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Zach Collaros: "We have guys like Adam Bighill, Paddy (Neufeld), Jake (Thomas) and Stan (Bryant) and Willie (Jefferson) and Jackson (Jeffcoat), Mikey (Couture) and Jessie (Briggs). Guys that I kind of sit back and I watch and try to take something from them. The way they conduct themselves. Not just in the building but at home with their families, too. I think I've grown a lot personally. So, I try to go out of my way to thank those guys for that and the way they handle themselves". I love that quote because Zach mentioned Jessie Briggs who has been a Bomber now for nearly a decade. How cool is that? A backup linebacker who has seen a few starts when there were injuries in the linebacking corps & a hardworking special teams player. Not just that, though. What a nice compliment coming from a player like Collaros. I'm sure Briggs appreciates it. A Jessie Briggs story: In 2002, Jessie was an undersized running back for the Pee Wee team I coached with called the Southwest Calgary Wildcats. When I say undersized, If he stood 4 1.2 feet tall & weighed 80 lbs soaking wet that was a bonus. He played against linebackers who were 70 lbs heavier, His fullback was 160 lbs. My son Tyler was the Wildcats qb. These kids were 11 & 12 years old. We breezed thru the season 8-0 winning the South Division crown, We crushed our semi final opponent & then we faced our biggest rival, the Nothwest Calgary Cowboys who routinely won championships in pee wee & bantam every year. Their coaches & players always carried a swagger back then. They knew they were good & we hated them. They didn't like us much either. They went 7-1 with their only loss being against us in the regular season. We met the Cowboys in the Pee Wee City Final. It was a defensive game as it was 0-0 with only 2 or 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter. We called a run play up the middle between our Center & Right Guard. They both opened up a hole & little Jessie shot through for a 70 yard touchdown run. No one was going to catch him & we won the game 8-0. Converts were worth 2 points as they're not easy to do for 11 & 12 year olds. We won the game & Jessie was the hero. We went on & beat a team from Edmonton to win the Provincial Pee Wee Championship. Jessie & his family moved to Kelowna in the off season after pee wee & he continued playing. I never saw him again until the Bombers drafted him & he had grown into a 225 lb linebacker playing for the Bombers. Now he's a 2 time Grey Cup champion. a leader on the team & hopeully going for a three peat. I'm sure Jessie remembers scoring that TD against the Cowboys, 20 years ago. It sure is a great memory.

That is exactly my point. When a coach rests his starters, he's basically trading the chance to win over protecting his players. Considering everything, O'Shea should be satisfied (maybe not happy) with the way the team played on Saturday. I don't necessarily buy the line that losing sucks because he didn't dress his best team. He knew the Bombers would be at a big disadvantage by not playing all his starters. BTW, I agree guys like Collaros should be protected & players like Neufeld, Yoshi & Bryant needed rest. I just was surprised with Coach's comments, that's all.

I saw the Calgary Sun headline that O'Shea was unhappy we lost. As good a coach as he is, I just don't get the mindset. He rests a number of veterans, plays a rookie qb in his first start & we go into BC Place & put up 32 points on a high scoring team that really should have blown us up. We have three missed FG's & 2 pick 6's. take those away we win going away. If Mike O'Shea hates losing so much, then he should play his starters & win. He should be satisfied that his 2nd string qb looks like he has the potential to be a starter for us. that the backups played hard & the overconfident Lions had to work hard to beat us.

maybe it was me but I sawRourke just sneering on the sidelines obviously enjoying the going on by the Lions. They think they can beat us, well bring it, fools.

Rourke will be a sitting duck if he plays. He won't have the escapability he once had. Our 2 Defensive Ends will have their fill of the guy.

With your posting style, the last guy you should criticize here is Booch. Unreal. You love arguing & stirring the pot with everyone. So you were called a name. Get over it. Ever thought that your arguing is becoming so damed annoying.

Life goes on. Restrictions are (probably) over. As we see, society is just getting on with it.

I was going to say the noose is tightening in Saskatchewan but there'll be no firings.

Evans sure looks like a bust as a starting qb. For every big play he makes he has 2 bad ones.

Not arguing either but short yardage is all he has to show for as a "veteran" qb.

I think it was.

He can't complete a pass over 5 yards. All he can do is short yardage. He really is a crap qb. Sixth or 7th year in the CFL & still can't read a defense. Dom "Cement Head" Davis. What other 30 year old plus qb is doing short yardage??

I have a thread started on the Stamps-Ti cats game. I shouldn't have posted here.

Hamilton kicker Seth Small with a big wind assisted 57 yard FG to give the Cats a 24-15 lead in the 3rd quarter. Simoni Lawrence. If he can't hurt opposing players then start taking out his own. Anyone think Jovon Santos-Knox is overrated?

Ti Cat receivers just suck. Hamilton kicker Seth Small with a BIG wind assisted field goal of 57 yards. Oops wrong thread.

We went out for dinner & came back to see the Cats are ahead of the Stamps 21-10. Didn't see a game day thread so I figured I'd start one. Second half underway. Another greta crowd in Calgary. The Philpott brothers. Lots of talent with them but always getting injured. I wonder about their endurance & toughness.

Massivbe chip? he's lucky to still be in the league. There are a 500 qbs in the US who can do what he does.

Of course the guy here claiming we have big egos has the biggest ego of all. Looks like his big ego shrank his brain.

My son & his wife live in Edgewood, Wa. Ottawa offense playing better because no LaPo.

Nick Arbuckle & Trey Hornbuckle. Or is it Trey Arbuckle & Nick Hornbuckle. Wait, what???? Lol.

LaPo was never a qb. He was a D3 receiver. He doesn't look at the defense the way a qb does. Jacques Chapdelaine was a receiver as well. Both offenses are set up differently & aren't qb friendly. My son played qb for Chap at SFU. It was his CFL offense that he modified for 4 down football. The qbs all had difficulties picking it up. The terminology & plays are different. Both Chap & LaPo didn't have a lot of success calling the plays in the CFL either.

Will Arndt calling the plays. Young coach, good for him.

The RedBlacks do look like a different team under Bob Dyce. Who is calling the plays?

Yeah. That's right. And to thank Parcells who rescued Belichek's career after his firing in Cleveland Belichek screwed him over with the NY Jets HC job. I just want LaPo to stay the **** away from the Bombers.