Blue Bombers
Sep
Winnipeg: Lots of football left
Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press: THE sting from the Banjo Bowl blowout may linger for a spell. After all, a 45-point loss to an archrival tends to scar an outfit. But now that the mushroom cloud has cleared in Bomberland and the extent of the damage can be examined in full, the troops have emerged clinging [...]
Sep
Change in the air for Bombers
Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press: THE Winnipeg Blue Bombers have apparently tired of banging their heads against the wall and will employ an offence this weekend that is a little more Star Wars and a whole lot less Genghis Khan. Winnipeg’s passing offence is ranked last in the CFL with a 47 per cent success rate [...]
Sep
Free Press: Time for Kelly to get it done in Winnipeg
Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press: It seems as though dumping on Mike Kelly has become a sport unto itself. Granted, your humble agent has dabbled in this recreational pastime, too. But what are you supposed to do? One day, the guy is making dubious comments about not understanding why some fans are so committed to the [...]
Sep
Simpson, Bombers go to war
Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press: Barrin Simpson wants out and, it appears, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers don’t want him in their colours again, either. But the saga that has become his request for a trade — and the club’s decision to place him on the nine-game injured list without his consent — has become just another [...]
Sep
Peg fans want Kelly fired
Courtesy Globe and Mail: Over the last 24 hours he’s been described by Winnipeggers as a moron, an embarrassment, a clown, a joke. On chatboard and phone-in shows, there is talk of using rallies, boycotts and pitchforks to run him out of town. Following the Blue Bombers’ pitiful 55-10 loss Sunday, fans singled out the [...]
Sep
‘You can bounce back’
Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press: Mike Kelly has made some mistakes in his rookie season as head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers but there’s no questioning his pluck. The entire world outside of Kelly’s office might be wondering what the heck he’s up to but the coach believes in his mission. Kelly’s club fell to [...]
Sep
Bomber fans are very angry
Courtesy Angrybomberfans.ca: The atmosphere was sickening. As the boos rained down on a stuggling – as always – Michael Bishop, Saskatchewan Roughriders fans wearing fruit as headgear cackled with glee. By the mid-point of the fourth quarter, only the melonheads and a few diehard Bombers fans remained in the stands to watch the Riders deliver [...]
Sep
Winnipeg Free Press: Bombers in denial
Courtesy Winnipeg Free press: With a few minutes left in the first half, they played the theme from Deliverance over the loudspeakers at Canad Inns Stadium.It was 26-7 Riders at the time. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers had just surrendered three straight turnovers and 18 unanswered points en route to franchise-tarnishing 55-10 loss. The murmurs were [...]
Sep
Simpsons days numbered in Winnipeg?
Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press: LINEBACKER Barrin Simpson, Winnipeg’s leading tackler, will not play for the Blue Bombers Sunday and his future with the CFL team is unclear.Simpson, who has been hampered by a turf toe injury for most of the season, has become embroiled in a dispute with the team over his playing time. The [...]
Sep
Reid needs to talk with legs
Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press: There seems to be a correlation between what Fred Reid’s mouth does and what his legs do. Run the mouth, don’t run the legs. Shut the mouth, watch the legs churn.Reid has established a quirky pattern of late based on his decision whether to trash talk. Three games ago, prior to [...]
