3 stars plus hh 17 no longer a lucky number

[Super Duper Negatron]

9 hours ago, Mark H. said:

He said on the postgame that "he thought it was PI."

I need more coffee. It is way too early in the day for brain teasers.

[Bubba Zanetti]

11 hours ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

And that one I would love to see Osh challenge to send a message to his rookie that he did nothing wrong.

Someone could straight up murder a Bomber player on the field and O'Shea would keep the flag in is f**king pocket. Johnny Never Challenge.

Edited 1 hour ago by Bubba Zanetti

[bearpants]

6 minutes ago, Bubba Zanetti said:

Someone could straight up murder a Bomber player on the field and O'Shea would keep the flag in is f**king pocket. Johnny Never Challenge.

the odd part is he challenged a Demski catch last year just to stick it to the refs... knowing that wining the challenge would actually cost us two yards....

[3rdand1.5]

I want to shout out, Schmeckle, Vaval, Allen and Ball..... guys who all made plays that were not really expected to.....this is what we need is for some "new" or unexpected names to step up......

[Mike]

10 minutes ago, bearpants said:

the odd part is he challenged a Demski catch last year just to stick it to the refs... knowing that wining the challenge would actually cost us two yards....

He used to challenge to backup his players, not sure why he doesn’t do it lately

[voodoochylde]

Last night, post game, O'Shea was asked about the decision to kick the field goal (and was pressed on it a bit).

He said he did it because he had faith in Sergio and the cover team.  What was left unsaid (and I'll admit I'm reading into this a bit), is that he had no faith in the offense or offensive line to pick up that yard.  I look at that situation and, to me, lining up for a QB sneak on 2nd and three signals that you intend to go again if it's close.  I know Sergio has been great this year but that whole sequence was bizarre and nearly cost us the game.

[Pete Catan's Ghost]

38 minutes ago, bearpants said:

the odd part is he challenged a Demski catch last year just to stick it to the refs... knowing that wining the challenge would actually cost us two yards....

I’m not convinced that Osh didn’t make that challenge in error…didn’t realize it would result in a worse outcome. 
Pretty sure, calling out the refs, wasn’t his intention. 

[17to85]

1 minute ago, voodoochylde said:

Last night, post game, O'Shea was asked about the decision to kick the field goal (and was pressed on it a bit).

He said he did it because he had faith in Sergio and the cover team.  What was left unsaid (and I'll admit I'm reading into this a bit), is that he had no faith in the offense or offensive line to pick up that yard.  I look at that situation and, to me, lining up for a QB sneak on 2nd and three signals that you intend to go again if it's close.  I know Sergio has been great this year but that whole sequence was bizarre and nearly cost us the game.

And that's all well and good, but long field goals are iffy because of those reasons. Oshea needed to read the game situation and understand that just because Sergio has been money from a mile away doesn't mean you can regularly expect him to never miss long ones. Up 1 score with not much time on the clock the safest play is punt and pin Ottawa deep. Make them drive the field to tie. You still get OT if your defense has an epic pants pooping. 

[voodoochylde]

22 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

And that's all well and good, but long field goals are iffy because of those reasons. Oshea needed to read the game situation and understand that just because Sergio has been money from a mile away doesn't mean you can regularly expect him to never miss long ones. Up 1 score with not much time on the clock the safest play is punt and pin Ottawa deep. Make them drive the field to tie. You still get OT if your defense has an epic pants pooping. 

Not disagreeing at all.

I'd be all for punting the ball away if they chose not to go for it after the sneak.  Even if Sheehan puts in into / through the endzone for a single, it forces Ottawa to put a drive together AND successfully convert a 2 point attempt. 

Watching that game slip away from the third quarter onward was the most maddening thing in the world.

[Brandon]

8 minutes ago, voodoochylde said:

Watching that game slip away from the third quarter onward was the most maddening thing in the world - it's this team's identity so far.  Outscore and outplay in the first quarter then get throttled in the third.

It wasn't even 3rd quarter on... it was 27-13 at the 3 minute warning!  Their was only a minute left when they choose to kick a field goal.    Had they punted it would of forced Crum to go deep (which he is not good at) and go the whole length of the field with under a minute left with no time outs.        Such a piss poor coaching decision to go for that field goal. 

[voodoochylde]

Just now, Brandon said:

It wasn't even 3rd quarter on... it was 27-13 at the 3 minute warning!  Their was only a minute left when they choose to kick a field goal.    Had they punted it would of forced Crum to go deep (which he is not good at) and go the whole length of the field with under a minute left with no time outs.        Such a piss poor coaching decision to go for that field goal. 

While the scoreboard didn't show it, they got BADLY outplayed in the third .. I think Ottawa's first drive chewed up around 9 minutes (ending with a TD) while we went two and out twice before stringing together a couple of first downs to close out the quarter.  It was just awful football coming out after the half and it's been emblematic of this team's play this year.