Bombers, Ticats set for Grey Cup rematch

WINNIPEG — Starting the season 2-0 should have the Winnipeg Blue Bombers feeling pretty good, but that’s not the case with the back-to-back Grey Cup champions.

As the Bombers prepared to host the winless Hamilton Tiger-Cats (0-2) on Friday – the club they beat for both titles – the focus was on correcting mistakes on both sides of the ball.

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“It’s better to be 2-0 and have things you know you need to work on and you can still correct them than being 0-2 and having that same situation, right?” Winnipeg linebacker Adam Bighill said after Thursday’s walk-through practice.

“So the key is to make sure you’re learning from your mistakes even when you win. We recognize there was a lot of mistakes we need to clean up to be able to win more games this season, win tighter games as we go forward and, ultimately, get to where we want to go.”

The Bombers have won a pair of games against the Ottawa Redblacks, a 19-17 home victory on a field goal with six seconds remaining on June 10, and 19-12 in Ottawa last week.

Winnipeg's 38 points puts them in seventh place in the CFL. Hamilton is fifth with 43.

Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros said the team has “a high standard” and the way they achieved a 2-0 start isn’t too much to celebrate.

“Obviously you're happy after the game if you get the win, but there's always six or seven things that you can do better and usually those things are either exposed or maybe look better on film the next day,” said Collaros, the league’s reigning most outstanding player.

“We try to really be critical of the things that we can improve on. So the day after a game, win or lose, it’s