Game 13 - Banjo Bowl - Sask Riders vs Defending CFL Champion Blue Bombers

[do or die]

Great weather, great crowd.....
Zac completes to Wolt, Bailey, Olivera....
Oliveria follows with 2 carries for 24
Zac waits....then throws a dart to Demski....
.....as he breaks right in front of goalposts...TD!
Nice opening drive.....well overdue...
McCrae runs, then catches for FD...
Blue OL picks up blitz...Zac to Bailey for 17...
Zac hits Bailey on identical pattern for 21..
Prukop QB draw for another 17. 
Bombers chewing up yards and clock....
Hitch pass to Demski....then Prukop comes in...
....another good QB draw....and dives into end zone..
TD!  Things going perfectly....except for extra point
Better mix of plays so far...by Bomber O.  up 13-0
Hickson with good run up the middle.  CF to Moore...
....to midfield, then finds him again.  Riders take holding penalty
...but Fajardo completes 3rd down pass to Hardy..
CF overthrows Moore on long pass....but Parker gets cheap PI.
Ball on the 1, 2nd down sneak makes it 13-7 on 100 yd drive..
Was expecting a defensive struggle......perhaps not.
ZC goes long on sideline to Demski....Riders called for PI.
Schoen catches 9 yarder and gets popped pretty good....
Zac to Demski...who breaks a tackle, cuts inside into end zone
TD!!  80 yd drive.  3 possessions - 3 TD's.   20-7 Bombers
Wonder what the time of possession looks like?
Couple of completions and roughing penalty to Nichols....
Riders moving the ball again....go for it on 3rd down, again...
....Moore either has ball ticked by Parker or just drops it....turnover!
Collaros has lots of time to find Bailey over the middle for 20.
Bailey catches another for FD.  Having a nice game so far...
Zac quick pass to that man, Bailey...who gets to the outside....
...then dives for the end zone flag.  TD!  27-7.... 30 seconds left
CF completes a couple passes....Lauther with 53 yd FG.  27-10.
Halftime.  Some bending by Bomber D...but the O is a machine..
Kickoff.  Alford takes it...finds a gap...and down sideline for 90 yd TD.
27-17.  MOS won't like that one.  Riders hanging around....
ZC has Schoen for 28 yds.  Leggs pumps in 45 yd FG....
Bombers finally had to settle for 3...instead of 7..... 30-17 Blue.
Hickson sweeps for 20.  The most effective Rider by a mile...
Hickson takes pitch for FD.  Hallett called for roughing
Moore with nice diving catch in end zone....but Riders holding...
Commander Cody gets some pressure....and uncorks famous spin move....
.....right into a waiting Jeffcoat.  Lauther with the field goal.  30-20 now.
Demski runs for 7, then a run for 9 and reception for 7. 
Oliveria pounds for 7, Riders take "misconduct penalty"
Sask doing the usual dumb thing on penalties...
Zac tired of throwing to the usual suspects.....so he...
....throws sideline to O'Leary-Orange for the TD!
For Riders it is like the Coyote chasing the Roadrunner..
70 yard drive this time.  4 TD passes for Collaros....
Sask's vaunted D, getting roughed up, pretty good..
Bomber OL looking more like last year's version 
5 TD....and a FG....in 6 possessions!!
Pass almost picked by Rose.  Jefferson engulfs CF for sack..
Zac up the middle to Schoen, who is rocked again...
Demski takes pitch right down to the Rider 10
Drive stalls....and Leggs with 22 yd FG.  40-20 Blue.
Nothing like drinking without clenching.....
Jefferson strips ball from Fajardo....Jeffcoat recovers..
Dru Brown is in.  Sacked, but Riders call for IC downfield...
Toss to OLO broken up.....pass to Demski overthrown...
....MOS challenge for PI and gets it.  Ball on Rider 1.
Prukop with the sneak TD.  Leggs makes it  47-20.
Still not a single punt attempted by Leggo....
Dolegala in at QB.  Couple of completions....
3rd down gamble.  Evans gets behind Rose at goal line....
...and drops the TD pass.  Nothing doing for Riders, today.
Blue have first punt attempt....with 3:00 minutes left.  Insane.
Dolegala tries again....pass picked off by Rose... runs it back to Sask 25.
Couple of Augustine runs.  Brown runs play action.....
....and hits Schoen with nice pass in end zone.  TD!! 
54-20.  Beatdown.  Bomber O too much, today.....
Banjo Bowl champs!  12 and 1 for this season.....
Bombers almost perfect.  Do or Die almost soused.

 

 

[Mark H.]

Totally agree about the OL. They were seriously hitting people in the mouth today.

[Booch]

Oline is finally getting back to usual standard...look out when.their all star center returns

[Jpan85]

Was little worried when Stan left for a couple plays but they flip Grey out to tackle and they ended up scoring on the drive.

[Booch]

Dobson as well really getting his feet under him and progressing nicely...he plays hard thru to the whistle too...and seems to irritate defensive lineman...fits right in

[Tracker]

The O-line did look good even after the juggling when Bryant went out, but it should be noted that they were playing against a dispirited Rider front four. We will know better in a couple of games.