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I resent his slur on the CFL. The agent and Mulumba both have to know that time is not on their side- I would bet that if nothing gets done in the next few days, it isn't going to get done at all.

There’s no doubt about that, but are we optimistic that he’s ready to go in a month? Sounds like wishful thinking.

As Dirty30 menitoned, I think Mo's injury was caused by the way he landed after catching the ball. On the replay, you can see him immediately go down after his ankle lands awkwardly. I don't think the injury was caused by the BC player, although it possibly could have been considered piling on. That type of "extra curricular" play is usually allowed, though, as the BC player might not have known if Leggett had secured the ball, and was trying to pry it loose in order to recover.
 
 

We can't complain about the hit on Adams. It's the exact same hit everyone loses their minds about how awesome it is, if delivered by loffler

Didn't the Bombers literally just add 6 players to the PR about a week ago?

Didn't the Bombers literally just add 6 players to the PR about a week ago?

Let's wait until his second drop to write off Wolitarsky. 

The time bomb in the Bomber team finally detonated. The D-line which was supposed to be a major improvement over last year and provide the pressure on opposing QB's to force them into either hurry their throws or get sacked has been mediocre at best and was really exposed as such last night. The Bomber O-line was not good at all and Hurl played like he usually does, only Hamilton went right at the MLB position. I didn't realize it until it was mentioned in the telecast, but Loffler is the Bomber leading tackler. This would mean that a) we are not getting to the opposing QB and our linebacking collectively sucks. Santos-Knox and Leggett are good, and that points out how utterly terrible Hurl and Knox are. If a rookie CFL head coach like June Jones can diddle the Bombers like this, imagine what Calgary with good coaching and talent will do to the Bombers.

See now, that's the great thing about this place. We can say or discuss whatever we want, even if some don't like it. 

Bombers didn't give it much thought, obviously. But there are many terrible events around the world and the selection of those 2 events seems arbitrary and jingoistic. What should be the appropriate criteria for a moment of silence at a sporting event? Why Vegas? That was not made clear.  If you're going to honour victims of a tragedy that has transpired in a foreign country, why not then the Manchester bombing in the UK? What about natural disasters - why not also honour earthquake victims in Mexico? What about the Rohinga in Burma? The Edmonton event seems a weird thing to honour or memorialize - since there were no fatalities and the perp appears simply to have been a nutjob since there was no evidence it was terrorism and therefore no terror-related charges. As you say, better to avoid entirely.

I believe Matty D said it best that football is where you go to escape.      No need for this kind of stuff when watching the game.  
I also agree that I find it interesting that people in terrible countries (Burma for example) are completely massacred in large numbers... yet that kind of stuff gets ignored and/or the players have zero interest in creating public awareness for that...

I hear you on that as well. This won't be a popular opinion, but I don't like how football (particularly the NFL, but more so the CFL now too) tries to bridge together this weird strand of patriotism with sport. Of course the events in Las Vegas and Edmonton were terrible, but people die all over the world for all sorts of things. It seems selective to choose to only honour the victims of some tragedies. I'd rather do away with it all together. In the NFL, it makes a bit more sense based on their levels of patriotism (or, perhaps more accurately, nationalism), but we really don't share that value set in Canada and I don't think the CFL should be encouraging it.

I hear you on that as well. This won't be a popular opinion, but I don't like how football (particularly the NFL, but more so the CFL now too) tries to bridge together this weird strand of patriotism with sport. Of course the events in Las Vegas and Edmonton were terrible, but people die all over the world for all sorts of things. It seems selective to choose to only honour the victims of some tragedies. I'd rather do away with it all together. In the NFL, it makes a bit more sense based on their levels of patriotism (or, perhaps more accurately, nationalism), but we really don't share that value set in Canada and I don't think the CFL should be encouraging it.

