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The Corbett Report, October 11, 2024

October 11, 2024

Introduction The Blue Bombers hired Mike O’Shea on December 4, 2013. It was O’Shea’s first gig as a head coach. It didn’t start out well for O’Shea with a paltry 7-11 record. The Bombers kept their faith in Mike and he was onboard for the 2015 season. That year, um . . . well . […]

The Corbett Report, September 27, 2024

September 27, 2024

Introduction Flashback. It’s August 1, 2024. The Bombers enter a key matchup against the BC Lions. Bombers are 2-6. Lions are 5-2. The game is pivotal. Fall to 2-7 and the Bombers may as well fold up their tent and head home. The result? A 25-0 victory by the Bombers. Pivotal? That’s an understatement. That […]

The Corbett Report, September 7, 2024

September 6, 2024

Introduction If this is the week after Labour Day then this must be Banjo Bowl weekend. The most wonderful day of the year on a Bomber fans football calendar. A weekend when there’s a run on watermelons at the local co-op. When a broad swath of combines trundle across the prairies in search of football […]

The Corbett Report, August 23, 2024

August 22, 2024

Introduction To quote Taylor Swift, coming into August the Bombers were looking at a rather “Cruel Summer”. An 0-4 start. A loss in their first two home games. No wins in June. A mediocre performance in Regina. Then a heartbreaking loss in Toronto in July and the Bombers’ season seemed on the precipice of falling […]

The Corbett Report, July 12, 2024

July 11, 2024

Introduction With a checkered past that’s lead through two NFL teams (Dallas and the NY Jets) and two CFL teams (Winnipeg and BC) Lucky Whitehead, at the age of 32, returns to the Bombers looking for a fresh start (and a break from his new-found gardening career). With the maturity that comes with turning 32 […]

The Corbett Report, July 5, 2024

July 4, 2024

Introduction Fun fact, the last time tonight’s opening song was used was September 20, 2012. At that point in that season the Bombers were 2-9 and enroute to a 6-12 season. It was of course, in the middle of their 29-year Grey Cup drought and the team had become the poster boys for football futility. […]

The Corbett Report, June 21, 2024

June 20, 2024

Introduction Unfamiliar territory for the Bombers as they head into their 3rd game of the season. Let’s answer a few questions: When did the Bombers last start 0-2 The last time they started 0-2 was 2016. In that year the Bombers rallied to post an 11-7 record only to lose by a point to the […]

The Corbett Report, June 6, 2024

June 6, 2024

Introduction It’s been 200 days since the Bombers last suited up for a meaningful football game. Tonight it’ll be a rematch of that game: the Alouettes vs. the Bombers. For those of you who might have forgotten (or have chosen to forget), the Alouettes won that game 28-24. A game where, for about 57 minutes, […]

The Corbett Report, November 11, 2023

November 10, 2023

Introduction Whether it be pundits with much greater wisdom than I, or in fact the Corbett Report itself, there have been many who have questioned whether the 2023 edition of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers still have what it takes to be Champions. Indeed, coming off the bye week in October and facing the Argos and […]

The Corbett Report, October 21, 2023

October 21, 2023

Introduction When we last chatted, the Bombers were coming off a bye week and heading into the two most important games of their season. Toronto at home and BC on the road. Fast forward three weeks and guess what, a few things have changed. After a pedestrian workman-like victory over Toronto and a stunning come-from-behind […]