Bombers Control Playoff Fate vs. Elks as West Race Tightens in Week 20
Winnipeg (8-8) enters Week 20 with a simple mandate: beat Edmonton (12-4) Friday and clinch a playoff spot. The Bombers have lost both meetings this season to the Elks by a combined eight points, so the margin is thinner than the records suggest. If Winnipeg falters, a Calgary loss to B.C. also punc
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Winnipeg's clinch path runs through the one West team that has owned them
The Bombers (8-8) control their own destiny Friday, but Edmonton (12-4) has swept the season series by a combined eight points — a one-score aggregate across two games, not a blowout either way. The safety net is Calgary: at 8-9, a Stampeders loss to B.C. (10-6) on Saturday night puts Winnipeg in the postseason regardless of what happens at Commonwealth.
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The Riders' Grey Cup Defense Is a Fraud — and the Locker Room Knows It
Thanksgiving in Montreal was supposed to be a measuring stick. Instead, Saskatchewan got measured for a coffin. Davis Alexander torched the Riders for 403 yards and five touchdowns in a 44-24 massacre on Oct. 13, and it wasn't that close. I'm told the defensive backs were screaming at each other in the tunnel before the fourth quarter even ended. One veteran texted me: "We're not the same team." No kidding. Corey Mace won a Grey Cup last November with a defense that bent but didn't break. This year it's just broken. They're 8-8, and now they need to beat the same Alouettes team that just embarrassed them, plus get help from Calgary. Meanwhile, Brett Lauther is getting his old number back like that's the fix. It's not. The real problem is Jeremy O'Day. He's paying top dollar for an aging