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Simonise back on kickoff.....fumbles and boots it around, to put Bombers in a hole..... Nichols roughed in end zone, then O strings together 4 first downs..... Medlock makes it 3-0. Powell gets around the end on 2nd and short for 50 yards..... ...then catches ball on wheel route for easy TD. D on 2 point convert, still not a Bomber specialty…..8-3 Ottawa Nichols spreading the ball around, early, and releasing it quicker.... Hits Demski, then Dressler down to the RB 25, Adams catches slant. …. Harris runs for first down, then Adams catches another slant..... …..breaks a tackle and is in the end zone for the TD... Harris finding open receivers and has time to deliver...… So far, looks like the aliens have returned the real Hall to us...... Fenner blitz/sack stops drive on 2nd down. FG makes it 11-10 Redblacks Demski runs for 15, then passes to Adams and Demski…. ...sets up 37 yd Medlock field goal. 13-11 Blue Opo jumps offside.... but in 3 man rush....sacks Harris, on next play.... Medlock hits #3 to push it to 16-11. Ward goes for CFL consecutive FG mark with #39 in a row.... No... RedBlacks run the fake FG....and it comes up short... Adams embellishes contact a bit and draws 30 yd PI. Thompkins makes nice catch for first down... Dressler grabs 10 more.. Nichols sacked....Harris gets to Ott 24. Llast play FG has Bombers up 19-11. Alexander tagged for PI....but Bryant sacks Harris on another 3 man rush.... Nichols takes flea flicker, drops it off to Big Wolt for 20..... Dressler takes hitch for 10...Harris runs it down to the Ottawa 6..... Harris then...uh.....stands and watches 2 incomplete passes from there (sigh) Medlock is 5 for 5. Bombers up 22-11 Bombers kick their first punt ….at 5:50 of the 3rd quarter Harris drilled by Bighill. Ward does tie the record this time. 22-14 Blue Demski dancing around...on the end around...and fumbles ball away.. RB's don't go on 3rd and 1. Ward now has CFL record with 40th straight Bombers could use some O here. Nichols fumbles but Chung recovers.... Harris catches pass, hurdles tackler for good gain. Ottawa roughing on same play... Dressler gets his helmet ripped right off for another 15..... Revenge is sweet. Dressler wide open on curl out, in end zone for the TD. 28-17 Harris takes heavy hit from Jake Thomas....Sayles nice knockdown on 2nd down.... Harris and Demski run for FD. Thompkins catches one for another... Dressler drops 2nd down pass.....Medlock hits his 6th FG. 32-17 Clutch drive. Up 15 with less than 4 minutes to go. Somehow Randle has good ole JFG take the ball right out of his hands..... JFG then catches 30 yard shotput TD pass...as Fogg falls right down.... 32-14 Hold the phone. That only took Ottawa 45 seconds..... Huge Medlock punt puts RedBlacks on own 32, with 1:45 left Ellingson makes great catch to convert 3rd and 3..... Bombers laying off receivers and missing tackles, now... JFG (new Ottawa threat) catches pass over middle to Bomber 15 Harris then tosses to Ellingson for the TD. But they need the 2-pointer Of course, Ellingson catches floater over Alexander. 32-32 Bomber D has completely vaporized a 15 point lead in last 3 and a half minutes. OT. Harris catches, then runs for first downs. Harris rips off 12 more.... Nichols finds Dressler on 2nd down....wide open in end zone. 38-32 Bombers Have to have the 2. Nichols delivers to Adams. Up 40-32. Matt has looked a lot like the ole efficient Nichols, today..... Just need a stop on D, to close out this thing and cap my drinking... Ellingson catches two passes for first downs.....we just can't cover that guy... Vincent Rodgers takes brutal roughing penalty after the whistle Bomber D can't cover Sinopoli either...he takes it to the 18 Sinopoli catches it again, cuts inside to the Bomber 5...… ...but Adam Bighill pursues him....and punches the ball out..... Santos-Knox falls on it. Bomber ball. Bomber WIN. D finally make a stop. Bombers finally get 2 points ...on a bottle drainer, that should of been in the bag, long ago.... ….and has put me in the bag, right now.... ..

Some people are so committed to their biases they can't see what really happened. Lapo called a pretty good game, the D started rough but got a lot better and Ottawa made plays at the end to get to OT, but they needed 3 downs to do a lot of what they did. In the end the Bombers won a game they deserved to win and we all avoided a heart attack.

And here it is...the play of the game.

Harris Bighill Medlock HH- Dressler STFU- Rod Black

I’m excited for this tidbit..

Just watched the game. Someone explain the Ellingson catch please, because to me that was a trap. I feel like the D stopped them twice with the game on the line, only for the refs to take it away.

Did we just beat the 1st place team in the East?

Some Winnipeg people are hard to please. 😕

To me it looks like Nichols is over what was making him look like a rookie. He looked more sure in the pocket..moved around a lot better with no panic in his eyes...and stepped up and made decisive throws.. and very deliberate ones...during that 4 game streak and even before that..he did not look right.

Jesus.... you'd think we lost with the comments from a few select posters here.

8-7 after starting the season with our starting QB on the shelf isn’t a terrible record (especially when you look league wide). Sure there are a few warts and I’m far from satisfied with the compete level, the consistency and performance week in, week out but I’ll take it. Just have to get to the dance. After that anything can happen.

There wasn't any. Yet there was Duane Forde going on & on about inconclusiveness on the Adams catch. What was the difference between that & the Ellingson catch? Just a whole bunch of incompetents running the CFL officiating. Having video reviews just shows even more incompetence.

Nichols haters

You know, it takes a certain amount of resolve to see a lead evaporate, no matter the circumstances, and come out on the field, score an OT TD, and 2point convert when momentum has shifted. The goal was to go into Ottawa and leave with 2 points. Mission accomplished!

