The dark clouds parted....and the sun shone through....

....perhaps some sort of omen?  Perhaps not......

...as BC drove 95 yds in about 8 minutes, for opening TD...

Bombers started of with the usual dumb penalties.....

Lions returned the favor with 3 in a row, on next series...

Hurry-up O and play action gave the Blue D some early problems...

Willy runs for 30 yards!....then hangs in the pocket, drawing PI call....

...which sets up Veltung's first TD catch....

Harris, as usual...BC workhorse...is there any back more versatile?

Willy converts some more 2nd and longs....with yet, more running...

...finishing up with 70 yds running the ball....

...while making a statement.... to his teammates....

10 - 7 BC at the half....but didn't feel like the Bombers were down....

Blue proceeded to prove it.... outscoring Lions 16-3 in 2nd half....

Willy hits D. Adams with perfect seam throw...

...as Adams beats 2 DB's for for 60 catch and run TD..

...his 4 -125 .... continues his coming out party...

How many officials does it take to make a call, these days?  About 6.

Strange fake punt by Bombers .......on a 3rd and 20....

Still some dumb penalties on S-teams ...

Some erratic directional punting from Lirim, tonight.....

Hall and the D, made some adjustments....Lions had 3 points in 2nd half....

...forcing Lulay into 3 big picks.....

Bass made a ton of plays at OLB...

Hurl came out of the doghouse.... with a pick and a bunch of tackles.....

J. Adams had a great diving pick..... and a huge hit on Harris....

2 monster plays late.... from Demond Washington....

....a knockdown on 2nd down from the Bomber 10 yd line....

...and a game clinching INT, with under 2 minutes to go....

Cam Marshall carried the mail, down the stretch....

...and is making the case for more playing time at RB....

Drew Willy is the leader of this bunch.....

See? the Bombers can win at home...

See? the Bombers can win on a short week...

See? DOD can gin on a long weekend....

It only takes a win to get the conversation going all rainbows and sunny skies. After the last couple of weeks I  wasn't sure there was any of that stuff left in anybody.

 

I know it sounds weird but even during the first drive I was feeling a bit positive. All the plays were short and the defense never collapsed like it had in the past. Once the BB moved the ball a bit after that I could see that the team wasn't down and that they could come back. In the past an opening drive for a touchdown at home would have deflated the team a bit. 

 

It took BC 15 plays to get down the field.  Some would argue that means the Bomber D had 15 chances to get off the field, but I also saw a defence that was digging in.  None of that was made easy for BC; they were challenged for every yard on that drive.

 

If they had been able to do that drive after drive, all game long, it becomes a different story though.

One thing worth mentioning: Both Adams and Washington's INTs were outstanding grabs. Those weren't gimme balls thrown right at them, by any stretch. Extremely impressive....

One thing worth mentioning: Both Adams and Washington's INTs were outstanding grabs. Those weren't gimme balls thrown right at them, by any stretch. Extremely impressive....

Not to mention Washington's great recovery in the endzone in knocking the ball away from the receiver. Reminded me of how school yard football was played.

 

Still unclear why Dunigan thought that was pass interference . . .

In addition to that, both exceptional reads.

Adams baited that throw and timed his jump perfectly.

Washington dropped off after reading the route and made a great grab.

I feel like BC went to the hurry up to combat the crowd. Which seems contradictory.

Do they run no huddle a lot?

Lulay calls a lot of audibles and with the crowd noise that just wasn't going to work very well.

Which makes the hurry up more confusing to me.

Seemed like they wanted to not let the crowd reset, but it didn't work, and was obvious it wasn't working from the beginning.

I got the sense it was more to keep the Bombers from changing personnel than to combat the noise. They went back to it when Hurl was out with equipment issues and Bass was hurt for that short spell. They found a way to keep them both off the field. But Lulay's passing accuracy took a hit after that first drive, and the secondary tightened up. that as much as anything changed the tempo of the game.

I feel like BC went to the hurry up to combat the crowd. Which seems contradictory.

Do they run no huddle a lot?

Lulay calls a lot of audibles and with the crowd noise that just wasn't going to work very well.

Which makes the hurry up more confusing to me.

Seemed like they wanted to not let the crowd reset, but it didn't work, and was obvious it wasn't working from the beginning.

I got the sense it was more to keep the Bombers from changing personnel than to combat the noise. They went back to it when Hurl was out with equipment issues and Bass was hurt for that short spell. They found a way to keep them both off the field. But Lulay's passing accuracy took a hit after that first drive, and the secondary tightened up. that as much as anything changed the tempo of the game.

You're probably right.

They fought the crowd noise all game and went to a hurry up anyway... Confusing, even if for the reason you state.

