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Five game winning streak. First win in Edmonton in ten years. First win in Regina in twelve years. We can't keep winning like this? We have the second longest win streak in the league right now next to Calgary, the number one team. Everyone wants the flash of Reilly or Collaros, but what does it matter if we're winning? I'm in Regina and still can't stop smiling. Came on here expecting to see people celebrating and instead the first two threads I read are doom and gloom. I was here the last time we won, and I was also here for every loss in between. There is no downplaying this win. It is huge.

We were in the red zone ONCE. So we were 0/1 in the red zone, and that included a dropped TD and Harris running out of bounds. The play calling was actually perfect. This thread is a joke.

I think Edmonton crosses over, they've not been dominant in their wins. Hamilton wins the East, Ottawa finishes second, TO and MTL both miss the playoffs. Winnipeg and BC battle for second with the back to back games getting split. BC has TO, MTL, EDM, OTT, WPG, WPG, EDM, SSK, SSK I predict they lose to one of TO or MTL in an upset, beat EDM, lose to OTT, split with us, lose to EDM, sweep SSK. So BC finishes with 11 wins and I think we will as well. Comes down to points when the dust settles. Hopefully our defence gives Jennings fits as despite his solid play, he has been prone to being impatient and a bit trigger happy.

Are you on one of the buses? I ended up doing the Friendly Manitoba bus (did the Star one a few years ago). We're in section 28 on the east side, where's everyone else?

Two of the first three drives we take penalties that put us in first and 20 when we had gotten first downs (and Nichols converts one of those first and 20s via 16 yard pass then 4 yard run). Harris steps out of bounds on a wheel route that's a guaranteed TD. Sack comes in untouched when we're on MTL half of the field. Sheppard runs out of bounds before catching a sideline toss. Another receiver runs a corner route right into the defender (then failed PI challenge). Our star RB fumbles on two promising drives after gaining first downs. The sluggishness in this game was definitely not on Nichols. He didn't make bad decisions, had no picks, managed the game at the end with a double-digit completion streak, and did what mattered most: got us the win. Take Mo's pick six out of the equation and we still generated enough points to win and that's all that matters. Since Nichols has come in, our team has had four games in a row of 30+ points. Under Willy, 30 points hadn't happened since the season opener last year, and over 30 hadn't happened since before that. A stifling D, a QB that isn't making costly mistakes, a RB that doesn't usually fumble, the best special teams in the league, and an O-line that has given up one sack in two games. I don't care if we don't have top ten receivers or a QB throwing a million yards, so long as we keep winning, that's all that matters! I absolutely agree that we'll see what we really have when our top receivers come back, but I think Nichols is doing far and away better with what he has at his disposal than Willy would be, and I'm a Willy supporter. Nichols now has a winning record as a Bomber QB, it's been years since anyone could say that.

Yep, although the first one was quite the sell by Bond. I re-watched it a few times laughing hard at the fact that the refs fell for Bond's act on that one.

GAME DAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!

How did I miss this news? Does anyone have a link?

Apparently Fredrick is hurt.

Randle 100% goes back in. We need his huge hits to set the tone. We've been very susceptible to quick outs that somehow turn into huge plays, he should shore that up quickly. Roberts has been serviceable, but his pick six against Hamilton was a gift from Masoli. It wasn't a Fogg or Leggett level catch. I'd probably take Adams over Frederick for now as well, but only so that Frederick has even more time to develop. They're both pretty close though and certainly a good problem to have.

Sadly, I remember watching a Khari-led team lose to a third-stringer by the name of Rocky Butler. My Labour Day memories are rough. But this year we break the streak!

Don't forget that those backups we played beat Ottawa (Kilgore), Edmonton and Toronto (Masoli). It's not like they weren't winning. Also seemingly forgotten in all of this is that technically, we're playing our backup QB too. I think it would be more reasonable for Calgary to ask themselves if they're for real since four of their wins have come against us (at a time when even Montreal was able to beat us) and Saskatchewan. In 2014 it was a near miracle that we were 5-1 (remember the last second game-winning drive in Montreal with Feoli-Gudino as the hero?). These three wins have been convincing and all out team efforts. Touchdowns with two minutes left from Edm and TO aside, all three of these wins have been sheer dominance. Is this real? Who knows. But right now I'd take this team over the 2011 and 2007 Bombers, and they both got us to the cup.

Wow, crazy game and crazy near comeback. That's three games in a row that Hamilton has spotted the opposition huge leads in the first half. Austin can't be happy.

No doubt. I'm just not willing to write him off after two games.

Hamilton trying their hardest to prove last week's blowout wasn't a fluke right now.

Conspiracy against them? The refs did everything in their power to hand Regina a touchdown at the end of the first half with three extremely questionable penalties. Calgary receivers did their best to not catch, Cal defenders dropped easy picks. The only folks to blame for the Riders loss are themselves.

Or terrible five yard penalties, like a casual offside that is inconsequential to the play with no time left on the clock...

Or if their receivers or defenders could make any catches.

After a run of 16 straight Labour Day Classics I've missed the last three. With this being the last one at Toilet Field I'm thinking of making the trip. So, two questions: Who is going? Who wants to go? My old crew have all stopped going so I'm looking to find another orphan, or maybe jump on a bus tour. Any takers?

Kris Adams has a ton of potential if he can just shake the psychological stuff. He's 1/4 on deep passes and could have caught all four. I don't want to give up on him yet, I worry that he'll be another Bowman (or Peterson), in that we'll ship him off to another team after he's gotten all his dropsies out here and then go on to be a star.

Torn as well. On the conservative side, a Rider loss helps with our bid to make the playoffs. On the optimistic side, a Stamps loss gives us a better shot at first, especially since they own the season series. Being that I'm a realist and go with my heart, I'm with Mike on this one. Stamps by 95.

We have a second bye in week 16 though, don't we? I think every team gets two byes now that we're at nine teams, one team each week.

Wonderful as always, DoD. The one and only thing I don't agree with (and the nit pickiest of nitpicks in yet another awesome game), was Ian Wild being his usual studly self. I actually thought this was his worst game of the season (worst for Wild, still better than most LBers). He whiffed a few key plays (hit on the RB in the backfield, go-ahead sack), and it often seemed he was a step away from the receivers in his zone, leading to catch then tackle, rather than a knockdown. Again, I love Wild, I'm loving this team, very little to complain about, but I do think it wasn't his best game.

A broken clock something something twice a day...

Once again I'm disappointed after putting my faith in Glenn. Some things never change.