do or die

Correction: 3 games....

Playing good ball for more than 30 minutes a game would be nice. So would having some kind of killer instinct, when we are up. (fail against both Sask, and BC) As far as what we are doing presently.....we can beat some teams with this stuff......but not the teams we eventually have to beat.

In the near future , we need to beat the beatable, rack up the points.....while working out the kinks and strategies....that prevent us from beating top teams (0-2, against those) Then take a big run at those guys again.

No one pays me......must be doing something wrong...

We can kick this around until the gin kicks home......... The deal is....that until we figure out a way to be prepared to get out of the gate to start games......and also play to win not lose, with leads... We are simply pretenders. Until we start doing the things.... that real contenders do.

That "improved" Rider O line is getting trucked....

For Lapo....3rd time around, with the same MO.

Completion percentage is worth used beans..............if you don't score points or for that matter.....make first downs, in crunch time.

5 straight 2 and outs, followed by the INT. Real killer instinct in crunch time, alright.....

Rainey takes opening KO 65 yds....but FG missed.... Nichols fumbles ....Normand turns it into first down... Nichols is hammered on a LB blitz Bombers give up long KR - fumble - sack - long pass play ....in the first couple of minutes... Lulay bombs one to Burnham... ...then perfect TD pass to Manny A...over Cartwright ....looking too easy for the Lions... Nichols holding the ball too long....and is sacked.... ..Matt looking kinda indecisive...... Bombers giving up big plays on both sides of the ball... Blue get one....on blocked punt, up the gut...by Jones... The Fever....sort of gets into the end zone..... ...for the Bombers first points on O, in 1st Q, this year.... Pretty soft zone....Burnham out jumps 2 DB's for big gain... 14 yards passing....22 net yards.....on offense. Must be a Blue Bomber first quarter..... Alexander deked right out of his shoes...... ...then Hurl gets completely turnstiled by Rainey on 40 yd gain... BC just waltzing down the field....Johnson then has 5 yd TD run.. 17-7 Lions. Bombers looking weak on both sides of the ball.... Harris fumbles next series.....Knox gets it back on INT.... ...but has it wiped out by nonsensical penalty on Thomas...brutal. ...costs Blue another 3. TOP lopsided for BC...as they are up 20-7 Bombers speed up tempo on O, and uses some misdirection...... Nichols getting it out faster and working wide side of field.... Denmark wide open on the ole corner pattern.....20 yd TD.. BC Offense also working the flats....with plenty of missed Blue tackles... Roc Cartwright getting worked over, yet again.....no other options, here? Just before half....more missed tackles....250 yds passing and 27 points against... Did Jim Daley sneak back here, when no one was looking? 27-14 BC. Medlock lines up for 46 yds FG attempt......but hold the phone! He chips it down the sideline to Mike Miller, hiding on the sideline..... 30 yard gain. Adams then catches corner route TD from Nichols. 27-21 Lions BC takes Objectionable C. and keeps Blue O on the field..... Nichols rolls out at the 20.....and just keeps on going for the TD.... Bomber inch into the lead.....this will be a barn burner..... Loffler spends a lot of time near the box for a S....need more help in back.. Nichols hits 50 sideline bomb to Adams.....completes couple more..... ...then puts it up deep in the end zone....Adams makes great one-handed TD catch. Mike Miller is a special teams hit man...... Medlock not punting it well, at all..... Jake Thomas jumps up, deflects pass, intercepts, and laterals it....... ...to Knox who steams down the sidelines for a 30 yd TD.. Bombers up 42-27. Time for some killer instinct..... Blue getting better pressure and some hits on Lulay..... Another bad Medlock punt gives BC ball inside Bomber 40... Bad Lulay throw is picked off in style...by the beleaguered Carmichael.... ....next series....Roc loses the 50/50 ball to Burnham for big gain... Manny A. grabs crossing route TD. 42-34 Bombers Bombers really need some O.....but are getting 2 and outs... Lot of passes short of the marker....no 2nd down conversions.... Medlock punting from Blue 25.....on 3rd and 15. He throws a pass!... while the rest of the team are playing the punt? Brutal turnover. Naturally Lulay scrambles 15 yds for the TD 2 point convert. 15 point lead blown. 42-42. Bomber collars tightening....by the minute....another 2 and out... With 2 minutes to go....Nichols has the game in his hand...... ...and proceeds to telegraph the out pass for horrific INT. BC Field goal gives Lions the lead.....45-42. 45 seconds left.....Bombers burn up the clock with dinks and dunks Medlock lines up for 50 yd tying field goal....and it is right down the pipe... BUT SHORT! Bombers simply choke away a potential key win... The crazy gamble by MOS....the chickenschmit play calling from Lapo... ....and the crucial INT from Nichols...are not what contenders are made of.... Bombers back to the drawing board. DOD back to the drinking glass....

Gutless playcalling by Lapo in the 4th. This clinging to the lead business on O, does not work in this league....

Opponents can't account for those passes 5 yards short of the marker.....

Choke.

This 25 yds of Bomber O and 0 points thing, in first quarter.....is not gonna fly in this kind of game....

Have to get Lulay...................see if he can handle some punishment Before Lulay gets us..............if he can get to his 2nd/3rd reads, with all the youth in back 7

Mindlessly childish, yet strangely amusing....

Yup, after Bomber DB Davis laid a pretty bad cheap shot on Damon Allen. Pretty good scrum ensued. Rita was still jacked about that at the end of the game, and gave Dr. Jeff a healthy shove.

Feel somewhat sorry for Spicy Spice. Tough to stand at a podium, every night and have to bellow out alternative and baseless facts to the assembled media.....and having a certain amount of even that ....contradicted by the Don over Twitter, the very same day. Thankless job. But demonstrating loyalty to Trump, was an exercise in futility, from the get go. Sessions did everything but suck the blacking from Trump's boots.....and gets humiliated publicity for his pains. People notice. Which is why, when this administration implodes.....you probably won't see a Gordon Liddy or Ollie North type, step forward to be the fall guy.

Banks ran back that last kick, like I run with my dog...

....and we should know. The enduring mystery is why anyone else would want to find out.

As in Jim Daley bad....

I have the greatest respect for the gems of knowledge and wisdom of the great posters, although the top-drawer fellas generally have a good grip on things and the upper-echelon guys make pretty salient points, from time to time. Not so hard......uh, where was I?

B-I-N-G-O

At this point, in trying to get any kind of a "win" the Republican "leadership" Trump, Pence, O'Connell along with the ole Tea baggers like Rand Paul.....are pretty busy at work. Belittling, threatening and attacking any reasonable, moderate, logical, and practical Republicans, who could be fiscally conservative and socially liberal. In short, the people that could actual help the party create legislation that makes some form of sense. As opposed to the crap sandwich of a repressive agenda, that is the current Republican party line. Some Republicans used to understand the value and benefits of science, immigration, the environment, and education. Unfortunately, any potential reasonable internal debate has been drowned out by cheap slogans and bellowing of alternative facts. Meanwhile regulatory bodies, key Federal departments, and consumer protections are being gutted. Healthcare and social services for millions of Americans also hangs in the balance. I am old enough to remember a time when racists, gun nuts, religious cranks and extreme alt right types were the fringe, rather than the voice and agenda of the Republican Party. The cherry on top, is having a President who is patently morally, intellectually, and temperamentally unfit to hold that office. Sad.

There once was a guy, named Do or Die Who drank the gin, not on the sly. Football made him all a quiver. Who cares what it did, to his liver? Spends way too much time on this board. But has found no way, to cut the cord. All he can do, is drink and sigh. While waiting for the Bombers to fly.