2 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

That was the Marcus Howell+Geoff Drover secondary game was it not? Horrible Times.

I think that was more than one game... They were in for a a few games. 

I believe that's the time when we basically had no DC, and Doug Brown said they were playing sandlot and making it up on the field. 

9 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I think that was more than one game... They were in for a a few games. 

I believe that's the time when we basically had no DC, and Doug Brown said they were playing sandlot and making it up on the field. 

Yeah Maas had stupid completions in a row twice! Sad thing is Marcus Howell was probably one of the better dbs dressed in those days. 

Bo Levi Mitchell's first ever start was against the Bombers in 2013. 22/25 for 376 yards, 3 TD 0 INT. I'll never forget that one.

12 minutes ago, Atomic said:

Bo Levi Mitchell's first ever start was against the Bombers in 2013. 22/25 for 376 yards, 3 TD 0 INT. I'll never forget that one.

How soon we forget Tim Burke

For as much as we might complain about the roster and O'Shea being stubbornly set in his ways, we have won a **** tonne of games and have enjoyed a fun ride these last number of years.

23 minutes ago, voodoochylde said:

How soon we forget Tim Burke

For as much as we might complain about the roster and O'Shea being stubbornly set in his ways, we have won a **** tonne of games and have enjoyed a fun ride these last number of years.

Yeah Jim Daley was a real low point which is why despite O'Shea's flaws I've still got time for him because he won't get down to that level.

39 minutes ago, voodoochylde said:

How soon we forget Tim Burke

For as much as we might complain about the roster and O'Shea being stubbornly set in his ways, we have won a **** tonne of games and have enjoyed a fun ride these last number of years.

I feel like Tim Burke should get down on his knees daily and thank God that Reinbold and Kelly exist otherwise he would take way more heat.

5 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

I feel like Tim Burke should get down on his knees daily and thank God that Reinbold and Kelly exist otherwise he would take way more heat.

Tim Burke gets more leash because he was an incredible DC and was really the only reason we had Swaggerville in 2011...

He was also pretty short lived as head coach... but yeah Tim Burke had some truly lifeless performances.

41 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Tim Burke gets more leash because he was an incredible DC and was really the only reason we had Swaggerville in 2011...

In hindsight that 2011 team was completely overrated. Lost back to back games against the 2-7 Saskatchewan Roughriders, finished the season 10-8 after starting the season 7-2 or 8-4. A lot of playmakers on D but still allowed nearly 25 points a game. Offence was average at best. It just gets remembered more fondly because of how bad our team was before and afterwards. Fun season for sure but not even in the same league as any of the Bomber teams from 2016 onwards. 

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Well these are a bunch of s****y memories you guys are digging up on game day.  I hope tonight does not resemble those dark times in any way shape or form! 😂

Talking about Tim Burke as HC instantly brings back memories of Jason Boltus - easily the worst performance I've seen from a "pro" QB live.

1 hour ago, voodoochylde said:

How soon we forget Tim Burke

For as much as we might complain about the roster and O'Shea being stubbornly set in his ways, we have won a **** tonne of games and have enjoyed a fun ride these last number of years.

This era has been the best time to be a Bomber fan in my life. The success may soon be coming to an end (plenty of season left to see) but history will remember this time fondly. Ironically feel like the fan complaining has stayed the same, despite the huge change in success from those horrible regimes to this excellent one. 

 

18 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

In hindsight that 2011 team was completely overrated. Lost back to back games against the 2-7 Saskatchewan Roughriders, finished the season 10-8 after starting the season 7-2 or 8-4. A lot of playmakers on D but still allowed nearly 25 points a game. Offence was average at best. It just gets remembered more fondly because of how bad our team was before and afterwards. Fun season for sure but not even in the same league as any of the Bomber teams from 2016 onwards. 

The D in 2011 was amazing. But it was still a Lapo team. He coaches teams to be good enough to just barely lose. Defense dragged the  to the initial record but that was unsustainable. Without them scoring lapo just did not have the instincts to play to win rather than play not to lose.

1 hour ago, rebusrankin said:

I feel like Tim Burke should get down on his knees daily and thank God that Reinbold and Kelly exist otherwise he would take way more heat.

I think 2013 was the true nadir of the bombers, the darkest moment before the dawn of the present age. 

Reinbold's teams were terrible, but they has spirit and Milt Stegall played out of his mind in 1997.  1600 yards with Chris Vargas and Kevin McDougall as your quarterbacks. Unbelievable. 

