2025 CFL (Non-Bombers) Season

[17to85]

Hey if you are going to give calgary credit for anything, their tailgate scene is really good.

Debate where it ranks compared to other stuff sure, but the fans who do the tail gating know what they're doing 

[WinnipegGordo]

1 hour ago, bigg jay said:

Yep, I've tailgated in at least 8 different lots around the stadium (9 if you include the official tailgate area) and I'm sure there's more that I haven't yet.  I hope somebody posts video from a Banjo Bowl tailgate for this guy so he can see what it's supposed to look like.

I always thought the Bombers should send up a drone on Banjo Bowl to capture all the activity around the stadium.

As you mentioned, most people dont see all the tailgating that takes place as they are so spread out around campus.

[ShyGuy]

Depth Charts for Friday are out and with Ottawa desperate for a win to keep pace in the East and trying to make up distance between themselves and BC in the crossover Dru Brown is sitting out with his knee injury again

[johnzo]

4 minutes ago, ShyGuy said:

Depth Charts for Friday are out and with Ottawa desperate for a win to keep pace in the East and trying to make up distance between themselves and BC in the crossover Dru Brown is sitting out with his knee injury again

oof.  man, how do you sell hope in Ottawa when Dustin Crum is starting all your games?

[wbbfan]

4 minutes ago, johnzo said:

oof.  man, how do you sell hope in Ottawa when Dustin Crum is starting all your games?

tbh, if i’m them I would pack it in already. they aren’t gonna contend this year or come close. get dru 100% for next year, and focus on adding to that line so he can be healthier next year. 

 Dru really needs to be healthy next year. another year like this one and he’s gonna end up too broken to be a qb1

[kelownabomberfan]

Looks like the Luke Willson - Bob Irving Twitter feud continues.

I just watched the Chiefs/Chargers game.  Chargers are up by 6 points.  2 minutes left.  QB gets a first down, slides down in bounds.  Game over.  That just freaking blows.  Sorry Luke, but the NFL game and how they allow teams to win like the Chargers did tonight just plain sucks.

[SpeedFlex27]

On 2025-09-04 at 2:41 PM, wbbfan said:

tbh, if i’m them I would pack it in already. they aren’t gonna contend this year or come close. get dru 100% for next year, and focus on adding to that line so he can be healthier next year. 

 Dru really needs to be healthy next year. another year like this one and he’s gonna end up too broken to be a qb1

I'd like to know what TSN did to Bob in 2021 for him to hate them... 

[Atomic]

On 2025-09-04 at 3:36 PM, johnzo said:

oof.  man, how do you sell hope in Ottawa when Dustin Crum is starting all your games?

Uhhhh ever heard of the CRUMBACK?

[Mark H.]

Ottawa lives to Crumble another day.

[Brandon]

9 hours ago, Atomic said:

Uhhhh ever heard of the CRUMBACK?

[kelownabomberfan]

watching Bighill playing for Calgary wearing that weird helmet, he looks like Rick Moranis in Spaceballs lol

[WinnipegGordo]

 

 

 

 

[Noeller]

They'd lost a bunch of pieces on O, as well... It's remarkable how they've mostly kept on rolling. 

[SpeedFlex27]

10 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

 

 

 

 

That's a huge blow for the Stamps. 

On 2025-09-06 at 5:48 PM, kelownabomberfan said:

watching Bighill playing for Calgary wearing that weird helmet, he looks like Rick Moranis in Spaceballs lol

Will he go into the HOF as a Bomber or Lion? 

[bigg jay]

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Will he go into the HOF as a Bomber or Lion? 

Whichever he chooses.

He played 6 seasons in each city and statistically, his best seasons were in BC.   But if you look at what his accolades, Winnipeg has the edge so there's a good argument for both.  He had more all-star seasons with BC but more team success & league awards here. 

BC:  1 Grey Cup, 1 MODP, 4x All CFL team

Wpg: 2 Grey Cups, 2 MODP's, 2x All CFL team.

