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 5 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.

[Mr. Perfect]

7 hours ago, ShyGuy said:

Why does everyone think the NFL wants the CFL to be a development League?

 

They have one, it's call the NCAA. The players moving into the NFL from there are getting paid more there than they would here. It's not worth it to the NFL to have a league where a half dozen players per year MIGHT finally take the leap and become servicable in the NFL

This. SO much this. The NCAA provides hundreds of players every spring for the NFL to pick through every year. The NFL does not give two shits about having the CFL as a feeder league. The amount of players who leave the CFL for the NFL on a yearly basis should be more than enough to indicate this.

[Sard]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Perfect said:

This. SO much this. The NCAA provides hundreds of players every spring for the NFL to pick through every year. The NFL does not give two shits about having the CFL as a feeder league. The amount of players who leave the CFL for the NFL on a yearly basis should be more than enough to indicate this.

On top of that, if the CFL did switch fully to NFL rules, they would be giving even less incentive for people to watch because you'd be watching the same game with less talented players.  It makes absolutely no sense to go to NFL type rules, getting rid of what makes the CFL exciting.  Better marketing in the markets that struggle should be the bigger priority.  Educating prospective fans on what makes our game exciting should be #1.

I'm fine with removing the rouge for kicks that got out the back of the end zone, but moving the uprights to the back of the end zone and taking away the opportunity to run the ball out on a miss (which is one of the most exciting plays in football as far as I'm concerned) is a mistake in my mind.

[JuranBoldenRules]

I really don't see the case for increased scoring.

As someone who has made the decisions to go for it on 3rd down or not, the new rules incentivize field position more than the current ones.  Nobody is trying to score a Rouge unless it's the last play in a tied or 1 point game.

[17to85]

5 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

I really don't see the case for increased scoring.

As someone who has made the decisions to go for it on 3rd down or not, the new rules incentivize field position more than the current ones.  Nobody is trying to score a Rouge unless it's the last play in a tied or 1 point game.

Yeah this is just going to make more punts to pin a team deep. Will be a slog. You basically will need to hit the 35 yard like for a long field goal try. Going to make games less exciting. 

[Super Duper Negatron]

The more I think about this the more I suspect this will actually decrease scoring, and the league knows it. The solution? Add another down and take a player off the field.

[JuranBoldenRules]

5 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Yeah this is just going to make more punts to pin a team deep. Will be a slog. You basically will need to hit the 35 yard like for a long field goal try. Going to make games less exciting. 

Basically need to be at 35 in even to hit long range FG's.  So take all those FG's teams are trying from the 30-50, turn many of those into punts.  Doesn't seem like a better game.

IMO...they need QB's who can play no matter what rules they make.  That's why the games are hard to watch especially for casuals.

[Tracker]

A recipe for a slow death to the CFL by a thousand cuts. I would like to know who TF asked for this, because it looks fully hatched.

Edited 1 hour ago by Tracker

[Mike]

2 hours ago, Goalie said:

But rourke is right. 100 percent 

I honestly can’t figure your attention span out. You literally said the changes are no big deal like .. two posts in the thread before this.

 

[Super Duper Negatron]

I was a lot more pragmatic this afternoon but the more I think about it, the more I hate it. No clue what was threatened behind the scenes to get the other owners on board but I suspect it was something like "tow the line or MLSE walks".