Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[17to85]

5 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I had no idea that I didn't hate Nathan Rourke... I hope he leads a revolt.

Most Outstanding Canadian just solidified right there.

[Goalie]

The Temu NFL is born. But I’ve used Temu so let’s gooooooooo 

 

like I really don’t think these changes are much and certainly don’t see it drawing new fans if that’s the end goal. 
 

streaming would maybe draw new fans. Imagine crave or even Amazon or Netflix picked it up. Huge revenue potential. I’m not sure how this helps the Montreal Toronto's and sorts. Just ******* with the on field while MLSE sits there and goes buffalo argonauts Toronto bills. Yes. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Goalie

[Noeller]

Honestly I want Osh's take, about half way through a bottle of Crown...

[bigg jay]

13 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Good on rourke, agree with him. 

Madanis article is putrid. 
 

https://3downnation.com/2025/09/22/opinion-the-cfl-finally-delivers-big-with-changes-that-will-make-the-game-pop/

Wade supporting it isn’t a surprise but still a disappointment. But it sounds like they didn’t consult usports at all which is criminal. 

https://3downnation.com/2025/09/22/blue-bombers-president-wade-miller-calls-cfl-changes-positive-step-insists-they-will-not-impact-bisons/

 

This is what we get for having a tsn cronie run the league. 

 

Had to laugh at Wade's comments.  Coaches are going to have to be more aggressive eh?

It's very ironic coming off an 8 pass game and running a team that routinely trots out their kicker for long range FG's.  Like he does he watch the Bombers?

[Goalie]

Wade is busy during games. 
 

7 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Honestly I want Osh's take, about half way through a bottle of Crown...

O’Shea probably isn’t allowed to say his take cuz he’d need a go fund me after to likely cover his fine. Rourke will be fined also. 

I also think maybe O’Shea is finished after this season. Like he calls it a bomber career. Maybe he coaches elsewhere but probably not right away. 

[Goalie]

But rourke is right. 100 percent 

[K-Shack]

52 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

This is what we get for having a tsn cronie run the league. 

Shades of having a CJOB exec running (ruining) the Bombers in Butchko. 

Now who will be the Wade Miller to clean up the mess made by the ex-media exec? Could it even be... Wade Miller?

[Squeakers and Skippy]

I heard one of the other rule changes they were thinking of was to do away with the coin toss and either play rock paper scissors or guess a number between 1 and 10 but the vote was 50/50 so they didn't do it. 

[rebusrankin]

Rourke for MOP, MOC and CFL Commish.

[Eternal optimist]

1 hour ago, bigg jay said:

It's very ironic coming off an 8 pass game and running a team that routinely trots out their kicker for long range FG's.  Like he does he watch the Bombers?

To be fair with Strev 8 passes is a bit much. 

[rebusrankin]

Longer play clock is stupid as well. Using American rules is going to piss off diehards like us while doing nothing to attract new fans. Of course, the new Commish is a long time Bell employee, so stupidity is to be expected.

[Super Duper Negatron]

Is scoring actually even down? Is it lower or higher than the NFL? Which league has more punting? Does anyone even know? Or care?

[17to85]

So I only dislike the play clock change inside the 3 minute warning. Otherwise it's probably going to speed things up with as long as they take to whistle time in.

[JohnnyAbonny]

26 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

So I only dislike the play clock change inside the 3 minute warning. Otherwise it's probably going to speed things up with as long as they take to whistle time in.

Did they specify if the change would apply inside 3:00 as well? If it does that’s monumentally stupid. The clock stopping after the 3min warning is one of the best features of our league. 

[Bomber_fanaddict]

25 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Is scoring actually even down? Is it lower or higher than the NFL? Which league has more punting? Does anyone even know? Or care?

Taking a Quick Look at the first 3 weeks of the NFL 44 times a team failed to score more than 20pts. I’d say that’s pretty low scoring. In contrast all season in the CFL 31 times a team failed to score more than 20. 

[Sard]

1 minute ago, JohnnyAbonny said:

Did they specify if the change would apply inside 3:00 as well? If it does that’s monumentally stupid. The clock stopping after the 3min warning is one of the best features of our league. 

Agreed, for a team to be able to kill the clock with 1:40 left in the game, it will ruin some of the most exciting finishes in the CFL.  When the team that is up  by less than a score has to punt the ball away with 30 seconds left, it keeps fans engaged right until the clock hits 0:00 and is one of the best parts of the CFL as far as I'm concerned.