Official Game Day Thread - Edmonton at Winnipeg - October 21, 2023

[ModAdmin]

Huge game, huge crowd, huge implications!

A win and the Bombers wrap up first place and a bye into the Western final. 

Dalton Schoen is out for this game.  Demerio Houston, Brandon Alexander, Shane Gauthier and Jackson Jeffcoat listed as questionable as of October 19th.

In:  #29 McCrae

Out:  #83 Schoen

Looks like #84, Brendan O'Leary-Orange starts in place of Dalton Schoen.

Ed Tait's 48-Hour Primer is here - https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/10/19/48-hour-primer-edm-vs-wpg-5/

Notables - get to the game early and collect a $10 gift card for Save On Foods
             -  there will be a 2024 early bird season ticket member draw
             -  at half time, Justin Medlock will be honoured as a Hall of Fame inductee
             -  and, of course, $5.00 beer, $3.50 hot dogs, $3.50 fountain drinks prior to the game.

Be there, be involved and cheer the Bombers on to a win!

[ModAdmin]

October 21, 2023 Depth Chart is here...

https://twitter.com/Wpg_BlueBombers/status/1715367428127866947/photo/1

[Blue In BC]

So no Gauthier, no Noah Hallett and no Houston.

[Pigskin]

So no Gauthier, no Noah Hallett and no Houston.

I don't think Noah will play this season. I think Houston is on the fence. Gauthier looked ready go??

[BBRT]

Huge game, huge crowd, huge implications!

A win and the Bombers wrap up first place and a bye into the Western final. 

Dalton Schoen is out for this game.  Demerio Houston, Brandon Alexander, Shane Gauthier and Jackson Jeffcoat listed as questionable as of October 19th.

In:  #29 McCrae

Out:  #83 Schoen

Looks like #84, Brendan O'Leary-Orange starts in place of Dalton Schoen.

Ed Tait's 48-Hour Primer is here - https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/10/19/48-hour-primer-edm-vs-wpg-5/

Notables - get to the game early and collect a $10 gift card for Save On Foods
             -  there will be a 2024 early bird season ticket member draw
             -  at half time, Justin Medlock will be honoured as a Hall of Fame inductee
             -  and, of course, $5.00 beer, $3.50 hot dogs, $3.50 fountain drinks prior to the game.

Be there, be involved and cheer the Bombers on to a win!

While I hate to use the word "Must Win" I would much rather win this game and not have to win in Calgary next week. If the Argo's beat the Riders (which they should) and even if the Stamps lose to BC this week - the Bomber final game in Calgary would be a challange if we need the win to ensure home field advantage and get the bye into the WF. Much better to win tomorrow at home and not worry about the away game the following week. I just hope the Bombers do not take the Elks for granted as they at times do by playing down to the level of the opponent etc. They need to treat this game like a playoff game.

[Pigskin]

I expecting a big game from BOO84.

[TecnoGenius]

Besides HAM, WPG seems to be the worst at putting their chart up on their web site...

https://www.bluebombers.com/2023-position-charts/

As of 15:37 Oct 20 the chart is not up.  The "twitter chart" is not even an official CFL chart, as the layout is all standardized across the league, and that's not it.

Not sure why it's so hard to put the real chart up on time.

[TecnoGenius]

So BOO gets the starting spot and McCrae comes in as the Woli relief, which we can do because of the 9 NAT starters?  Interesting...  And Woli moved inside to slot from the wide out.  Interesting.  I bet in-game these guys are all over the place in terms of actual slot / position.

[TecnoGenius]

Real chart is up now:
https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2023/06/EDMONTON-AT-WINNIPEG_OCT-21.pdf

[ModAdmin]

Besides HAM, WPG seems to be the worst at putting their chart up on their web site...

https://www.bluebombers.com/2023-position-charts/

As of 15:37 Oct 20 the chart is not up.  The "twitter chart" is not even an official CFL chart, as the layout is all standardized across the league, and that's not it.

Not sure why it's so hard to put the real chart up on time.

The Twitter Chart was put up by Ed Tait so I believe it is pretty official.

[The Zipp]

How much do Zach and BO play in this game ?

[Pigskin]

How much do Zach and BO play in this game ?

The 1st. Q.

[TecnoGenius]

The 1st. Q.

Yup, and Brady, and...

And that reminds me, time to go change my fantasy to Johnny.  Brady is 100% as important as Zach to our near future success.

[Blue In BC]

Release the Kraken: Eli, Dobson, Augustine, BOO and Hallett. Time to shine.

We don't have a very large number of players on our IR compared to most teams. I think we might see 3 or 4 players on our PR get some duty next week. Haba, Fox, Garbutt and Richmond perhaps.

Just need to avoid any new injuries as much as possible.

[Pigskin]

Not a bad fall night. 12C at kickoff, very little wind. Should be a nice night.