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In case anyone needed more proof of what a class act Brady O. is, he came out to my son's U13 A3 hockey final today (he is neighbors with one of the boys on the team) to watch the game, give the kids a speech in the room at the end and hand out the player of the game award for us. The kids were absolutely pumped and I am sure are now Bombers fans for life.

We've got a shot to erase the bitter taste of the last 2 years tonight. Play smart, clean football. Just Win. LETS ******* GOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO BOMBERS GO!!!!!!

That deep ball right off the bat with Zach testing out the glove hand has to go down as one of the dumbest ******* things I’ve ever seen. And if that’s not coaching, I don’t know what it is. That should be so quickly addressed on the sideline before they take the field. Hey man, you’ve never worn that thing before, let’s feel it out before we sling it deep.

Not every one will be ready for this and that’s understandable. But we will definitely need a shot of positivity around here this off season. With that in mind here are some things I look forward to with the bombers in a positive light only. Terry Wilson. I was extremely impressed by how poised and in control he was when he came in. Stepped up in the pocket, kept his eyes down field when pressured and threw with authority. He has Great arm talent, and athleticism. But the mental side of him looks legit too. I look forward to seeing him progress next year. another Canadian draft. We really cleaned up in this last draft, which was a strong draft to be fair. So I don’t expect us to replicate that success, but adding another piece or two to the AR will be huge for our NI depth. On that note, our rookie Canadians did better than I expected this year. I can’t wait to see big kev with another tc under his belt, think Wallace will be poised to take a starting spot next year, mci came a very long way as a blocker too. I hope to see a good chunk of pre season reps for mci to play rb so we can see what he has and let him develop. He went from a guy out of place on an AR to a solid FB in one season and that’s pretty good. Kelly, I think he has a sneaky good chance of becoming our starting S next year. Imagine 3 starting Canadian dbs? Never thought I’d see that on a good team. tyjuan garbutt really turned a corner late. He isn’t the instant dominant pass rusher we need, but he’s a damn good two way end who plays with discipline. Imo he’d be excellent as a di rotational back up next year. Ayers and Cole. I’d love to see more of Ayers at mac and Cole at wil. Both guys are monsters on teams just scratching at their potential but are still a lot of fun to watch. Devin adams. Such an incredible athlete and raw talent. Gonna be awesome to watch him in his first full camp. Woods. Our best dl for my money all year. Guys a beast who can play a bunch of inside positions and some edge especially in the 30 front. Only 25 years old and the sky is the limit. can lawson and schoen the return. Nuff said. Love what both these guys bring. Owen Hubert. Really over achieved early. Hit the rookie wall hard. But showed a ton of lunch box type stuff that could make him a very valuable rotational piece next year. The majority of the secondary as well. Holm and Kramdi stepped up big, griffin and bonds were excellent Nichols was my modp for us and ford legit would’ve been moc in the league most years. How do you improve on that? Well Nichols is the only guy at 30. So another year could bring improvement for each of those guys. JY. Through some early struggles he really turned a rag tag group of guys into an elite pass defence. I can’t imagine what more he has in store with a year of growth and prep.

Note for any MBB members in the GTA who'll be at the game tomorrow: I have a cooler full of beer, my section of the tailgate is serving cheddar smashburgers and I've got my travel humidor full of the okay'est cigars that you'll have all week. Any of you are welcome to pop over for a cold drink to wish me a happy birthday and talk football. My name is on my jersey and my picture is on my FB or IG if you need to find me just PM me for them.

2 west finals vs. The lions 2 Grey cup losses, 2 west finals vs. Riders 2 Grey cup wins.... just saying.

This is a rule of the site, but it is mostly around legalities of not trying to steal content and making sure people who create content get the revenue / clicks / views for producing it. If Zach wants to post an article he wrote on this site, its his right as its his content. As for posting articles here, I have no problem with Zach promoting content here. As many have said, there is very little CFL content in even the major news sites these days, so if its a passion, I see no harm in doing what they are doing. It promotes the CFL and Winnipeg sports scene, which is great. Without any knowledge of traffic or the business model for Bonfire sports, I highly doubt they are getting rich off of it. It might trend to spam if he starts posting a new thread daily which simply links to an article, but that is not at all what I've seen so far. There is a stickied thread where he posts videos, and this is the first "dedicated" thread I've seen or remember. Go do your thing Zach and let the haters hate.

