Sard

Pause the above video at 6:44... he's clearly standing on the line.

The one thing that always bugged me about that last one was that it looked like the Toronto player who kept the initial kick in play and subsequently kicked it out of the end zone appears to have stepped out of bounds (both feet on the white end line), and should have been flagged for illegal participation. Based on that alone, Montreal should have won the game because the ball would have been dead in the end zone as soon as he picked it up to make the kick.

Chris Streveler

It would have given the defense some much needed rest, and maybe allowed the offence to find some momentum in the 2nd half (with the wind). Not saying it would have made a difference, but it could have.

There were at least 2 drops by Dressler in that stretch that would have converted on 2nd down. The first one was a tougher catch, but the second one he had it in his hands, down on his knees and it just popped out. He squeezes even one of those 2 catches and it's a different ball game. I know that any given play can go any number of ways to affect the outcome of the game, and there are no guarantees, but those 2 plays struck me as somewhat critical at the time.

Drew Wolitarsky

Drew Wolitarsky

I see it as an opportunity to weed out the weaker players early, which would in theory raise the level of players in Training Camp. Very odd decision, so there must be more to it than they are reporting.

Weston Dressler

To go up by 10, rather than just 9.

That was a beautiful play. The way that he managed to hang on to Reilly while basically upside down was incredibly impressive.

There was a bit of a shove by the Bomber player (can't remember who it was. As much as I didn't like it, it was the right call.

Because it's out on the open concourse and they weren't allowing people to walk across there, nevermind stand in line. They wanted everyone to take cover because of the lightning.

I thought Walker gave Randle a bit of a push on the left shoulder which was what caused Randle to go down just before the ball got there. Some angles didn't show it very well, but there was one shot where it looked pretty obvious to me. Anyway, pretty good game for the boys, just came up a bit short with a Rookie QB who looked pretty darn good in his first CFL game.

Ripper would have picked Sask. 51.92% for the Bombers now... love the confidence in our team

That and they actively put down the CFL. Not a great way to win over the TV rights when your on air personalities are dissing the league.

Andrew Harris

Isn't Streveler 100% at this point too? And that's on 10 attempts, so that makes him 5 times better then Bethel Thompson if my math is right.

I'm way more comfortable with the QBs we have than if we had DD. He was total crap in Montreal, and was quite disappointed when I heard we had signed him.

Remember a few years back when BC started the season 0-5? They went on a tear and won the Grey Cup, so starting 0-4 is definitely no the end of the world.

Would you risk putting Nichols in behind that OLine? Not saying the guys aren't good, but that's a lot to risk putting your starting QB in behind that.

I would assume that the voucher for a free pair of tickets that was given to season ticket members probably helped that along. I remember a pretty decent crowd for the pre-season game last year. I do think people are pretty pumped about the season, and with the Jets out of the playoffs, some people may be looking to keep their live sports fix going.

FTFY

Wasn't Mike mostly responsible for that as well since he was also the GM at the time?

Generally don't put much stock in what Friesen has to say, especially regarding the Bombers.