Winnipeg Blue Bombers Bounce Back in Week 7

Winnipeg Blue Bomber fans got exactly what they were looking for Thursday night - a win.

That's all that mattered.  Forget the interceptions or dropped passes - they got a win - a 37-24 triumph over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and for this team, that is huge.

After digging a deep hole in the first half of the season, winning was really the only solution for the Bombers coming into the matchup with Hamilton.  And after six failures to do that in seven games, a win is something that is going to have to become a habit with this team.

There is a tremendous amount of good that can be taken out of this victory for the Bombers.  Aside from the fact that they won, how about Charles "Blink" Roberts?  The Bombers star running back, back with the Bombers, looked like his old self Thursday in accumulating 182 all-purpose yards (145 rushing) and two touchdowns.

How about Joe Lobendahn?  He has stepped in for Barrin Simpson and was a huge force, perhaps turning the game around Thursday with an 84-yard fumble recovery in the second quarter that led to a Roberts touchdown.  In fact, a big kudos goes to the entire Bombers defence, which was stingy as ever in causing two turnovers that both resulted in or led to a touchdown.

The defence helped a struggling offence regain some confidence by giving them a very short field to work with.  And finally how about Kevin Glenn, while he started off shaky throwing an interception that resulted in a Zeke Moreno touchdown he settled down nicely and finished the night 24-37 for 285 yards and a touchdown. 

The two biggest issues in this game were the kicking game and some of the receiving. When you think about it, the 37-24 final was somewhat flattering to the Ti-Cats, as Alexis Serna missed two field goals and Stegall and Armstrong had some key drops, though Armstrong made up for his.

But, in the grand scheme of things, who the hell cares? The way the season has gone so far, I'm sure most fans wouldn't have cared if Serna missed all his field goals; the Bombers won a football game, and that's all the fans, players and coach Doug Berry have wanted. 

The win improves the Bombers to 2-6 in a tie for third in the East. The Bombers now have a much-needed week off before back-to-back games against their prairie rivals, the Riders.