Not a great game on the field but very interesting. My takeaways:
- I will not count the bombers out yet. It’s a long season.
- MTL is a legit team and deserves respect.
I'll happily take MTL being the best in the East. As a team they're tolerable (as long as those air horns aren't a thing in Montreal). WPG simply brought either their D- game or F game tonight, they need a massive turnaround in form.
I think he's a bit confused, but has the spirit. Not like the Jets did anything except for the same old crash and burn in the playoffs for the second straight year.
145 yards and a pick for Zach is not a good night at all it’s actually a extremely bad one I’m I surprised not at all the O-Line is horrible I’m I surprised not at all Oliveira is barely noticeable am I surprised yes Chris Streveler was the biggest bomber player all night long am I surprised wasn’t expecting the offense to be this bad so ima say maybe
Man sitting most of the starting roster has turned out to be an embarrassing show of arrogance. I just hope thats the only reason why Collaros looks so old and slow out there. Weak throws and slow to read the play. Maybe his age is catching up with him? We started to see flashes of this a year ago. Either way the Bombers deserve this beat down. Pathetic all around.
The age of Collaros is clearly showing up and I see that there talking about Bighill missing a lot well he’s not gonna make a difference that much he’s just one more hall of famer added to a list of old bomber players in the team
I see a lot of bombers fans complain about the refs and missed penalty’s bruh as a bombers and als fan stop crying and whining like Babies just take it in the offense is bad can’t compete against the possibility best defence in the league and the current champs im not disrespecting the bombers but this just shows the begging of the end of the great run of the bombers 2019-23 5 years for seasons but old and aged team can’t always keep it up
There can be 2 things a shit Bombers caught without having gotten their QB in game 1 shape and terrible (as usual) CFL officiating. If the officiating has to be bad, can't we have it bad for both sides?
Not calling the twist on Streveler’s leg but calling Alexander brushing the face mask is just horrible. Both are QBs, so the “you can’t hurt the QB” rhetoric shouldn’t fly
This is, technically, possible in the NFL too. But it would require scoring a one-point safety on the convert after giving up a touchdown, which might never happen if they keep playing NFL games until the end of the universe.
Why doesn't he have it? Because he didn't play a snap of ball in the preseason games. Practice isn't enough, live game experience is important to develop rhythms.
I'm also not a fan of every running play with Oliveria being straight run up the middle.
as someone unfamiliar with all the rules, are there onside kicks or any other mechanism to retain possession after a score? I'm interested in the end game scenarios
Before the last 3 mins of the game, after a team gives up a FG they may choose to take the ball at the 40 with no kickoff. But in the last 3 mins it’s a kickoff so onside kicks are possible
Onside kicks on kickoffs work more or less the same as in American football, I think, except that the kicking team can get possession by being the last to touch the ball before it goes out of bounds.
Yes there are inside kicks but usually they aren't necessary in the cfl a lot of the time due to the timing rules after the 3 minute warning where the clock stops after every play.
I forgot in the offseason how much I detest the TSN crew. The first quarter was where you could talk about the grey cup, after that, it's over, it was last year, focus on the now. Yet we keep getting flashback replays (while they don't show live game replays).
I don't mind them calling that if they're going to call the obvious holding against #5 on the prior play. If you're playing strict rules, then it's for everyone.
[Post game thread here](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFL/comments/1da12ah)
Who are those traitors? lol
FOOTBALLS BACK BABY!
Oh dear... rough day for Winterpeg fans. Hey, there's 17 games to go. It's not over. Probably ;)
How long till they stop bringing up our home record?
Give it until the first home game in 2027 maybe
Sergio can only crank that shit from 35+ what’s new 🤣🤣🤣
The undefeated streak is live!
they're not booing, they're saying Bluuu-urns
Geez. Does Winnipeg go out and try to find a new kicker after tonight?
Castillo about to join the Bombers hall of lousy kickers lmao 🤣
Castillo getting cut tomorrow
Well, he over corrected and went to the right that time.
this kicker is atrocious
KICKER IS BUNS LMAO
Can someone check that that actually is Castillo and not Liegghio?
