West Final: Lions at Bombers

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No Schoen and Demski iffy or maybe limited if he plays is huge good news for the Lions D !
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Ed Tait's game preview at bluebombers.com contains quotes from Mike O'Shea explaining the rules for substituting Bomber receivers designated as "Game Time Decision" (Nic Demski, Rasheed Bailey and Greg McCrae):
THE ‘GTD’ DESIGNATION:
The Blue Bombers will have up until 30 minutes before kickoff to decide on the status of Demski, Bailey and McCrae. And if they can’t go, they could then pull one of the receivers into the lineup, with that group including Markeith Ambles, Jeremy Murphy, Ravi Alston, or Ronnie Blackmon.

Schoen, for what it’s worth, has been out since the win over B.C. in Vancouver last month, missed the last two games of the regular season and hasn’t been on the practice field. The Blue Bombers’ last two practices of this week were closed to the media, but Demski and Bailey were out there running, although not in gear in the session on Wednesday.

Asked what happens between now and Saturday with the GTD guys, O’Shea said this:

“Work out. Rest. Come here tomorrow, work out and see how they do. We’re not in a rush to wake them up, put it that way. We’re not getting them out of bed at five in the morning. The way it’s written, we’re allowed up to half an hour before game time… whether it takes that long, I don’t know yet.”
It's an interesting read, with quotes from Brady Oliveira about the Bomber run game, from Zach Collaros and O'Shea about the absence of Dalton Schoen and from O'Shea about the decision to play Jamal Parker at cornerback instead of veteran Winston Rose.

https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/11/10/ ... est-final/
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1. Come to play. Be aggressive from get get go.
2. Adams, be quick with your reads. Be decisive.
3. Get pressure on the QB.
4. Be competitive. If we lose to better team so be it.
5. Please, for the love of all things holy, don't have the refs be the stars of the show. Bad calls both ways are hard to deal with.
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Hi,
Reading the linked game story on bombers.com what really jumped out was that holding Oliviera to 50 yards less than the Lions surrendered (130 vs 80) helped enable the Argonauts to win last year's Grey Cup. And with the reported holes in the Bomber receiving corps, we can expect more screen and short passes to Brady as well as the Bombers correctly aim to find different ways to give him the ball.
In addition to VA needing a "career game", the result will largely be decided by the toughness and resilience of the Lions line and linebackers in the second half. That's when the "smashy-smashy" tactics of a pounding fullback really wears down a defence, and that's what we saw in last year's Western Final with annoying and unstoppable predictability.
(And it must be hard to practice for the Bombers' style of battering game if you are practising against Smoke.)
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Looking Forward to this game!

Heavyweight Tilt. Best of the West.
Winner moves forward loser goes home.

I am expecting the Lions will put up one hell of a fight and give us their best. Good luck and may the best team win.
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Ben Major is reffing the EDF. That means we get stuck with Andre "worst crew" Prioux, who seems to hate the Lions. Advantage Winnipeg.
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Belize City Lion wrote:
Sat Nov 11, 2023 12:52 pm
Ben Major is reffing the EDF. That means we get stuck with Andre "worst crew" Prioux, who seems to hate the Lions. Advantage Winnipeg.
Proulx often caves to the home team. It won’t be a shock.
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1. In the EDF, the Alouettes are leading the Argonauts 17-3 and there might be an upset in the making.
2. Last week, UBC beat University of Manitoba in CIS Football playoffs and the Thunderbirds are now leading in the Hardy Cup now.
3. The Winnipeg Jets are trailing after two periods 3-1.

If these results hold, then will it be a prelude for the cities of Winnipeg and Vancouver in the WDF?
祝加拿大加式足球聯賽不列颠哥伦比亚卑詩雄獅隊今年贏格雷杯冠軍。此外祝溫哥華加人隊贏總統獎座·卡雲斯·甘保杯·史丹利盃。還每年祝溫哥華白頭浪隊贏美國足球大联盟杯。不要忘記每年祝溫哥華巨人贏西部冰球聯盟冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放,首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事,由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
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EDF after 3rd quarter: Montreal 24 at Toronto 3

A huge upset in the making. This reminds me of the other division final upset in 1989 when the 9-9 Roughriders upset the 16-2 Eskimos.
祝加拿大加式足球聯賽不列颠哥伦比亚卑詩雄獅隊今年贏格雷杯冠軍。此外祝溫哥華加人隊贏總統獎座·卡雲斯·甘保杯·史丹利盃。還每年祝溫哥華白頭浪隊贏美國足球大联盟杯。不要忘記每年祝溫哥華巨人贏西部冰球聯盟冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放,首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事,由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
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A Lions and Alouettes Grey Cup game would sound mighty good to me!!!!
"When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team". (George Raveling)
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Nic Demski, Rasheed Bailey and Greg McCrae are all on the field in gear for the pregame warmup, according to Ed Tait.
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EDF halfway in the fourth quarter: Montreal 31 - Toronto 17.
Still two converted touchdowns ahead for Alouettes.
Red hot Canucks playing Maple Leafs tonight with that momentum, should win.

Winnipeg Jets just lost 3-2 to the Dallas Stars.

On this Remembrance Day, will this be a day NOT to remember for the cities of Toronto and Winnipeg? :tease:
祝加拿大加式足球聯賽不列颠哥伦比亚卑詩雄獅隊今年贏格雷杯冠軍。此外祝溫哥華加人隊贏總統獎座·卡雲斯·甘保杯·史丹利盃。還每年祝溫哥華白頭浪隊贏美國足球大联盟杯。不要忘記每年祝溫哥華巨人贏西部冰球聯盟冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放,首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事,由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
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B.C.FAN wrote:
Sat Nov 11, 2023 2:43 pm
Nic Demski, Rasheed Bailey and Greg McCrae are all on the field in gear for the pregame warmup, according to Ed Tait.
Lol. Of course they are
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:towel: “C’mon and roar you Lions roar
That’s what a Lion’s roar is for
From the mountains to the sea
You are the pride of all BC. :

Go Leos!! :towel: :towel: :towel:
"When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team". (George Raveling)
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Late Alouettes touchdown to make it 38-17 so essentially the game is over.

Congratulations to the Alouettes for upsetting the Argonauts and advancing to the Grey Cup.

May the Lions follow suit with an upset win of their own.
祝加拿大加式足球聯賽不列颠哥伦比亚卑詩雄獅隊今年贏格雷杯冠軍。此外祝溫哥華加人隊贏總統獎座·卡雲斯·甘保杯·史丹利盃。還每年祝溫哥華白頭浪隊贏美國足球大联盟杯。不要忘記每年祝溫哥華巨人贏西部冰球聯盟冠軍。
改建後的卑詩體育館於二十十一年九月三十日重新對外開放,首場體育活動為同日舉行的加拿大足球聯賽賽事,由主場的卑詩雄獅隊以三十三比二十四擊敗愛民頓愛斯基摩人隊。
祝你龍年行大運。
恭喜西雅图海鹰直到第四十八屆超級盃最終四十三比八大勝曾拿下兩次超級盃冠軍的丹佛野馬拿下隊史第一個超級盃冠軍。
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