do or die

Nice ole by the Rider defender on the sideline......

....and make it a 50/50 ball.........

Bad, bad, football, all round.....

Elks are quite capable.........of blowing this.

Riders going into the crapper, two weeks in a row.....

Or was finished....

Great weather, great crowd..... Zac completes to Wolt, Bailey, Olivera.... Oliveria follows with 2 carries for 24 Zac waits....then throws a dart to Demski.... .....as he breaks right in front of goalposts...TD! Nice opening drive.....well overdue... McCrae runs, then catches for FD... Blue OL picks up blitz...Zac to Bailey for 17... Zac hits Bailey on identical pattern for 21.. Prukop QB draw for another 17. Bombers chewing up yards and clock.... Hitch pass to Demski....then Prukop comes in... ....another good QB draw....and dives into end zone.. TD! Things going perfectly....except for extra point Better mix of plays so far...by Bomber O. up 13-0 Hickson with good run up the middle. CF to Moore... ....to midfield, then finds him again. Riders take holding penalty ...but Fajardo completes 3rd down pass to Hardy.. CF overthrows Moore on long pass....but Parker gets cheap PI. Ball on the 1, 2nd down sneak makes it 13-7 on 100 yd drive.. Was expecting a defensive struggle......perhaps not. ZC goes long on sideline to Demski....Riders called for PI. Schoen catches 9 yarder and gets popped pretty good.... Zac to Demski...who breaks a tackle, cuts inside into end zone TD!! 80 yd drive. 3 possessions - 3 TD's. 20-7 Bombers Wonder what the time of possession looks like? Couple of completions and roughing penalty to Nichols.... Riders moving the ball again....go for it on 3rd down, again... ....Moore either has ball ticked by Parker or just drops it....turnover! Collaros has lots of time to find Bailey over the middle for 20. Bailey catches another for FD. Having a nice game so far... Zac quick pass to that man, Bailey...who gets to the outside.... ...then dives for the end zone flag. TD! 27-7.... 30 seconds left CF completes a couple passes....Lauther with 53 yd FG. 27-10. Halftime. Some bending by Bomber D...but the O is a machine.. Kickoff. Alford takes it...finds a gap...and down sideline for 90 yd TD. 27-17. MOS won't like that one. Riders hanging around.... ZC has Schoen for 28 yds. Leggs pumps in 45 yd FG.... Bombers finally had to settle for 3...instead of 7..... 30-17 Blue. Hickson sweeps for 20. The most effective Rider by a mile... Hickson takes pitch for FD. Hallett called for roughing Moore with nice diving catch in end zone....but Riders holding... Commander Cody gets some pressure....and uncorks famous spin move.... .....right into a waiting Jeffcoat. Lauther with the field goal. 30-20 now. Demski runs for 7, then a run for 9 and reception for 7. Oliveria pounds for 7, Riders take "misconduct penalty" Sask doing the usual dumb thing on penalties... Zac tired of throwing to the usual suspects.....so he... ....throws sideline to O'Leary-Orange for the TD! For Riders it is like the Coyote chasing the Roadrunner.. 70 yard drive this time. 4 TD passes for Collaros.... Sask's vaunted D, getting roughed up, pretty good.. Bomber OL looking more like last year's version 5 TD....and a FG....in 6 possessions!! Pass almost picked by Rose. Jefferson engulfs CF for sack.. Zac up the middle to Schoen, who is rocked again... Demski takes pitch right down to the Rider 10 Drive stalls....and Leggs with 22 yd FG. 40-20 Blue. Nothing like drinking without clenching..... Jefferson strips ball from Fajardo....Jeffcoat recovers.. Dru Brown is in. Sacked, but Riders call for IC downfield... Toss to OLO broken up.....pass to Demski overthrown... ....MOS challenge for PI and gets it. Ball on Rider 1. Prukop with the sneak TD. Leggs makes it 47-20. Still not a single punt attempted by Leggo.... Dolegala in at QB. Couple of completions.... 3rd down gamble. Evans gets behind Rose at goal line.... ...and drops the TD pass. Nothing doing for Riders, today. Blue have first punt attempt....with 3:00 minutes left. Insane. Dolegala tries again....pass picked off by Rose... runs it back to Sask 25. Couple of Augustine runs. Brown runs play action..... ....and hits Schoen with nice pass in end zone. TD!! 54-20. Beatdown. Bomber O too much, today..... Banjo Bowl champs! 12 and 1 for this season..... Bombers almost perfect. Do or Die almost soused.

No, no.....its "streamlining" services for "efficiency"

Actually Riders had 3 big plays off of missed tackles, on CF, in the backfield. If you limit his ``schoolyard``stuff......they will struggle on O

This time - no Trump to bail him out

It's no loss..

