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Jennings is a gunslinger .... TD to interception ratio has been ugly and will continue .... Lulay if healthy is better but I expect his "fragile" label to stick ... if Lulay is used as an off the bench game saving savior BC could go places Otherwise with Jennings its going to be like Clint Eastwood asked: "Are you feeling lucky?"

Thats what I do .... crank up the speakers on the computer and sync cjob.com with my TV picture .... works perfectly and Bob is so much bet than Black ... true happiness

Given we have not won the Grey Cup since 1990, going to Regina for the Labor Day Classic has become the most important game of the Bomber season. The Banjo bowl supplements it but there can be no sweeter victory than beating the Roughies on their home turf in front of their "Laboring" crowd. For me it is everything, regardless of whatever else we do in a season. I think Regina is a better club than the Alouettes so I am expecting a huge battle. I thought Lapo turtled with the offense after halftime. Downfield passing all but disappeared. So we won on turnovers 2016 style. But this is no way to beat the Rougies, Regina will turn the table on us if we try that ultra conservative play calling again. At least we won't have to deal with Montreal's blitz crazy defense. Kevin Glenn will have something to prove.

Just hearing on 1290 Poop Johnson out, OKP in

The local bands .... there is so much talent just desperately hoping for a chance to strut their stuff .. they would not be expensive and the fans win as long as the bands don't go to extremes with their song selection ... could make a big difference to the local scene ... and as you said recruit a lot of young folhs for the whole fan experience I hope management is listening

We are going for the cup this year, not building fpr the future .... so age this year means nothing

One more little thing, Parking: I have settled on Park N ' Ride but last week decided to drive straight to the game, don't ask me why. (it had something to do with getting a pizza to go). I got a spot very close to the stadium just over the hill opposite the east entrance. I was surprised at the $20 bill I handed over for the privilege but still I was inside the stadium gates in no time at all. Leaving was another matter. We were literally a few hundred feet from University Crescent but had to follow the flow of traffic as directed by the gates-keepers. It took over 40 minutes to get onto University Crescent (and then just 3 minutes to get to Pembina Hwy) .... Is exit traffic always that bad? Is there a better faster place to park and exit? It was a funny way to spend $20 when I could have had a beer or two instead. Any suggestions should I ever skip the Park N ' Ride again?

We need to study some 1960's film: Kenny Ploen laterals left (an apparent sweep) to Leo Lewis who then throws it the opposite direction, right, to a wide open abandoned Kenny Ploen .... and how many times did we see the same type of play in its many variations such as Ploen to Lewis to Ploen to Lewis Time to get Kenny out of his rocker and down to a closed practice

She is one classy lady .... Sara does Winnipeg PROUD .... maybe she can borrow gary Lawless's Rolodex and carry on.

Montreal is on the wrong end of two signature games: (1) Winnipeg proving that Edmonton was not the best team in the league (2) Trestman & Ricky Ray showing who is the best team in the east [at least as the crow flies right now]. So do the Alouettes have a chance? Barring catastrophe (in the form of injury surprises) they neither have a chance nor clue. Perhaps that's too much bravado but we haven't had bravado in a very long time.

I would not have been wanting to be drinking directly underneath the canon when it went off multiple times Thursday night. I probably would've swallowed my cup. Whatever malfunctions there were at the beginning of the season there is no longer a problem with that canon. The fellows running the scoreboard seem to have made some big improvements. At the beginning of the season they were constantly taking crowd shots of interesting fans, usually at the expense of seeing a replay. There was hardly any of that Thursday night. We had replays galore and in my opinion that was 10 times better than crowd shots. If you want to shoot human expression, please concentrate on the players and not the fans. That's what's interesting, the individual player expressions, not the fans' faces. The scoreboard crew must've gotten some feedback and responded to it. So well done. I very much enjoyed the band that played during halftime .... it was so much better than the variety of dog and pony shows we've seen so often over the last half-century. That band put me in "the mood" and nothing could have been better. Quite frankly I would like to see a lot of local bands engaged at the stadium. Perhaps they could play a mini concert for 45 minutes to an hour prior to kickoff. As far as I'm concerned they could even do it during the player warm-ups. Maybe that would put everybody, players included, in the mood for some great and exciting football. Let me complement Miller & Co. where the ongoing improvements he has been overseeing to make the game day experience that much better is coming to pay off. This is the best entertainment we've had in a long, long time, and Yup, it has an awful lot to do with winning in a decisive way. Yup, Yup, Yup.

I understand biasing the game to favor offense ... that is good for the fans ... but not calling offensive pass interference as policy is more than just breaking the rules - - its egregious to the game

It was a long shot ,,,, but a quick TD would have given then a chance when they had none .... blitzing Hurl is encouraging but he has the worst record in getting pressure

this kind of stuff just reduces the quality of the site and the discussion being taken seriously

I don't understand why you all want to rip into ripper .... not even slightly funny

he just seems clueless in the fight for the ball

yes and nearly gave me a heart attack ... they went the length of field and nearly got back in the game ... we need to be a little tighter than that

On 1290 this am it was pointed out how little ball presence Roc has when a deep ball is in the air .... he seems to be right close with the receiver but ends completely out of position as the ball arrives .... again too many of the big plays against us were RocResponsible

Definitely but possible .... FBs can move to center ..... the change is a matter of speed ... outside or mlb could turn into a decent surprise .... working for Roc isn't it,, sam to db to cb

i am still wondering if we can move a defensive end to lb .... i don't know if any of them have the speed for pass coverage but they would sure add to the blitz and run coverage

http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/football/cfl/edmonton-eskimos/eskimos-looking-to-extend-unbeaten-streak-at-investors-group-field Eskimos looking to extend unbeaten streak at Investors Group Field GERRY MODDEJONGE WINNIPEG – The Edmonton Eskimos are looking for their fourth-straight road win to start a season for just the second time in 37 years. And the first-place club (7-0) couldn’t have picked a better place to do it than against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (5-2) on Thursday (6:30 p.m., TSN, 630 CHED) at Investors Group Field, where the Eskimos have yet to lose. Since the Bombers’ new home opened ahead of the 2013 season, Edmonton is 5-0 against them in the regular season, and 6-0 if you include a 26-20 win over the Ottawa RedBlacks in the 2015 Grey Cup. “It’s just a cool place to play football,” said Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly, whose squad won its first four away games in 2014 – before that, it last happened in 1980. “They did a very nice job at that stadium, I said that the first time I played a game there. Their atmosphere is awesome, the way that they designed it, it gets very loud down there. “So if you’re going on the road into a hostile environment and not ready to play at your best, you’re going to get your butt kicked.” So while it’s been an Investors Group Field of dreams, there’s not exactly a road-field advantage. “I think it just helps to focus in a little bit, I think that’s probably why we’ve had some success there, is because our guys understand how difficult a place that it is to play,” Reilly said. “And they make sure that they’re ready from the minute we touch down in Winnipeg. “We know it’s a business trip and we’re there to do one thing and that’s win a football game.”

If that is their best bring it on!

isn't that what they said about reilly?

Who, tell me, is so great? After Reilly it seems like they have a nice combo of journeymen and rookies with heart, but stars tp ltft a team, i dunno

me tooooo ..... big time!