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HH to Lapo, who is a pretty good color man / analyst I think. I am so bummed about the state of competition in the CFL these days that tbh I am kinda happy that a raw rookie QB made some plays and won a home game. We need some damn QBs in this league. What do people think of Crum? Legit dude who clutched out or a one-game wonder who took advantage of a disinterested Bomber team and will be killed by film? Is he a Kopp or a Streveler? He made some precise throws on that final drive, but damn the Bombers were playing with pillowy softness.

So with all this talk of easing Wilson back into the lineup, I wonder if the bombers could name him as the designated national and have him sub in for Briggs or Gauthier? He's in his third year with the Blue, so he qualifies, and our regular DN is Grant... max 23 snaps a game seems like a reasonable pace when it comes to easing a player back in, which is what I hear is happening.

yeah, I recall that post-achilles Moe Leggett was barely a shadow of himself.

OL and special teams gunner. When you're a coach and you've got a talent like ZC on your team, it's your job to find ways to get that guy onto the field.

it happens at all levels -- I know I've seen that graphic at Seahawks games in the past decade or so.

the best spot I've ever seen was the dance cam at the Seattle T-Birds games. I was too cool to dance for the camera and then I learned the dance cam winner got to ride the zamboni during second intermission. If I'd only know. I would've busted some epic moves to get to ride in ice pope style.

HH goes to the coaching staff for keeping McCrae on this year, which was a move that puzzled some folks on this board. For me the douchebag award must named the Phillion Trophy. If Garrett Marino had stuck around the league longer he would have been a candidate too but the dude was such a shitheel he managed to get kicked out of the whole damn league.

TSN had a sideline puff piece on Willy talking about how he was doing some of his offseason training in deep snow now that he's moved to Winnipeg. Prairie snowdrifts + dark web DNA might be the new hot regimen.

Who are the good tacklers in the CFL? Every week I see guys laying out big body blows, but good one-on-one form tackles seem rarer and rarer. I'm not sure if this is true or if it's something I just read, but it seems like since full-contact practices were limited tackling has been real iffy in the league.

oh man please keep those ugly-ass navy helmets away from the Bombers. But I think the Reinebold Year 2 change back to a gold helmet and pants really made that navy look pretty good. I've been watching Khari era games on youtube lately and the Bombers look even better than I remember then. Dig that massive chonky nameplate font. I'm sorry, but I think all-white uniforms make a football team look like a hippie cult

honorable crunch mention to Calgary 8 for demolishing his own returner after making an illegal block. (hope the dude's okay, that was a gnarly looking collision) block of the game: Blue threw a bunch of nice blocks to get a gassed McCrae 20 or 30 more yards.

O-train rollin. looking like a classic modern bomber game where we grind em to paste in the 4th.

he threw a bunch of blocks on the McCrae return.

wbbfan could have jumped off his couch and taken that to the endzone.

Isn't a time count violation in the last 3 minutes of a half a loss of down?

it's gotta be awkward in the huddle when the QB serves up a receiver and he gets Bighilled.

Sheehan picks up the spare.

Figure that Tait, as an employee of the Bombers, has to be diplomatic and non-confrontational. not the sort to count his money while sitting at the table.

out in the nation's capital, the Redblacks report that Tyree Adams, who beat the Elks last week, is done for the season with an ACL. that team is so snakebit that even your momma is tired of sucking the venom

the highlight package on cfl.ca actually included two TDs that were called back on penalties. that's how weak tea this game was.

I think the watermelon uniforms are the equivalent of our cammo ones -- came out during the 2014 leaguewide uglification. Don't think they wore them again after 2014. Anyway to bring it back to Stamps v. Bombers, I think the Stamps unis this year look primo -- bold red and clean white, shoulder stripes add a touch of flare without being obnoxious. Even their thirds aren't too bad, although they do the pajama thing.

The Roughriders use white pants on their retro alts -- I know I'm gonna get manure piled on me for this but I think their alts look pretty nice, probably the best you can do with green and white. They look like real throwbacks and I bet they would pop on a telethon broadcast.

oh yeah, I get what they were doing and why, it's just funny how bad both teams look on that sequence -- Edmonton repeatedly gets burned on the boundary corner ... and then Harris figures out one throw too late that he's been made.

I just watched the highlights because I'm not as strong as the rest of you. The sequence where Harris threw to the same corner 4x in a row, with the last one being intercepted in the endzone, was pretty weird. Don't think I've ever seen a QB lock in on a piece of turf like that before.

I think the uniforms are best ranked in tiers: S - anything 70s-80s looking. Royal blue or white jersey, gold pants, gold helmet. This is the way. B - 50s/60s retros. These are plain and unremarkable but at least they look like football uniforms. C - 2022 all-blues. Not a fan of onesie-looking pajama uniforms but they get some points for getting the color right. D - 75th anniversary gold + white pants. Not hideous, but pretty bad. gold is a trim color, not a primary color. E - the pigeon-poop camos. Plus one for fresh outside-the-box thinking. Minus several billion for pure failure. Bury them at the crossroads so they will not haunt us again. F - 75th anniversary gold + blue pants. those satin not-quite-navy blue pants are grotesque. Ryan Dinwiddie is thankful for these uniforms because his dead-duck interceptions were not the ugliest thing on the field in Grey Cup 2007.