I truthfully was worried about our chances after the LDC/BB Disasters. I'm pretty happy right now with 8-7 and a 3 game winning streak.

Would like to somehow bottle what this D does late in games.....and throw it into the Red River

It’s the CFL your going to blow leads in the fourth quarter it’s how you respond and they responded.

Any Bomber win looks like a masterpiece to me.

Huge back to back road wins against +.500 teams. First two wins of the season for the Bombers vs +.500 teams.

'there's the right way, the wrong way and the CFL officiating way' 'Isnt that just the wrong way?' 'yes but slower'

Why TSN keeps Rod Black is beyond me.

Good character game for this team..to control the game only to blow it at end...yet have the ability to overcome and win in O.T and not cave in is a good sign. Also..T.O pretty much has to win out and we lose the rest of games to not cross over..dont see that happening and an Esks win and us beating sask next week really makes it interesting

Nichols is only good if he dodges a 3 man botched block blitz with a perfect spiral into triple coverage threading the needle for a 40 yard touchdown every drive.

Rod Black is such a turd. Anyway, I'm glad they got the win. That collapse late in the game shouldn't have happened, though. Too many of those under Hall's tenure as DC, IMO. Adam Bighill needs to be kept long-term. He and Santos-Knox are an awesome tandem.

Yeah that's the vet savvy that Dressler brings...his use of the goalpost as a pick was totally planned. Though on the backside of his career it would be nice to be able to config our lineup ratio to use him as a DI for certain sets and for his leadership skills as a young guy develops. Also in clutch times like the o.t sure is nice to have that experience and almost player/coach presence

Paul Wiecek has retired from the Free Press.

That’s not possible or sustainable. No D can generate that kind of pressure every game. If they could, we’d have most CFL QBs on the shelf.

Refs and the command center tried to help the RedBlacks win that game. Good thing key players made plays in the end.

Far too many "implosions" late under Hall....

(Face Palm) That statement right there proves one or all of the below: a) You are a Rider fan b) You are a troll c) You know nothing about football d) all of the above That is the most ridiculous thing I've read on here since Nasty Nate left for parts unknown.

W! Big win for the Blue tonight. We did what we had to do to win. Strong performance by Matt Nichols tonight. He was the leader we need him to be. 6 different receivers. Mixed play calling. (the only poor calls were at the 5 yard line with 2 passes...?!??) We got a good performance from our D tonight. Posters are complaining but basically, Ottawa had 3 downs at the end..to get 10 yards. Tough to defend in any scheme. And that ball placement at the tail end of the game. What the hell was that all about. That wasn’t even close. In the end the right team won. W!

H.H. to the impeccable Justin Medlock, the most boring kicker in CFL history. Not only did he put up a boatload of pts. he also assisted on a tackle.

I thought Adams was pretty sharp tonight. He finally made some catches under duress.

1. Bighill 2. Harris 3. Dressler - had a nice game . HH - Nichols. Solid game

I'd rather our O tonight. Ottawa relied a lot on favourable officiating to extend several drives and get some points on the board. For instance a clear Harris lateral that was called a forward pass. FG there. Ellingson's "catch" on the last drive of the 4th. Sinopoli's spot in OT and the JFG TD drive which gave OTT a full yard they didn't attain and allowed a 3rd down sneak which would have been a longer gamble, and Fogg's "stumble" aided by a pretty significant shot by JFG. We rarely get those calls. Time of possession is huge, and our O could have put up a couple more TD's to salt this one away early.

Disagree. You won't find anyone playing up on the receivers on the line unless they are in a bunch, standard to play off 8 yards. This is Canadian football. The open space was due to having no LB's in coverage, again. Nobody in the flats, again. Take Bighill and JSK out of the coverage and you basically have to run quarters, cover 1 or 0 with 6 in coverage. D has been dominant when they've done a good job of mixing blitzes and coverages with 3 man rushes.

The team is rounding into form at the right time. All the credit to them.

I'm exhausted.... Wow.

Huge play by Biggie.

Bombers 456 total offense, Ottawa 455 total offense. Those are big numbers but with the lopsided possession time it really shows the difference in the two offenses. Ottawa can strike quick, we can't, we still have trouble pushing the ball downfield for some reason.

Yeah.. Its actually quite annoying cuz its the same old crap over and over again. Just beat Ottawa in Ottawa in a game where we only trailed once.

Not pretty but it'll do.

Has anyone stopped that pitch play to Harris in the redzone yet? No they haven't, get him on the edge vs a SAM or HB, TD. Instead we run two straight dropbacks from 1st and goal from the 5 and kick a field goal.

Big win and we can cheer for the Esks to pull it out on Monday because the door is now open for us to take second from Saskatchewan. Winner tonight: Lapolice bringing the offense back to 2017 level making sure Nichols pulled the trigger quickly. Loser: Richie Hall going back to full on suck mode and needing the Ottawa offensive lineman and Sinopli to bail his butt out.

Sure but when they break back towards their own line of scrimmage they have a huge advantage. That's Canadian football, the offense has a huge advantage with unlimited motion. You can cover off short routes and see if you get beat deep or lean more on the deep routes and come up to make plays on the ball and tackles. Most teams choose the latter because they don't want to give up multiple 70 yard plays every game.

What do people think "soft" coverage is? This is Canadian football. You can't jam receivers who get a 15 yard running start.

That piss ant ref with the worst spot, but in the end it works out

The challenges are horrible. And it's horrible that the coaches only get one win or lose. Should be unlimited if they keep winning. They try so hard to use it on an impactful play that many times they hold the challenge when there's a play they should challenge, especially earlier in games. There's been at least a half-dozen plays in this game that should have been challenged.