Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg at Toronto July 27, 2024

[ModAdmin]

My question is, and I have watched most every game this season, how many phantom calls/non-calls have you seen teams not named the Blue Bombers suffer? Is every team experiencing this?

I don't keep track of other teams issues with penalty calls other than to say they exist.  I have less of an issue with field officials calling penalties in real time.  It is the Command Centre who have the time and camera angles to get the calls correct and sometimes don't seem to get it right.  The PI non-call and resulting McFadden interception in the TO game was a game changer.

[J5V]

What was the discussion between Biggie and MOS after we lost the OT coin flip? Seemed like a lot of pointing going on. 

I dunno but did you see Biggie get trucked by Carey? He absolutely blew him up. Biggie has never been the biggest LB but played bigger than his size. That is no longer the case.

[Waffler]

This is what I refer to. I think he's telling Biggie he wanted the other end.

[dd]

I dunno but did you see Biggie get trucked by Carey? He absolutely blew him up. Biggie has never been the biggest LB but played bigger than his size. That is no longer the case.

Ya, I saw that. Blown-the-frick-up!! And Carey isn't that big of a running back. God help him if Stanbeck lowers the boom on him.

That was Father Time telling Biggie- you can't do this stuff anymore. To Biggie's credit, he just got up and got after it the next play. Good on him.

 I always said, if you haven't had the snot knocked out of you, you've been playing outside the fire. Biggie was in the dead middle of the fire!!

[M.O.A.B.]

Not sure why MOS and Buck dont see that there's a big problem in our OLine?

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Not sure why MOS and Buck dont see that there's a big problem in our OLine?

They see it. There's just not a lot of solutions on July 28.

[Big Daddy]

They see it. There's just not a lot of solutions on July 28.

That's fair.  I wonder what is available, and I know you can't just bring in someone to an oline and fit in.

Having said that - we are playing more Canadians than we need to - there isn't an import olineman somehwere that could improve our team?  Even if he isn't playing in the next couple weeks?

[Sir Blue and Gold]

That's fair.  I wonder what is available, and I know you can't just bring in someone to an oline and fit in.

Having said that - we are playing more Canadians than we need to - there isn't an import olineman somehwere that could improve our team?  Even if he isn't playing in the next couple weeks?

I think we will see a couple OL arrive after NFL cuts for sure. We could easily go three imports with Neufeld on the bench. I'd go with Eli and centre.

This time next year we likely have a very different looking crew.

[Big Daddy]

I think we will see a couple OL arrive after NFL cuts for sure. We could easily go three imports with Neufeld on the bench. I'd go with Eli and centre.

I think we will see a couple OL arrive after NFL cuts for sure. We could easily go three imports with Neufeld on the bench. I'd go with Eli and centre.

This time next year we likely have a very different looking crew.

[/b]This time next year we likely have a very different looking crew.

I suspect you are right.

Hopefully in time for a GC played in Winnipeg,

[M.O.A.B.]

I think we will see a couple OL arrive after NFL cuts for sure. We could easily go three imports with Neufeld on the bench. I'd go with Eli and centre.

This time next year we likely have a very different looking crew.

Why wait for NFL cuts. The problem of our OL is in the interior. Replace Kolo and Neuf with Eli and Wallace.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Why wait for NFL cuts. The problem of our OL is in the interior. Replace Kolo and Neuf with Eli and Wallace.

I'd like to see Eli in the middle but I doubt Wallace is ready.

[Pigskin]

Just got back from Toronto. Large group in our box at the Jays game today. Everyone talking about the CFL command center. Everyone agreed that the ND10 call should have been PI.

 

[TecnoGenius]

Why not give us more flexibility with the ratio by designating one of our imp starting vets as a Nationalized American so we can dress players who give us the best chance to win?

I'm nearly positive the "magic roster/chart" the team provides to the league every pre-game designates a FAKENAT (NA).  I think it also designates the DNA/DNS.  Most of the rule wording for these goofy things says "MUST", not "CAN".  As per Junkie, the team/league do not have to share these state secrets with us plebes.  Thus we are left guessing even who the DA/DIs are!      

My point being, we are probably designating all of these things; us "fans" are simply not worth informing.

[TecnoGenius]

Why is the o line decent at run blocking and terrible at pass protection?

Ironic, because to start the season we were terrible at run blocking and decent at pass pro!  Did you see our run stats for the first 3-4 games?

It's like 1 steps forward, 2 steps back.  Frustrating.

[TecnoGenius]

Anybody else surprised they didn't review Castillo's field goal in OT? It looked like it went right over the left upright. I believe in the NFL that's ruled as good. Anybody know if it's the same in the CFL? I can't find anything on it. At the very least, I thought they should have reviewed it.

Because CFL is too lame to have a high EZ-plane cam to be able to triangulate the moment the ball crosses the plane.  And too lame to have top-of-post-aiming-up cams.  Hey, it saves them $20!!  That gets them more donuts at Tims dontchaknow.

My take on the comp-PVR is that it was oscillating between in/out and it may have just gone out at the worst moment.  I have no problem with the call.  If it had been lower, it likely hits the post -- whether it goes in or out is anyone's guess.  Every player took their turn costing us the game...