There were a couple of fun Kelly games too -- Fred Reid's big outing in BC plus that home game where Michael Bishop passed for like 450 yards.  bomb after bomb after bomb.

2013 had no such moments. 2013 was just unrelenting ****.

29 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

The D in 2011 was amazing. But it was still a Lapo team. He coaches teams to be good enough to just barely lose. Defense dragged the  to the initial record but that was unsustainable. Without them scoring lapo just did not have the instincts to play to win rather than play not to lose.

Even to this day as a broadcaster he still remains the same. Watching a game he was doing the color on, think the RedBlacks were marching down the field and he placed more emphasis on a field goal than on a touchdown. No killer instinct. 

18 minutes ago, johnzo said:

I think 2013 was the true nadir of the bombers, the darkest moment before the dawn of the present age. 

Reinbold's teams were terrible, but they has spirit and Milt Stegall played out of his mind in 1997.  1600 yards with Chris Vargas and Kevin McDougall as your quarterbacks. Unbelievable. 

There were a couple of fun Kelly games too -- Fred Reid's big outing in BC plus that home game where Michael Bishop passed for like 450 yards.  bomb after bomb after bomb.

2013 had no such moments. 2013 was just unrelenting ****.

2013 almost broke me as a fan. I came VERY close to giving up my season tickets after that year.

Keys to the game,

Remember the Run. Haven't had a dominant run game in a long time this year. Especially with logan back in, we have to run the offence through the run game. 

Any given back up, gotta beat em. We've seen just about every back up qb tear us up over the years. Gotta take advantage of the als missing qb1 and let the D feast. 

The replacements, gotta succeed. Lots of change this year in the secondary, ol, wr, and rb/back up. Aside from vaval as a KR, we haven't found that great next guy up this year. We could really use that, but barring that we atleast gotta have guys step up to be stalwarts for us. 

Players to watch, Wallace, rando, Logan, WJ (quiet out side of his big game this year) the wrs with schoen back practicing hopefully it motivates guys to step up, and the secondary. Any of em could be victims to brutal calls again, but we have a more talented group than we started the year with. A younger group too, who should at some point show flashes or more than flashes even. 

The big thing with Swaggerville was generating turnovers. But on the other side of ball, the O was mostly anemic.  I remember them beating the Argos 13 - 12, with something like half a dozen turnovers from the D.

18 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Even to this day as a broadcaster he still remains the same. Watching a game he was doing the color on, think the RedBlacks were marching down the field and he placed more emphasis on a field goal than on a touchdown. No killer instinct. 

He was talking about Trevor Harris and TWIG one time and I just laughed. Classic Lapo. Take what is given... 

1 minute ago, 17to85 said:

He was talking about Trevor Harris and TWIG one time and I just laughed. Classic Lapo. Take what is given... 

If I was a DC, I think I'd like to have the opposing OC/HC with that primary mindset. Allows the ability to lay defensive traps etc. 

my questions going into the game:

1. can Hogan put together 60 minutes of good offense? 

2. does Collaros continue to build chemistry with Wheatfall?  Really liked what I saw from Lord Keric last week.  Played with a lot of courage.

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33 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

The big thing with Swaggerville was generating turnovers. But on the other side of ball, the O was mostly anemic.  I remember them beating the Argos 13 - 12, with something like half a dozen turnovers from the D.

That was in 2009 and it took a missed Toronto walk off FG (by Medlock of all people) at the end to win it. 

16 minutes ago, johnzo said:

my questions going into the game:

1. can Hogan put together 60 minutes of good offense? 

2. does Collaros continue to build chemistry with Wheatfall?  Really liked what I saw from Lord Keric last week.  Played with a lot of courage.

Also looking forward in seeing what Logan has.

21 minutes ago, johnzo said:

my questions going into the game:

1. can Hogan put together 60 minutes of good offense? 

 

I'm hoping they can actually do something in the 3rd quarter and if needed make an adjustment or two.... it seems like they havn't been able to do this all season long. 

8 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Also looking forward in seeing what Logan has.

I'm most interested in seeing Logan as a tailback. Brady's taking a pounding this year and having someone who could spell him would be awesome.

46 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

The big thing with Swaggerville was generating turnovers. But on the other side of ball, the O was mostly anemic.  I remember them beating the Argos 13 - 12, with something like half a dozen turnovers from the D.

Wasn't that 2009? I went to a game that year with a similar score. Medlock missed like a 57 yarder for Toronto. It was so empty at Skydome you could hear me cheering on the telecast.