Bombers tire of being roadkill

Blue seek to avoid tying Reinebold's 0-9

By: Ed Tait Posted: 1:00 AM CDT Monday, Oct. 18, 2010

MONTREAL -- Are the Winnipeg Blue Bombers cursed, just not quite good enough or painfully maturing before everyone's eyes?

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MONTREAL -- Are the Winnipeg Blue Bombers cursed, just not quite good enough or painfully maturing before everyone's eyes?

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MONTREAL — Are the Winnipeg Blue Bombers cursed, just not quite good enough or painfully maturing before everyone’s eyes?

Or is it all of the above?

“On the road it’s one or two things,” began a frustrated Doug Brown after Sunday’s 22-19 loss to the Montreal Alouettes. “It’s either your team isn’t good enough to win (on the road) without all the advantageous factors you have at home or you don’t have enough guys who have the mental acumen in order to put yourself over that hurdle. It’s probably a combination of both right now.”

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Blue Bombers QB Steven Jyles (3) is hauled down by his helmet by Montreal Alouettes linebacker Chip Cox during Sunday’s 22-19 Bomber loss. — PAUL CHIASSON / THE CANADIAN PRESS Blue Bombers QB Steven Jyles (3) is hauled down by his helmet by Montreal Alouettes linebacker Chip Cox during Sunday’s 22-19 Bomber loss.

The Bombers, now 0-8 on the road this season, are now in danger of going winless away from Canad Inns Stadium for the first time since 1998. That Jeff Reinebold-led team was 0-9 on the road and 3-15 overall.

“I think of that onside kick,” added safety Ian Logan, referring to a late Justin Palardy attempt that bounced out of bounds with two Bombers nearby. “It takes the worst bounce possible. Me and B-Stewart (Brandon) are right there but it takes a quick bounce and goes out of bounds.

“We’re just not getting the breaks. I don’t know what it is. We’re playing hard but just don’t get the breaks some times. Whether it’s penalties… it’s everything on both sides of the ball and on special teams.

“You just can’t give up,” added Logan. “You can’t dwell on mistakes during the game. We were flat in the third quarter. Mistakes are going to happen sometimes and breaks aren’t always going to go your way. But you can’t give up. Luck happens with effort.

ATOP… AGAIN: The victory allowed the Alouettes to clinch first in the East Division for the ninth time in 12 seasons. By comparison, the Bombers haven’t finished first in their division since going 14-4 in 2001.

“I didn’t think we were the team we want to be today,” said Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman. “We found a way to win and that’s part of what we want to be. But we certainly didn’t execute the way we wanted to.”

BABY WATCH: Bomber head coach Paul LaPolice arrived in Montreal late Saturday night and flew back with the team Sunday night. It’s expected his wife Tina will give birth to their second child either Monday or Tuesday.

YOUNG AND TALENTED AND… GONE? A pro scout from the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles was spotted at the game, no doubt to spy some of the young talent on both teams, including Bomber receivers Terence Jeffers-Harris and Greg Carr and linebacker Marcellus Bowman.

ed.tait@freepress.mb.ca