I hear you on that as well. This won't be a popular opinion, but I don't like how football (particularly the NFL, but more so the CFL now too) tries to bridge together this weird strand of patriotism with sport. Of course the events in Las Vegas and Edmonton were terrible, but people die all over the world for all sorts of things. It seems selective to choose to only honour the victims of some tragedies. I'd rather do away with it all together. In the NFL, it makes a bit more sense based on their levels of patriotism (or, perhaps more accurately, nationalism), but we really don't share that value set in Canada and I don't think the CFL should be encouraging it.

It was a relief that the usual singer was replaced at the Ti-Cats game, even if temporarily, by soprano Tracy Dahl - who really belted it out in the correct tempo. But then I have another quibble: why was there a moment of silence for events in Edmonton and Las Vegas? 

That's a respectable move.

That's a respectable move.

That's a respectable move.

lol.   the jersey was toast ,holey and falling apart.  I was **** faced.  it was from my ex and we just suffered one of the most embarrassing defeats I'd witnessed.. ever.
feel free to change your opinion of me all ya want, it wasn't my proudest moment but I regret nothing.

Roberts was a generational talent.  What he did on the field was absolutely special.  While the other players loved him, he forced the coaches to allow him to break the rules.  What that cost the team over the years is up for debate.
Harris is one of the best running backs in the league today and a big part of the success of the Bombers the last two years.  He helps hold the team together and support the coaches. 
If you are asking who the best Running Back is between them, then the answer is Roberts.
If you are asking who would fit better on this team, then the answer is Harris.

Roberts no question.  And aside from missing a flight as a rookie he never really had any issues that affected the team.  Teammates loved the guy.  And he was a decent receiver.  Offenses are way different now.
Harris would take Roberts over himself guaranteed.

Jesus Christ people, when Lapo was here before, I think 2003 Roberts was our #3 in receptions. Harris is a great receiver out of the backfield but let's not act like Roberts wasn't. He was a much better runner than Harris and that tips the scales. Roberts routinely made guys look like assholes when they should have had him dead to rights.

Roberts was one of the best RBs in league history. I don’t even consider these two on the same playing field.

There actually is a Bomber fight song that they played back at old Winnipeg Stadium (before the CanadInns rebranding) in the 1980's when I first followed the Blue and Gold. Real quaint college fight song feel to it, with male and female chorus:
"We're proud of the Blue Bomber name....So proud of it's glory and fame.
We're the best in the West, and we'll take on the rest....'Til we get to that East-West (later re-worded as "Grey Cup") game *FIGHT* *FIGHT* (yelled, not sung) 
We'll fight through that line down the field.....Our Blue Bomber teams never yield.
Let's fight on to victory, for great is our destiny.......So fight on, Blue Bombers, fi-i-ight" (pom pom shaking in the stands to follow the beat).
I think they pulled the song after the Bombers flipped to the east division the first time in 1987, tried to briefly resurrect it in the Jim Daley era, and then buried it.
 
Two other traditions I loved. One was Jack Skelly (so I'm told) in the east side upper deck with a voice so loud he didn't need a megaphone to be heard throughout the entire stadium. He would scream "Give me a B!' and the whole upper deck would yell "B!" 
"Give me an O!"  " O!" Give me an M!"  "M!" etc. until they got to "Give me an S!"  "S!"
"WHAT DO YOU GOT?"  "BOMBERS!"  "WHAT DO YOU GOT?"  "BOMBERS!"  "WHAT DO YOU GOT?"  "BOMBERS!!!" 
Followed by loud roar and banging on their metal benches with their plastic pom pom handles. Super loud and got the whole stadium jacked up.
 
The other one was an invention of a group of 4 season ticket holders about two rows behind me in the old joint, who had a touchdown cheer that they would only break out when the Bombers scored to take the lead or started pulling away in the  contest:
"Cigarettes and ashes, cigarettes and butts!
We've got the 'Riders (or insert other opposing team name here) by the NUTS!
SQUEEEEEZE 'EM! SQUEEEEEEZE 'EM! SQUEEEEEZE 'EM! (with a visual grasping in the air above one's head of some invisible junk)
And kick 'em in the cup too!!"  (Toast with a beer, and drink)