Game Day Thread- Week Twenty Three, WESTERN FINAL: Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Calgary Stampeders November 18th, 2018

[Wanna-B-Fanboy]

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/

 

 

 

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If anyone has an image link to Stumps Depth chart- please let me know.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 18, 2018 by wanna-b-fanboy

[SpeedFlex27]

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[blueingreenland]

Go Bombers!

Hope we can get out to a quick lead.

[White Out]

Let's go BOMBERS! 

[Blue_Dragoon]

Lankford in for Thompkins. Is Thompkins hurt or is this just a production thing?

[Pete Catan's Ghost]

24 minutes ago, Blue_Dragoon said:

Lankford in for Thompkins. Is Thompkins hurt or is this just a production thing?

Look for Lankford to attempt the quick kick sometime during the game.

[Mark H.]

8 minutes ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

Look for Lankford to attempt the quick kick sometime during the game.

Nice to see the coaches going all out for the W, even starting the MBB whipping boy. 

[rebusrankin]

I predict Lankford does nothing (come on reverse jinx).

[Mark H.]

12 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

I predict Lankford does nothing (come on reverse jinx).

I had that posted in a more subtle way - till you arrived with your Captain Obvious post. 😎

[rebusrankin]

4 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

I had that posted in a more subtle way - till you arrived with your Captain Obvious post. 😎

Sometimes you just have to go Full Madden.

[17to85]

Last time we played in Calgary Lankford scored that big touchdown. It's called playing the percentages, it's what smart managers do to win ball games. 

[Tracker]

I do not expect Lankford to be much more than a decoy, but it would be nice to be mistaken. Once the Calgary DBs realize that Lankford is not much of a threat unless the ball is gently delivered into his arms, his usefulness will be greatly diminished.

[NorthernSkunk]

Yay Yay an extra, extra Bomber day !  Gonna wear my coyote t-shirt under my Bomber jersey and cheer on Matty and the team to another win !

Lankford for the winning TD......even though we win by 3 scores anyway.....WooHoo GO BOMBERS GO !

[Guest J5V]

17 minutes ago, Tracker said:

I do not expect Lankford to be much more than a decoy, but it would be nice to be mistaken. Once the Calgary DBs realize that Lankford is not much of a threat unless the ball is gently delivered into his arms, his usefulness will be greatly diminished.

The thing about Lankford is his speed and it's not like Calgary can just ignore him. He brings a deep threat and along with Adams presents Calgary with some coverage problems. That should help to open things up underneath for Dressler and Woli. I actually like this move. Look for Nichols to surprise with a real good game through the air today. Bombers by 10.

[trueBlue83]

I heard Bo Levi was at the pancake house this morning, and started choking on some breakfast sausage.... it's starting early folks!

[White Out]

Looks like snow is possible, or freezing rain. 

[17to85]

Send the horse to the glue factory

[Blueandgold]

I would rather start Peterman than Lankford, but our fifth receiver hopefully won’t be winning or losing us this game. 

 

GO BOMBERS

[17to85]

For the lack of use Thompkins was getting it don't really matter if it's Lankford. Maybe we get lucky and Lankford makes a big play but he's likely to be a non-factor and probably not worth fretting about. 

[Bigblue204]

I'm not concerned about the recieving aspect of the spot Lankford is filling...I'm more concerned about the run blocking. Is Lankford as good as Thompkins?

[Blue_Dragoon]

2 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Last time we played in Calgary Lankford scored that big touchdown. It's called playing the percentages, it's what smart managers do to win ball games. 

Instead of trying to call plays in audibly we should also come up with some nifty sideline signals to fight the crowd noise. I got the idea from the same source that supplied your stellar winning tactic:

 

[NorthernSkunk]

The piece on Ward on the pregame show was a nice story.

[rebusrankin]

2 hours ago, 17to85 said:

Last time we played in Calgary Lankford scored that big touchdown. It's called playing the percentages, it's what smart managers do to win ball games. 

As if I want to trust a guy who benched a player who was 9 for 9 with 9 home runs in one game.

[Bomber_fanaddict]

Thank God Black and Ford are doing the East final! Let's hope we dont get Suitor...

[17to85]

2 minutes ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

Thank God Black and Ford are doing the East final! Let's hope we dont get Suitor...

of course it's going to be Suitor, he's TSNs top CFL colour commentator. What they should do is pair Black and Suitor together and then you've consolidated all the suck into one game rather than spreading it over 2 games.