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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Favourite Lesser Known Blu...

Last post by BBRT - Today at 04:02:45 PM

The one I remember was when BC was at the top of their game. They had Roy Dewalt as their QB and the leagues best RB (just can not remember his name).

They came to the Peg and the Bombers ran a 3-4 defense for the first time that I can remember. Our LB's were James West, Ty Jones and not sure who the 3rd and 4th LB's were. They made DeWalt's day a nightmare as no one was really familiar with how handle a 3-4 (4 LB's) defense. I remember one specific play where James Wild Wild West stacked Dewalt in his own end zone.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Favourite Lesser Known Blu...

Last post by Blue In BC - Today at 03:34:50 PM

I think many posters are too young to remember the 1965 Grey Cup. The wind was so strong that punts into the wind fell behind Ed Ulmer instead of across the LOS. That resulted in giving up 3 safety's which was the margin of defeat.

That was pretty memorable but not in a good way.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: CFL (Non-Bombers) off-seas...

Last post by markf - Today at 02:47:02 PM

Yeah, not announcing the increase early or having a plan on how to use " revenue sharing " negotiated was a mess from day 1.

" The Canadian Football League Players' Association (CFLPA) is confident that the league will not enact any future rule changes without their prior consultation.

"We were informed about these changes but not consulted," said CFLPA president Solomon Elimimian in Winnipeg. "That won't happen again. "

New commissioner, not off to a great start.

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Offside Forum / Re: Winnipeg Jets Discussion -...

Last post by J5V - Today at 02:08:09 PM

Where is that juggernaut team we saw all last year that won the President's Trophy? No danger of winning it this year. Maybe that's a good thing. 

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Official Game Day Thread -...

Last post by J5V - Today at 02:00:19 PM

Click on the link in the word dro and you will.

Learn something new every day.  ;-)

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: CFL (Non-Bombers) off-seas...

Last post by Blue In BC - Today at 01:32:02 PM

Interesting read, provides some background to the $400k SMS bump that arrived just before TC. It sounds like a lack of harmony exists between the CFL and the CFLPA currently.

https://3downnation.com/2025/11/29/cflpa-to-weigh-2027-opt-out-clause-in-cfl-cba-based-on-tsn-contract/

Yeah, not announcing the increase early or having a plan on how to use " revenue sharing " negotiated was a mess from day 1.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: 1st & 10 | The Blue Bomber...

Last post by Blue In BC - Today at 01:29:28 PM

All true, but like you said, off-SMS so really the $$ doesn't matter at all.  He was probably close to ELC anyhow, and no one will steal him in his current state.  There's precedent for re-signing a guy like this.

Yes they have done that in the past. It's a question of math per se. If all the others return then they already potentially have an extra DB for the 1 game IR or PR. They'll want to have an import or 2 DB on the PR, so that works against him.

If he's actually going to be ready for TC then he'd be in competition against Lawson ( as an example ) or any injury in TC. That raises his value.

As I suggested, I'm not expecting him back but things could change if we lose one of our starters.

We have 5 DB's that were added from either the PR late in the season or post season. Many will be looked at during tryout camps etc. By the time TC comes around we usually have about 8 rookies trying to find a spot on one of the rosters.

Even if we retain most of our starters, we need to get younger, faster and cheaper as part of a succession plan.  That means new depth on the PR for the most part.

[1990s, there were about 165 plays per game. Today the league average is a little more than 140 plays]

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 08:46:22 AM

Unfortunately, through other initiatives by the league to reduce game time into a 3 hour time slot, we have lost a number of plays per game. Based on numbers from the mid-1990s, there were about 165 plays per game. Today the league average is a little more than 140 plays per game. If you want to increase scoring, find a way to increase the number of plays. Theoretically, a 10% increase in the number of plays should result in a 10% increase in scoring per game.

Very interesting details.  I think a lot of the "lower plays per game" comes from teams that are active clock-bleeders.  And I don't just mean outside the whistles, which the 35s clock will put a stop to.  I mean bleeding the clock within the 20s by taking it down to 2-5s every single snap (unless down at the end of the halves).

WPG is one of these clock-bleeding teams.  SSK turned into one as well: since they copied everything that made WPG great for 5 straight seasons.  I think there were 1-2 more teams, but I can't remember who.  Wouldn't surprise me if Buck/BC was one.

I don't think teams in 90's were smart enough or cared enough to mold their strategy around "shortening the game" (reducing the plays).  Clearly some HCs(etc.) have run the numbers and decided it's a winning strategy.  Or it could be that "top teams" (or "running teams"?) have an advantage when doing so.

These same clock-bleeding teams will bleed that new 35s down to the last 2-5s all the same.  I'm not sure how'd you stop a team from doing this -- or if you'd even want to.  But it would increase the play count.

I'm reminding of F1's Niki Lauda, whose philosophy was to win races as slowly as possible -- basically do as little as possible to win, but still win.  That's totally a MOS philosophy.  Why put the ball in the air 90 times a game when you can win by running 40 and passing 30?

[Smart companies listen to the input of its customer base]

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 08:37:58 AM

Smart companies listen to the input of its customer base. The CFL is obviously not a smart company.

Yes, especially the last few years where customers are quick to ruin a brand should they feel disrespected or ignored.  See Cracker Barrel (as mentioned), Bud Light, etc.

Gone are the days where you can force feed loyal customers an antithetical agenda.

CFL may be in the process of finding this out...

[decided not to continue on]

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by Tecno - Today at 08:35:39 AM

He did, but it was after the BOG voted 5-4 in favour of removing him, they needed 7 votes against to remove him, but he decided not to continue on.

I haven't heard that stat before, but I'll take your word for it.  You could tell by his last pressers that he wanted to still be commish.  I also think he had an idea Johnston was going to come in and ruin everything.  Ambrosie was practically in tears in those last pressers.  And no, I don't think it was just "I'll miss my job".