Bombers' West Path Runs Through B.C.: Winnipeg Needs 17-Point Swing to Steal Season Series
Winnipeg's playoff fate is now a math problem with a short deadline. With five games left, the Blue Bombers sit 7-6, tied with B.C. and two points back of Saskatchewan (8-5) in a West Division where Edmonton (10-3) has already broken away and Calgary (5-8) is running out of runway. Six weeks remain,
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Bombers Need a 17-Point Win in Vancouver to Flip Tiebreaker
B.C. won the first meeting by 16 points, so Winnipeg must beat the Lions by 17 or more in Week 21 to claim the season series. With both teams at 7-6 and five games left, that point differential could decide home-field advantage or a crossover spot.
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Chris Jones Buried Tre Ford in Edmonton — and the Elks Let Him Do It
Let's talk about July 15, 2024. Chris Jones got fired as Edmonton's GM and head coach five games into a season that was already dead — 0-5, and the room had checked out weeks earlier. Here's what nobody wrote at the time: the players weren't shocked. They were relieved. Rewind to 2023. The Elks started 0-9. Jones had Tre Ford — a Canadian kid who'd earned the job — and he kept yanking him. Ford would win a game, and Jones would hand the ball back to Taylor Cornelius or Jarret Doege. Meanwhile fans were renting billboards and the front office kept telling anyone who'd listen that Jones had "full autonomy." Full autonomy to go 8-33 in his final 41 games? That's not autonomy, that's a hostage situation. The man treated the depth chart like a personal grudge. And look at Edmonton now. 10-3,