Oliveira Carries Bombers to 5-4, But 4-Game Gauntlet Looms
The Bombers' 33-21 win over Ottawa stops a two-game home slide, but the standings math demands perspective. At 5-4, Winnipeg sits third in the West, two games back of Saskatchewan (6-2) and one behind Edmonton (6-3), with B.C. (4-5) and Calgary (4-6) within striking distance. The RedBlacks' 0-9 mark
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Winnipeg’s “third place” is closer to the West’s basement than to first — and Saskatchewan has a game in hand.
At 5-4, the Bombers are 1.5 games behind Saskatchewan (6-2) and one behind Edmonton (6-3), but only one ahead of B.C. (4-5) and 1.5 ahead of Calgary (4-6). Saskatchewan has played one fewer game than Winnipeg — a Roughriders win in that game makes it a two-game gap — while a single B.C. win cuts the Bombers’ cushion to half a game.
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Oliveira's 'I Don't Care' Is Exactly The Problem
You want to know why no one in the Blue Bombers locker room was truly celebrating Friday's 33-21 win over the 0-9 Redblacks? Because they've already started believing their own hype. I was in the scrum Aug. 22 when Brady Oliveira said "I don't really care about that" about the upcoming gauntlet of Edmonton, Montreal, and Saskatchewan. That wasn't exhaustion—that was a direct slap at the coaches who've been pleading with this group to stop playing down to opponents. Ten minutes later behind closed doors, the defence was chewing out the O-line for letting Ottawa move the ball. The vibe isn't tight. It's tense. This is the same crew that dropped two straight at home to fall to 4-4, and they came out flat against Ottawa, needing David Reese's first career interception to flip the momentum. Co