Blue Bombers Blog

Coaches always insist after a game that they need to see the film before making a proper evaluation - win or lose - on their team’s performance.

Forget that. As per usual, here’s my initial take on the Bombers tonight as I stare out at an empty Canad Inns Stadium following a 26-11 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats:

Yuck.

You can say the Bombers were hooped earlier in the day when Milt Stegall opted not to suit up because of his bruised ribs. And the situation certainly got worse when Kevin Glenn pulled up lame in the second quarter.

But what these eyes didn’t like was the collapse of the defence and how lost some of the other starters and reserves looked in their time to shine.

The Bombers defence, which had been so stingy in holding teams to under 40 yards rushing per game this season, was pushed around by the Ticats as Josh Raneky carried 27 times for 164 yards. The Ticats managed only 332 yards total offence on the night, but they called an effective game that pounded the Bomber defence.

That said, Brad Banks & Co. were a huge disappointment for the home side. I’ve always been a fan of Banks — who finished as the runner-up to Cincinnati Bengals starter Carson Palmer in voting for the 2002 Heisman Trophy. But he has struggled since camp and did more of the same last night in completing just eight of 20 passes for 65 yards while being picked off once. Russ Michna wasn’t much better, completing just one of three passes while fumbling twice. But Chris Brazzell dropped two passes we’ve seen him make before. Henri Childs dropped a pass. So did Andrae Thurman.

Bottom line, these guys had better forget about keeping the Montreal Alouettes, a perfect 7-0, in their sights and worry about righting the ship before the Ticats and Argos get their houses in order. Objects in the mirror, as they say, are closer than they appear.

Jason Maas barely missed a step after sitting out a game with an injury: The Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback threw two touchdown passes en route to a 26-11 victory over the host Winnipeg Blue Bombers Friday night.

The offensive playcalling sure does look a lot more questionable with the starting QB out, doesn’t it? You only need look at Winnipeg on Friday night to see that. For that matter, the Bomber offensive line looks much weaker with Kevin Glenn out too. I wonder if Winnipeg fans will be calling for offensive co-ordinator Mike Gibson’s head after that offensive debacle against Hamilton tonight.

cAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THERE IS ANYMORE cfl WEB cast lINKS?

I used to watch CFL games on Peercast.org, but that was years ago. Lou

Although on paper the Hamilton Tiger Cats should eating teams rawww with the all encompassing new additions to their team, at all the skill positions.

Apparently the dirty deal they made on the eve on the Western Semi-Final last season has come back collectively bite them in the assssses!

The karma is strong, and it now appears that Edmonton seems to be at the other end that bit of filth, as the two of these teams seem to be marked for destruction this season.

… his ribs are still a bit tender and for precautionary reasons he’ll sit tonight. Taman gave the word on the pregame show.

A former player with the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders has been sentenced to six months probation for making threatening phone calls to his ex-wife.

The Argos have alot of talent on both sides of the ball and yet they are displaying no fire or passion. It appeared to me last night they seemed to be going through the motions of the game. People point to the team and say injuries, and while losing a starting QB, Running back etc. is very hard to overcome, other teams have done it. Is there something deeper wrong with this year’s Argo squad?

Folks, sorry I haven’t posted for awhile… got sidetracked with life outside of sports for a spell.
Please allow me to weigh in on the following:
-Is it just me or is the CFL going through a particularly dull stretch of football lately? Last week’s four games were as boring as this hack can remember and, after taping last night’s Montreal-Toronto game and watching it later, it was all I was worth just to stay awake. Talk about snoozers….

-Back to my TV commercial rant from earlier this season: I counted six of those Wendy’s commericals - the one where folks freak out when he asks for a baked potato instead of fries - before I started fast-forwarding last night. And those RONA spots where regular Joes use the actual employees to paint - with the ladies’ head? - or work on a door - with the guys teeth? - I’m sorry, but those are just plain freaky. Not funny, not clever, but almost weirdly disturbing. Now back to our regular programming…

-The Argos look horrible and you wonder that if Pinball Clemons wasn’t the nicest man on the planet whether he’d be on the firing line with their 2-5 start. Yes, they have a pile of injuries, but that squad is reeling…

-Just a gut feeling here, but I think Milt Stegall will take a knee tonight and not dress for the Bombers against the Ticats…

-Don’t forget to post your thoughts on tonight’s game here. I’m calling for a tighter game than last week, but another workmanlike win for the Bomb Squad.