Having done a bit of it......the mental concentration and confidence...... is as important as technique....Leggs can use the Rider game as a springboard.

Yup, handy if we need a 3 yard hitch pattern

...backed up by napkins, in the glove compartment.

Nah, it was more like a scouting trip in a used station wagon with half a tank of gas.....

On second thought...perhaps Marino was simply "playing on the edge" Bah

If the game situation is favorable....Bomber O needs to call a "pile on" right on this guy....

Hickson running effectively.... D looking tentative....soft coverage... Fajardo completes a couple of first downs... CF sneaks in for the TD....70 yard drive looked easy... Bad opening on D.. Bombers give up single on kickoff. 11-0 Riders. Zac over the middle to Demski for 15... Zac finds McCray for 17 yards.... Collaros pressured....stripped of the ball.... .....Riders recover......this is not trending well.... CF completes 4 short passes...... Jefferson kills that drive with his sack of Fajardo.. Lauther hits 47 yd FG...now 11-0..... Brutal first quarter for the Blue....Riders 140 yds on O. CF finds Evans who takes it down to the Bomber 30 Hickson catches hitch pass....but falls down short of marker... 30 yard FG has Riders up 14-0. Wake up call required. Zac throws to Wolitarsky on 2nd down for 20... Zac finds Bailey for 10. Collaros has time..... ...and hoists up a long ball dime to Demski... ..who makes a nice over shoulder catch for the 50 yd TD!! 14-7 Riders. Huge play for the Bombers. Cody F. called for delay of game.... ....but avoids tackle, finds Hickson who rolls down to Blue 25. Rider FG makes it 17-7. Oliveria keeps getting the 1st down carry....with little result.. Leggs back to punt...2 Riders on top of him.....disaster. But somehow Leggs steps between them and gets off good punt... CF with time count violation...then a Riders offside.... CF pressured - incomplete. Draw to Hickson stuffed.... Good field position. McCray sweeps for 15.... ZC rolls out and has Schoen in the back of the end zone.... ....drops a dime in there...nice catch for the TD!! 17-14.... Starting to feel a bit better about things...gin consumption leveled off.... Fajardo screens to the elusive Hickson for good gain... Sask with holding penalty....then CF sacked by Jeffcoat..... Commander Cody feeling the heat now...throws it away... Olivera runs for short gain. Do we have any other play on FD? Zac throws to Demski and Bailey for first downs.... Prukop comes in and runs round the end for another.... Leggo comes in and hits 42 yd field goal 17-17 tie at the half.. Oliveria gets tough yard on yet another first down run.... Blue scratch out a FD.......punt.....kick coverage good so far... Hickson makes 3 Bomber miss.....for 8. CF pressured by Jefferson... ...but escapes and has Lenius for big gain.....and gets Riders out of a hole.. 57 yard FG attempt by Lauther misses....Holm with pretty good return... Bombers go two and out. Hickson takes screen and goes for 25... Blue DB coverage still looks soft Holm with 20 yd punt return.... Hansen goes down, helped off the field. No points by either team in 3rd Q. Fajardo throws his best pass of the game - 27 yards to Evans... Duke Williams takes a "misconduct" penalty, while wearing street clothes.... .....absolute winner of the dumbest penalty of the year... Riders follow that up with illegal blocking call.......now out of FG range... Collaros's long pass almost caught by Demski....but pass knocked away... CF gets sacked by Rutlidge. Both teams having hard time moving the ball... Punt goes over Holm's head and has to concede the go ahead single 18-17 Riders... Zac rolls out and hits Schoen for FD. Zac finds Woltman for another.. Leggs comes out with 3:00 left to try a 55 yard FG with the wind..... .....and drills it right through!! 20-18 Bombers. Fajardo throws a couple of passes for FDs. Hickson takes option play... ....and runs down to the Bomber 26. Need a D hold, here... CF throws up the middle, off Hickson's hands..... .....and Hallet comes up and intercepts it!!! Bomber ball!! Zac 2nd down pass to Woltman for huge first down.... Demski sweeps for 8. Prukop in, and he runs round the end for FD. Bombers finally have to punt, but Alford stays in bounds on the return.. 8 seconds left. Fajardo throws up a prayer.....but receiver double covered... ....and knocked down by Bighill...45 yds down the field.... Game over. 11-1. Bombers just kept plugging away ....as I keep drinking away...

If I am coaching the Riders.....Duke can stay in street clothes...

Any confidence Leggs had lost in the Montreal game......certainly comes back with 55 yd game winning FG......

Too bad the Riders were left with no timeout... 😄

Bighill 45 yards down the field, to knock down that pass

Big, big kick.....for the kid

Dumbest penalty of the year We have a winner

Challenge that?