Odds and Sods - Game 13 Bombers at Calgary

[do or die]

Bomber D not getting any pressure on BLM....
...or covering the many open Stamps receivers.....
Calgary marches down the field for TD on first possession....
...then move it again for short FG.....10-0, in 5 minutes
Nichols holding ball, missing throws, happy feet......
McDaniels automatic 2nd down converter for BLM....
Nichols 2-7 for 16 yds in opening quarter.....
Bombers still letting Stamps pitch and catch.....
...60 yd TD drive and easy 2 pt convert follow....18-0
Smith not in sync with a Bomber QB, yet again....
Bomber O now giving up sacks and a pick.....
Middle of field is free Stamp passing lane...
...as Loffler is getting educated, today....
Messam busts past 4 tacklers into the endzone....
...now 24-0....
Flanders needs more touches.....
Nichols has eyes for only Denmark and Dressler....
....while Bomber O is 2 and out, over and out.....
...as Bombers are being schooled, fooled and tooled.......
Bombers go on 3rd down.....little draw play to Flanders
...who makes great cut, bursts 50 yd... to get Blue on the board
Inane play by J. Adams....not falling on fumble.....
..but just touching it to o set up Stamp FG...27-7
Stamps start 2nd half in poor FP...but drive for another FG.
Stamp receivers are big, strong and fast.....
...hard for Blue to match that.....
Medlock has a lot of punts and Finch...lot of good returns.
30-7.....run to the cupboard for more gin.....
Blue finally get some field position.....
...Nichols TD pass to Dressler called back
..but Denmark follows with great catch in end zone...
Bomber butter D now more the knife, as game goes on....
...better coverage, and hitting Stamp receivers hard....
...kick coverage finally picking up as well....
Great 45 yd catch by Smith on jump ball.....
Pass to Denmark, run by Flanders.....
...sets up Nichols TD plunge.....
30-20.....hope is stirring.....
Field position turning around now....
Burnett knocks ball out on short pass....
Bass picks it up and rumbles for huge D TD..
30-27....this game is now on....
Parades hits upright on 40 yd FG attempt.....
Stamps move it 60 yds for FG.....33-27 Stamps
Time for one of the ole classic CFL finishes.
Denmark...another great catch to keep drive going...
Nichols hits Smith, down to the 5 yd line.....
Nichols hits a diving JFG for the tying touchdown!
...Medlock PAT has Bombers up 34-33..
...but with only 20 seconds to go....
BLM moves the Stamps 40 yds against the ole prevent....
Parades comes on for game winning 52 yarder.....
...and hits it...no time left...Stamps win 36-34.
Gin all over my shirt again....in a bad way....
Just can't win in this place.
T. Flanders can really ball...when he gets the ball...
Denmark had a productive game.....some great grabs..
Character and jam....to come back from 30-7 deficit...
...but Stamps do what winning teams do in crunch time...
...and you just can't sport that kind of team...23 point lead...
Huge moral victory....to come back from that.....
Huge immoral loss..... to lose like that...
Huge amount of gin in a losing cause.....

 

[wbbfan]

this place is a ghost town after the loss. 

Great post as per usual. This team showed a ton of heart in the come back attempt. this is a great chance to get a bunch of coaching done, and to keep the team from becoming over confident. (or to fix it) Idr the last regular season loss that was soo much a heart breaker. We played a half of football and nearly beat the best team in the league, then them streak now. We will be hungry and prepared next time. 

[kelownabomberfan]

Now we know what needs to be done in the Western Final to win.  And we will see you again Calgary.  Bank on it.

[Mark H.]

11 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Now we know what needs to be done in the Western Final to win.  And we will see you again Calgary.  Bank on it.

Best post of the day - the problems we saw today can be fixed - this is a win against any other team 

[Tracker]

We came THAT close even with really bad punt/kick coverage and no deep threat. No reason to hang heads over this game.

[O2L]

Today convinced me that we are indeed an elite team, and that's with a loss. The D and special teams let us down, but they've carried us all year. One complete game in the final and this will all be a distant memory. Way to go blue, a tough heartbreaker but one with a whole lot of character.  

[Guest J5V]

Calgary probably thinking they only had to play the first half and :14 of the fourth quarter to beat us.

[do or die]

....and they were right

[tacklewasher]

Quick lesson.

When watching the game on PVR, don't text KBF when there is still 15 seconds on the clock.

Dammit....

[bb1]

We lost and it was tough but I'm proud to be Bombers fan again cause this team has a ton of heart ...watch out for us in the playoffs. This team is no pushover for anybody...

[iso_55]

Proud of the way the Bombers battled back & took the lead but the loss for me was extremely hard to take so I decided to stay off here until I had long settled down to think clearly about what happened... Man, that one hurts...

[Dragon37]

Sadly couldn't watch the game today as I had to work. Tough loss but there is no doubt now that Winnipeg is for real. They are not middle of the pack, playing above their talent, or whatever else. A loss is a loss but today I think all of Canada learned that the Bombers are the second best team in this league and should not be taken lightly. I will enjoy watching BLM eat crow when they lose the Western final.

[Mark H.]

14 hours ago, J5V said:

Calgary probably thinking they only had to play the first half and :14 of the fourth quarter to beat us.

I still remember your comments from yesterday. It's safe to say that Calgary did make some adjustments for Winnipeg. They came out mostly throwing in the first half - Messam was not a major factor. It was clear they had prepared for certain tendencies in the Bombers' secondary.

[Old Bomber Fan]

Reading Doug Brown's column today and believe he hit it bang on. We often criticized Willy's stats because most came in garbage time. Well I guess one could draw the same conclusion in this game; game out of hand take the foot off the peddle only to put it back on when the game was on the line. However with that said they did play much better overall in the second half. This team cannot get behind that much on any of the teams left to play and certainly not in the playoffs should they get there. Special teams were bad; think Adams may have played himself off the starting roster for next game as did Johnson. What happened to the rookies that picked up this defense when the "starters" got hurt; they covered man to man much better than the current group. In any event as has been said the issues are fixable; the coaches need to have this team better prepared to play; the players have to be better prepared to play and they have to realize that playing 40 or 50 mins a game will not get it done in this league on most nights.

[do or die]

Cannot see why Fredrick should not be in the lineup.   Guy was solid.