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The irony is funny... 2013 we are absolute hot garbage but pick 2nd in 14 cuz Ottawa joins the league... 2014, pretty terrible again, but not as bad as Ottawa, 2nd pick in 15... 2015, team still sucks, but doesn't suck as much as Sask (I know this one is moot b/c we didn't have a 16 first rounder).... now in 2016 we have a 10-11 win season... and NOW we are likely to get 1st overall next year...

Is this supposed to be a predictions thread too... well here's mine anyways, winners bolded: West: MOP - BLM; Cdn - Messam; Def - Leggett; OL - Dennis; ST - Medlock; MOR - Justin Cox East: MOP - Jackson; Cdn - Fantuz; Def - Lemon; OL - Gott; ST - Banks; MOR - Revenberg I doubt they would do this b/c it looks bad... but to me, it's a west sweep...

Ideally in Toronto!

I think it's pretty clear it was more of an exaggeration than a lie... what he likely meant was Sinopoli was open behind the LBs 5 or 6 times... which is essentially "all day" in football speak...

I actually think this team is more like the 2007 team... this year's offense is much better than 2011, despite the most recent showing... Also, although Baressi was the OC, pretty sure LaPo was calling the plays in 2011...

Chris Jones definitely did this with Mike Reilly a few times in 2014... does that count as "within the last two years"

uh oh... we don't want to get into this hypothetical debate again!

this is the statement where you lose all credibility and I stop reading... do you honestly believe there is EVER a situation in a football game that is "obvious to everyone except (the head coach)"....

I think the real question is... Does a blowout loss this week cost Mike O'Shea his job??

Alright, I picked a tie in every game... I think if there's 4 ties this week, I should win the whole thing by default...

Where his lawn stays clean...

I really cannot figure out why we are not handing the ball off 25-30 times a game... Harris was averaging OVER 8 YARDS A CARRY last week... I don't pretend to be an offensive wizard but this just seems like common sense... having Flanders in there and it's 15-20 carries for Harris and 8-12 for Flanders... just seems to make too much sense...

I think Edm will beat toronto just by showing up...

Thanks for the clarification @bigg jay .... I didn't know the exact rules but @wbbfan's original post suggested there would be a week a all-pads practice... which I knew was not allowed...

It's funny that I wanted Sask to win b/c it helps the Bombers... but I can't help but be happy seeing BC ruin the Mosaic farewell ceremony...

Take it with a grain of salt.... there are many posters here far more knowledgeable that John... I like his blog and respect his opinion... I just wouldn't consider him a top authority on the subject...

Andrew Harris averaged over 8 yards a carry... so 12 carries the entire game make sense...

I agree, kinda the same thing I was saying to my friends... it was just poor effort and poor execution all game long...

No, the Edmonton game means nothing... if we win we have 11 wins and Edmonton will have 10 (might as well just give them the W over Toronto now)... last time I checked, 11 is more than 10.... we need BC to lose plus a Bomber win to get 2nd... However, a Bomber loss clinches second for BC, coupled with a Edm win would knock us to the cross-over... which isn't the worst situation ever but I'd prefer not to enter the playoffs on a 2-game losing streak... I'm pretty sure that's against CBA rules... but I sure hope they find some legal way to "punish" the players for that disappointing effort...

I'd consider Ottawa and Ham much better than Sask... but Sask much better than Mtl and Tor (which I guess doesn't really make sense since they lost to Mtl)... and I didn't really want to create a new tier for them... Sask is inconsistent, their best is as good as Ottawa and Hamilton's worst...

While I had absolutely no idea what Alex McKay's potential was... I was rooting for him strictly based on the fact that he's an o-lineman from Winnipeg...

I'd probably have to agree with you... I've always preferred to look at the power ranks as more of a tiered system... to me, right now, there's probably 4 tiers: 1) Calgary... in a class of their own right now 2) Winnipeg, BC and Edmonton... all good teams, any could beat the other on any given day 3) Ottawa, Hamilton, Sask.... good teams but very inconsistent 4) Montreal, Toronto... just complete garbage

I disagree that now is the time to cut him... I'm not sure if that's what you're suggesting... I would say this off-season is the time to move on... I would like to see Couture in the starting line-up and Neufeld as the sixth... but it sounds like we'll get it the other way if Chungh can't go...

I believe the year the Riders won, 2013, they were 2nd in the west and went into Calgary and won the West final... I'm sure Ripper can verify or deny this claim..

I have to agree... Hard to imagine the riders lose the final Moasic game... hell, the Bomber won both farewell games at canad inns!