And the skinny from our man Tait:

 

Scene setter: 

The Blue Bombers (7-2) and Stampeders (3-6) reached the midway point of the season last week moving in opposite directions. Winnipeg is on a three-game heater since the shocking collapse in Ottawa, including last week’s 38-29 win in Edmonton in which Dru Brown came off the bench to throw for 300 yards and four TDs – erasing a 22-0 deficit in the process. The Stamps, meanwhile, have lost three of their last four, including last week’s 37-9 mauling by the B.C. Lions.

The big news heading into this one is Brown getting the start for Zach Collaros, who did not practice all week.

The Basics

Kickoff: Friday, 8 p.m. CDT; McMahon Stadium, Calgary
TV: TSN; RDS 2
U.S. and international live streaming: https://www.cfl.ca/plus
Radio: 680 CJOB
Last meeting: July 7, 2023, at IG Field: Winnipeg 24 Calgary 11. Winnipeg has won four straight against the Stamps dating to 2021 and eight of the last 10 meetings. The Blue Bombers are 3-1 on the road this year. Calgary is 1-3 at home this season.
PlayNow odds:  The Blue Bombers are favoured by six points. For more betting options on this game, click here.

 

More in link

https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/08/17/game-preview-wpg-at-cgy-2/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let's. *******. Go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 18, 20232 yr by Wanna-B-Fanboy

Bombers struggled mightily at mcmahon for years so you never know especially in these chilly wet games. 

It's been drizzling off and on throughout the day and supposed to taper off as the evening goes on. I don't expect the weather will affect the game. Might be a bit nippy in the stands though.

Zach's not in his seat yet.

 

FYI - Michael Ball is putting it out there that he believes Collaros actually has a concussion, not an injured neck.

Pure speculation , pure garbage, classic Michael Ball who is a functional moron (barely).

3 hours ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:

Yeah, it's been popping up like crazy on all my alerts. I hope @kelownabomberfan is ok. I am a little worried about him. 

hey guys - we got out of West Kelowna last night after spending the day packing up our vehicles with stuff and as of right now have no idea if our house is still standing.  Meanwhile now half of Kelowna is also on fire.  We were able to find a place to stay in Vernon but if the fires get this far north our next stop in Calgary.  Right now I feel like I am in the movie Twister or something.  Anyway, good to have a Bomber game to distract me, as there literally is nothing we can do but wait this out and see what happens.

Thanks for checking in KBF.... Legit concerned when we hadn't heard from you today. 

Cold at McMahon right now... +8 says my phone. Windy too. But... No rain YET. So every guy in his right mind is in sleeves and pants..... Except Osh in shorts. The set on that guy ....

We definitely could use a ton of rain here right now.  But without the wind.  The wind is just killing us.

4 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

hey guys - we got out of West Kelowna last night after spending the day packing up our vehicles with stuff and as of right now have no idea if our house is still standing.  Meanwhile now half of Kelowna is also on fire.  We were able to find a place to stay in Vernon but if the fires get this far north our next stop in Calgary.  Right now I feel like I am in the movie Twister or something.  Anyway, good to have a Bomber game to distract me, as there literally is nothing we can do but wait this out and see what happens.

I’ve been watching the different feeds on Castenet all day and am in constant contact with our staff there. The structure fires are doing the typical, you burn, not you or you but yeah you look good to me. Know of one fire fighter whose house burned while he was working this morning but the one next door was fine (the house that survived belongs to our manager’s FIL). 
I’ve seen footage of boats at the end of docks catch an ember and burn. 
 

Glad to know you are safe, the first to be evacuated and leave may end up being the luckiest in this disaster. 

1 minute ago, kelownabomberfan said:

We definitely could use a ton of rain here right now.  But without the wind.  The wind is just killing us.

Just brutal.  Glad to hear you are safe and hope for the best.  Hope everyone else gets the hell out of the path and doesn't act stubborn about it.  Sucks to lose stuff but need your life.

3 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

We definitely could use a ton of rain here right now.  But without the wind.  The wind is just killing us.

Without question, although the wind directions is changing so much this afternoon that one must assume the fire is intense enough that it is creating its own weather systems now. 

Glad to hear you guys are doing all right.

5 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Glad to hear you guys are doing all right.

yeah right now Vernon is still a long way from where the fires are burning but at the first sight of more fire I am heading for Alberta.  Kelowna could go up tonight if the wind doesn't change direction.  Right now the entire UBCO campus has been evacuated.

TSN y u no like pregame show on a Friday night?

33 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

FYI - Michael Ball is putting it out there that he believes Collaros actually has a concussion, not an injured neck.

Pure speculation , pure garbage, classic Michael Ball who is a functional moron (barely).

I'd say high functioning moron...but he's a tooly doucher in top of the moron

Collaros wouldn't be moving on the field this week if he was diagnosed with a concussion last Thursday.

I predict 32-17 Bombers. Go Blue!

This stadium is ******* empty 

30 minutes ago, Booch said:

I'd say high functioning moron...but he's a tooly doucher in top of the moron

He also spent an hour insulting and threatening  people he says criticized him online. 
 

Not kidding. 
 

 

1 minute ago, Geebrr said:

He also spent an hour insulting and threatening  people he says criticized him online. 
 

Not kidding. 
 

 

He’s a horrible person, and horrible announcer.

Coming out on to the field through a chain link fence in Calgary. 
 

 

1 hour ago, Geebrr said:

FYI - Michael Ball is putting it out there that he believes Collaros actually has a concussion, not an injured neck.

Pure speculation , pure garbage, classic Michael Ball who is a functional moron (barely).

I’ve never had a concussion (at least that I am aware of lol) but I’ve also never seen a concussion from a hit like that. He didn’t get hit helmet to helmet or smack his head on the ground which typically leads to a concussion. Looked like he twisted his neck. So not sure what Ballsey is talking about. 

OK boys.  Time for a full game effort.

 

2 minutes ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

I’ve never had a concussion (at least that I am aware of lol) but I’ve also never seen a concussion from a hit like that. He didn’t get hit helmet to helmet or smack his head on the ground which typically leads to a concussion. Looked like he twisted his neck. So not sure what Ballsey is talking about. 

He is a moron. 
 

He is wrong about everything. 

Edited August 19, 20232 yr by Geebrr

Evening all, hope we see Dru play as well as hit did last week and the D contain the Stamps runners

I've had a couple concussions ( sports and bikes)

Looked like Zach maybe got a whiplash effect not a concussion although he's had a few so sometimes the more you get, makes the next one easier