By the way, found this of interest to all you fans tracking Canadians in the NFL. This list courtesy the good folks at NFL Canada:

-O.J. Atogwe, STL, S Windsor, Ontartio
-Jesse Palmer, SF, QB, Ottawa, Ontario
-Jon Ryan, GB, P, Regina, Saskatchewan
-Dan Federkeil, IND, OL, Calgary, AB
-Shaun Suisham, DAL, K, Welland, ON
-Mitch Berger, NO, P, Kamloops, BC
-Nate Burleson, SEA, WR, Calgary - lived in US
-J.P. Darche, SEA, LS, Montreal
-Israel Idonije, CHI, DL, Brandon, Manitoba
-Nick Kaczur, NE, OL, Brantford, Ontario
-Alain Kashama, SEA, DL, Grew up in Montreal
-Jesse Lumsden, WAS, RB, Burlington, ON
-Mike Labinjo, MIA, LB, Toronto, ON
-Kerry Carter, WAS, RB, Toronto, ON
-L.P. Ladouceur, DAL, LS, Pointe Claire, QC
-Rob Meier, JAC, DT, Vancouver, BC
-Steve Morley, NYJ, OL, Halifax, NS
-Jerome Pathon, ATL, WR, Vancouver, BC
-Brett Romberg, JAC, OL Windsor, ON
-O.J. Santiago, OAK, TE, Whitby, ON
-Mike Vanderjagt, DAL, K, Oakville,ON

CFL investors enlist Palmer’s father

Jesse’s dad helping U.S. group investigate opportunity in Ottawa

Matthew Sekeres, The Ottawa Citizen

Published: Friday, August 04, 2006

more here

http://www.cisfootball.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7469

No matter how many excuses, or how much geritol he drinks Damon Allen is DONE!!!!!

Last years MVP was more of a thank you, than derserved !!!

The Argo’s havent had a sustained drive since he was the QB.

Damon is , and has always been OVERATED on the field.

He sucked in every city he played in. I think the only starting ARGO QB who sucked more, was Kerwin Bell ( with or without the Wayne Newton moustache)

As a life long Argo fan, i cryed when we signed this pretender.

Why is the Argo’s D suffering this season?…easy…because Damon cant sustain drives, over the past 3 seasons our formally awesome defence has been on the field equivilant to 5-6 seasons worth of plays. They got old faster than they should have…DAMON’s FAULT !

The big play once in a while is nice , but to rely on it the way Damon does , has only killied his own team…

I am going into hiding next week, because Hamilton might hurt us bad…and that is a very tough pill to swallow.

No need for a weather update in BC. Under the dome all is good.

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Hamilton.. What can I say?

We played one of our most complete football games of the year so far. The defence put a beating on a struggling Ti-Cat offence and our offence worked over Hamilton’s defence. With our soild preformance on special teams, we got our first shutout in almost 20 years.

Last week, practice was fun. Some of the guys got into some post-practice brawling.

It was all in good fun, but the highlight was Chris Brazell (170 wet) dumping Ron Ockemy (soild 220) into the laundry bin. Ron wasn’t the only one who ended up in the laundry this week. One of our player’s sons (whose name I’ll keep secret) got carried away, fooling around with some the guys. He ended up bonded with tape, placed gently into a laundry bin and put under a cold shower.

We touched down in Hamilton on Thursday after a great week of practice. With the sun beaming, it was uncomfortably hot and muggy. Here’s a couple of the guys getting of the airplane.

After our walkthrough, I got some troubling news from here in Winnipeg and needed to take a walk and gather my thoughts. I grabbed my camera and headed out into the heat. I try my best to find the beauty in any place, but Hamilton doesn’t make it easy.

Here’s some of the grit that makes up downtown Hamilton.

One final thing. I’d like to dedicate this week’s blog to my lady. She was involved in a serious traffic accident last Thursday. A couple of feet either way, and she wouldn’t be here today. I love ya babe.

Make sure to give your loved one a hug everybody.

Pura Vida
TC#44

P.S. Click on the pictures if you want to make them larger.