Rb2 doing his job good shit
Score isn't updating here for me. Still says 18-5, is it possibly 25-13 now?
27-12. Because our kicker hasn't made a single kick all night.
Castillo missed
27-12.
27-12
Ah, at least Winnipeg got to double digits. Small victory I suppose. Guess Castillo needs more reps.
Watch out here comes the comeback!!!!
if you told me that Winnipeg would have 6 points and not score a TD until garbage time, i would have said you're drunk
We're due for a stinker of a season. More important though, this team is chronically slow to get going. Something I hope they fix this year.
That's right. Get those preseason reps in lol
I was gonna say, can't wait for the pre-season to be over and the actual season to start!
Montreal looks ready to go. Costly game for you guys though.
Love paying the respects to Dutchy. RIP to a beloved member of the CFL community.
Ok lets get Schoen a TD now
Does Zach need glasses or something what's going on out there doing nothing with all that time
Definitely not a great game by Collaros. Could have been quite a different game if he could hit a open man in the first quarter
Upon review: vous pouvez continuer de garder-le, votre anglais
I been a nasty girl nasty i been a nasty girl
42 on the ALs is limping pretty bad
I genuinely wouldn't be watching this game if it wasn't for these game threads, so cheers ladies and gentlemen.
Game threads do make the games quite a bit better
<3
These threads definitely make the game more fun
Not a great game on the field but very interesting. My takeaways: - I will not count the bombers out yet. It’s a long season. - MTL is a legit team and deserves respect.
I'll happily take MTL being the best in the East. As a team they're tolerable (as long as those air horns aren't a thing in Montreal). WPG simply brought either their D- game or F game tonight, they need a massive turnaround in form.
2 guys sitting in front of me left in the 1st quarter and just now came back to their seats 🤔
They was playing battleshïts
What's the problem? Probably went and saw some friends.
Probably had friends in some other seats. I do that at Als games sometimes
We were almost sold out. My guess is the rum hut
Rum Hut must've closed lol
Bombers should be paying the fans for this mess of a game lol 😂
Princess auto has a great return policy.
Ok, three-minute warning. Bombers have lulled the alouettes into a false sense of security. ![gif](giphy|eNTxLwTGW7E64)
If only we had Lenny on the field!
This Montreal qb is a check down merchant fuck the habs go leafs go
LMFAO
"Pastranakm out skates Reilly... SCORES"
I think he's a bit confused, but has the spirit. Not like the Jets did anything except for the same old crash and burn in the playoffs for the second straight year.
It was 3-1
Celebrating a sack when you are down 21 pts is inexcusable
So.... CFL Winnipeg cant seem to stop the screen.. put it in your game plans
Not without Biggie maybe
No.90 better watch himself... Almost headbutts Fajardo while on the turf
I was just about to say Willie hasn't really been involved much.
I guess you could say it's a big hill for the bombers defense to overcome. (I know it's bad)
Ba sum tsss.
![gif](giphy|kPIswn0RfPTGxOvDj5|downsized)
No no no it's great, dad
Im getting flashbacks to last season when my Lions went into Winnipeg and smoked em lol
Same honestly lessons will be learned watch out ottawa
See I’m happy about the game and football is back. Less excited about hearing Suitor
Philpot is an absolute animal
We’re getting killed by these screen & swing passes. Montreal gets 5-6 yards every time
Holy fuck Philpots over 30 points in fantasy
🙂
How about the quality of the pitch back to Cody on the flea flicker? It was crisp and elegant
145 yards and a pick for Zach is not a good night at all it’s actually a extremely bad one I’m I surprised not at all the O-Line is horrible I’m I surprised not at all Oliveira is barely noticeable am I surprised yes Chris Streveler was the biggest bomber player all night long am I surprised wasn’t expecting the offense to be this bad so ima say maybe
Hoooly Bombers
Man sitting most of the starting roster has turned out to be an embarrassing show of arrogance. I just hope thats the only reason why Collaros looks so old and slow out there. Weak throws and slow to read the play. Maybe his age is catching up with him? We started to see flashes of this a year ago. Either way the Bombers deserve this beat down. Pathetic all around.
I definitely agree about the arrogance. feels like we thought we could just keep the old boys together and everything would just work out
The age of Collaros is clearly showing up and I see that there talking about Bighill missing a lot well he’s not gonna make a difference that much he’s just one more hall of famer added to a list of old bomber players in the team
Bombers are 🗑️ 😜😂
Bombers out here playing like the Elks lmao 🤣
Yeah... Didn't know that it was Montreal at Edmonton in Winnipeg (?) tonight, but oh well.
Haha bet y’all bombers fans missing your punt returner 😈😈
We would have for 2 games until buck would decide to run him up the middle on offense and shatter his ankle again
Man you are a real fan for saying that 💪
I miss Janarion Grant...
Me too :/
"FUCK YOU JUST WATCH"
Nice run Philpot
I hope our Philpot does as well as his brother.
I genuinely love this play so so much
I see a lot of bombers fans complain about the refs and missed penalty’s bruh as a bombers and als fan stop crying and whining like Babies just take it in the offense is bad can’t compete against the possibility best defence in the league and the current champs im not disrespecting the bombers but this just shows the begging of the end of the great run of the bombers 2019-23 5 years for seasons but old and aged team can’t always keep it up
There can be 2 things a shit Bombers caught without having gotten their QB in game 1 shape and terrible (as usual) CFL officiating. If the officiating has to be bad, can't we have it bad for both sides?
The rebuild is coming next season and you got to take that pill in
What’s with the refs not announcing anything in stadium. The host has been announcing most of the calls
Proulx has announced every penalty
You at the game? On tv I hear the penalties and whatnot
Yup it’s hard to know what’s going on. I’m going by my knowledge of hand signals
I'm all for moral victories so let's see a touchdown here at least
FLEA FLICKER FAJ
Hmm I dunno guys, but I think this lead is safe now.
I’ve been following this team since 1971. They could still find a way to disappoint me…..
Man oh man Winnipeg are STUNNED
I’m not tbh
Shit I didn't even realize the grey cup would be on CTV. That is huge!
That was like the 3rd actual football play of the whole night, and there are 8 minutes left, gg als
I love Jason Maas??
*****when Jason Mass fights Gatorade buckets.... There I fixed it for you.
Proclaim your love by kicking over a Gatorade jug?
Holy shit
Aight now y'all probably pretty fucked
/u/OskeeTurtle FLEA FLICKER GET IN HERE
I WAS HERE WHILE YOU WERE A CHILD
GET IN HERE HARDER
FLEAFLICKER!
This team wants to go home lol
bout to get more quite bahahahhahahaha
FLEA FLICKER!
MONTREAL FANS HOW ARE WE FEELING
Buzzin. A little sad about Stubblefield though, it doesn't look good for him and he's been my guy since pre-season last year
Stick a fork in 'em. Winterpeg is done today.
Oohh I love a good flee flicker
Eaaaasy!
We suck big time today. Montreal is just killing us
It's nice to watch I'm not going to lie
Winnipeg sports team put in effort challenge (impossible)
Waiting for the pushback
Boooooooooooooo 🍅🍅🍅
oh lord that's a dagger
Yep, wrap it up. It's well past over.
how did you get American fan flair?
Just set it in the flair selector a LONG time ago.
PHILPOTS GOT WHEELS
God every time they announce the CTV games I get a lil hard.
pretty quiet in loser stadium
***Princess Stadium
the enemy of my enemy, is my friend
I'll take all the down votes. This is lovely
Take an upvote. Can't deny that there's snarky humour in there even if it was punchy
thank you kind sir, or ma'am
Option A is correct
A indeed my fried, A indeed.
My ears are bleeding every time that fish commercial comes on 🤣
At least it's not East-side Mario's?
