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Game Day Thread- Week Seventeen, GAME 15: Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ REDBLACKS October 5th, 2018

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IT"S GAME DAY!!!! Let's Clobber the ALLCAPS!!!

 

 

GAME 15 | WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS (7-7) at OTTAWA REDBLACKS (8-5)

THE 4-1-1

Kickoff: 6:30 p.m. CDT, Friday; TD Place, Ottawa
TV: TSN, ESPN+
Radio: CJOB
The forecast: A mix of sun and cloud with a high of 11C. Cloudy overnight with a high of 4C.
Vegas line: The REDBLACKS are favoured by 1.5 points.
Streaks: Winnipeg: 2W; Ottawa: 2W
Home/Road: Ottawa is 4-2 at home; the Bombers are 3-4 on the road.
Series: The Bombers lead the all-time series with Ottawa-based clubs (since 1961) – the Rough Riders, Renegades and REDBLACKS – (44-31-1).
Recent history: The REDBLACKS pounded the Bombers 44-21 in Winnipeg back on August 17, a result that started a four-game losing streak. Winnipeg has won its last two visits to Ottawa, winning 33-30 last August and 33-20 in November of 2016.

 

(Thanks Ed Tait)

 

 

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If there is anything else that anyone wants linked up here lemme know- just want to make it useful for people to reference.

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    • 17to85
      17to85

      Some people are so committed to their biases they can't see what really happened. Lapo called a pretty good game, the D started rough but got a lot better and Ottawa made plays at the end to get to OT

    • Mr Dee
      Mr Dee

      And here it is...the play of the game.  

    • Super Duper Negatron
      Super Duper Negatron

      Just watched the game. Someone explain the Ellingson catch please, because to me that was a trap. I feel like the D stopped them twice with the game on the line, only for the refs to take it away

    comment_359692

    I'm actually not bothered at all by our defense being the catalyst for winning in place of the offense because I've felt if they would have stepped up in the playoffs the last two years, we might have won or at least gone to the Grey Cup instead of finishing one and done.  We gotta keep the brick wall in that side of the ball up and thwart the oncoming attacks.

     

    I'd like to see our DL continue to go on a tear and get pressure up in T Harris's face.  Make sure he's errant in trying to get the ball to Sinopli, Ellingson and Spencer.

    On the offensive side of the ball, Lapolice needs to call more play action mixed with quick out passes on first down to get Matt in rhythm.

    comment_359694
    23 minutes ago, USABomberfan said:

    I'm actually not bothered at all by our defense being the catalyst for winning in place of the offense because I've felt if they would have stepped up in the playoffs the last two years, we might have won or at least gone to the Grey Cup instead of finishing one and done.  We gotta keep the brick wall in that side of the ball up and thwart the oncoming attacks.

     

    I'd like to see our DL continue to go on a tear and get pressure up in T Harris's face.  Make sure he's errant in trying to get the ball to Sinopli, Ellingson and Spencer.

    On the offensive side of the ball, Lapolice needs to call more play action mixed with quick out passes on first down to get Matt in rhythm.

    You have to figure Ottawa has looked at this (our D) and is going to have some strategy for countering it. Likely some cadence stuff and tricks to get us to reveal whether we are blitzing or not. Bit of a chess game.

    comment_359697

    This game, at least to me is just too hard to predict. Which Trevor Harris will show up? Can our DB's handle the Ottawa wide outs and slots (they are very very good)? Can we stop Powell? Can they stop Harris? Just too many variables to think about.

    The one thing that does concern me is mistakes. If the game is close and comes down to who makes the fewest mistakes, there have been times in the past when we have played the goat and made the most mistakes etc. Too many penalties etc.

    I see it as a very close game with the team that makes the fewest mistakes coming out on top.

    comment_359703

    I will say too if we can pull this off, it'll make the Edm-Ssk game on Monday a win-win situation.  If the Esks win (which I hope), we can still knock the melonheads out of 2nd place and take it.  But if they win, it'll put us up a game on the Esks.

     

    But anyway, not to worry about that yet until we've taken care of business in TD Place.

    Edited by USABomberfan

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    46 minutes ago, USABomberfan said:

    But anyway, not to worry about that yet until we've taken care of business in TD Place.

    Agreed, need to take care of things on our side before looking at how other teams help us. 

    I am looking forward to see how our Defence steps up against a completely different animal in the ALLCAPS....

    comment_359720

    Ottawa has a good team, well coached.

    Honestly, I'm not sure about our team yet. Another convincing win will make me feel better about the Bombers. A beat-down will confirm my fears. A close win will make me happy - especially if Bombers D plays like they did last week.

    Is Harris 100%? Can Nichols put together some drives, protect the ball, and quit throwing picks? Will we see the same supreme effort from our D as we did vs Esks? Those questions loom.

    But let's take advantage of Bolduc at safety. And let's Blitz! If we knock their QB down a few times and force him to have his head on a swivel - we can win.

    Let's not lose due to a pick-six or bonehead coaching error (or combination of the two).

    Edited by Doublezero

    comment_359722

    If the Bombers are down at halftime, and the offence stagnant, do we see Streveler?   Or is O'Shea going to act like the rest of the season hasn't had major issues and just lean on the fact that we've won the last 2?

    im hoping Matt has a breakout game and shows some major improvement, but I think we can all agree that we've been waiting for that to happen all season, and it hasn't.

    Edited by trueBlue83

    comment_359723
    1 minute ago, trueBlue83 said:

    If the Bombers are down at halftime, and the offence stagnant, do we see Streveler?   Or is O'Shea going to act like the rest of the season hasn't had major issue and just lean on the fact that we've won the last 2?

    im hoping Matt has a breakout game and shows some major improvement, but I think we can all agree that we've been waiting for that to happen all season, and it hasn't.

    Unless he's bipolar O'Shea is going to go with Nichols and force feed him to us no matter what because "He's won a ton of games for us in the past" and when he plays like crap "That's not the real Matt Nichols". Streveler remains nailed to the bench unless Nichols gets hurt. 

    comment_359729
    21 minutes ago, trueBlue83 said:

    sure glad it's not a home game tonight... this weather would have sucked to sit through!  my buddy going to the game tonight said its about 8 and partly cloudy, no rain in the forecast!   should be perfect conditions!

    What time did it start getting nasty in the peg ?.....I left at four this morning to make sure I didn't get caught in any of it....

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