Captain Blue

Really like Hamilton's, really LOVE Montreal's. I wish we had gotten a nice one.

I still don't understand why the thinking that it will even out in the end holds water. Of course in an East vs East game someone wins and as a result an East team will finish with a semi-decent record. What this scheduling has shown us is that that team simply isn't likely very good. So what if Montreal beats Ottawa, Hamilton and Toronto once? Beating bad teams does not automatically make you a good one.

Alex Hall is better than Greg Peach, but with that said I'll also note that Peach has been a really, really good lineman this year for us. After seeing him last year I was worried they would keep him only because he 'tries hard' and has a 'high motor.' This year I think he's shown that he's more than just effort.

I liked the idea for "Green is the new Orange", obviously since it plays off the tv show. "Green is the new Blue" is lazy. It doesn't make sense in that it's not witty or funny. They took a good gag and thought they could re-use it, but it doesn't work as well if it's not linked to Orange Is the New Black. I don't really care either way, but if you're going to have some fun with rivals at least make worth the time of reading the billboard.

What is all this talk about Hall not being a great player? Dude was dominant here. I would love to have him back. The whole "not being a run stopper" thing is just a meme that really comes from him being a lean, athletic end. Obviously he's known more for his outstanding pass rush, but I would not classify run-stopping as a weakness for him either. Re: Etch defense. Etch loves versatility and speed. Hall really can only play end here but I think Etch would do wonders with having another dominant pass-rusher with a ton of speed. Would not be surprised to see Hall wind up on occasion dropping into coverage in the flats on designed zone blitzes. Vega-Turner-Thomas/Anderson-Hall? Sign me up.

Glen Suitor's favourite word is "handfighting."

Say what you want about Etch and his schemes, but the results this year have been great. There was only two (?) big plays that I can remember - Carter's run and Sutton's - and Sutton's would have been smaller had we wrapped up at any of the many opportunities we had. I think Etch has done outstanding work.

I think playcalling is an easy target. Let me be clear: I have questions about it like everyone else, but I think Bellefeuille has us on the right track. On each play there's 30,000 people in the stands that each have their own idea on what the call should be and then there's everyone else at home too. Some of the success in the second half was a result of better execution by the players.

Perhaps you haven't noticed him since he isn't chirping at the refs and taking a penalty.

Its definitely reasonable to make a judgement on Cotton after four carries today. That or confirmation bias. I'll take the latter.

I think the tendency is to think that how you play one week is going to be how you play the next week. Such a small league and any upset is possible really. I don't think we'll win, but I won't eliminate the possibility yet either.

Good: This team. Good teams find a way to win tough games, even when a bad opponent is giving you one heck of a challenge. Leggett is freaking phenomenal. Same with Randle. Our whole secondary had a solid game tonight. Its amazing what a good returner on special teams can do. Stoudermire has completely changed that side of the ball. Speed, vision, and ball security so far have all been great. I had said previously that Woods had great ball security but wasn't a great threat while Demond was the opposite. Stoudermire seems like the best of both of them. Bad: Agree on Nick Moore. My concern is that his hands have always been the problem with him. Fumbles, drops...seems kind of what the Nick Moore Experience has always been about. He needed to haul down that high pass from Willy. Offense sputtered for most of the game. This one isn't so much a "bad" for today but our OL is still weak and January and Neufeld got hurt today. January returned but apparently was really limping in the locker room. This line is going to be weak until we can get healthy. Ugly: Those jerseys looked like pajamas. Also the 'W' impacted my viewing more than I thought. Perhaps I just wasn't used to it enough. Tom Higgins. He was awful tonight. Didn't challenge the Randle one which probably would have drawn a cheap flag, and then challenged the one after. You would think someone who worked in officiating would know what to do more frequently. He doesn't seem to have any idea what he wants to do with his team either. Not even sure he's really running the team at this point. Glen Suitor - for being his usual ignorant self and not understanding what is and isn't pass interference. He and Tom Higgins are still scratching their heads about that rule.

Do you work in a men's bathhouse? No, just a professional nudist.

Bomber wear would interfere with my suit. Birthday suit, rather.

How much influence does one season have to have though? I think this season has so far shone a light on the debate, but really, I think the argument could be made that in a 9 team league one superdivision just makes it more fair. So regardless of what happens in the crappy East this year, I think this should definitely be looked at.

Sheets is still an Oakland Raider and is being looked at as a primary returner and depth RB. I don't think he'll be back this year.

Okay. So you think there's no point. And plenty of others do. What's the point in arguing about it? We get your point. I feel like a fan petition to change a jersey but have more viability than a petition to the "aquarium people" to make them build an aquarium in Winnipeg. that aquarium petition had over 100,000 names. This petition might have 100. How i envision you right now: I mean, I am trying to figure out how a petition affects you. Don't want to sign out? Fine. But its like you're actually insulted someone would attempt to petition for something they feel strongly about and are determined to shoot it down.

Okay. So you think there's no point. And plenty of others do. What's the point in arguing about it? We get your point. I feel like a fan petition to change a jersey but have more viability than a petition to the "aquarium people" to make them build an aquarium in Winnipeg. that aquarium petition had over 100,000 names. This petition might have 100. Who do you present an aquarium petition to? The ministry incharge of aquariums? You're a fool. Obviously that was intended for the Aquarium President of Winnipeg Aquariums, division of Aquariums Manitoba. A ministry would just be redundant.

Free Cotton!

Guys, its clearly not the jerseys, its that he allowed a team to attempt to use all capital letters for a name.

He's definitely done a lot of good for this league. That said, the question should be asked whether its from him or just a natural progression. A big TV contract, for example, is great. Was it because of Cohon or simply because football has continued to grow in popularity over the past decade? More likely the latter. He still deserves credit for helping grow the game but I'm somewhat interested to see what a new person can do. The biggest failures for Cohon have been finding ownership groups and fixing the officiating.

Is it at all possible, if there is enough disdain for the uniforms, that Reebok "updates" it for next year's game? I can't see the Bombers, who have poured lots of resources to boast the history of the club be thrilled with having a single-coloured uniform

It'd be neat to see a photoshopped version of a blue and gold helmet. Hopefully not as bold as the Jags one:

I think their all-black helmets look ridiculous. The red ones and the new ones look good.

If we wanted something really busy, this just popped up in the Twitter feed: