Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[rebusrankin]

54 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Yeah, forgot about Thornton. A CFL All Star in his prime as well. But he never fit in so Grant dispatched him to Toronto. Made sure Trick couldn't hurt the Bombers on the field. . 

I'm sure more than you believe. 

[Mark H.]

1 hour ago, Booch said:

Every one those coaches....you earned the spot, but also had to maintain it.....Ritchie in his later yrs had a fondness for some his vets, but at the least some them still could play....

Richie absolutely kept too many vets long term. But the talent that those teams had on offense...we can only dream about that now.

[SpeedFlex27]

Ray Jauch was cut throat. He never hesitated to cut a veteran if he felt he could bring in somebody better. I remember when he traded popular  Winnipeggers Gord Patterson & Leo Ezerins to Hamilton in 1980. The fans were not happy. 

[Booch]

6 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Ray Jauch was cut throat. He never hesitated to cut a veteran if he felt he could bring in somebody better. I remember when he traded popular  Winnipeggers Gord Patterson & Leo Ezerins to Hamilton in 1980. The fans were not happy. 

100 percent...totally forgot about him....and yeah u didnt cut it...you were outta town in short order

[rebusrankin]

9 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Richie absolutely kept too many vets long term. But the talent that those teams had on offense...we can only dream about that now.

2002-Khari throwing to Milt, Bruce and Gordon with a Roberts/Sellers RB tandem. So much fun to watch.

[ShyGuy]

Everyone in here talking about old-time football. WTF was going on in 1975.

From the game notes for tomrorow

Winning With 3 Completions: The Blue Bombers won last week despite having just 3 completed passes on 8 attempts for 54 yards and a 9.4 Rating. The last club to win a game with 3 or fewer completed passes came on September 24, 1975. That day Winnipeg was again involved when they were just 2-of-11 for 62 yards and yet defeated Hamilton 34-32. With Chuck Ealey at QB, Winnipeg rushed 54 times for 349 yards that day. Of Note: Hamilton went 3-for-12 in a 1974 game and won 11-10 over Ottawa.

8 Pass Attempts: Last week Winnipeg attempted just 8 passes for 54 yards and a 9.4 Rating. The last time that ANY CFL club tried as few as 8 pass attempts was by Winnipeg themselves on August 26, 1975 vs Calgary. That day behind QB Chuck Ealey they tried 8 passes completing 4 for 99 yards in a 25-22 win. That day they ran the ball 39 times for 237 yards.

[wbbfan]

https://3downnation.com/2025/09/26/cfl-fans-start-petition-to-delay-rule-changes-call-for-two-week-blackout/

Don’t usually expect much from these type of petitions but it won’t hurt 

[Bigblue204]

4 hours ago, ShyGuy said:

Everyone in here talking about old-time football. WTF was going on in 1975.

From the game notes for tomrorow

Winning With 3 Completions: The Blue Bombers won last week despite having just 3 completed passes on 8 attempts for 54 yards and a 9.4 Rating. The last club to win a game with 3 or fewer completed passes came on September 24, 1975. That day Winnipeg was again involved when they were just 2-of-11 for 62 yards and yet defeated Hamilton 34-32. With Chuck Ealey at QB, Winnipeg rushed 54 times for 349 yards that day. Of Note: Hamilton went 3-for-12 in a 1974 game and won 11-10 over Ottawa.

8 Pass Attempts: Last week Winnipeg attempted just 8 passes for 54 yards and a 9.4 Rating. The last time that ANY CFL club tried as few as 8 pass attempts was by Winnipeg themselves on August 26, 1975 vs Calgary. That day behind QB Chuck Ealey they tried 8 passes completing 4 for 99 yards in a 25-22 win. That day they ran the ball 39 times for 237 yards.

Lesson here is, when the Bombers throw less than 10 times they have a perfect record.

[Stickem]

2 hours ago, wbbfan said:

https://3downnation.com/2025/09/26/cfl-fans-start-petition-to-delay-rule-changes-call-for-two-week-blackout/

Don’t usually expect much from these type of petitions but it won’t hurt 

....yeah the older fans getting a little upset...Change is constant BUT the league forgot the CFL is steeped in a traditional past and present.... that's going to be hard to skate around