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These have been the three greatest seasons of being a fan and not even this can ruin that. See you guys at IGF next year.

Honestly I'm not super upset about this loss. Nearly 3 years of domination and a couple cups is still awesome. It had to end eventually. Way she goes.

What a disappointing end to a great season.

Next year. Thanks to a lot of you for making this place very enjoyable and entertaining, it’s my first goto everyday practically. There’s a lot of very knowledgeable football and hockey people here along with great senses of humour which at the end of the day is the best part. Thanks to the admins and the founders of this site. It’s awesome how love for one football and hockey team can bring people together from all walks of life. Riders suck.

Let me just vent a little about how poor it looked that half the stadium was empty. Regina has no business ever hosting this game again. We have been told ad nauseum that Saskatchewan is the heart beat of the CFL. BALONEY. They couldn't even be bothered to show up to a game in their own back yard. Sad effort Rider fans! Terrible look on you and a black eye for the league. I get it that your team wasn't in it, and that selling your tickets to someone who might want to attend from out of town was tough because you don't have the accommodations and infrastructure to properly host the game but you guys should be cognizant of that. If your team is ever to host a Grey Cup again, get off your asses and attend the game and quit acting like a bunch of sucky babies.

I didn't mind the Prukop stuff as part of the run game, but there's no way I'm letting that guy throw a pass let alone 2 in this game. He's not Streveler. We did need him for the run game though to make the Argos actually defend the edge. We just haven't gameplanned the Argos well in years. They put a bunch of big DB's out there and challenge QB's to try to find gaps downfield with a nice pass rush too. We just keep running the same two guys on posts and corners and trying to make it happen.

Sheer stupidity lost us the game. How you have your backup quarterback, who has proven for years he doesn’t throw the ball with any skill or ability to read a defence whatsoever when you just took all the momentum with Grant's return is beyond me. That entire fourth quarter should have been Olivera and 5-7 yard passes. The deep opportunities weren't there all night and we kept trying to hammer a square peg into a round hole. Moronic display of coaching and scheming all night.

In other words, congrats!

It may not mean much from me, but you guys are still going to dominate next season. Still the class of the league. Congrats on a great season.

Yup...that dumb Prukopp play was the demise...we score points there we won

All year this team won because they forced teams to kick field goals while they scored tds. Last night the offense shat the bed and wasn't their usual opportunistic selves. That was the game in a nut shell.

This is the only important thread now. I'm done with the '22 season. It's time to start looking at '23. It starts with some new contracts for coaches and management, and then hopefully some key players. Concerned about an aging core, but we'll trust Walters to hopefully do the right thing.

The game should have been over after Grant took it back

About as retired as Matt Stegall and Calgary Jones are.

It was a fun season but a disappointing end. Thanks Bombers . And thankyou to MBB for all the great football talk. We'll be back.

This team still set a franchise record for wins and still was 1 point shy in a game they played objectively poorly in. This loss doesn't really bother me. Ultimately it simply came down to the players leaving too many plays on the field and we know they can be better than that so chalk it up to what it is, bad night at the office in the worst game to have one of those. Next season Toronto will be a mediocre team again that no one cares about and Winnipeg will be one of it not the top team in the league again.

As I reflect on it, I realize we got some incredible breaks last year in Hamilton to overcome our mistakes. The breaks didn't go our way this year.

No 3 stars or HH from me tonight.

The downfall was that Prukop trick play... Brady ran for 11 yards time was grinding down with us having momentum. Why not do another run to Brady or maybe even get Demski involved on a sweep. Where was the short passes to Bailey? That one bomb gave Argos the momentum and the win. The Blue got cocky and it cost them the game. Also nobody on D made a big play when it was needed. Kelly running for 20 on 2nd and 15 should not have happened.

Dynasty isnt over by any stretch...we will be back in it next yr

That fan with the Harris jersey taped over the name and wrote not today!

Saskatchewan shouldn't get another Grey Cup for a very long time.

Collaros throws that far enough it's all TD... Schoen had his guy beat by a country mile

Interesting to see the Jeffcoat hate today....I thought he was our best defensive player, or at least the most impactful.

