Bombers' Playoff Math: 5-5 Start Meets 9-1 Alouettes' Explosive Test
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers sit at 5-5 with eight games remaining, and the margin for error is evaporating. Five of their last seven contests come against West Division opponents, making Friday's clash with the 9-1 Montreal Alouettes a critical measuring stick. Montreal has not been held under 30 poin
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Bombers Are Talking Themselves Into a Trap Against Montreal
I was in that Edmonton locker room last week and let me tell you — the smell of panic was thick. Brady Oliveira stood there, still in his pads, saying the quiet part out loud: "We've got to find out why." Sixteen-zip lead, gone. Two first downs and 19 total yards in the second half. Nineteen. That's not a bad half, that's a surrender. Now here comes Montreal — 9-1, seven straight wins, hasn't been held under 30 points all season — and the Bombers are calling it an "exciting opportunity." Exciting? That's cope. That's what you say when you know you're about to get exposed on national TV and you're trying to convince yourself otherwise. Deatrick Nichols is a game-time decision, meaning the secondary is already banged up going into a game against the most explosive offence in the league. And