do or die

Fear the Heater

Get rid of Nelson.

Nice effort from Demski....but tackling could use some more weight, there

Heavy to the sideline....

Zac oozing confidence, right now....

When the Stove comes in.....running against the Blue D will become more difficult.......Richardson is a very strong/disruptive force against the run, and also a powerful bull rusher inside.

Collaros stirs the drink. His ability to move around back there, buy time and deliver the ball, while moving.....gives this O, a much different dimension and more downfield threat. The passing accuracy has been very good, as well..........

Sorry about the Odds and Sods.....think I have the editing problem cleared up now. Suitor doing his usual Rider fanboy stuff, I hear.....

Beauty of a day for sellout, Bomber football…. Powell doing some effective running…. Taylor deked out of his shoes..after catch by Moore Rider drive killed by a drop by Hardy Bombers give up points again…on first drive 3-0 Zac complete to Adams and Woltman….. Big 2nd down pass to Bailey for 15, ZC finds Lawler, Harris run falls short… But Riders have……too many men on the field! Zac zipps it in to Lawler…down to Rider 17….. Harris busts up the gut to the 7….then down to the 2.. McGuire burrows in for the TD. 6-3 Bombers…. …as Leggo misses the extra point What is it with the Rider D line and these offsides Morrow clobbered on KR. Several Bombers miss tackles on hitch pass, to Powell Powell bursts for 12……Riders sticking with the run game Bombers not dominating the LOS, right now Fajardo completes down to the Bomber 25…. Cody finally feels the heat and dumps ball away Rider FG makes it a 6-6 game Harris stuffed on 2nd down attempt…. Fajardo is buried by Jeffcoat and Bighill…. ….but then finds huge hole up the middle… ..scrambles for big gain.... Fajardo pressured...throws it up to no one in particular... .....except Bighill who makes nice diving INT.. Zac to Demski on a slant....who finds the sideline... ...and rolls for big gain to Sask 40... Zac hammered and completes to Wolt, who is on his back. 50 yard punt by Leggo….uh, I mean missed FG attempt Some concern about this kicking, moving forward…. Commander Cody finds a guy iso’ed on Bighill, along sideline… …..for 50 yd gain. 2 runs by Powell…then 2 incompletes Red zone D is the one thing Bomber D is doing right, so far… Crowd has shut up, somewhat…. Blue being outplayed… Harris for 9…..McGuire comes in…to, oops…..play action pass…. ….right down the pipe to Demski all the way to Rider 14 Zac scrambles and finds Bailey down to the 1 McGuire pounds it in…..now 12-9 Bombers…. Suddenly a brawl fest in end zone……Demski roughed up… …while Harris rips the helmet right off some dude Officials have a meeting and eject 2 Riders….but not Harris…. ……crowd cheering. Leggo misses extra point…crowd booing.. Leggo follows that up….with a KO out of bounds. Not good enough. Powell with a couple more good runs….and more missed tackles on D.. Cody F. scrambles out and finds Moore down to the Bomber 40.. Mike Jones breaks up pass at the goal line…..Sask challenge for PI….. ….but no dice. Lauther misses 50 FG attempt…. Nelson returns it….and does his run to the sideline thing….. Willie J. blows in and sacks Fajardo, who hits his head on the turf… ….and is walked to the dressing room… Zac finds Lawler down the middle on 2nd down for 22…. ….Rider roughing penalty tacked on….gets it to the Sask 30…. Harris on draw play….uses 2nd and 3rd effort for a first down… Zac looks for Lawler deep ….he is pulled down…obvious PI.. Mike Edem heads for the dressing room, holding his arm….. …while receiving plenty of “encouragement” from the fans.. McGuire pushes it in for TD #3….will he lead the league in scoring? Leggo makes the extra point….fans cheering somewhat ironically…. 19-9 Riders will need a bunch of field goals, here…. Harker comes in and scramble/passes it down to the Bombers 40 Lauther misses a 40 yarder…..bad kicking some kinda disease, here… Powell runs for 15 with yet more missed tackles. Riders jump offside. Bomber 3 man rush….but Jefferson strips the ball from Harker….. …..Riders recover…but it is a 22 yard loss…. 3 straight completions to Demski, Wolt, and Bailey have Blue moving.. Rider take yet ANOTHER offside call. Boning themselves with this stuff…. Collaros looks downfield and spots Adams 10 yards behind his man…… Zac lays the ball right in there…..for an easy peasy 40 TD pass. Leggo adds a bonus extra point….now 25-9 Bombers. 30,000 fans now won’t shut up….. Blue kick coverage good today…..rest of ST’s shaky….. Riders punt….Nelson busts return for 6 or 7 yards….. Leggo has punted pretty well at least Harker with more short passes….then sacked by Hansen….. 2nd down dump pass snuffed out by Bighill…. Harris uses classic spin move up the middle, for 15 Zac chucks up long ball over the back shoulder to Lawler… ....right on target….Lawler goes up and comes down with it.. 55 yd TD. Those 30K fans…still won’t shut up 33-9 with 2 minutes left Bombers run out the clock, with yet another Rider offside in the mix Riders without a touchdown or a point in 2nd half for 2 straight weeks… Bombers putting up crazy defensive record in points allowed…. Do or Die putting down crazy amounts of gin…..

Kicking auditions start at around 6:30 tonight

Key word being "legitimate"

You run right up at a receiver, and never look back for the ball......that gets you a penalty pretty well every time

When it comes to getting downhill to the flats....this guy is the deal....

This strikes me as a fine idea.

Green Riders without the horses The Blue wave crashes on the shore Team unbeaten, only illusion

We are surely setting Nelson up for success, this weekend.....

Blame the gin....

Just establish things from the get-go: Get Harris going early, and set up some play action passes. Smack Commander Cody, early.......that hit by Bighill, got him nervous in the service... Run a punt back for more than 5 yards Tighten up on the kick return coverage Bring the serious noise.....bust the decibel meter

Then you didn't see the guy at training camp, particularly the "hell camp" in Gimili.....

I am with Harris "There's nothing better than shutting up 30,000 fans."

I fantasize, sometimes........ that my call, one night, on the ole CJOB Football Hotline....helped Rogers get fired. Had to cling to something, in those days......other than the gin glass.

Yup, wanted that fella gone in midseason. Predicted that if we kept him till seasons end....it would be miserable. It was. As in .389 winning percentage?

Christ, I lived through all that.....as well as the Joe Zaleski era. And man, some of those other coaches...... Darryl Rogers - arrogant fool who drove 2 teams in different leagues, right into the ground (Bombers, Detroit Lions) Jim Daley - wonderful guy, who as a "defensive specialist" coached some Bomber D's to historical records. As in all-time CFL bad. Mike Kelly - uber-arrogant guy who had some serious behavioural issues, while certainly not re-inventing the game of football. Tim Burke - obvious that right from the get go, he had no bloody clue. Throwing players under the bus, couldn't bail him out. Comparatively, a guy like Zaleski gets some pass from me...as those teams simply had NO TALENT, period.

Yup. Looks like Bombers have managed to take Wolt who looked like a capable inside guy and have converted him into a total waste of space.

Well, I wanted Taman canned.....but for a variety of reasons...