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I really like Kroeker. Comes across to me as even keeled, no nonsense, personable type guy.

Agreed, I think Andre Proulx is the best in the league, but Kroeker isn't a a terrible second option.

Agreed, I think Andre Proulx is the best in the league, but Kroeker isn't a a terrible second option.

Very Very Very good read, everyone can pull something out of this to use in there own life.
 

This iteration of the Als, reminds me of the 2011 Bombers where the defense dragged the rest of the team kicking and screaming to the GC. 

I'm not going to go back pages to see if this subect was discussed just because you told KBF to do so. I know already & I'll answer KBF's question with a bit of background detail for him, you & everyone else,
Jim Van Pelt signed with the Bombers out of the University of Michigan. In 1958, he made the team as a rookie backup qb & played defensive back while Ploen was the starter. Midway during the 58 season, Ploen suffered an injury & Van Pelt took over. He played so well that Ploen couldn't get his starting qb job back. So he moved to the defensive backfield & played very well there. So well, that he had one interception in 1958 & another 10 the following season for 104 yards in 1959.  Ploen was named a CFL Western Conference All Star that season at DB even though he came back to play qb the rest of the way after Van Pelt's shoulder injury.
Van Pelt started the 1958 Grey Cup & Ploen subbed in for  some plays as well. So they both played the position in that championship game with Van Pelt getting the majority of the snaps. Van Pelt was also the Bomber placekicker. He kicked two field goals & 4 converts that game in a 35-28 win over the Ti Cats. 
In 1959, Van Pelt again was the starter but suffered a hand injury during the exhibition season. He had to wear a cast on his non throwing hand. Still, he didn't miss a snap. In late September of 59, Van Pelt suffered a separated shoulder which ended his season & unfortunately his career with the Bombers. He never played for us again. During the off season, in late 1959, Van Pelt was drafted into the US Air Force for a 3 year hitch. After suffering his separated shoulder, Ploen had taken over from Van Pelt & he never looked back as he became the starting qb for the Bombers until he retired after the 1967 season. In between, winning 2 more Grey Cup championships at qb & also a finalist in 1965.
Van Pelt completed his Air Force duties in late fall of 1962. He was a special guest of the Bombers at the Grey Cup in Toronto as they wined & dined he & his wife in order to convince them he should come back, They tried to get Van Pelt to sign a new contract for the 63 season with the Bombers but he turned down the offer to become a chartered accountant in Chicago where he lived until he passed away last year.
Who knows why he turned down the Bomber offer as ther CFL was paying as good or better than the NFL at the time.  Van Pelt showed no interest to play in the upstart AFL which began in 1960. However, salaries were beginning to rise as the new league was competing with the NFL & CFL for players. The Canadian dollar was on par with the US dollar back in those days so there were no implications with the exchange rate for American players going back to the US in the off season. Perhaps Van Pelt felt that the team belonged to Ken Ploen now after being away 3 years. Maybe he felt that he had lost his edge. He certainly lost his desire to play as he was ready to move on to other things than football. Whatever the case, he never came back. He settled into private life in the Chicago area. 
So KBF, Ploen never started 4 consecutive Grey Cups as a qb but he won 3 as a starter & played in 6 championships. 

In All seriousness ,thought he was worth listening to. Very passionate about the CFL.

I have to work sunday until 2....I work law enforcement and will be ditching my uniform for the day and wearing a blank jersey instead under the vest I wear.  I am in northern Alberta and have a small group of die hard fans I work with and they will be coming over.  I can't see much food being ate but we will drink a ton of beer after the game.  I can't watch the game with casual fans, I turn into a complete psycho and don't put up with background chatter.

I suspect that the only answer we would get is that they are focused on the Grey Cup and that they will sit down and talk once the season is over... pretty much the same as they did with O'Shea last year.

I suspect that the only answer we would get is that they are focused on the Grey Cup and that they will sit down and talk once the season is over... pretty much the same as they did with O'Shea last year.

I suspect that the only answer we would get is that they are focused on the Grey Cup and that they will sit down and talk once the season is over... pretty much the same as they did with O'Shea last year.

I suspect that the only answer we would get is that they are focused on the Grey Cup and that they will sit down and talk once the season is over... pretty much the same as they did with O'Shea last year.

I suspect that the only answer we would get is that they are focused on the Grey Cup and that they will sit down and talk once the season is over... pretty much the same as they did with O'Shea last year.

I suspect that the only answer we would get is that they are focused on the Grey Cup and that they will sit down and talk once the season is over... pretty much the same as they did with O'Shea last year.

My daughter has been coming with me to football games since she was 18 months old.  She's 17 now.  
When she was about 4 years old there was a game against Calgary in the old stadium (we sat about 20 rows up from visitor bench on the 55) where she stood up on her seat and started screaming at the top of her little lungs, "BOO CALGARY!  BOO!  YOU SUCK!"  Was hilarious and the older season ticket holders that sat around us just killed themselves laughing.
Needless to say .. she's a Bomber fan.

https://x.com/Dave_CHED/status/172446273349054
9016?s=20like really??...bout time.....how hard is that to accomplish....and now we wont see historic season's being built on beating up on 2 of the lousier teams 7 times in a season...basically half your schedule

Just bring the kids into the fold and indoctrinate them into the Bomber culture and it gets a lot easier.  My 9 year daughter started a BC Sucks chant last game... I am so proud of her. 

If it was just me and my friends, it would be great.
Unfortunately, we all had to go out and get married and have kids and it just ruins the whole thing.

I can't watch a Bombers' Grey Cup with casuals. I would lose my mind. 

so much this. If it's a game the Bombers aren't in, then whatever... it can be a party..... if the Bombers are playing, then the guest list is SHORT. I do not want random fans of other teams... I do not want people who are just there for a party..... this has to be Bombers fans only, and you have to understand the gravity of the situation. Anyone else can GTFO. 

I will not invite bad juju onto this team by suggesting this will be an easy win - it won't be.
Noel Thorpe has that defence playing at an extremely high level and, as many have already noted, playing at this time of year is all about momentum and confidence.  Montreal has that in spades coming off their win in Toronto.
I think this game is going to be closer than people think.  Likely low(er) scoring.  It's going to be about which offence protects the ball (or conversely, which team capitalizes on offensive miscues).
 

🎵 I'd rather be a Bomber than a ******* Allouette...🎵

Kudos to the Bomber marketing team having a sign on the jumbotron:
"The BC lions have requested silence while on offense, please respond accordingly" or something to that effect

Votes were submitted earlier this week so the decision has already been made.  Technically, the playoffs aren't supposed to dictate the winners of the awards, but I think we were shown who the true MOP is in the division finals.

Don't forget that tomorrow is Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day... Jackson is a veteran, so how could you possibly consider not letting him play on Veteran's Day? /s