The legend lives on from the Argos on down Of the big game they played in October The Bombers, they said, were in over their heads Til the gales of November came early

WINd bowl? I prefer the Montreal Blow Job.

Here is a tidbit from TBiddy fresh off that Sask website love it! 😆 Fack, do I hate Winnipeg. Seeing them celebrate the FG makes me angry. And to top it off my afternoon plans are ruined now. I’ll watch the game but it’s basically a preseason game that means nothing and we probably have to listen to Suitor fluff Winnipeg on how great they were in the game they played today.

Andre Proulx is the best ref in the league.

Let the media again stress this superior defense we have to over come Argo's gave up 2nd most passing yards at 5342...we gave up least at 4227 Argos had 2nd worst QB rating at 105.5%...we had best at 86.9% Argo's gave up 2nd most passing TD's at 31...we gave up seconf fewest at 20 Argo's gave up second worst completion percentage at 70.8%....we had best at 60.9% Argo's gave up 50 offensive TD's...we gave up 33 Argo's give up on avg 6.8 yards on 1st down...we give up 6.0 Argos gave up 6514 net yards of offence....we gave up 5915 We gave up 1876 rush yards to the Argos's 1532 we got 26 sacks to the Argos' 48 Now based on on all that, who would you think is facing the tougher defensive test??? With their back-up to boot? We keep ZC clean....time to throw, and the Argo defense guessing.....I can see this being over early if prime time ZC show's up...and based on vibe and what I seen of late...I can't see why he won't....and oh yeah...We still have BO to throw at them

Taylor said Younger invited him back earlier in the season when BA originally went down but he couldn't make it work with his job or family. He posted a video of a workout later on and Younger reached out to him again to see if he was still interested in playing, and they made it work. https://www.bluebombers.com/2024/11/11/in-my-words-nick-taylor/

Well, flights are insanely priced right now but you only live once so we booked em... Bring on a sold out #FortHew in a couple of weeks....

What a great last few minutes. Riders lose, Jets win, Leafs lose. Bomber win earlier, great day.

I consider myself a person of science, and am not foolish enough to believe in a giant spaghetti Monster in the sky, but my goodness.... If you ever wanted me to believe, the final :30 seconds of this game might turn the tide. That was, I say with a condescending chuckle, "biblical" wind...

Somehow my post got deleted maybe because of language? If I can't call Rider fans horse fuckers then what's the point of even being here

Glad to see Haba was taken off and Adams kept on. Didn't think it would happen.

Turn on the air fryer.

I think he just meant sometimes Arbuckle does take no for an answer

It's boring...let's discuss roster management.

I’m not a betting man but I’ll speculate they plan to use a QB

Silently?

1. Our awful game day rosters 2. Idiot O'Shea 3. See above HH: Walters and Miller for letting this absolute lunacy continue

Sold Out

I am still perplexed by your reasoning. Don’t fans on this site want people to hear their opinion? What’s the difference between that and a blog post? Only difference I can see is that a blog post is longer and accessible by a link. Either way, my article is not a blog post. And by the way, I read 3Down and their stuff is getting a lot better. John Hodge is a friend of mine and his pieces are top-notch. Also, how do you expect CFL content to grow if not from people that aspire to hone their craft, even if they’re fans? It’s not like the newspaper industry is growing. This is the new way people consume news. Yes some of the stuff on 3Down is fluff but the newspapers are dying. Free Press is the only newspaper in the country that sends a cfl reporter to away games. That’s Jeff Hamilton. It’s a sad state of affairs. I’m trying to grow the cfl by writing about it and talking about it on our show. If you don’t want to read or listen to my stuff because I’m not a trained reporter, all the power to you. But you don’t need to disparage it.

Just win.

