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Source... Rod Pedersen... 'nuff said

Nichols threw for 390 yards and no picks against the Lions, in the 2016 WSF. I know NS is just trolling but the narrative that Nichols can't win big games is silly. The defense folded when they needed them. As usual, with the anti-Nichols crowd, they want him to win the games by himself but will only give credit for team wins. They want him to throw over 300 yards and be a difference maker but don't want him making mistakes. Of course, when he does that, it doesn't matter because "he's a game manager and can't win big games." Doesn't matter what Nichols does or doesn't do. They will blame him for losses and praise the "team" for wins. There's even a narrative now, that the team would be better if Streveler played a whole year. (Ignoring the fact that we would be nowhere near the playoffs)

When the team loses, it's Nichols fault. When they win, it's a team win. Can't you follow TBurgs logic?!

It would be nice to see Nichols get the respect he deserves. What’s his record since taking over for Willy in 2016? If you don’t think there’s a correlation between us turning around as a franchise then you’re out to lunch. Let’s enjot what we have going now. Was Nichols great during our losing streak? No. Is he a contributor to our 8-5 record with him in the line up? Absolutely.

I'd say anyone with half a brain and an iota of football knowledge who watched the WSF last year and the year before can confidently say Nichols wasn't the problem in either instance. But apparently, there are some who lack brains and football knowledge.

I guarantee and willing to bet 5 dollars if they had a vote for a city funded indoor waterpark that it would definitely vote Yes for that.

Some more interesting tidbits.. CFL Game #83 Notes & Trends - Winnipeg vs Calgary:  Turnover Excellence: It is widely known that forcing Turnovers is a Bombers' specialty. The most telling number is their T/O Ratio. From 2012 to 2015, Winnipeg was -60 but since 2016 are +56 (2016: #1 at +29, 2017: #2 at +14, 2018: #1 at +13).  Turnovers Forced: Winnipeg leads the CFL with 45 Takeaways while Calgary is right behind at #2 with 44. In the Calgary- Winnipeg rivalry only ONE game has been won since 2011 by the team committing more Turnovers.  Winnipeg Coming Off ...: The Bombers come in off their first shutout since July 28, 2006 over Hamilton (29-0) and just their second since 1988. It was a CFL record 33rd time in their history that they had shut out an opponent.  Injury Toll?: and The Stampeders averaged 32.2 points and 412 Net Yards per game in their first 13 contests; but just 19.0 points and 260 Net Yards per game in the last 3 contests.  Matt Nichols 4 in a row & 0-8: The Bombers' #1 QB has won his last 4 starts and is now up to 8-5 .625 in 2018, #3 in the CFL behind Mitchell at .750 (12-4) and Collaros at .692 (9-4). Nichols has never beaten Calgary as a starter however going 0-4 with Winnipeg and 0-4 with Edmonton vs Calgary. Nichols is 0-8 vs Calgary and 37-18 .673 against everyone else.  All-time Passing rankings: Bo Levi Mitchell has risen to #23 all-time with 23,921 yards and needs 227 to pass Roy Dewalt. The #20 slot all-time held by Russ Jackson (24,593) is just 672 yards ahead of him. Mitchell is 2 TD passes short of 150 career. Matt Nichols now ranks #47 all-time at 16,069 yards with Reggie Slack next ahead (16,173).  100+ Tackles / Defensive Plays Race: Alex Singleton leads the CFL with 107 ahead of Adam Bighill at 101. Bighill leads the CFL in Total Defensive Plays with 121 to Singelton's 118. They are among 9 players with multiple 100+ Tackle seasons.  Singleton has become the 9th player in CFL history to record back-to-back 100+ DT seasons and the second Canadian to do so (Kevin Eiben 2004-05). Bighill has tied Barrin Simpson at 4 seasons of 100+ and they trail only Willie Pless with 7 100+ seasons.  Dressler 10K: Weston Dressler needs 27 yards to become the 17th player to make it to 10,000 career receiving yards. He can pass Jeremaine Copeland (10,015) with 43 yards.  Reception Streaks: Weston Dressler now at 124 straight games with a reception tying Jamel Richardson for the 6th longest streak in CFL history. Next ahead at #5 is Tony Gabriel's 131 games in a row across 1973-1981.  Inside the 10: Justin Medlock and Rob Maver are #1 & #2 in the CFL with 25 of these punts this year.  Andrew Harris: Trails William Powell by 93 yards heading into Week #20 but has already surpassed his career high being at 1,269 yards on a career-high 222 carries (matching his 222 in 2015). He has 5 games of 100+ yards but only ONE of those (Nov 1/13) has come against Calgary. On Aug 25/18, Calgary held Harris to his season-low of 13 yards and a long gain of just 5 yards.  Mitchell All-Time QB Win % / 6-0 at Winnipeg: After last week's defeat, Bo Levi Mitchell's career winning % is now 68-14 .821 with a 12-4 .750 mark in 2018. Mitchell's all-time record as a starter at McMahon Stadium is now 38-5 .884 after the loss to BC. On the road Mitchell is 30-8-2 .775 overall and a perfect 6-0 at Winnipeg.  Micah Johnson - More sacks every year: of the last 4 games. He is up to #2 in the CFL with 12 which has extended his unique career feat. Johnson has increased his Sack total in every season of his career - 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 & 12, and is up to 39 in a total of 79 games.  Mike Miller 156 ST: The New Brunswick native is up to 156 in his career and that ranks him #12 all-time, 2 back of #11 Ray Biggs at 158 and 5 short of the Top 10. Miller has recorded at least one ST Tackle in 90 of his 138 career games.  Turnover Productivity: The Blue Bombers have recorded 7 games this season where 10 or more of their points came directly off of the Turnovers they have forced. They lead the CFL with 141 points off T/Overs (28% of their 497 total points).  FGs: Justin Medlock comes in with a current FG streak of 9 in a row; Rene Paredes has made 13 of his last 14 FG attempts.  Darvin Adams: Needs 98 yds to reach 1,000 for the 2nd straight year. He has 56 catches with 13 of 20+ depth variety (#4 rank).  Chris Streveler: Has played a key role of late and his runs have produced 63 yards in the last two games.  Adam Bighill: Registered a single-game career high of 3 Sacks in Winnipeg's last game. He has 27 tackles in his last 3 outings.  Mitchell W-L Streaks: The Stamps' #1 QB has never had a 3-game losing streak as a starter and must win this week to avoid it.  Taylor Loffler INTs: Did not make an interception in his first 13 games this year but 3 in the last 3 games.  TOP Turnaround: The Bombers have a 32:43 to 27:16 edge in the last 4 games. The previous 4? Just 28:16 of TOP on average.  Last game: Winnipeg did not permit the Riders a single 2nd down situation under 2-&-4 yards. SSK ended up just 5-of-19  Throwing deep: 17 of Bo Levi Mitchell's CFL-best 33 TD passes have been of a depth of 20 yards or more.  No Sacks: Calgary did not allow a Sack last week and that makes it 6 times in 2018 with ideal protection for their QBs._______________________________________________________________________________________