One thing worth mentioning: Both Adams and Washington's INTs were outstanding grabs. Those weren't gimme balls thrown right at them, by any stretch. Extremely impressive....

Not to mention Washington's great recovery in the endzone in knocking the ball away from the receiver. Reminded me of how school yard football was played.

 

Still unclear why Dunigan thought that was pass interference . . .

Not sure if the replays truly showed how good that recovery was. He stumbled badly when the receiver made the cut in the end zone and the ball was already in the air. From the stands I said "6 points right there". His closing speed after he got his feet under him was pretty spectacular.

Oliafoye got away with some tackles.

Oliafoye got away with some tackles.

 

Draheim was absolutely mugging Westerman early in the game and got away with a couple of decent holds on that long opening drive .. 

Seriously, accuse me of overreacting, but J. Adams is the best DB we've had since Juran Bolden.

Remember when everyone was all "hurfdurf Chris Randle is a terrible SAM put him back at the corner."

I think an adjustment that gets both Randle and Adams on the field is a good idea...

Bricks to: Dom Picard, Lirim Hajrullahu, and the refs who are doing their best to slow the game down

I hate hate hate the pass interference challenges. It does terrible things to the game's pacing when huge plays in certain situations -- picks in the endzone, or pick-sixes -- will always be challenged.

One thing worth mentioning: Both Adams and Washington's INTs were outstanding grabs. Those weren't gimme balls thrown right at them, by any stretch. Extremely impressive....

Not to mention Washington's great recovery in the endzone in knocking the ball away from the receiver. Reminded me of how school yard football was played.

 

Still unclear why Dunigan thought that was pass interference . . .

It was pretty close. Washington made a very good recovery and made a great play. It might have gone either way, and not been overturned either way. My impression is that because Washington hit the ball as he hit the receiver's arm, he got away with it.

I agreed with Matty... that was PI. I thought we hit the receiver before the ball got there. Touching the ball at the same time shouldn't make any difference to the call, but you're probably right... it did. Nice the we got one to go our way for a change though.

BC runs a no huddle offense.

 

One thing worth mentioning: Both Adams and Washington's INTs were outstanding grabs. Those weren't gimme balls thrown right at them, by any stretch. Extremely impressive....

Not to mention Washington's great recovery in the endzone in knocking the ball away from the receiver. Reminded me of how school yard football was played.

 

Still unclear why Dunigan thought that was pass interference . . .

 

Because of all the weak assed calls they do make. 

I sit in the endzone where Washington made that play. Great play, not a PI at all.

BC runs a no huddle offense.

Looked more like a no-offense huddle.

 

BC runs a no huddle offense.

Looked more like a no-offense huddle.

 

WHAT?!?!  I can't hear you over the crowd cheering.

 

 

BC runs a no huddle offense.

Looked more like a no-offense huddle.

 

WHAT?!?!  I can't hear you over the crowd cheering.

 

You mean jeering?

Seriously, accuse me of overreacting, but J. Adams is the best DB we've had since Juran Bolden.

Remember when everyone was all "hurfdurf Chris Randle is a terrible SAM put him back at the corner."

I think an adjustment that gets both Randle and Adams on the field is a good idea...

I was more a "derp de derp put Randle back at corner" and Im happy to be wrong on that that one. As soon as the d line starts getting consistent pressure and hurrying some throws, these guys are going to see their INT numbers skyrocket

Like the ones that were telling me how Tino Sunset was an upgrade on Willy......

Yeah, Tino had a great game tonight.LMAO

Really nice game...  MB finally spread the ball around, would have like a bit more RB plays, get Cotton outside but whatevs... at least, we threw one screen pass early!

 

Ticats will be a good test for Hall and MB next week

 

 

 

BC runs a no huddle offense.

Looked more like a no-offense huddle.

 

WHAT?!?!  I can't hear you over the crowd cheering.

 

You mean jeering?

 

No, I meant cheering...for me...cause I'm so awesome.

 

And, yes, most were cheering...for the defense to kick ass.  Yelling out "COME ON DEFENSE" is cheering.  I'm sure there were a few that were jeering as well though.  Especially the ones sitting right behind the BC bench.

We gotta get Pete Rose in here to teach Drew how to slide.

To be fair every time he dove he was diving for the first down. Love it.

Naw, near the end of the second quarter he was like 5 yards beyond the first down when he dove (into Eliminian!)

Really nice game...  MB finally spread the ball around, would have like a bit more RB plays, get Cotton outside but whatevs... at least, we threw one screen pass early!

 

Ticats will be a good test for Hall and MB next week

 

A test that they failed miserably twice so far...  I would hope they have learned something from the 2 ass whoopings...