris come back?
I'm assuming McGuire dresses behind Collaros?
Who's in/who's out? 

 

Long, long range weather (as of November 22): High -3, feels like -9. Wind 21. 

(as of November 24): High -11, feels like -18. Wind 26. 

(as of November 26): High -5, feels like -10. Wind 18, gusting 27.

(as of November 29): High -9, feels like -14, Wind 14, gusting 24. 

(as of December 1): High -7, feels like -12, Wind 20, gusting 30. 

(as of December 3): High -5, feels like -12, Wind 33, gusting 50.  This is interesting, the wind has picked up SIGNIFICANTLY, to the point that I don't even think the kicking game is going to matter. But, the high on Monday is -22, which tells me it's likely the temperature will get much colder prior to or during the game. The weather is definitely going to be a factor but we're still too far out to see what the full impact will be. It's going to be fun. 

Do what Willie says and no one gets hurt. 

 

Who's coming in from out of town? 

Edited December 3, 20214 yr by JCon

Wish the game had been today. The weather makes this game a coin toss, IMO.

1 minute ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Wish the game had been today. The weather makes this game a coin toss, IMO.

Yeah as much as we talk about it I don't think the bad weather benefits us. One of the teams has a downfield passing game.

But we just gotta trust our defense

We have the better lines, better runnimg game, better Defence.

We are built for this. They sure as **** are not.

11 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Wish the game had been today. The weather makes this game a coin toss, IMO.

I 100% agree. Just have to believe no matter the weather that our D,oline and Collaros will keep chugging along

In a bad weather game, our DL will win the game. As long as we don't turn over the ball, we're gonna be just fine. 

26 minutes ago, BBlink said:

Yeah as much as we talk about it I don't think the bad weather benefits us. One of the teams has a downfield passing game.

But we just gotta trust our defense

Riders front 7 is garbage and we have the best OL this league has seen in years.  Think of how we beat them in the playoffs the last two years.

2 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Riders front 7 is garbage and we have the best OL this league has seen in years.  Think of how we beat them in the playoffs the last two years.

An RB who might not play and a backup QB who is no longer here?

We are clearly the better team, but games like this tend to have funny results, is all.

10 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Coldest game ever saw was the famous -22 in Cal where Flutie froze his hands and that was not including the windchill.  The wind tomorrow 🥶
 

Need emergency move up in time 🤔

That was in 1993. I was at that game. All week long, temps in Calgary were plus 5 to 10. Then a cold front swept thru with snow & lots of wind late Saturday night thru Sunday. The temp dropped to the minus 20's by game time & windchill minus 35.

I spent halftime & a bit of the 3rd quarter with a hundred other frozen guys crammed in the washroom at McMahon Stadium where there was heat trying to unthaw. It was brutal watching or playing that game as the wind was horrendous. The heater on the Stamps sideline malfunctioned. They had no heat. However, they kept the heater on at the Eskimo sideline & their players had a huge advantage, I think the rules have now changed meaning if the heater on one sideline doesn't work the other team has to turn theirs off. The next week it was plus 10 for the Grey Cup in Calgary.

I hope conditions at IG Field aren't like they were in Calgary for the WDF tomorrow. 

Edited December 5, 20214 yr by SpeedFlex27

11 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

That was in 1993. I was at that game. All week long, temps in Calgary were plus 5 to 10. Then a cold front swept thru with snow & lots of wind late Saturday night thru Sunday. The temp dropped to the minus 20's by game time & windchill minus 35.

I spent halftime & a bit of the 3rd quarter with a hundred other frozen guys crammed in the washroom at McMahon Stadium where there was heat trying to unthaw. It was brutal watching or playing that game as the wind was horrendous. The heater on the Stamps sideline malfunctioned. They had no heat. However, they kept the heater on at the Eskimo sideline & their players had a huge advantage, I think the rules have now changed meaning if the heater on one sideline doesn't work the other team has to turn theirs off. The next week it was plus 10 for the Grey Cup in Calgary.

I hope conditions at IG Field aren't like they were in Calgary for the WDF tomorrow. 

My Alberta family always like to bring up Winterpeg but it dont snow here in June or September and that game was the coldest ever. Flutie Flakes? Flutie Frozen! How could u not wear gloves?!?

