Official Game Day Thread - Winnipeg at Edmonton, October 11, 2025

[Pete]

just the opposite of the Hamilton game . Edmonton came with much more intensity.
Collaros reading of defenses very poor
Hogans playcalling was bad, again it seems like we have no gameplan for opposing defences, we just do what we always do
Mitchell invisible once more
Jefferson didn't do a thing all game
only good thing is we didn't lose the season series by point differential
With Calgary winning we weren't going to have a home game in the playoffs, maybe we're hoping Hamiltion will drop to second in the east.

[BlueInCgy]

Terrible time to fire a coach.  Sure why to sabotage the season.

He should have been fired weeks ago.  He absolutely positively is an unmitigated failure at his job.

[Cool Spot]

Why wouldn't Edmonton have tried to convert on third down? If they were to score a TD and get a 2-pt convert (to win by 13 instead of 5), they'd both split the season series with the Bombers, but also score the same number of points when combining both games. Then, so long as they win one more game in the remaining two (either going 2-0 and the Bombers 1-1, or 1-1 and the Bombers 0-2), they'd have a chance to sneak into the playoffs by way of complicated tie-breaker math?

[BlueInCgy]

Yup, but there goes any 2nd and probably 3rd in the W.  Crossover or bust.

And we almost handed EDM the season series by going for it on 3rd.

If Demski is out the rest of the season, I don't see how we win anything in the post-season.  He's literally our top REC since Schoen went down.  What a time for his body to give out.

We're not making it anywhere in the playoffs if we get there.

[Blue In BC]

Pathetic. Out coached, out played. I'll take the win on the points spread. That should get us into the playoffs but we weren't ready to play IMO.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Let Jarious call plays already and while you're at it can someone ask Richie Hall what he thinks about going through half the season without even trying to attack the quarterback? It's beyond stupid already.

We have a coaching staff in love with their own ideas no matter the result.

[dd]

He should have been fired weeks ago.  He absolutely positively is an unmitigated failure at his job.

He truly sucks and it's maddening to have to watch this crap. But MOS won't fire him he's one of his boys so we will continue to suffer

[barbk]

Fajardo with the rah rah interview....  good luck winning the rest of your games Elks (keep dreaming)

[TrueBlue75]

Fajardo with the rah rah interview....  good luck winning the rest of your games Elks (keep dreaming)

He is so unlikable. Can't stand him.

[Tecno]

We're not making it anywhere in the playoffs if we get there.

Not with more injuries we're not.  However, if fully healthy I think we can start pulling it together like in the HAM game.  Only 2 post-season games to win to get to the cup.

My hope springs eternal.

Let's all keep in mind that EDM is playing their season-best ball right now.  They do have great players on paper (no, not Cody).

[Blueforlife]

He should have been fired weeks ago.  He absolutely positively is an unmitigated failure at his job.

Challenging season, not bad enough to fire and that outcome brings nothing but chaos this late.  We just laid an egg.  Had a great game last week.  That's what we are average.

[Tecno]

Used it before 3 min warning

I guess we have another one ?  Whoops

Yup, we had another timeout, and if we stop it at 30s we have a chance at a decent return and 3-4 pass plays to win the game.

I have no idea how MOS screwed this up.

[blueandgoldguy]

I thought Edmonton would be a little more aggressive on that last drive and quicker on snaps.  Try to get the TD in the dying seconds and attempt the 2 point conversion.  If they did that, they would have had a 13 point differential and tied on points differential on the season with the Bombers (Bombers won previous game by 13).  I'm not sure what the tiebreaker would be if the teams say tied for the crossover and the point differential was 0?  Divisional record?

I did expect the Bombers to lose that game so not surprised at the final result but boy was that ugly.  Only positive is the Bombers need only one win or one Edmonton loss to clinch the playoff spot.  Staying within their division in third or second place is now out of their hands.

No excuse not to beat Saskatchewan next week at home (or Montreal at home the following week as they will likely be stuck with second place following the outcome of next week's games).  Harris will likely be resting the entire game and I would expect a large portion of the starters of Saskatchewan to be either rested or taken out for half the game or more.

[Tecno]

Why wouldn't Edmonton have tried to convert on third down?

Because if they blew it we'd be in decent position for a potential win.  I think EDM made the right move.  They got the W.

I'm not sure either HC was cognizant of the season series issue!!  Which is a bit shocking.

[blueandgoldguy]

crossover is what the bombers want

I have no idea why they would.  Montreal with Alexander starting will likely destroy the Bombers.  I think he is quietly the second best QB in the league.