The Winnipeg Blue Bombers take on the B.C. Lions this Saturday at IG Field for the Canadian Football League's West Final.
Jackson Jeffcoat, who won the Grey Cup as a Bomber in 2019 and 2021, said an important factor in Saturday's game is that it's happening in Winnipeg — where the notoriously raucous fans give the home field players a definite boost.League’s West Final, and while it’s familiar ground for the Bombers — their fourth consecutive appearance in the conference championship — the team says it isn’t taking anything for granted.
Bombers president and CEO Wade Miller said he agrees the crowd plays a big role, as the team is aiming to host its fifth consecutive sold-out game at the Winnipeg stadium. Miller said IG Field’s tailgate area will open early Saturday — around 2 p.m. — so fans can watch the East Final on a big screen before the local matchup, and get a taste of who the Bombers could end up facing if they advance to the Grey Cup.
“We’ve got high school football players, university, junior football players, a bunch of staff that come out and get this stadium ready, so there’s a lot of work that’s going to go into this game before Saturday.”Derek Taylor, 680 CJOB’s “voice of the Bombers,” said a win Saturday could propel the Bombers into rare territory as the first CFL team to make it to four consecutive Grey Cup finals in more than four decades.
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