*For his part, Coach O’Shea had a pretty uneventful bye week, as long as you call having a field named in your honour uneventful. That is right! Coach O’Shea headed home to North Bay were a field was named Mike O’Shea Field at the Steve Omishchl Sports Complex.
“Heading home to my hometown of North Bay is always special…They don’t need to do that or honour me in order for me to feel good about going home.”
*Jermarcus Hardrick took the bye week to go back to his birthplace of Nebraska and spent some time at the Cornhuskers field.
*How about the Bighills? Well, Adam, took his family to Wisconsin Dells! But that was not the only traveling they did.
Not to be outdone by the rest, Chris Kolankowski used the bye week to get married, and probably go on a honeymoon!
After The Bye Week
When the Bombers finish their bye week they will be set up good for the last 8 games of the season.
It looks like it is going t
o be a battle all the way to the end for first place in the West between Winnipeg and BC. Winnipeg is up 2 games on BC but BC has 2 more games to play than Winnipeg does.Is that good news or bad news? Well, it all depends on how you look at it.
The bad news for Bomber fans is that BC has more remaining games to play games so they can put up more wins than Winnipeg can. It is kind of like going second in overtime – BC will see what Winnipeg does and will know what they have to do to leap frog into first place.
The good news for Winnipeg
fans is that while BC is trying to take over first place in hard fought games, Winnipeg will get two more bye weeks to rest. One of those will come at a pivotal time near the end of the reason where the Bombers play the Lions, have a bye week, and play the Lions again to close off the season.The Lions have this as their remaining schedule: vs Saskatchewan, at Montreal, at Calgary, vs Calgary, vs Ottawa, at Toronto, vs Winnipeg, at Edmonton, at Winnipeg. For a team that plays in a dome the last two weeks could be a very big challenge for BC.
The Bombers’ schedule the rest of the way is: vs Calgary, at Saskatchewan, vs Saskatchewan, at Hamilton, bye week, vs Saskatchewan, vs Edmonton, at BC, bye week, vs BC. So 5 of Winnipeg’s remaining games will be at home.
If you are wondering what it will be like for the Bombers to be back at home after the bye week and after the disappointing loss at home to Montreal, I expect the Bombers to be singing some lyrics from Diddy Coming Home ft Skylar Grey
I’m back where I belo
ng, yeah I never felt so strong (yeah)(I’m back baby)
I feel like there’s nothing that I can’t try
And if you with me put your hands high
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
Tell the world I’m coming home
Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday
I know my kingdom awaits and they’ve forgiven my mistakes
I’m coming home, I’m coming home
Tell the world that I’m coming… home
Think that song is not the
right choice as Bomber fans are soured over a loss to Montreal before the bye week?Think again! The Banjo Bowl is officially sold out!!
Once the Bombers get back at it I fully expect they will be well rested, had a chance to get their heads away from football, will be ready to roll, and will be fully in sync!
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