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CFL-wide Highlights Heading Into Week #16:  OT Winning FGs: Last week BC's Ty Long made a 39-yard field goal to defeat Hamilton 35-32 in Overtime. In CFL history, 92 games have been won in OT since the 1986 rule change for regular season play - and of those 92, just 38 have been won with a field goal.  Going to OT on a 2-Point Convert: In the 106 regular season Overtime games played since 1986 (92 wins, 14 ties), only THREE of them have ever been sent into OT by a game-tying 2-Point Convert, and just one on the very final play of regulation: 0.00 seconds J.Jennings 3-yard pass to B.Burnham  Better Field Position wins 2 out of 3 times: Of the 57 games played in 2018, only 19 have been won by teams with poorer average starting Field Position; 38 have been won by the club with better starting points for their drives or 67% of the time.  Making more "big plays": In 2018, the team that has made even or more long-gainer, "big plays" has won the game 43 times out of 57 games. Only 14 times in 57 games has a team making fewer "big plays" won the game (just 24% of the time).  Lewis Ward 37 FGs in a row: Ward has not missed a FG attempt since the season opener and is now 40-for-41 97% with a streak of 37 makes in a row, the 2nd-longest streak ever made & longest within a single season. His 37 in a row is 2 back of Rene Paredes' 39 straight across 2012-13. Ward's 97.6% mark is ahead of the CFL record set by Paredes at 94.7% in 2013 (54-of-57).  One more thing ...: After reaching 29 in a row in 2013, Rene Paredes had one blocked on July 20, 2013 by Montreal's John Bowman. By the rules of the day however (and that had been in place since 1967), no FG attempt was charged to Calgary since the ball did not cross the line of scrimmage. Paredes went on to extend his streak to 39 straight. 👁‍🗨 I distinctly remember this game and how his streak was allowed to continue. I called bullshirt then. I’m glad they changed it, but Paredes still gets his streak. The CFL changed the rule to start 2014 whereby any FG attempt that is blocked results in an 0-for-1 since a legal FG attempt was clearly attempted and was NOT successful. This rule will be re-visited in the 2018 off-season by our Rules Committee however with the proposal being that only the TEAM be charged with an attempt and NOT the kicker himself in these cases. This will permit the CFL to consider if Ty Long's current streak would still be deemed as being active (his only recent miss was blocked FG).  Marcus Thigpen multiple 80+ yard runs: Thigpen has now recorded two runs of 80+ yards this season - the first time in 24 years that a CFL player had more than one in a single season. The last was Cory Philpot in 1994 for BC with TD runs of 87 and 92 yards (Aug 11/94, Aug 27/94). Before that Jim Thomas 2 in 1965, Willie Fleming 2 in 1963 and Ed Buchanan 2 in 1962. Other CFL-wide Trends Heading Into Week #16:  7 FGs in a game: Another aspect of Ward's outstanding season is that he has had two games of 7 FGs made including last week vs Saskatchewan. Ward joins only three other players to ever record TWO games of 7+ FGs made in the same year. In fact, Ward is the only one among the four kickers to be a perfect 7-for-7 in each game.  Calgary in the playoffs?: The Stampeders can claim a playoff spot for a club record 14th consecutive season with a win this week. That would tie Ottawa (1956-69) for the 7th-longest streak in Canadian Football history.  West vs East: The West Division has clinched the series vs Eastern clubs with 22 interlocking wins to 11. That makes it 15 times in the last 17 years that the West has prevailed (2004 & 2015 the exceptions). The 4th and 5th place clubs in the West each have 6 wins and are currently in position to claim a Cross-Over berth for the third year in a row for the first time.  