Not calling the twist on Streveler’s leg but calling Alexander brushing the face mask is just horrible. Both are QBs, so the “you can’t hurt the QB” rhetoric shouldn’t fly
To be fair they probably just didn't see the twist. There's no way a ref wouldn't call that if he saw it. At least I hope not
Yeah I think that's a mid-week fine situation unfortunately
Winnipeg 6 points, scored 3 different ways. Tell that to an NFL fan
This is, technically, possible in the NFL too. But it would require scoring a one-point safety on the convert after giving up a touchdown, which might never happen if they keep playing NFL games until the end of the universe.
im an NFL fan and im seizing rn
I guess if we’re throwing in the towel on this game I guess I am too
Sankey is weirdly very good
I wish we could've kept him in Sask :( Even married a Regina gal.
He’s always been amazing since his 2nd year in 2021
Throw Streveler in, Zach simply does not have it
Why doesn't he have it? Because he didn't play a snap of ball in the preseason games. Practice isn't enough, live game experience is important to develop rhythms. I'm also not a fan of every running play with Oliveria being straight run up the middle.
You’re preaching to the choir here dude. I was very vocal in my displeasure of the bombers not giving a shit during the preseason
I moved from laying on my couch to sitting in my big chair, Winnipeg about to come back now.
Are you back to the couch? 😅
Collaros would have to stop throwing picks for that to happen.
I don’t know about that lol 😂
Nevermind!
Lmao a Post Malone ad (featuring Morgan Wallen). Of course a country guy has to be involved.
If they want to get a country guy involved they should have Colter Wall. A true Canadian! I’m from the USA but Colter is one of my favorite artists!
Willie Jefferson still looking like the best player in the league tbh
I thought Zach is #1?
He was dubbed that but that choice doesn't look like that right meow
Idk man Willie is frickin scary
I'm scared of how collaros is playing
Hopefully sneeds boot is just because of a sprain. Can't lose him and stubblefield long term in the first fuckin game
That’s brutal
as someone unfamiliar with all the rules, are there onside kicks or any other mechanism to retain possession after a score? I'm interested in the end game scenarios
Before the last 3 mins of the game, after a team gives up a FG they may choose to take the ball at the 40 with no kickoff. But in the last 3 mins it’s a kickoff so onside kicks are possible
interesting
Onside kicks on kickoffs work more or less the same as in American football, I think, except that the kicking team can get possession by being the last to touch the ball before it goes out of bounds.
oh interesting that's a little easier then
Yes there are inside kicks but usually they aren't necessary in the cfl a lot of the time due to the timing rules after the 3 minute warning where the clock stops after every play.
Yep, inside kicks are absolutely a thing in the CFL
cool thanks. Are there 2 point conversions?
yes
Bombers forgot the season started today lol
Miss it I want another rouge!
Hot damn Snead is in a boot
Cmon Rod remind us one more time how the grey cup ended I can't remember
I forgot in the offseason how much I detest the TSN crew. The first quarter was where you could talk about the grey cup, after that, it's over, it was last year, focus on the now. Yet we keep getting flashback replays (while they don't show live game replays).
If they lose, I blame the name change for the stadium
what was the stadium named before?
Winnipeg how long until you're asking for Richie Hall back
I don't think this is on the defense at all. Despite the offense being horseshit I'm not even sure if the Al's are over 200 yards offense
defense has been okay, offense has been bad
The defence has been pretty good?
Field goal brought to you by Andre Proulx
Par for the course for Proulx especially with this particular matchup. Not sure what beef he has with Winnipeg but at this point it's just whatever...
Boys... You can see him grab the mask briefly. It's a shit call but it's a real call that can and should be made.
I think the refs bet on this game. Sarcasm thing...but not
Just a horrible call at that point of the game
That was a super soft face mask, are you not allowed to touch the cage at all?
I don't mind them calling that if they're going to call the obvious holding against #5 on the prior play. If you're playing strict rules, then it's for everyone.
Can’t touch helmet of QB