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Off topic: I hate this expression with every fibre of my being. Earn his flowers? I've heard it more and more over the last two-ish years (at a point, almost daily) and it's just cringe. Just say "earned the respect" or "lived up to the hype". Pun intended - there's no need to be so flowery. On topic: Rourke has pretty much been a bust since he returned from the NFL. They ruined him last year by rushing him back into the lineup. He may never *ever* live up to his potential and the hype surrounding him because of it.

Could have been less serious than everyone thought. And they just rested him as precaution. No one from the Bomber org has ever addressed the seriousness of the situation. The "missing multiple weeks" narrative came from one person as far as I can tell. One person who is continuously incorrect about all things CFL. Saw them at the Forks on a Canada day years ago. They were great!

Other than BC jock straps you mean,

He never has a sniff.

cfl.ca posted his splits for the Bombers vs the rest of the league, I wish they would have split out the Elks from the 'Rest of the CFL' stats as well. Sophomore slump is definitely a thing. He had a cup of coffee in 2021, and then went super nova in 2022... by the time he came back from his Lisfranc injury the league had caught up to him and the 18 months in the NFL definitely didn't help that. You could tell in the 2022 West Final the Bombers knew exactly how to handle him. BO not being the face of the league is almost marketing malpractice at this point. I think the only player who comes close to his follow on socials is Kelly 🤢. His work with vulnerable animals should be front and centre.

yeah I was gonna mention that too...He didnt fare well against the top teams

You deserve a timeout for that! 😁 Schoen for me...He's getting 2 so it evaporates my strike last week...New rule

Awesome pick. We aren't going full doman or any thing, but the bands we've got for the game stuff so far are awesome picks.

And a bunch of beating up on weak teams in that too.

Big Wreck?...The Rider Organization has a band??....haha...I'll show myself out now

Yeah....He had a perfect group of guys to catch league off-guard at first to toss up a lot of contested balls...and got lucky with that...and they let an awfull lot of OPI go on with his 2 big targets....But teams figured him out...and he faded....also his quick strike plays when not there, and he had to actually decipher a defense...well you seen the difference Our defense especially with multiple looks...and the same looks but it switches at snap...utterly confuses him Betts too...One big season and a lot of that was questionable "was he offside" crap...once he started to get called....and guys got hands on him...What he do? Not a helluva lot...except pout and show a piss poor attitude My gripe with a lot of the CFL Media and especially TSN is this over the top/unwarranted Canadian pushing with certain players....I get it's the CFL but enough already....Market and promote the actual top players who been doing it for yrs...regardless of where they were hatched. The average joe fan or a lot of the new fans they are wanting to pull in...and a lot of them are...and where a it's a huge market is within the immigrant community...they could give a rats ass...Most Canadians really could care less other than a small fraction...Whats it really matter...it's played in Canada...under unique Canadian rules by a lot of Americans who call Canada home yr round...promote that aspect Not to look at things thru blue glasses but it really is an injustice to BO that the powers that be in the CFL don't promote him more...What Canadian RB post the late 70's early 80's...Or player for that matter has won back to back MOC....A MOP and MOC season...gunning for 4 straight 1000 yard seasons...lead league multiple in a row...and actually grew up in Canada...played all his formative ball in Canada prior to College?....These the guys that should be getting the attention

Jefferson gives him the willies!

Big Wreck announced as the main stage act for the free Canada Day concert this year. Solid. They are amazing live. https://www.bluebombers.com/canadaday2025?lid=qspp78e6uy2b&utm_source=braze&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-06-17+Canada+Day+Celebration+Announcement&utm_brazeid=652cb67a41bc800001333d27&utm_content=&tf_u[wpg_braze_id]=652cb67a41bc800001333d27&utm_instance=wpg&CAMEFROM=

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/kraft-heinz-remove-artificial-dyes-food-products-2/story?id=122922585

https://tvline.com/casting-news/severance-reunion-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-celebrity-contestants-1235464497/

He had 8 REALLY good games 3 years ago and he has been riding that in the CFL ever since.

AJ Oullette.

I don't know about arrogant for him, but his booster group for sure is. And I 100% agree, among the cfl fans I know across the league, most people don't like rourke. The media has tried to elevate him to messianic levels, but only succeeded in making him unlikable. I think he him self is the usual headspace QB1s live in. Maybe a little less crazy/egotisical. But the hype train is gigantic. Yeah, and I think you don't create excitement, especially league wide, by being a tire biting bandwagon type at the media level. If I wanted to pump up the excitement league wide, I'd be talking about the young guys who are poised to explode onto the scene. For us, guys like Vaval, Adams, and Wheatfall. Guys around the league like Brown, Alexander and yes, Rourke. Instead of pitching Rourke as the next/current Flutie, you pitch the 3 guys as the next generation of top tier QBs. You put them up against each other and consider who will be the top guy. Any 2 of those 3 playing each other should be huge, or 1 playing a guy like Zach, Harris, vaj etc. Thats how you hype up and sell a game.

Roland Milligan says Hello

I actually have found in most circles, people find Rourke to be quite arrogant. I’m not a huge fan. For sure with the Riders - especially with AJO. I get they have a job to create excitement, but there are better players to pick certainly.

I hope itll be better than the 2nd half or so of pass pro but yeah. I think it will to, if we keep in vanterpool. CFL hype train. Tbh we see the same thing with a lot of rider players. The national CFL media panders to the largest group it can. And they think Rourke is like every fan's 2nd favorite QB. He isn't. I'll add that a couple of our guys have had their tires pumped here from the media for similar reasons. Kola a bit, Houston, etc. Especially on our OL, though.

Caleb Evans

Farhan with another whiff.

I find that weird.

Ottawa cut Ethan Jordan. Not sure if he's planning to go back to school but I'd give him some PR time here. Huge potential to be a Gittens/Julien-Grant style guy. Even Demski, would be a good guy to learn some routes from.