Angry Bomber Fans

Crappy Honker Award

by H.F. Salisbury

In the great tradition of recognizing “Cactus” Jack Wells and the Happy Honker Award given out on C-Job radio here in Winnipeg, I present for you yet another installment of the Happy Crappy Honker Award given to an individual(s) for a fantastic unforgivable performance directly related to the continued floundering of our once beloved Winnipeg Blue Bombers. This award is handed out after every Winnipeg Blue Bomber loss.

Well I am the first to admit that our final record wasn’t likely to be 17 and 1, I am dissatisfied with our effort.  Not only did we lose to the Green Riders, we beat ourselves.  Two losses in one game… now that’s impressive.  What, you don’t agree??? Come on…be honest…did it ever feel like we were in this one???  Nope, and as a result, ohhh baby we have lots of nominations for what is only the second Crappy awarded this year. 

Lowlights include four turnovers and 16 (seriously?!?!!?) penalties for over 170+ yards that we were backed up.  If you were watching, you witnessed Swaggerville turn to Staggerville before your very eyes.  Heck, even the defense looked ordinary.  To date and for the most part, the D has carried this team with it`s consistency, defensive points, and hard hitting all year.  So as a result, “The Crappy” must go to an offensive player and luckily, we have just the candidate.  

While I know rushing is down in the league this year, Fred Reid was brutal.  Our total yards rushing was only 57 yards.  TOTAL, not quarter or half time stat… 57 yards total.  Even crappier, Reid’s 14 carries were for only 35 yards.  For fans of math that’s 2.5 yards a carry and not good enough to be the bench-warmer on some Pop Warner football team.  With no running game, covering the receivers becomes that much easier and presto, recipient for Stinky Staggerville Stew.  Your response may be something like “oh it’s the play calls and Fred needs blocking to create holes in the O-line.”  My retort is you are not an angry enough Bomber Fan and shame on you.  

Sorry Fred Reid… you must do better.  Hell… you can only do better.  

The PacNu Report - Week #10

PacNu was 2-0 last week, landing him at a respectable 19-14 for the season.

In the first game of the long weekend, Pac likes the Boatmen over BC for a Proline win.

On Sunday, it’s not surprise, the “King of Ties”is once again picking the tie in the Winnipeg game. Paid off last week.

Montreal over Hamilton for the Proline win.

Calgary over Edmonton in the final game of the weekend for the Proline win.

Good luck! Go Blue.

The Numbers Never Lie

Our youngest writer, Professor Kelly, is back after getting lost in the bush and missing his deadline last game. We also noticed that the Sun has a game day feature called The Numbers Game, so we changed the name of his column so they didn’t sue the poor Professor.

by Professor Kelly

Hello Angry Bomber Fans! This week we will be looking at the stats for the Labour Day match up between your Winnipeg Blue Bombers (7-1) and the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1-7). The Bombers look to maintain the best record in the CFL. The Roughriders look to gain there second win of the season and to leave the basement of the CFL.

Let us start with the quarterbacks. For your Blue Bombers, Buck Pierce, he is 132 for 206 with a completion percentage of 64.1, 1804 passing yards, 187 rushing yards, 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. For Saskatchewan, Darian Durant, he is 168 for 262 with a completion percentage of 64.1, 2040 passing yards, 208 rushing yards, 10 touchdowns and 9 interceptions.

 For the running backs the Roughriders have Wes Cates. He has 217 rushing yards on 41 attempts with an average of 5.3 yards per carry and 3 touchdowns. Winnipeg has Fred Reid. He has 550 yards on 135 attempts with an average of 4.1 yards per carry and 2 touchdowns.

 For the receivers Saskatchewan is lead by Weston Dressler. He has 606 receiving yards with 44 catches and 3 touchdowns. The Blue Bombers receivers are lead by Terrence Edwards, with 513 receiving yards, 27 catches and 6 touchdowns.

 The Winnipeg defensive line is lead by Odell Willis with 14 tackles and 9 sacks. Saskatchewan is lead by Keith Shologan with 13 tackles and 2 sacks.

 The Blue Bombers secondary is lead by Jonathan Hefney with 40 tackles, 1 sack and 2 interceptions. The Roughriders are lead by James Patrick with 17 tackles and 2 interceptions.

 The Roughriders kicker is Eddie Johnson. He is 10 for 14 with an accuracy percentage of 71.4 and with 46 total points. For Winnipeg, Justin Palardy, he is 21 for 28 with an accuracy percentage of 75.0 and with 85 total points.

 The Bombers punter is Mike Renaud. He has punted the ball 69 times for 2 942 yards with an average of 42.6 yards and 4 singles. For the Roughriders, Eddie Johnson, he has punted the ball 41 times for 1 706 yards with an average of 41.6 and 3 singles.

Buck Pierce is 7^th in the league in passing yards. Darrian Durant is 5^th in the league in passing.

 Fred Reid is 2^nd in the league in rushing and Wes Cates is 10^th.

Terrence Edwards is 9^th in receiving and Weston Dressler is 3^rd.

Odell Willis is 1^st in the league for sacks and Keith Shologan is 24^th.

Jonathan Hefney is 6^th in interceptions and James Patrick is 7^th.

Justin Palardy is 1^st in points scored and Eddie Johnson is 8^th.

Mike Renaud is 4^th in punting average and Eddie Johnson is 6^th.

The Bombers are 3^rd in points for with 212 and Saskatchewan is in last with 165

The Bombers defence is 2^nd with 157 points against and Saskatchewan is in last with 253.

 These team never fail to entertain. Until next week, Professor Kelly is out.