Mike Reilly 55 TD/ 5900+ yard Pace: Has accounted for 37 TDs this year, 26 passing/11 rushing. The CFL record for rushing TDs by a Quarterback is 14 by Doug Flutie (1991 BC) followed by Kerry Joseph (13, 2007) and Reilly himself at 12 last year. The combined pass/rush TD record is dominated by Flutie who has the 4 best years - 1994: 56 (48/8), 1993: 55 (44/11), 52 twice. Reilly is on pace for 55 combined TDs this year and a record 16 rushing TDs. His passing yard pace is for 5,914 yards. CFL Game #67 Team Notes – Toronto at Calgary:  1-point games: Including last week, the Argos have now had 4 games this year where the final margin was just one point. They are 2-2 in one-point games in 2018 (3 of which were started by McLeod Bethel-Thompson) - the CFL record for most games decided by one point in a season is 6 by Ottawa in 1993 (2-4 record). The CFL record for WINS by one point in a single season was set by Winnipeg in 1961 with 4.  Fridays Off: This is the first time all season that the Stamps will be playing on a Friday night - they have just two Friday games in 2018 and 11 on Saturdays. This will be Toronto's 5th Friday Night Football event of 2018 - and all of them on the road.  Avoiding 5 losses in a row: The Argos are on a 4-game losing streak, the longest ever in a single season for Coach Marc Trestman. He had only two 3-game losing streaks for Montreal from 2008 to 2012, and now has three for Toronto across 2017-18. The last time the Argos lost at least 5 in a row was the final 7 games of 2016.  9 in a row: The Stampeders have won the last 9 games against Toronto - all starts for QB Bo Levi Mitchell who is 9-0 vs the Argos. In all but one of the 9 straight wins, Calgary has built at least a 14-point lead. None of the last 5 encounters have gone down to the last 3:00 and Calgary's average margin over those 5 games has been 22.6 points.  11-1 Off a Bye: Calgary comes in off a bye week to play Toronto - they are 11-1 in post-bye games since 2011. Before their 40-27 defeat at Regina on Aug 19/18 after Bye #2 in 2018, they last lost in 2005 after a week off.  Calgary T/O Ratio, +17 to -5: In their first 7 games they were at a +17 Ratio, #1 in the CFL; since then the Stamps are at -5.  13 Toronto QB Sacks: With just 13 Sacks the Argos trail the rest of the CFL. They are on pace for 19 this year which would be the 2nd lowest recorded in CFL history.  Bo Levi Mitchell pace: Mitchell is on pace to set a career-high with 5,445 passing yards this year. He is averaging 302.5 yards per game, second only to his 316.8 per game in 17 starts in 2016. He leads the CFL with a 3.00 to 1 TD Pass to Interception Ratio in 2018 however, the only downside being that 3 of his 9 INTs have been returned for 'pick 6's' in 2018.  Mitchell All-Time QB Win % / TD Pass Streak: Following Calgary's last win, Bo Levi Mitchell's career winning % is now 66-12-2 .838 with a 10-2 .875 mark in 2018. Mitchell's record as a starter at McMahon Stadium is even better at 37-4 .902. He also has an active 13-game TD pass streak back to 2017 (his career-long streak is 21). He now ranks #24 with 22,979 career passing yards with Danny Barrett next ahead at 23,419. He is on pace to reach the Top 20 by season's end.  1st Down will be a key: This game features the club that has allowed the fewest average yards on 1st down plays (Calgary at just 5.5 yards) vs the club that allowed the most on average (Toronto at 7.7 yards). On Offence, Calgary is #2 averaging 7.2 yards on 1st down, Toronto #7 at 6.1 yards per play.  Singleton & Thurman: Singleton now has a CFL-best 79 tackles (tied for #1) but in 12 games has the highest season-long pace at 6.6 per game which would make for 118 by year's end. That would give him back-to-back 118+ tackle seasons. Jameer Thurman is #8 in the CFL with a career-high 77 Total Defensive Plays, already 4 more than in 2017 with 6 games left.  Romar Morris: Has scored 5 TDs in his last 2 games and rolled up 271 yards from scrimmage in the process.  S. J. Green: Recorded his 3rd game of 100+ yards last week with 6 catches for 106 yards. He now ranks #30 all-time with 8,804 yards and is in sight of the 9,000-yard mark (8,804). With 39 yards he can pass Ray Alexander (8,842) for #29 all-time.  McLeod Bethel-Thompson: Made his 6th straight start last week and set a career-high with 321 yards, his second 300+ game of the season.  James Wilder Jr.: Ranks #4 in the CFL in rushing with 665 yards on pace for just under 1,000 this season (997). His receiving yards picked up with 74 last week and his pace there is for 781 by the end of the year. _______________________________________________________________________________________