No way you're getting Oakman, Mauldin, Jeffcoat, Jefferson and Bighill all under the same cap

Re-watched the game this morning without the red haze of anger and disappointment, and it confirmed what I subjectively felt while watching the game live and have a few thoughts: To echo other posts, Collaros was nothing short of terrible. Heck, both Bethel-Thompson and Chad Kelly were better than Collaros, and by a long shot. Collaros should have been pulled shortly after half-time, but intellectually I can understand why they did not. Collaros has pulled off upset wins regularly, and we were still in the game, so..... He was also iffy against the Lions, so the trend was there. There appeared to be zero adjustment at half-time. To put it bluntly, Argo defensive coordinator Corey Mace out-coached Buck Pierce who had no answers for whatever the Argo defence was doing. However, the way Collaros was playing, I am not sure it would have made a difference anyways. There was no Harris vs Oliveira comparison. Brady was under-utilized but was much, much better than Harris. Our vaunted O-line was abused, particularly in the second half. Couture specifically missed several assignments, but the whole damned O-line had difficulty picking up Argo blitzes. Jamal Parker was solely responsible for letting Kelly crack off that run which greatly impacted the momentum of the game. He has been good overall after a rough start but was once again suffering brain cramps. Whoever was responsible for Prukop's wildly ill-advised pass into double coverage ought to be fired. We had a good shot at winning right up to the last few minutes, but the Argos refused to fold, and were the better team on Sunday. So close and yet so far.

Guys like you deserve it, Bluto. Respect

Just so we are clear, the winning team missed 3 field goals in the game and the losing team only missed one. Both teams had a blocked field goal, so by all accounts, Toronto's kicker left more points on the field than Winnipeg's. You can't hang the loss on the kicker.

To: The Bomberfans of Morning Big Blue CC: The various other CFL fans here First I'd like to offer my most genuine congratulations on your 3rd straight Grey Cup appearance and having been the best team in the league over that period of time. Although the talk of a "dynasty" may have tailed off for now, knowing the standards that your Head Coach holds himself and his team to, I have every reason to make your club early favorites to be West Champions again next season and then the talk of an O'Shea Dynasty may resume. Secondly my thanks to all of you who've forwarded congratulations. It's been a good morning for me and I know that your own has been not quite so good. So with that in mind, I really appreciate the sentiment especially knowing that you're still feeling the sting of last night. To those of you who took the opportunity leading up to the game where you were solid favorites and felt secure enough in that to shittalk me, my team and my home both publicly and privately I say this: sit yourself down and have a word with yourself. I could go through the game and why it is that the Argos won and the Bombers lost and I'm happy to do so if anyone wants to see my takes on it, but honestly that feels like coming into your house and spiking the football. So the most brief summation I can put on it will be thus: The Argo Bounce is real. You'll get 'em next season.

Great season. Disappointing end. C'est la vie. #ForTheW

The d-lineman who played for the Las Vegas Posse? Probably very much retired. Why do you ask?

Our kick returner scored a TD. Our O put up 16 17 points but plz go on about the kicker.

I really dont think our defense was the issue tonight, like at all.

That doesn't make the loss any easier to stomach. His team won (**** Toronto) and he gets another ring, anyway. What a crummy and mostly forgettable game. Grant's punt return was probably the most exciting play of the whole night. It was a pretty boring night for both offenses. The Prukop INT was the momentum swinger for me. That play was reckless and silly, IMO. ****, this drought sucks already.

I didn't watch the Cup presentation. Anyone know if Ambrosie mentioned Rourke's option year?

Yeah I'm just not buying this. Of course the league has preferences but I think it's a bad slope to go down to start making up excuses and conspiracies to why we lost. Leave that to riders fans, please

Well...this team will be back again...time to start a new streak...

Loss isnt on Leggz...was on offence and poor game.plan...plain and simple

Hurts like ****. I'd rather we have lost to the ticats tho. **** Toronto

Time to answer with another TD Bombers. Let's seal the deal.

Even a 2 and out...or short drive and punt will be huge

That's what champs do....answer with authority

Wow...talk about versatile...MBT singing during the halftime show.

WENT FOR IT AND GOT IT!!!!! Gottem by the gonads now!

Flat on offence so far...defense will carry till we dial it in

Jeffcoat and sayles having huge games soo far.

Drive for a TD before the half. Please...

Yeah hes been taking a beating...he gonna throw a pick cause of it.. just watch

The football gods are with us. Cost the life of a chicken at dawn this morning, but.....