Collaros' 33-28 Cull of Calgary Lifts Bombers in Week 19 Power Rankings, Tightens West Race
Winnipeg's 33-28 takedown of Calgary in front of 32,343 at Princess Auto Stadium did more than stop the bleeding — it pushed the Blue Bombers up 3DownNation's Week 19 power rankings and reasserted Zach Collaros as a live variable in the West Division race. Collaros, who has publicly signalled he wan
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Winnipeg’s clutch win was the West’s least dominant result — the power-ranking bump may be fool’s gold.
The Bombers beat Calgary 33-28, a five-point margin, while B.C. extended its win streak to four with a one-sided victory and Edmonton won in Steeltown behind Malik Carney’s four sacks and Zach Mathis’ pick-six. In a week where Montreal’s Davis Alexander threw for 403 yards and five touchdowns, Winnipeg’s narrow escape looks more like survival than statement.
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MBT Just Said Out Loud What the 2023 Argos Room Never Would
McLeod Bethel-Thompson didn't have to name Ryan Dinwiddie this week. Everybody in the CFL heard it anyway. Rewind to the winter of 2023. MBT had just quarterbacked Toronto to the 109th Grey Cup — 24-23 over Winnipeg in Regina, November 20, 2022. His reward? The Argos handed the keys to Chad Kelly, who promptly went 16-2 and made the whole building look brilliant. MBT signed with New Orleans that January, got cut in August, and spent the fall watching from his couch. He resurfaced in Edmonton in January 2024, and he's been carrying the receipt ever since. Here's the part that never made print: MBT was told he'd get a chance to compete. He never took a single rep with the ones. Not one. That's not a depth-chart decision, that's a courtesy problem — and it's a pattern. Ask Nick Arbuckle wha