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A free Big Mac & a pack of smokes for the first 5000 people at the game!

Good. I don't care what anyone says about his attitude, his prep (or lack thereof), what he did or didn't do before the Grey Cup in Montreal, etc. With apologies to Stegall, he is the single best player I ever saw live and was a reason alone for going to the stadium. Congrats to Charlie!

This weekend could not have gone better scoreboard wise.

I've never seen another player who could squeeze through a pile of 10 linemen and come flying out the other side quite like Roberts

Wallace just has that 1990's big mauler oline look to him

Charlie deserves the recognition.....Didn't like the way he left.... he should have finished his career here....Roberts was one of the best backs this club has ever seen ....He could make you look awful foolish....Many a tackler thought they had him coralled and he'd just slip by them with ease ...Elusive and durable as hell ...one of our all time greats

Dude was outplayed by brown last year, he showed he can't play without top teir protection... this is not really much of a surprise. After the summer the offense was Brady Brady and more Brady.

There were a hell of a lot of us expecting just this to happen.... because he showed this last season at times.

Loved watching Blink play and he's an excellent selection to the Ring of Honour.

Can I get 2 packs of smokes instead? I aint eating that poison.

Will these be handed out by strippers?

We did get Younger at defensive coordinator.

Robert’s was absolutely amazing. To put up 2000 all purpose yards during his prime the years we had a terrible o-line and guys like Tee Martin as QB was absolutely incredible. We’ve been blessed to have some great running backs in Winnipeg for the last 20 years but it all starts with Blink. One of those worth the price of admission kind of players.

That makes sense to me. Hopefully Bryant is just fully recovered and good to go. If we need someone else to come in an be another TE, my vote is Devin Adams. Guy is a beast. Doesn't need to be a Cdn since they take out an American receiver usually when they run that set.

Oof. Yeah looked like it was a season ender. He’s been such a bright spot. Soo much further along than expected, soo hard working and smart. Improving his physique all on his own, which alone has taken big steps since his college career ended. I hope he can be 100% for camp next year, he’s going to be a damn good player.

Unfortunately, Collaros is definitely trending downwards and bad games have become the norm and good games the exception.

I we got extremely unlucky on the timing... if Collaros played like this last year, or Brown still had one more year at his entry level contract... it would have been much easier/justifiable to move on

Hell yeah

If that Zach shows up... we have a great shot at the cup this year.

All y'all need to wash your mouths out with soap.

Fajardo threw deep successfully a number of times & they weren't jump balls like Lawler has to contend with. Most were right on target hitting his receivers in stride. CoFaj put on quite a show. He made his receivers look good by putting the balls right on the money. Sure, there were throws that the receivers had to adjust to but if Collaros was throwing like that we'd all be singing his praises as a qb. Then there were times he scrambled & made positive yards with his legs. He isn't the same qb who got run out of town on a rail by Rider Nation.

A perfectly chromulent sentiment. Easy in hindsight. But Zach was coming off a career season (or close to it IIRC)- how do you dump that and role with something promising, but unproven? Bombers were between a rock and a hard place- I understand going with Zach.

Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller

Huge fan of Wallace. He's gonna be a real good one for sure.

Those vintage Als uniforms are indeed beautiful.

Bring a barf bag. If the Bombers are playing like horsepoop, it can easily be repurposed.

It’s Labour Day every break every call will go the Riders way it’s just how it is. Just got to fight through that.

Many posters here have met Chuckie, I’d say. One thing that strikes you is he’s a chill kind of guy. If he was haulin on a smoke, drinking whiskey, eating cheese burgers, and in the front row with peelers, that is him. He likes it that way. Not particularly an overacheiver. But certainly one hell of a talented athlete. He seems ok with being a postal clerk. He talks to anyone. Introduce yourself if you see him. He won’t mind. Better yet, buy him a drink.

But come on... you weren't expecting 6TDs to 12INTS. Nobody was.

He wasn't overly fast at the top end but i have never seen a quicker player who could accelerate in seemingly one step and never lose any speed on a cut.

Roberts numbers are just outstanding. Guy 100% deserves to be in the teams HOF. Yeah some things left a sour taste but dude was a great player. Always a threat to do something.

I'll admit, I wasn't confident we were going to drive down and score on the last drive... but I sure as hell stayed in my seat til the end (at which point, a seat was no longer required)

Whitehead is kind of like when we brought back Albert Johnson III in 2006. His brain knows what to do but he doesn't have the wheels or the extra gears anymore. I think between him and coaches they view the missed FG's as an opportunity for a big play but he just doesn't have that speed to explode off that first cut that you need to beat the angle even on the heavier cover team.

He may have been told to not give up a point

I don’t think theirs is better. Luckier and more opportunistic if anything. the refs/CC..it’s Labour Day. Hopes high, expectations low on that. My concerns are our OL in pass pro vs their DL, and the punter keeping us in a field position hole all day. Bombers are the better team in every other way. Secure the ball on offence, we should be able to grind out a tough win. If Brady can’t go, we’re ****** though for real.

It’s an awful thing to have to admit. I have a weird feeling their luck will run out in November though.

Als dominated the second half. Doubt very many thought MBT would pull out a win.

Fajardo looked very, very good tonight. There are a lot of haters on this board but he is playing at a level I have never seen.

Elks appear to be a good football team. Turns out Jones knows talent just not how to wear every hat. Als tho particularly Faj didn’t look awful. Elks have talent.

Another Desjarlais would be superb. He's a key cog in Ottawa

So for the people that like Lapo on colour..... He is obviously very knowledgeable, but he has ZERO energy.... Like he is dead on the mic. If he could even get to half of Matty's energy, and maintain his knowledge.... MAYBE he might have something....?

Elks made some noise...Als will win.

Sask is beatable, but not the LDC. I expect heartbreak. At least I will be well lubricated and will be filled with a smug sense of superiority.

I can absolutely see a 12-10 game where our D does virtually everything possible to shut down the Gappers but our O continues to be stuck in mud and can't get going. Riders D likely better than both BC and Ham, so it's not gonna get any easier for Zach and crew....

Yeah, you may have a point… Except that they didn’t rule an incomplete pass on the original on field call. They ruled a complete pass. It definitely was not that. As you say, it slipped through the receiver’s hands. That much is clear in the video. As such, it was either an interception or an incomplete pass. So, if the bombers challenged the ruling of down by contact, I think the video review conclusively showed that the receiver never had possession of the ball. Hence the call on the field should’ve been overturned. Unless I am missing something? Which, unfortunately, does happen from time to time. 🙂

Must be a remix. Heard he made one after Rourke came back to the Lions... Two in the morning, got the fat burger. Even saw the lights of the Goodyear blimp and it read "Farhan's a simp".

Yeah no one blames Rourke for wanting to go to the NFL, it's the attitude where the CFL was an unforseen detour that rubs people the wrong way. A lot of guys may think it... but very few say it, especially when the national media is hell bent on shoving that person down our collective throats as the greatest canadian ever!

Honestly any thing is possible in the ldc/bjb. I expect a split with home teams winning. That said zach played his worst game of the year (again) and could well have a bounce back game. If he has his best game of the year we will blow them out. Ssk has done the best job of getting to the qb this year, zach is hopeless vs pressure and our ol is in dire straights. I won’t be surprised though if he have another ugly game.