Hearing some very good things coming out of the Bombers corporate meeting. Lets just say the Bombers are financially set for a long time.

Our offense was great in that game. Game plan was excellent. Used strength of Montreal D (zone blitz) against them. Collaros had a great game. Lawler needs to make some plays, Wilson was alright, unspectacular. Demski makes some first downs and a big play on a vertical. We don’t have much else at receiver. Bombers consistently brought 6-7 guys inside and burned Als with playaction. They were loaded for run. 2nd half adjustment to just constantly flood half the field tore the Als apart. Only issue was lack of aggression in redzone. Now that might be smart to preserve FG chances, but think you have to give guys chance to make plays. Call some zero read stuff where we basically know where the ball is going coming out of the huddle. Defense was horrible especially vs Fajardo. Only reason they got off the field is if Fajardo missed a throw. A bit more pressure against Alexander who doesn’t move the ball quickly but also burned us on scrambles. They isolated Bonds and our backers and torched them. Bonds really struggled with leverage on Snead, where he wanted/needed to be. They snuck Snead around the field and we could not cover him with anyone, always lose track of him. The only guys on the field who consistently flow to ball on runs/completions are Jones and Holm. Not a fan of Nichols playing deep half/third as much as he did in that game. Basically removed him from the game. Our tackling and recognition are terrible…run a bunch of screens on us we’ll probably give you 20 yards on 2/3 of them.

My latest article on what a dynasty means to me. https://bonfiresports.ca/my-dynasty-of-dreams/

I hate to be the one to do it but, people need to get off of demski's back. The kid was playing on one ankle and the fact that there was no better option than him isn't his fault.

I love Woli but I hope not... this reeks of Dalton/Bighill last year.... Clercious is a great fill in, don't mess with it now

1 holm. Monster game, best of his career. 2 zach, Brady, Kenny. Dominant performances. Offence really drove us to the win. 3 the ol. Great game especially in pass pro. hh ayers inside outting his man to make a diving stop on kick cover. crunch of the game kramdi on the big sack. block of the game Brady on zachs 2nd td pass with a clutch block up the middle. Teds turning point the fumble setting the riders up deep in our end, a good toss to the end zone but holm with a big hit breaks it up for a turn over on downs. Honourable mentions kramdi, Wallace, big Stan, jones, schmekel, fox, and Demski. clown shoes to the rider bias of the panel and booth.

The fact that making 5 straight Grey cups hasn't happened since the edmonton dynasty of the late 70s/early 80s.... that's something especially in this day and age... is this team a dynasty? I don't know and I don't really care... this is a ridiculously special run and we will be old timers sitting around reminiscing about these days.

The Bombers are that's who.

Honestly shout out to Zach, he answered the doubters (and I will admit, I am (was?) one) when it comes to November play other than that … Kenny + Holm were absolutely lights out and I’ll just say it now … Zach is going to destroy the Argos in a dome next week

MOS lives to coach another week.

this is my blog hahahaha

Here they are in their team photo. Logan is on the left.

kinda cool

I like to rag on Sheehan...I'll use his name and not punter for this but lost in the win on that winning field goal was him coralling that low bad snap that hit the turf in front of him and getting it pinned to not screw Castillos timing on the kick...huge play He will now be punter again until he amazes with punts

The fact they had that playing on the screens at Mosaic is fantastic.

The bombers.

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Well, I suppose it wouldn't be this place without complaining about the roster for one last week this season and blaming every perceived bad decision on Osh...

Toronto has five Arby's locations while Winnipeg has none. Janarion stated explicitly that he does not like Arby's but it certainly makes you think, doesn't it?

A friend of mine from Winnipeg is going to the Grey Cup courtesy of Save On Foods. His parents won their GC contest but as they're elderly they can't go so they gave the prize to their son & his wife. Flight, hotel & two tickets to the game all courtesy of Save On Foods.

1-0 this week and get to the Dome... Just ******* win.

The idea than anyone the purports themselves as a Bomber fan is here talking about how great Chad Kelly is; just leaves me feeling dirty in a way I don't enjoy...