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I don't think the anger will subside much over the next while. We've been here too many times, and this one really chafes because we have the horses to do better. The problems have been there off and on all season but never really fixed; the "bend, then break" defense has not been able to adapt very well, our linebacking is very suspect, the D-line did not get good pressure on the opposing QB consistently, and we have had too many stretches where the offence was AWOL. I had reservations about LaPolice but he has redeemed himself in my eyes, but O'Shea and Hall have not. The O-line is solid, Nichols is good enough, at least for now, and the running game and receivers are good enough, but we still need a top-flight Canuck receiver.

I am definitely cheering for the 'Cats. They are underdogs with a lot of missing players and I am not a fan of Maas. A long shot, but these things do happen every now and again.

I expect BC to try to run against the Bombers a lot, at least at first. Jennings threw up what, 5 interceptions in the last two games? Should the Lions be successful, the secondary will have to have to close up to the line of scrimmage and the Bomber linebackers will not be able to drop into coverage. Then Jennings can shred the Bombers' secondary. I do not think we have the best set of linebackers.

The CFL has always been in a state of near-crisis. Nothing new here.

Harris may not be as effective as hoped- BC's linebackers may be the best in the league and their D-line is not bad, either. I think their secondary is vulnerable and I do wish that we had Gurley in the lineup instead of Smith.

Great. Now we just have to stifle Sinkfield and Ryan Whatisname and we're gold. Apparently Gore has ongoing concussion problems and his career may be over.

Absolutely agree that we cannot let Jennings get into a rhythm and/or get ahead by more than a field goal or so. Our offence is not potent enough to play catch-up every game. If Jennings get rattled or frustrated, he will likely start trying to force the ball.

McDuffie and Fogg are both quick and fast but Fogg seems to have that spidey sense to find the holes.

One can dream, can one not?

Well, there would be a warm comfy place here....

(yawn)

Could it come down to the kickers? If so, I like our chances.

Afterthought: Could Hurl's performance have anything to do with Ottawa's playing the whole farm team? And you may wish to download Adblock Plus (its free) or download Baidu Antivirus with built in ad-block (also free and very good).

At the rising and the setting of the sun, we shall remember them.

I beg to differ. Not so much this year apart from the said game, but in the two previous years, there were many games in which the Bombers were showing by their body language that they did not expect to win and played like it. It may not have been O'Shea's fault- often the team just didn't have the horses, but the end result was the same- slowly onto the field and a step behind the other teams.

I hope Mr. Feoli-Gudino gives one of his better efforts on Sunday. I thought he was way better than Kolhert in his limited field time but when he started a few games ago, he was pathetic.

A player like Loffler comes along maybe once every 10-15 years and good receivers pop up in the CFL pretty much every year.

"Mailed it in?" Are you referring to the last home game against Ottawa?

I would prefer to see a double-reverse half-gainer with a twist.

Roosevelt is a heckuva player and if he had been on a better team, he would have been a contender.

Gable is very good when healthy, which doesn't seem to be one of his assets.

I'm not sure in which universe the Riders would have been assumed to beat the Lions, so if that was the probable (even guaranteed) scenario, we weren't going to have a home playoff anyways, so where is the logic in risking the only quarterback we have had in a gazillion years who was good enough to get us into the playoffs? Realistically, the only thing at stake was playing BC or Hamilton.

Historically, the Bombers have not been good at bringing in stiff competition at the QB position- we've been fortunate have even one good QB in camp.

Or what? Had we lost with Glenn we would have crossed over to the East. I think we still would have won with Glenn but moving over to the ESF doesn't sound like too much of a penalty.

Most of us don't have to go that far to find troglodytes. Often in our own families.