OMG, the refs been knocked out... Wait, what's Bighill pulling out of his elbow brace... is that... is that brass knuckles... omg he's knocked out Reilly and ref didn't see it... he's pinning him. 1, 2, 3... we have a new world champion.. as God as my witness...

He should go the real ole timer route....and slip a foreign object in there...

NSFW but hilarious

Flake couldn't find a hole big enough when he was cornered in the elevator, the expression on his face was priceless.

Nuts to that, it should be impartial and unbiased. There is a reason justice is blind in all the depictions.

Same thing for Dustin Penner.

BellMTS Place was largely private sector driven. They did get some taxpayer support but as I recall, Premier Doer had a presser to announce their investment had been recuped in new taxes much earlier than intended. For something like an NHL arena, it makes sense for public investment. I tend to agree. I like responsible use of taxes but its not like IGF was *that* expensive. As the stakeholder responsible for Canad Inns Stadium, the province was always going to write a big cheque. To either renovate CIS to "really crappy but not outwardly life threatening" standards or build a new one. IGF was a much better use of funds. Not only way better than renovating CIS, but you get something that serves the U of M as well. The issue with IGF that makes it different than the arena is the lack of events and the lack of area development. And those two things are connected. With the area, you have 15,000+ people downtown 40+ times a year just for the NHL, not to mention the plethora of other events. And we see the investment in downtown happening. With IGF, it's 10 football games and a couple of concerts, so its not a driver of development. But it was still necessary. So we could have built a cheaper, smaller less fine building that would still have cost a lot of money. Instead we have a wonderful building that will last a long long time (construction issues notwithstanding). There is no private owner per se so the argument that the Bombers should pay just doesnt work. The province gets a little piece of the action in terms of taxes and will, eventually get their piece of the pie (along with the city) in terms of taxes from the old site as well. I think the community is responsible for the Bombers and building and thus, it has to be paid for. Its a drop in the bucket over the life of the Stadium.

In this interview between the 1 minute mark and 1 min 52 O'Shea is asked why Kevin Fogg hasn't been effective returning the football. The coach says "there are reasons" the return game hasn't been effective and that they are constantly working on things, but, "the things that have gone on" that have limited the return game can't be corrected during the playing season. This kind of non-answer leads to speculation. Is he taking about firing ST Coach Paul Boudreau? Is he talking about an injury to Fogg that will have to be re-habbed (in which case why are you playing him)? Or is he talking about something else entirely? Why should the media and fans have to speculate at all? It's this kind of BS that leads people to conclude that the more they put O'Shea out there in front of the media - the more it hurts the Winnipeg Football Club. https://www.bluebombers.com/2018/09/27/coach-oshea-september-27-2/

First of four trips to Edmonton this year for the Bombers... No mistakes and they can win this one.

Not to mention severely unhinged.

Blowing a DI spot on both Fenner and Wild is just not making any sense any more... Washington needs to get playing time

Not to mention it's not just the lions and bombers. **** is close enough the only team free and clear in the west is calgary.

There is already a thread on this topic..

I’d go Flanders in for Wild

Lulay should retire. He'll get hurt again. It's inevitable.

You sir, are confused.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tim-hortons-knock-off-india-1.4841323

Lots of people here confusing writing off bad debt with forgiving it - two entirely different things.

WHO CARES....if taxes pay for it so be it as in the end nobody will notice it on their own personal bottom line...you were gonna pay tax anyway toward..whatever so big deal This is a big win win for the Bombers and the University...Based on the average revenue from the Stadium and Bombers since it opened they have been in the black like what...anywhere from 7 to 10 million a year (more if hosting a Grey Cup)? On going now this will allow for a percentage to be put away each year for maintenance and upgrades etc...and a nice portion of profit each year in the Bombers pockets...which in the longterm will venerable the team to continually attract higher end free agents and players....sure it has no effect on the SMS as all teams play under the same figure.....but adding amenities..facility perks...treatment options..player perks..etc...it goes a long way in a SMS based league..especially short career one such as in football at the lesser wage earned in Canada

How do you defend this type of attitude? Why would you do this to your children?

This is a beautiful mixed metaphor. Thank you!

Nic Demski and Ian Wild paired on kickoff returns. I thought this was supposed to be a professional football team.