I'd say anyone who is not so needy that he needs people to react to his posts would say the same thing, but some people love to seek attention, negative or otherwise, and so our skunky friend trolls merrily along.

Sorry, you're being dense on purpose. Not going to play that game with you.

Well if everyone would just kiss his ass like he wants then he wouldn't need to incite the ***** mob to get violent with the opposition. He doesn't want to hurt them but look how mad they make him? Total abusive relationship going on there.

Harris 9-7 Masolii 8-8 Nichols 8-5

Bo knows that he has guaranteed employment up here. Why not take a shot?

Well when prime milt stegall suits up for this team with Nichols I'll hold his passing numbers to that standard. Why ignore that? Stegall, Bruce, Gordon, hell of a lot better than what we got now.

I care about William Nylander. But only because I took him late in my pool.

I was listening to Jim Hughson go on about how Canadians from "coast to coast" have heard enough about the William Nylander saga and how they didn't need to hear that name anymore and I was just throwing up in my mouth. Guess what, I've hardly heard anything about William Nylander because I rarely read any Leafs crap. And I change the channel when Leafs crap comes on TV. Just don't care. Now if he played for Winnipeg, I'd know all about it. But to assume that "coast to coast" Canadians have been inundated with William Nylander news is ridiculous. Just such arrogance that we would even give a **** about William Nylander.

You will notice I didn't just put it on lapo... I mentioned our receivers too. Dressler and demski are both best suited to taking short passes, wolitarski is not really a deep guy, they never thrown deep to Thompkins, so that really leaves Adams as the teams best bet to pick up big chunks of yardage, and he is inconsistent. So given all that, why are we expecting bit numbers from any QB? Just not in the cards the way this team is built. Hell some of the best throws Nichols has made all year have been in that intermediate range so don't give me this nonsense about not having the arm strength to run a different offense.

