Official Game Day Thread - BC at Winnipeg - November 11, 2023 - Western Final

[The Zipp]

Potentially three Achilles injuries in that game - Hatcher, Lee and biggie.  Just brutal if true. 

[Tiger]

You should score from the 3 with 3 shots at it....man getting 3 points here really sucks swamp water!   Still a one score game for BC....

I?m not sure what they were thinking. Prukop straight ahead x 1 or 3 if necessary. 

[Lincoln Locomotive]

Misses happen to the best of them. Fortunately it didn't cost us the game. Not sure what happened but doubt it was due to being in a big game under pressure. He'll kick 5 or 6 in the Grey Cup.

One was apparently a low snap....and then one off the iron.....I'm not worried about him next week.    Money Medlock also missed FGs in finals and the GC....but he made most of them as does Sergio

[Lincoln Locomotive]

Wearing my signed Leo Lewis Jersey (the one that's my logo pic) next Sunday which I've only worn for the last 4 GC games.   

[Blitzer]

I?m not sure what they were thinking. Prukop straight ahead x 1 or 3 if necessary. 

I agree. I guess BC was going to have all 12 guys keying on Prukop. It was a strange set of downs but BC did succeed in shutting down the Bombers running eventually so I guess O'Shea had second thoughts.

[TecnoGenius]

Just got home (post-game celebration time with friends...).  All I have to say is

WOOT

Let's go clobber MTL!  Reclaim the cup

[dd]

DN10 and RB88 both with no stats. Nic was moving well but just couldn't make a play. Bailey was not moving well. Looked uncomfortable all night. DS83 still limping on the sidelines. Can't see him playing in the GC. 

We re going into this grey cup down key personnel?biggie on D, Schoen on O and bailey and Demski definitely hurting, advantage goes to Montreal on this as they aren?t missing anyone

[TecnoGenius]

Before I forget:

LOVED the new jumbotron messaging and timing.  The "be quiet" stuff and "BC is going tempo" was perfect and I hope they keep them for next year.  And the sneaky "BC request you be silent..." hahahaha

Mostly the replays still stunk though, non-existent except that one we challenged.

The extra fireworks and big bangs were good, the quite long pre-pre-game film to Genesis was very well done (hope we can find that online to rewatch).  I think they did a superb job hyping up the crowd for the game.

P.S. The new OK Tire game isn't nearly as good as the donut-cup game, but oh well.  I would have stuck with the $200, so good on that guy for getting the full tire set 

[TecnoGenius]

Watching the game at home for the first time...

When they did the WPG D player introductions 1Q2:58: look closely when they show the secondary... I didn't know Dru Brown #6 was getting reps at DB! LOL  (A fat finger must have hit 6 instead of 7, doh!)

Lawler's 2Q11:17 miss in the EZ: now that's why they call it FOOTball 

The subsequent FG attempt: We went from Wide-Left Leggs to Wide-Right Castillo 

[winbear]

DN10 and RB88 both with no stats. Nic was moving well but just couldn't make a play. Bailey was not moving well. Looked uncomfortable all night. DS83 still limping on the sidelines. Can't see him playing in the GC. 

Demski caught 3 out of 5 balls targeted to him, one was for 19 yds.  Bailey was targeted twice but never caught one.

[Waffler]

Hopefully Bighill can return to the game. Weird walk off the field. No idea what that injury might be. Best guess a calf injury? Could be serious or not?

Achilles you don't see walk off the field so I am thinking calf but serious enough to end his season. He'll be coach Bighill this week.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Great defensive effort with the exception of the Hail Mary to end the 1st half.

Play calling on offence was a little off. We hardly threw to Bailey, Woli and not at all to McCrae. Maybe that was because of the success running and trying to protect our nicked receivers. IDK

The totally outplayed the Lions inspite of a score closer than it should have been.

I may have been the only one to call a Winnipeg - Montreal Grey Cup earlier.

Really too bad about Bighill though. It could be career ending if it's an achilles. He could miss 1/2 or more of 2024 if he even intends to return ( based on possible injury issue ).

I picked both teams to win as well.

[John T.]

Achilles you don't see walk off the field so I am thinking calf but serious enough to end his season. He'll be coach Bighill this week.

I was going to say that. You do not walk off the field with an Achilles injury.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Offence sputtered at times but did not turnover the ball and made the plays they had to have.
Brady is just a beast!
Lawler had a nice game.
Hopefully Biggie is not that badly nicked up.
Off to our 4th straight GC game!

[Blue In BC]

I was going to say that. You do not walk off the field with an Achilles injury.

Either way he won't be available next week. I wish him a speedy recovery but IMO we may not have him on the roster next year. He might take on a coaching role if he's interested.