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IT"S GAME DAY!!!! WESTERN FINALS!!! Let's Pick up where we left off the last time we beat the Stumps!! WEST DIVISION FINAL | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (10-8) at CALGARY STAMPEDERS (13-5) THE 4-1-1 Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. Sunday; McMahon Stadium, Calgary TV: TSN, RDS, ESPN News Radio: CJOB The forecast: A mix of sun and cloud. High +5C, low zero. Vegas line: The Stampeders are favoured by five points. Streaks: Winnipeg: 1W; Calgary: 1W. Home/Road: The Bombers are 5-5 on the road this year, including last week’s West Semi-Final win in Regina; the Stampeders are 7-2 at home. Head to head, 2018: The Bombers and Stamps split their season series 1-1. Calgary won 39-26 at home on August 25, with the Bombers countering with a 29-21 victory at Investors Group Field on October 26. Playoff history: The Bombers and Stampeders last met in the postseason in the 2001 Grey Cup, a 27-19 Calgary win. The last non-Grey Cup playoff game between Winnipeg and Calgary was the 1982 West Semi-Final in Winnipeg, a 24-3 Bombers win. Winnipeg and Calgary last met in a West Final in 1965, a best-of-three series won by the Bombers 2-1. Winnipeg then lost to Hamilton in the ’65 Grey Cup, dubbed the Wind Bowl because of blustery conditions. Winnipeg and Calgary have met six times in the West Final, with the Bombers 6-0 after wins in 1945, 1946, 1947, 1961, 1962 and 1965. (with thanks Ed Tait) https://www.bluebombers.com/2018/11/17/game-preview-west-final/ https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/06/181118-position-chart-Cgy.pdf If anyone has an image link to Stumps Depth chart- please let me know.

IT"S GAME DAY!!!! WESTERN SEMI-FINALS!!! Let's Dominate the riders and End their season! WEST DIVISION SEMI-FINAL | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (10-8) at SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS (12-6) THE 4-1-1 Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. Sunday; Mosaic Stadium, Regina TV: TSN1, TSN4, RDS, ESPN2 Radio: CJOB The forecast: A mix of sun and cloud. High -10C. Vegas line: The Riders are favoured by 2.5 points. Streaks: Winnipeg: 1L; Saskatchewan: 2W. Home/Road: The Bombers are 4-5 on the road this year; the Riders are 6-3 at home. Head to head, 2018: The Riders captured two of the three meetings this year, winning 31-23 in the Labour Day Classic in Regina and 32-27 a week later in Winnipeg in the Banjo Bowl. The Bombers countered with a 31-0 shutout on October 13th at Investors Group Field. Playoff history: These two clubs last met in the playoffs in the 2007 Grey Cup, a game won 23-19 by the Riders. The Bombers last played in Regina in the playoffs on November 8, 1975, a 42-24 Saskatchewan victory in the West Semi-Final. Add it all up and the Bombers have lost seven straight playoff games to their arch-rivals dating back to a win here in Winnipeg in the 1965 West Semi-Final. The Riders hold an 11-9-1 advantage in the 20 playoff meetings between the two teams. (Thanks to Ed Tait) https://www.bluebombers.com/2018/11/10/game-preview-wpg-ssk-4/