Game Time : Thursday 7PM , TSN3 Game Story : Start the clock on another season but wait...this one is different. The fans and the critics expect the Jets to contend once again for Lord Stanley's Cup. What's in their way? The other teams know Helle is coming and some have improved. Also the schedule is pretty normal with no 10 in a row at home stretches. This years games themes are songs about the city the team is from.

CFL Game #69 Team Notes – Winnipeg at Edmonton:  Season series on the line: With Edmonton and Winnipeg one win apart to Week #15, this game will be vital in playoff positioning. Edmonton leads 1-0 and can take the series with another victory. A Blue Bombers' win evens it at 1-1 and would force that to the outcome of the November 3rd contest again at Commonwealth Stadium. A win for Edmonton would give them a series victory over Winnipeg for the 5th time in the last 6 years.  Edmonton playoff positioning: The Eskimos have fallen from a 6-3 start and 2nd place to 7-6 one game above .500 and in 3rd behind Saskatchewan with 3 losses in their last 4 games. They are even in the loss column with BC with 6 defeats and again the season series will go down to game #3 in the set (Oct 19th at BC).  Reilly at 300+ yards, #10 all-time+: The Eskimos are 5-2 this season when Mike Reilly throws for 300+ yards and 2-4 when he does not. His 7 games of 300+ move him up to 40 for his career which ranks him #10 all-time despite being just #28 in total games started with 91.  Winnipeg penalties: The Bombers had a CFL season-low one penalty last week and including declined calls, only two flags. The last time that Winnipeg drew two penalties or less was on Oct 19/07, 11 years ago. They had 2 for 19 yards that day.  5-1 vs 2-5 (+3): The Eskimos have 3 more home than road victories, their largest disparity since 2012 (5-4 vs 2-7, +3). Their largest ever difference between home and away wins is +5 and came on two occasions - 2004 (7-2 vs 2-7) & 1988 (8-1 vs 3-6).  Duke Williams 1800-yard pace / 19.1 average: Averaging exactly 100.0 yards per game, Williams is just shy of the Edmonton single-season receiving record held by Brian Kelly. Kelly caught 104 passes for 1,812 yards in 1983 in a 16-game season. Williams' 19.1 yard average per catch is the 2nd-highest by any CFL player since 2001 (Min. 60 receptions)  Throwing deep comparison: Though a complicated function of different offensive approaches and receiver corps, here’s a to-head look at passing of 20+ yards or more downfield in 2018 for Mike Reilly and Matt Nichols. More than 1 in 5 of Reilly's throws in 2018 have been deeper than 20+ yards (only Bo Levi Mitchell has had more of his throws be 20+ (25%, 95 of 387 atts). Mike Reilly attempts of 20+ yards passing - 99 of 462 throws. Completed 43. 43.3% Matt Nichols attempts 20+ yards passing - 47 of 285. Completed 16. 34%  Winnipeg wire-to-wire / Trailing after Q3: Of the 6 Bombers' wins this year, 4 have been wire-to-wire without trailing at any time. They have led 10 times in 13 games after the 1st Quarter and are 7-3 in those games. They have yet to win a game in 2018 when they have trailed going into the 4th Quarter. 👁‍🗨 YIKES! - Since 2015 the Bombers are just 3-24 in the 27 times they have trailed after 45:00.  Weston Dressler just needs 4 more games with a reception to move ahead of Jamel Richardson to 125 games consecutive.  Justin Medlock: Has taken over the CFL lead in punts inside the 10-yd line with 11. He had 7 in all of 2017 and 8 in 2016. At 10.6 points per career game, he ranks #2 behind only Mark McLoughlin (10.7 per gm) and his 1,316 career points is now #18 all-time.  Kenbrell Thompkins: Had 94 yards and for the first time was the Bombers' leading receiver in a game.  Turnover Record at 28-3: Winnipeg is 6-0 when making fewer Turnovers and 0-7 when making even or more in 2018. Since 2016,  Winnipeg is 28-3 when forcing more T/Os.

Hey Mr blue_gold_84 if you had a family member in need of a serious transplant you might think otherwise yourself. So maybe keep yer snarky faces to your self. Thank-you..

not a chance. This management went an entire season with Etch as D coordinator. They aren't going to fire a head coach who could still make playoffs before the season is over.

Expecting candor from O'Shea is like expecting milk from a grape.

She wasn't being sarcastic.