[Booch]

12 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

 

 

 

 

Sucks for Flo...when he was available in trade....wonder why we didnt jump on that

[WinnipegGordo]

 

 

[WinnipegGordo]

 

 

[wbbfan]

4 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Whichever he chooses.

He played 6 seasons in each city and statistically, his best seasons were in BC.   But if you look at what his accolades, Winnipeg has the edge so there's a good argument for both.  He had more all-star seasons with BC but more team success & league awards here. 

BC:  1 Grey Cup, 1 MODP, 4x All CFL team

Wpg: 2 Grey Cups, 2 MODP's, 2x All CFL team.

Imo, he should go in as a lion. If he was 2 different guys, the lions player and the bomber player, the bomber player doesn't get half the personal accomplishments and doesn't go into the HOF. The lions guy on his own, does go into the hof and wins every thing he got still. 

[wbbfan]

2 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

 

 

What do you do if you're the argos? Arbuckle has thrown 6 straight 300+ yard games, and 7 of his last 8. Since week 2 he's had more Tds than Ints. He's averaging 319 yards passing per game. He is 31, and he's healthy as can be. He's also not in the 13 highest paid qbs in the league. 

Does kelly make them any better at this point? They have heavily under achived but I don't place a lot of that at arbuckles feet. Kelly is also 31, an off the field nightmare, the 2nd highest paid qb at 615k, coming off a major injury and his best year isn't as good as arbuckle this year. 

Personally, while I'd hate to tie my self to arbuckle as the qb1 prior to this year, I'd trade kelly. Some one will likely be desparate enough to take the bait on him and give up assets. You can still resign arbuckle to a team friendly deal and add an all star player with the salary difference. 

[17to85]

Easy choice, arbuckle one more week and see what happens after that.

[wbbfan]

29 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Easy choice, arbuckle one more week and see what happens after that.

Idk, toronto is playing edmonton this week. I would certainly expect Arbuckle to maintain his average-ish performance. I belive the trade dead line is begining of october as well. Which leaves edmonton, montral and BC for games for them. 

[ShyGuy]

17 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

I would certainly expect Arbuckle to maintain his average-ish performance.

I can't tell if you are saying that Arbuckle has been average or he will maintaining his current average but looking at the game logs and geez; 6 Straight games of 300 or more yards passing, 14 TDs vs 2 Interceptions. If the Bombers were getting that level of QBing they'd probably be the prairie team sitting on 10 wins.

[coach17]

19 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Idk, toronto is playing edmonton this week. I would certainly expect Arbuckle to maintain his average-ish performance. I belive the trade dead line is begining of october as well. Which leaves edmonton, montral and BC for games for them. 

Problem has been at runningback and a soft defense. Arbuckle has performed extremely well last six games and running back situation looks a lot better and defense is starting to get it together. I dont know if if it is a good idea to mess with that. Crazy as it may seem Argos may be the best team in the east right now. If anything I would put Kelly as a back up to be there only if Arbuckle falters. 

[Booch]

1 hour ago, wbbfan said:

What do you do if you're the argos? Arbuckle has thrown 6 straight 300+ yard games, and 7 of his last 8. Since week 2 he's had more Tds than Ints. He's averaging 319 yards passing per game. He is 31, and he's healthy as can be. He's also not in the 13 highest paid qbs in the league. 

Does kelly make them any better at this point? They have heavily under achived but I don't place a lot of that at arbuckles feet. Kelly is also 31, an off the field nightmare, the 2nd highest paid qb at 615k, coming off a major injury and his best year isn't as good as arbuckle this year. 

Personally, while I'd hate to tie my self to arbuckle as the qb1 prior to this year, I'd trade kelly. Some one will likely be desparate enough to take the bait on him and give up assets. You can still resign arbuckle to a team friendly deal and add an all star player with the salary difference. 

Us....in the desperate area