Bo is almost 30. I don’t think he’ll be down in the NFL next season.

Do you even read what you write?

No, it was 54 seconds to the commute through. And, that was measured BEFORE the city implemented the new traffic system, which has greatly improved traffic flow through all major areas. If you don't have accessibility issues, I suppose you can always go around. I always did but I don't have accessibility issues. And, as commented many times here, going down below, for people that feel vulnerable, is quite daunting. It can be physically intimidating. People wanted it open, not only for the accessibility, but to improve the vitality to the corner. It's dead, all four seasons of year because no one can move out there. A pedestrian overpass is completely unreasonable. The costs would be astronomical, especially when there is already a concourse below. I would rather we put money into improving the concourse, including accessibility, signage and lighting.

The P&M discussion was done as soon as it went to a plebiscite. This city never votes for something, always against. Screw the people that actually use the intersection, it may add 54 secs, at peak times to someone's commute. Or is that 15 minutes?

He says that he only uses government supplied phones which he doesn't use that much, it's just incredible how he can tweet so much using his telekinetic mind, Americans will realize what this dummy has done to them and the country but it might be to late, and after yesterday it probably is.

It's hard to be happy with a guy who has struggled many times this season with putting together a drive all while having great protection, great RB, and open receivers. He's definitely been better during the winning streak but it's hard to get that bad taste in the mouth when he **** the bed during the losing streak.

Interesting vote map

That’s not really true. The arena had very little impact, if any. No one project did. You could argue the return of the Jets had an impact but moreso because the Chipman family continued to develop properties. Its all about getting people downtown And making the area accessible is part of it. Look at east portage the empty lot at P&M. Forks development the stupid part was that we even voted on this really

Following that logic it could also be said that winning in the playoffs is also a "team stat"

Masoli maybe, but Harris is wildly inconsistent.

I'll wager Bowman opens it anyway during his next term. Don't think he really cares what people think. All about Bowman with Bowman and his "legacy".

It's the cfl, winning the grey cup always comes down to being hot at the right time.

This budgeting tangent is much more enjoyable than taking about the riders. (No sarcasm at all) thanks guys! 😁

Some football thread.....

Team Open will have you believe that tearing down the barriers will suddenly have the downtown full of people living and working. As if the barriers at Portage and Main have a single thing to do with that. They'll also call you a bigot if you're against it... I think that's been my favourite one so far.

I think so too. He'll just wait a year or two until people stop talking about it as much.

There is no story that indicates it would add 40 minutes to your commute.

The right thing would be not top go as they look like they're supporting a murderous regime.

There is a chance yes. Apparently Vince is hell bent on going. But that changes slightly over the past few days and they’re waiting for direction from the administration. Cena doesn’t want to go. And that’s a problem. And you can bet many other people don’t want to go either. The word was they would decide today one way or another but the bombs might have pushed that decision off a bit.

Yep, same here. We have plans to retire on our own terms, not the banks. The downturn sucks, but those of us who braced and prepped for it are coming out stronger.

When does the exhibition season end so that we can start to see some real hockey? Or do we have to wait until the playoffs, it's like watching figure skating, crap.

I've never liked banks.

I honestly don’t know who’s more annoying, Leafs fans or Riders fans? They both pop up everywhere like a damned fungus and act like their fandom is better and worth more than others... playing like azz at home only makes it more insufferable really rips me up! Need more rye ~reaches for bottle~

Typical lucky leafs with the horseshoe up their asses...is their a more hated team in this league...them and their drooling fans and The toronto sports network....🤮🤮

A step away from 'that's the way we always did it.'

Here's some more information: Many thought Henry Burris was done (myself included) - he won a GC in 2016 BLM & Reilly, as good as they have been, have only won one Championship each Montreal: without the two Championships with Calvillo in the twilight of his career - the Als recent dynasty would have one GC win My point? It's a team game and it comes down to any given Sunday.

Like Thulsa Doom

Considering we almost won with Ryan Dinwiddie..... I think this team is in a ok position with Nichols.

I think this is shaping to be one of the most interesting post seasons in the past decade The parity and the variables, plus two legit teams from the East, should make some excellent playoff football

I feel that it is safe to say that Nichols is better than old Sean.

Won’t be easy but if we can’t beat a team in a funk filled with injuries at home, or a sub 500 Edmonton team then we really don’t deserve to be in the playoffs. Gotta beat the best to be the best.

well let's keep it simple then, Bombers keep winning who gives a **** about what other teams do.