Blue Bombers 2022 Season Thread - Stunning Loss. Dynasty Interrupted. 2023 awaits.

[gojetsgo]

Just catching up on that cheap Sask player who took our Masoli. That was utterly gross.

the whole thing was from the hit to the celebrating to the alleged racism

 

[rkp]

amazing with with only 2 days of practice!!....wonder if the rest from practice was a benefit

 

[ThinIce61]

Wasn't going to be able to watch the game so PVR'ed it and was avoiding all media so as not to have my watching it later spoiled and my buddy calls me in the 4th quarter and spoiled it for me. Was expecting a call from the better half and didn't check before answering. He's originally from Edmonton so I'm making his life a living Hell for the rest of the season.


Edit: Pleasantly surprised, though not really after the BC smack talk that we put it to Mr. Rourke and his sidekick Tattoo(insert any BC player), 5-0. And starting to hit on all cylinders. Gotta love it.

 

[gojetsgo]

Wasn't going to be able to watch the game so PVR'ed it and was avoiding all media so as not to have my watching it later spoiled and my buddy calls me in the 4th quarter and spoiled it for me. Was expecting a call from the better half and didn't check before answering. He's originally from Edmonton so I'm making his life a living Hell for the rest of the season.

I believe chris jones already has the covered

 

[John Agar]

Blue Ballers... !!!

The team was on a mission...

The Champs know how to do it...

 

[rkp]

good game by all!!

 

[WPGChief]

Made sure to watch that game 100% and was super happy that I committed to it. Janarion Grant and then the immediate defence turnover on the opening plays really allowed the offence to get into a groove. Collaros was outstanding tonight. Buck Pierce even called a decent game. Rourke has tremendous potential and I'd love to him to be the face of the CFL, so long as he doesn't get poached by the NFL - but Richie Hall's defence really was all about capitalizing on any mistakes made by him and his receivers. Wish the Bombers came out playing this way every week, lol. Another battle of undefeated teams coming up vs CGY next week, should be a good one as well.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

We now have more wins than the East will finish with against the West this year. We're goin' to the playoffs, boys!

 

[Boreal]

Good statement win to remind the league that we are those guys. Schoen is really helping to push the field vertically. Him and Rutledge are outstanding rookies.

 

[gojetsgo]

Made sure to watch that game 100% and was super happy that I committed to it. Janarion Grant and then the immediate defence turnover on the opening plays really allowed the offence to get into a groove. Collaros was outstanding tonight. Buck Pierce even called a decent game. Rourke has tremendous potential and I'd love to him to be the face of the CFL, so long as he doesn't get poached by the NFL - but Richie Hall's defence really was all about capitalizing on any mistakes made by him and his receivers. Wish the Bombers came out playing this way every week, lol. Another battle of undefeated teams coming up vs CGY next week, should be a good one as well.

just need to have teams talk shit before hand

 

[gojetsgo]

 

[Ggg99]

Zach Collaros. Best qb in the CFL. Proved it again.

 

[Fairview]

The Bombers, once again, play their best when their opponent grabs their attention. Last year, it was all Sask talk leading up to Labour Day, and the Bombers crushed them back to back. This time it was about how BC and their QB were too much for the Bombers. One of their players, even predicting a beat down. It seems the Bombers still have it when they are focused. Calgary is next…TSN is going to be selling this game as the reemergence of the league powerhouse Stampeders, I can’t wait to see how the Bombers respond to this challenge.

 

[WolfHouse]

Would have hit 50 with a kicking game...

 

[snowkiddin]

Sayles sure looks dumb now for calling our offence vanilla, eh?

Rourke extremely unimpressive tonight — really, he only impressed by still somehow managing to have the mouthbreathers at TSN lick his nether regions despite his poor play. He capitalized with a few big plays (although the 2nd and 23 toss was clearly OPI) but other than that did a whole lot of nothing.

I’ll have more positive dialogue tomorrow.

 

[snowkiddin]

Marino should get 3-5 games

Gutless hit

Honestly the hit wasn’t as bad as his reaction after.

