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you say and think that, but were we? after all, the first 9 games of the season, and the only 9 that Nichols played, 7 of those 9 games were against 4 teams that a) finished as the bottom 2 of each division, and b) didn't make the playoffs... but regardless, unless there is a change at OC and will have to settle once again for a Nichols/Streveler led team... I don't see us being able to attract a proven QB like Masoli while Lapo is the OC... same reason why we can't attract 'big name' receivers, nobody wants to play in the 'Dink & Dunk' system... at least not by choice...

that's cordial of you, Mark, thanks! I plan on hanging here, the place has a good vibe...

geez... where to start? how about with... 1) maybe you shouldn't expect to win a game when you score 20 or fewer points, but, you should expect to win a game when the last time your offense touches the ball they put together a 4th quarter, 63 yd, 6 min 35 sec touchdown scoring drive, that included 4 first downs, that gave your team the lead while leaving a mere 3:18 left to play in the game... not to mention, Medlock follows up the scoring drive with a 79 yd kickoff that found the Riders being their drive on their own 5 yard line... yeah, I expect to win that game... 2) maybe you shouldn't expect to win a game when you score 20 or fewer points but you do realize that this game was won by a team that scored fewer than 20 pts (19-17), don't you? maybe we should have been awarded that win because they shouldn't expect to win a game with fewer than 20 pts... that seems only fair... 3) maybe you shouldn't expect to win a game when you score 20 or fewer points but that happened 11 times during the 2019 season... if you increase that number by just 1 pt to 21 pts it was accomplished 8 more times, or a total of 19 times during the season... in fact, Hamilton won a game this year by the score of 13-10... 4) 20 pts seems a bit... specific, doesn't it? why not 19 pts, or 21 pts... should you expect to win the game if you do score 21 pts instead of 20? I mean after all the entire league only averaged 24.7 pts per game this season... 4 teams had an average of 22.8 or fewer... granted, they didn't win a bunch of games but one team in that group made the playoffs with an average score of 22.6 pts per game! crazy, huh? Ottawa managed to go entire season and only average a mind numbing 17.3 pts per game! 5) would it really have made a difference if we say that the Bombers have the same exact scenario as in #1 above, but, that touchdown puts the Bombers up 36-35 with 3:18 left in the game... then the Riders have the walk off FG to win the game 38-36... would it have been the defense's fault then for losing the game? to me, and maybe it's just me, but any time your team puts together a final possession drive to take the lead, regardless of the final score or how many points were scored, the offense has done it's job and it's up to the defense to secure the win, or, if nothing else, get them the ball back with some time left on the clock to try and score again... the defense on this day did neither... 6) the Bomber's offense out scored the Riders in the second half, maybe the defense shouldn't have given up so many points in the first half! see how that works? 7) you are correct, the Bombers did not get a first down in the first quarter... that was was kind of hard to do when your defense was giving up 9 first downs in the first quarter to the other team... however, the offense did manage to get first downs when it mattered the most, that late game go ahead scoring drive (see item 1 above), which was for nothing as the defense promptly follow that up by allowing the Riders 6 first downs on the following drive to get that walk off, game winning FG... 6... SIX... VI... seis... one more than 5, but one less than 7, 6 first downs in less than 3 minutes... I could probably come up with more reasons but I'll stop at 7... I think 7 serves my side of the conversation well...

at the LDC? I recall something very different and a game that the D gave back to the Riders... because, I recall that the last time the O came off the field with 3 mins to go in the 4th quarter the Bombers had the lead... the D couldn't stop them for nothing and they chewed up the whole 3 mins and left with a walk off game winning field goal...

even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while...

nnoooooooo... not in a million years...

who would have thought that anyone would hold Calgary to only 14 pts, at home, in a playoff game? but 14 of their 18 reg season games were decided by 7 or fewer pts, hence my spread...

here's the deal... today we only gave up 200 yds of net offense, in our last game we gave up right at 400 yds net offense... which is part of the problem... as good as they played today you can expect a like performance next week... you'd like to, but can't... hopefully they've figured something out though... and if you recall, I said right after the Demski 33 yd TD run that he wouldn't be given the ball again the rest of the game, and they didn't... Harris is struggling, had 1 run of 9 yds, the first of the game, and another of 13 yds... everything else was 2 or 3 yds and they just keep feeding him... why not give Demski another shot at carrying the ball? not that I have anything against Harris, but, if others are getting it done and he isn't, there isn't any crime in giving the ball to the hot hand...

pj, why didn't you use your screen name from the other forum?

Stamps, 209 total yards on the day... Bo, 116 yds passing... lol...

I was close... I had Bombers 28, Stamps 21...

this won't make me miss him any more where he's gone... got an apple and his road map sitting here beside me...

Suitor is an idiot... where do they find these guys?

I just saw a fat lady on the sidelines and it looked like she had sheet music in her hand??

you should get 4 points if you ricochet it off the upright... just sayin'...

the 'Harris up the middle' just isn't working...

they won't be happy until Strev is dead, I guess...

O.M.G.

Calgary only has 122 yds of offense!

Davin says hello!

its a shame he put that one on the ground... would have been great field position...

I guess they could just give it to him on every play...

Demski: 3 carries, 53 yds Harris: 8 carries, 38 yds

seriously? Harris had had more touches than anyone, but a long shot... Harris 10 touches, next high man, 3 touches...

and people talk about Streveler's decision making on throws... ugh!