This gave me a visible airport erection

 

 

I know that people are not going to want to hear this especially guys from out of town but is there are a possibility that this game is postponed are maybe they start at 12, the conditions are supposed to rapidly become **** starting at about kickoff. Cold is one thing but snow and 70 km gusts are another, maybe it will miss us 😁

Edited December 5, 20214 yr by bustamente

18 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

My Alberta family always like to bring up Winterpeg but it dont snow here in June or September and that game was the coldest ever. Flutie Flakes? Flutie Frozen! How could u not wear gloves?!?

The 1970 Western Final was colder. Check it out on You Tube.

36 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I spent halftime & a bit of the 3rd quarter with a hundred other frozen guys crammed in the washroom at McMahon Stadium where there was heat trying to unthaw. 

You were trying to freeze? 

11 minutes ago, Noeller said:

You were trying to freeze? 

No, it was the only place where there was heat & I was frozen. Should have said thaw out.

Edited December 5, 20214 yr by SpeedFlex27

Pretty sure I had hypothermia after the 2000 Grey Cup game in Calgary.  I've survived a lot of cold weather growing up in Southern Manitoba but that was something else. Unfortunately that experience made me not want to go to the Cup in 2019 and I will always regret that.

Bad weather is definitely the Riders best hope. The one positive is that it does also mitigate the one advantage they have on us, kicking. I have no faith in our kickers but at least their kicking game should diminished enough that they'll lose much of their advantage here.

18 minutes ago, Blue_Dragoon said:

Bad weather is definitely the Riders best hope. The one positive is that it does also mitigate the one advantage they have on us, kicking. I have no faith in our kickers but at least their kicking game should diminished enough that they'll lose much of their advantage here.

I don't think bad weather helps the Riders. They'd rather throw the ball then run. Powell is a good but not great back. We have a 3 headed monster at running back & a dominant OL so I think we may have the advantage. 

4 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I don't think bad weather helps the Riders. They'd rather throw the ball then run. Powell is a good but not great back. We have a 3 headed monster at running back & a dominant OL so I think we may have the advantage. 

yeah faj really thinks he's a legit qb and maas always likes to air it out. I don't think they have the patience to stick with the running game throughout. Not to mention I question if Powell has the stamina to grind out an entire game being old as ****. Not to mention their OL is more likely to tire compared to the heavy rotation the Bombers throw at teams in the front 7. 

 

The Bombers are built to grind out games in whatever form that takes. The Riders are built to hope for mistakes and capitalise. 

5 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

yeah faj really thinks he's a legit qb and maas always likes to air it out. I don't think they have the patience to stick with the running game throughout. Not to mention I question if Powell has the stamina to grind out an entire game being old as ****. Not to mention their OL is more likely to tire compared to the heavy rotation the Bombers throw at teams in the front 7. 

 

The Bombers are built to grind out games in whatever form that takes. The Riders are built to hope for mistakes and capitalise. 

This. I was frustrated for so many years (a lot of them under Lapo) from watching the Bombers play not to lose, or depending on having to fool the other team to have offensive success. Sask absolutely has that mentality, they can’t flat out win a game on their own merit. 

7 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

I don't think bad weather helps the Riders. They'd rather throw the ball then run. Powell is a good but not great back. We have a 3 headed monster at running back & a dominant OL so I think we may have the advantage. 

Oh I definitely agree. I just feel our advantage would be even greater with good weather.

 

4 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

The Bombers are built to grind out games in whatever form that takes. The Riders are built to hope for mistakes and capitalise. 

Again, I agree. I do fear that the mistakes the Riders are hoping for are more likely to occur under poor conditions. 

Let’s not forget the Riders stopped practice at +4 this week. I think the cold weather favours us. LFG!!!

Pure flight from hell. I was way too stoned 

1 hour ago, Blue_Dragoon said:

I do fear that the mistakes the Riders are hoping for are more likely to occur under poor conditions. 

well the good news is that the Bombers are just as opportunistic at taking advantage of mistakes (perhaps moreso...) they just also have that grind it out mentality. 

2 hours ago, White Out said:

This gave me a visible airport erection

 

Going to the hospital with chest pain. Man what a day/evening