The hit wasn’t good obviously but we’ve seen similar in the past (still worth a suspension, of course). But I’ve never seen a moron bouncing around celebrating like that after an opposing player is carted off. Looks terrible for the league. He should be done for that.

 

[snowkiddin]

just need to have teams talk shit before hand

My father speaks highly of a game in the (maybe?) 1980s between Winnipeg and Toronto. The Argos had a high powered offence, the Bombers, a stellar defence. Before the game, Toronto’s QB came to the media and said he had a dream that he scored 50 points on us. Needless to say, the Bombers proceeded to completely shut him down.

It was a dream alright.

 

[FonRiesen]

Edit: I spent too many words on Marino. I support removing him from the league after everything I've seen. Clear intent, likelihood to continue to injure, racism to boot.

 

[puck stoppa]

Well that was fun to watch on PVR. Thanks Sayles for waking up our offense! Chincy holding call, Pat should’ve won a million! Great game boys!

 

[FonRiesen]

Do y'all think that BC's run D is just bad, or is our running game turning around? I liked the pre-snap movement going on, and our O-line was finally creating some holes. Or was it more O&A finally just hitting the holes?

I thought our short yardage plays were getting excellent pushes for the most part.

That early drive with multiple 10+ yard runs really helped our passing game for the remainder - I appreciated Buck's playcalling there - he went to the run more than I expected, and it worked, and that set up play action effectiveness later, IMO.

 

[Monkey D Luffy]

Complete team effort last night, BC made a couple play but was very happy by the way the guys responded the following drives and seemed to not let their foot off BC throats much all game.

 

[WaveRaven]

I thought BC was soft against the run in their previous games. I was not surprised to see us run well.

 

[Holden Caulfield]

Do y'all think that BC's run D is just bad, or is our running game turning around? I liked the pre-snap movement going on, and our O-line was finally creating some holes. Or was it more O&A finally just hitting the holes?

I thought our short yardage plays were getting excellent pushes for the most part.

That early drive with multiple 10+ yard runs really helped our passing game for the remainder - I appreciated Buck's playcalling there - he went to the run more than I expected, and it worked, and that set up play action effectiveness later, IMO.

Few different factors here I think. BC's not particularly good against the run, but thats not the only reason. Obviously O line stepped up with a big game. One big reason, IMO, is Bombers were setting up more in spread formations, even on running plays. Helps prevent D's from loading up the box. Bombers love to bring in their SBs to TE like formations for runs, but that means more defenders on the line. It hasnt been working, so good adjustment. And also the Bombers pushed the field with the pass early finally with success, which backed off the DBs and LBs finally. And lastly, they finally used a true rotation and added in the Augustine speed to mix with Oliveira. This is more like what I expected the time share to be. 12 carries Augustine, 7 Oliveira, 3 McCrae.

 

[Fairview]

Sayles sure looks dumb now for calling our offence vanilla, eh?

Rourke extremely unimpressive tonight — really, he only impressed by still somehow managing to have the mouthbreathers at TSN lick his nether regions despite his poor play. He capitalized with a few big plays (although the 2nd and 23 toss was clearly OPI) but other than that did a whole lot of nothing.

I’ll have more positive dialogue tomorrow.

I would agree on Rourke. The TSN talking heads keep going on and on about how Rourke is learning from game experience. Certainly that is true, but what they don’t mention is that defensive coordinators are starting to get film on Rourke and what his tendencies are. BC offence was always built as a big play offence and Rourke has an arm to do that, but at least 50% of what he does comes with him scrambling around. The Bombers put a stop to that and it hurt his effectiveness. Also, he’s not too fast of a learner, his after game comments about how they lost the game because they played poorly and not because the Bombers played particularly well I get that the idea of a Canadian QB in the Canadian game is a good talking point for media, but this idea that he is some type of messiah after winning 3 games..2 of which were on home field and one of which was against a horrendous Edm team, is way over the top. He’s BC’s starting QB, that’s nice, but maybe the media should wait until the season is almost complete before mentioning him in the same group as some of the all time greats. It’s overselling.​

 

[SensibleGuy]

lol...when I heard the comments coming from the BC players prior to the game I figured they might be eating those words. Glad to see The Blue served them up on a platter for them. Very satisfying!