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Would a 25 yard penalty make you feel any better if you lost Andrew Harris for the year?

I think any logical fan knew Collaros wasn't going to play all year. He was damaged goods. I don't think that excuses the hit, if anything it probably encouraged it to a certain extent. Odell Willis took him out last year and basically ended our season. For me it really bothered me to see it end that way for Zack. Basically the last 2 games of his career he took nasty head shots and the league did nothing about it. I agree a 2 game suspension is warranted and should not be pled down to a fine by the CFLPA. Maybe other qb's wouldn't have been hurt on that hit, but you have to honestly ask yourself if want to roll the dice if Nichols is going to get up after that hit. Or Better yet, What if Harris doesn't get up after that hit, your season would be over without him. Its easy for people to dismiss things when their team isn't involved, but the league is a community. As a league are we ok with head shots on our qb's when they are sliding feet first? Interesting incident in the Eskimo game, a Esk's player was flagged for basically same thing. When they showed the replay in slow motion you could see the player making a huge effort to NOT make head contact, which he didn't do. The flag was thrown in error as it turned out. It was a reminder to show how Lawrence mad zero effort to avoid contact with the head when he was in same situation.

It would be very exciting for you guys if all the other teams don't game plan for Harris getting the ball. Its like it was a surprise.

Nichols is what he is. I'm happy for you that he fits the bill for your team. Moderately successful. I am very supportive of Nichols having a long career with the Bombers.

You have him ranked higher than I do

Yup. Not good for the league. Edm, Calgary, Sask, Winnipeg are the only places where anyone cares. and I'm not so sure about Calgary

You don't suspect us having our third string qb in there might have been a factor in the loss?

The ball wasn't a super pass and was behind receiver. He reached back so I thought he deflected it into the db and then it bounced up.. Either way it was bit behind

The first int was a tipped ball. The second was underthrown a bit but would have helped if the receiver was looking back at qb. You seem hung up on the picks like they were mind blowingly bad or something. The BC receivers were horrible last night. Dropped a ton of passes. They won't be able to throw Reilly under the bus like they did Jennings last year. Big Mike looked ready to snap last night. Not catching the ball isn't going to cut it with him.

good post

The BC defense just let the Bombers chew way too much time off the clock. That's the beauty of running the ball. You control the clock, you control the game. Also best way to beat Mike Reilly is to have him sitting on the bench waiting to come on the field

I know the cool thing to do around here is make fun of the Riders. We had the best defense last year in the league, and not much will change this year but yet you pick 5 or maybe 6 players off what is most likely going to be the worst defense in the league and suggest they will be upgrades in Sask?? Wow

He is turning 35. Even in his prime he has never been lane responsible. He doesn't play the run very well. Harris had a field day going right at him most of the night. No thanks. One trick pony

Full credit to Nichols for those td's. It broke down and he got his ass out of there and extended the play.

Obviously everyone else chipped in. Lets be honest here and get to the heart of the matter. Harris is a very good running back, he is even a great running back most of the time. Rookie head coach was definitely out coached by the more experienced O'Shea. To not be ready to load the box and shut down Harris was idiotic to say the least. The Bombers go where Harris goes. BC has a poor defence, can't think of one player I would want on the Riders that plays with them. So no, obviously one player didn't win it by himself. But the simple and very much expected game plan of just running the ball did the Lions in. Claybrooks has a lot to learn yet about being a head coach, his inexperience showed last night. The Bombers played a steady road game and simply made less mistakes than the Lions.

NIchol's does pretty well at what they ask him to do, which isn't much. But you are right, he was efficient.

Balance? I suppose you are right, sometimes Harris runs to the left instead of the right. Sometimes Matt throws a huge 2 yard pass to him, it isn't always a hand off.

You won because Harris had another great game. He is the team

How many 300 yard games did Reilly have? 12. How many did Nichols have? 1. Which team ran the ball and which team passed down field with it? Gable got his carries in games when they were ahead. Running the ball was never their game plan. No different than yesterday. Genius game planning by Ritchie to be ready to shut the run down. They only tried 4 times, I guess you scared them off. Meanwhile Reilly had no problem picking you apart for another 300 yard game. Dam lucky for you the BC receivers dropped about 10 passes or it would have been worse.

Its just part of what you get when you have Carter on your team. He is all-over the map. You will find that with Willie Jefferson this year

When does a MIke Reilly team ever run the ball? I don't see this as a major feat. That's about the same as stopping NIchols from manning up and standing in the pocket and passing

Congrats on the win guys. Happy fathers day to all of you out there that have done the deed.

I am disgusted. gonna take some time off from all this. How can we have a serious professional football league and allow this to happen. Don't care that we lost, that happens. Head shot against Rider QB's is becoming a joke. Unacceptable, no excuse for this

Most people believe it was Sean Lucas. The Riders never confirmed but i'm sure they know who wasn't supposed to be on the field. The other suspect was Armstead, no need for anyone in endzone to catch kick when the clock has run out. None the less we ran Kavis out of town. He will be hated forever in Sask

Players move on to other things. The fans never forget. That 13th man grey cup is still quite a vivid memory for me