Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[WinnipegGordo]

Also the teams the Bombers beat are 1-6 against the Bombers. Of course they are less likely to be over .500 at this point of the season.

Edited 12 hours ago by WinnipegGordo

[ShyGuy]

You can only play the teams you are scheduled against. It's a long season and every team is going to have peaks and valleys. Bombers haven't been world beaters but they've been able to pull together a few results. That 3rd loss against Calgary really sucked though because it gave a away a lot of agency the team had.

Being only a game behind Sask with 3 head-to-head and a half game back of Calgary would feel far better that what we are looking at now. Win out at home though and at least one road game out east and things will be looking pretty rosy at the end of the year.

[JuranBoldenRules]

The only +500 team (if we're counting that in the dipshit way) Sask has beat is Hamilton twice.  And we haven't played Hamilton or Sask yet.

Basically Calgary controls their destiny in the West.  And either us or Sask sweeping the back to back would allow the winner of those games to control their destiny for at least a home playoff game.

[TBURGESS]

After the next 3 weeks we will know where we stand compared to teams above .500. I bet it's worse than how we compare to teams below .500. 

[wbbfan]

3 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Our QB is serviceable, and there is some good talent here. We can't expect a first place team every year.

serviceable is a far cry from top tier, and still we don’t have the ability to add a bunch of players mid season. how would you retool mid season? placing each year isn’t really to do with a mid season retool or an off season one either  

[Mark H.]

1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

serviceable is a far cry from top tier, and still we don’t have the ability to add a bunch of players mid season. how would you retool mid season? placing each year isn’t really to do with a mid season retool or an off season one either  

I don't expect to have a top tier team/QB every year, it's not realistic. I do think they will make the playoffs this year.

[Noeller]

Our QB is definitely better than serviceable on most days... I still believe that with even a modicum of help, he's top tier in the CFL...

[wbbfan]

43 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

After the next 3 weeks we will know where we stand compared to teams above .500. I bet it's worse than how we compare to teams below .500. 

honestly idk. the ldc/bib is heavily skewed towards a split. the only firm statement i see is if some one sweeps. other wise i expect us to be in a similar position in 3 weeks. 

Id say we have a 80% chance of being 1-2, a 5%chance of going 0-3, a 5% chance of 3-0 and a 10% chance of 2-1. 

7 teams are with in 3 games right now. if we go 0fer we are still in the play off picture. if one of the 3 win teams goes 0 fer their season is over. if the riders go 0 fer they still are in the hunt for a home play off game. 

[Brandon]

8 hours ago, TBURGESS said:

When we played them isn't what I was looking at. I'm saying that after half a season, we haven't beaten a current +.500 team. It doesn't matter if they were +.500 when we played them, especially in our first game. 

This also doesn't make sense.     We have not played Hamilton or Saskatchewan as of yet.     The only other team that is over .500 is Calgary who we could not beat.      

Your statement only has merit had we played and lost to Saskatchewan and Hamilton.  

[17to85]

The CFLs ridiculous insistence on cramming back to back or 3 in short time frame matchups for teams makes these kinds of analysis utterly stupid and a waste of time. 

[Deiter Fan]

On 2025-08-23 at 11:52 AM, rebusrankin said:

MOS and KW have eight straight 10+ win seasons (with a shot at a 9th), 6 straight WF trips, 5 straight Grey Cup berths with two Grey Cup wins. The team has sold out the first 6 home games with the 7th getting close. Yeah, we're frustrated with both of them but it would be a total surprise if either is let go.

No matter how many...or few...years I have left I will fondly remember the last 6+ years of Bomber football. For as grateful as I am for what management was able to accomplish I am equally as disgusted by the Cup game decisions that played a not insignificant role in dropping 3 in a row and the off season/roster decisions that are plaguing them in a year where they're hosting the Cup...especially if they flame out early.

One can be appreciative of past accomplishments while still being fed up with recurring tendencies and exceptionally poor choices. It's not easy to reinvent yourself or change your ways especially if that past pattern of behaviour has proven successful but sure as God made little green apples, a man that can't change his mind can't change anything...and Osh doesn't seem capable of changing his mind/ways.

That being said...I suspect you're right...especially with continued fan support. 

I'm also prepared to be completely wrong and gladly watch them take charge the 2nd half of the season and walk away with it all. In which case...statues for everyone!

Edited 3 hours ago by Deiter Fan