....and O'Shea just throws them away.....and pleads innocence.....holy cow! The Commissioner will make a ruling on this......next week Don't miss it!

Of those choices Dano but am I crazy in thinking it might be Vesa? I cant see Copp/Lowry/Tanev being broken up.

one has to wonder if maybe this is writing on the wall that Triple B is not going to win their lawsuit with the architect & contractor, and all of the extra costs they've had to put into repairs the last couple years are going to fall back on them. I've always sensed this was going to be the outcome based on how I heard things were carried out during the project!

YES!

CNN: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), considered another swing vote, said in an interview that she supports Flake’s call for a delay. Mitch McConnell would simply love to ignore this and just ram through a floor vote....but between this and calls from all points of the compass, for an investigation....things are getting pretty awkward.

What a crazy situation. So if anyone doubts the voices of women, Flake was a "yes", gets confronted by two brave women with stories of their own sexual assault and he was clearly affected by it. Funny how, earlier today the FBI wasnt able to investigate, didnt do that, couldnt do it...yadda yadda and now "well, sure, we can have them do that." Shows the lying evasive games. I love Graham playing mr nice guy now. What a crock. And Trump deferring to the Senate. Cowards all of them.

Who sits? Demski & Washington?

It's obvious that the GOP believes Ford and they need to get Kav confirmed without an investigation.

I figured I had at least a 33% chance of being right. I like those odds.

Wait. Did you just assume Frosty's gender?

No... that would be your feigned righteous indignation for an audience of one- trump.

Well, this is awesome.

To those who said this would happen in the first place and got roasted on these boards for daring to say it... Congrats. You were right.

This is all on the previous government.

Let's be totally honest, there's a segment that would love him more if he did that. Trump's base is the people who support the KKK

What a useless comment. Another member posted some silly garbage "letter" from social media, and it served absolutely no purpose whatsoever save to stir the pot. Others here called it for being just that. Try and pay attention to the discussion here instead of making pointless, inane statements.

What fighting? Do you mean specifically here or do you mean in general in the US? I dont see people fighting here. People in the US have every right to protest. Their President appears to be a racist, bigot with at least 17 credible allegations of sexual misconduct who was just laughed at by the UN assembly. You're not sure why people have a problem with that?

You posted a "letter" that was a partisan, smarmy attack on the "left" and then when people pointed it out for what it was, you lamented that we cant get along and cant "heal". If you think opposers of Trump need to embrace the perspective of that "letter" to heal, you're being very close minded to what actually divides people.

I dont believe Mark Judge gave a sworn statement that carries a perjury charge...he should be there. But the Senate is not the FBI. You're conflating a show-hearing where the Senators have already said they plan to confirm Kav regardless, with a legitimate investigation. Why do you fear an FBI investigation? In Maryland, it may not be outside of the Statute. However, the reason the FBI should investigate is because they are the federal investigative agency. They do back ground checks on prospective nominees and will do deeper investigations at the request of the White House. They have the power to do a full investigation. And when you are questioned by the FBI, you are obligated to tell the truth by law. There are too many accusers, witnesses and second-hand, third-hand etc accounts...too much stuff floating around on both sides, to not demand an FBI investigation to weed out the irrelevant stuff and focus on what actually happened. What the White House fears, even in a "he said/she said" is an FBI report that calls Dr Ford "credible". And oddly, we see here supporters of Trump dont want an investigation at all. Imagine being okay with a potential sexual predator and liar being confirmed to SCOTUS. Its not like if Kav s pulled, his replacement will be a liberal...lol The line isnt being drawn at "Republican appointee", its being drawn at "lying, partisan, white nationalist, potential sexual predator." I dont know...seems like a reasonable line to me. Pull his nominee and go on to the next one. Thats why there are confirmation hearings. to weed out crap like this. He's crap. Next.

I'd much rather see a return of the no-huddle offense than a QB tandem.

There's such a thing as appropriately confident and self-assured, and then there's just flat-out delusional. Our coach is a nice guy who is the latter. While I don't share J5V's vociferousness about him (that I felt for Mike Kelly or even the hapless Burke), I certainly find it curious how many folks are seemingly eager to defend this paragon of mediocrity. I mean, **** guys, the man is 3 games below .500 over a 5 year career with not a single playoff victory under his belt. Is that good enough for y'all?