Eternal optimist

Alright hear me out here... maybe MAYBE Maas thought they couldn't convert the 3rd and 4, and was expecting Whyte to miss? The rouge would've meant another TD would've allowed them to kick the PAT for 1?... That's even stupider though, because that'd be going for the rouge hah. Yeah okay that was a really bad call...

All this talk about Matthews reminds me of one thing. Remember how everyone cried foul about releasing Thorpe this year? Imagine if we did the same thing to Matthews back when he asked for his release... there would be absolutely no way he'd come back. At least for now it's a foreseeable possibility, as opposed to just a pipe dream. Also hah at Fitzgerald ever wanting to play up here. Imagine this as a sales pitch for your current job: Want to pay more taxes, earn less money, and play in worse weather? Tired of golfing in Arizona year-round? Then have we got the league for you! I love the CFL... but you guys are kidding if you think Fitz would ever seriously come up here.

It's hard to mash teeth when you don't have any!

Meh, Bluto seems like a cool guy, Eskies knocked us out, and Calgary is insufferably full of themselves. I think I'm in the majority when I say once the Bombers were out of the running, everyone wants someone other than SSK to win. Doesn't matter who, just not them...

I'm not going to let you spoil this mood.

Alright, I'll bite... sure they got further than us, but I would argue we also were eliminated by a much better team, whilst they played the Redblacks to get where they were, we played the Eskies. As for showing class, respect is earned, not given... I understand your logic of taking the high road, but these idiots had anointed their team as holier-than-thou and destined to win the Grey Cup despite their undisciplined play throughout the season. Not only that, they got absolutely stomped in the season finale by the same team that eliminated us. Misery loves company Rider fans!

How sweet it is!

Everyone said the same thing about the Redblacks last year... just gotta get there and anything can happen.

Toronto, do us a favor and beat the snot out of them.

I love auto-correct.

How has this morphed into another "Richie Hall must go thread"?

Why not name them the Halifax Blue Bombers? Having a team in each division would surely help our odds of breaking the drought.

Across the board, if there was a single unit on our team that played hard night in and out and gave our team a chance to win it was the O-line. I still have nightmares of our line from previous years... it certainly was offensive.

I am okay with this.

Extremely optimistic listing of optimism regarding this season 1) That soul-crushing home playoff loss convinced the missus that when the Bombers make a Grey Cup, we are going to find a way to get to that game. 2) Hosted a home playoff game, in an ridiculously competitive Western division. 3) First season, in a long time that many of us here expected wins, as opposed to just hoping for wins. There is a difference. 4) Matt Nichols is the real deal. 5) I hope Moe Leggett comes back, better than ever.

Other - abandon defensive schemes entirely and dress 46 offensive players every game.

He was referring to the fumble later in the game, it was Jeffcoat that came up from the pile with the ball, but the ruling on the field was Edmonton maintained possession.

I thought that was the sole reason we were going to open the intersection!

Rock solid player at the most important position in the league. Was bummed about the loss yesterday, but glad to hear Nichols is making Winnipeg his permanent home. Sounds like he really likes it here, and that's good 'cuz we like him here too.

They were high on Roc Carmichael at one point too. My only conclusion right now is our scouting staff is just high all the time.

Interesting, good to know... I was at the game and they didn't announce any of that, they didn't even announce he was attempting to challenge. A bit of faith restored on an otherwise miserable Monday.

I gotta say it was very courteous of the refs to give him his challenge and timeout back when he tried to challenge Dressler's fumble that had already automatically been reviewed. He's lucky he didn't get called for delay of game. Does that mean he's too stupid to understand the challenge rules? Or is he so stubborn that he knew he couldn't challenge it, and just wanted to muck around with the refs anyways?

My biggest problem with the fake punt was not the call - it was the execution - they have to sell it - not have 4 guys running around before the ball is snapped. It was telegraphed which is why Edmonton picked up on it.

Section 109 reporting in.

a state of feeling that accompanies preoccupation with trivial and insipid diversions Source:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leucocholy Kind of ironic finding that definition distracted me from doing work...