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We all play 

It's game day.
 

I like to think those of us in St.James at the time of the old stadium just had it lucky all those years. What kind of fan am I if a jaunt across my own city is too far. That's probably not reality tho, and I suspect their ticket numbers have somewhat skewed to different ends of the city since the move to UofM. 
One things for sure, 25k, 28k, 30+ - whatever, it's going to be looooouuud in there tonight!! I never doubt the Bomber faithful no matter how full the joint is. I'll be mooing at Bovine all night long, can't wait. #ForTheW 

St B smells like dog ****. Domed proposals were all pie in the sky stuff and werent ever Eeeeeever gonna happen. IGF is great... The location is fine and i dont live close... 
But if we are hindsighting this here... The Higgins proposal would have been best... Massive revitalisation would have happened because of it... The worst probably was ST B or the Perimeter one.. Both just ridiculous actually and what they didnt tell you about St B... Millions probably hundreds of millions would have had to be used just to prep the site... Its garbage lands there... Crap zone... **** zone... Its almost toxic lands... That Canada Packers site is a legit mess and huge hazard.
The higgins one would have been great. 
 
St B tho... Yuck... Dog food processing plants plus mushroom factory plus multiple other stink zones... Never Eveeer would have happened ever... Thank god it didnt also... The smell would be unbearable at times plus Domes are stupid and not a thing anymore 

It is 11 days a year.
It is not travelling daily or even weekly. 
So stupid.

I also still hear from some people that "traffic out of there was terrible the last time I went" (which was in the first year) and I will never go back... I personally have never really had any issues with the traffic and I tell everyone who will listen, but some people just choose to use the first year hicups as an excuse.  Obviously just casual fans, but unfortunately you just can't convince some people once they've made up their minds.

In total. Between sold and unsold.

I also still hear from some people that "traffic out of there was terrible the last time I went" (which was in the first year) and I will never go back... I personally have never really had any issues with the traffic and I tell everyone who will listen, but some people just choose to use the first year hicups as an excuse.  Obviously just casual fans, but unfortunately you just can't convince some people once they've made up their minds.

1.  Sell it out anyways.....
2.  Make mincemeat out of Bovine Levi and the rest of those swine.

I agree with the notion that the stadium is a little over built at its current capacity and that the demand isn't there.
Then I remember that we build stadiums every 50 years in this city so you might as well build it bigger as who knows what the population will be in say, 2030!  Could be the perfect size then!
 

Taking my girl friend to her first Bomber game tomorrow night! Should be a good one. 

I personally have a ton of friends who are very casual fans, hardcore drinkers that are going to be coming to the game. I took them to the pre season game and we actually watched quite a bit of it, they had a blast. Gonna try to stay in the seats as long as we can and will try to see if I can convert them into true blue fans.

More profit in the short term, but doesn't mean they'd be healthier long term.
I fight this notion seemingly daily that the New Winnipeg Arena is not perfect at it's current size.  17,500 seat building would simply have a few thousand more upper deck / cheap seats and eliminate most of the pent up demand for tickets.  Same applies here, IMO.
Agreed, there's still tons of this out there.  I can't for the life of me understand why the "traffic is too bad crowd" drives to begin with.  Drive to any of the park & ride locations all over the city, get the $5 ride to the game. Get a ride back to P&R afterwards.  No fighting traffic leaving stadium, no fighting traffic at your P&R location - and chances are it'll be closer to home. Convenient & well run. 
 

All of that, maybe after another contract if he decides to retire, having Weston as a coach would be amazing. The Conversations between he and Nichols were great, just seems like the most likable guy and I really hope he stays a part of this organization for a long time.

Anyone notice one of the guys he goes up to at the end in the stands is Chris Getzlaf?
Awesome piece. I truly want nothing more than to see Dressler's time with the Riders be the early stages of his career and for him to go in the CFHOF as a Bomber. Would love to see him resigned after this season.
Fun fact: that TD vs SSK was the longest play of his career.

I enjoyed the talk between the receivers and QB. Just gives you an idea about how much success comes from the friendships.

I loved how he told Washington that a big play was coming his way and just to be ready when it does, then boom, touchdown. 
His support of and belief in his teammates was great, and not just with the O. Seeing Loffler giving him props, or Dressler cheering Legget on after the BS no-fumble call, or even Medlock thanking him for reigning in the snap on a field goal. Just such a solid teammate.
Also, two TDs in 25 seconds, and then he's running back to be the holder for both! Talk about a blue collar kind of guy!

That was a great video.  They did a great job with that.  Dressler is the man.  You can tell someone is a good man when even after they move teams, the other team and even fans go up and hug and high five him.

I heard there were huge lines to check out the washrooms. Apparently most in attendance had never seen indoor plumbing before...

Really poor form on Howell's part, IMO. He's usually a class act, so why he'd make excuses for Carter's idiocy is really baffling.

It's all based on the honour system, but at the end of the day, I think it's a win-win for the Bombers.  Even if all 5000-6000 cars parked on campus called in to complain, that means guaranteed sellout for the following game.  Getting that many fans in the stands increases concession revenue, and I'm sure they've done the math that they come out way ahead that way.

The video link is evidence of an attempt to injure. In the accompanying blog There are many rider fans that support Carter intentionally trying to injure another player. The cart wheel that carter uses Hurl for is way beyond a hard fought play. Unlike Loffler on the BC receiver in the end zone during the west semi last year, that was a football play. The receiver could expect such a hit in the BC case. Hurl could expect to be block by a bigger body than he, Hurl could reasonably expect that he might get injured while being blocked. But he should not have to expect an intentional attempt to injure. It is unreasonable and approaching criminal behavior for Carter to intentionally attack Hurl with a non football play. 
Once again the many rider fans supporting carter as "face masks happen" reflect badly on the perception that they can analyze there own squads faults with a balanced view. They prove, once again, they are effen nuts.

Loved it. Bombers media dept is doing pretty awesome work the last while.
And I'll never get tired of seeing Jermarcus Hendrick pick up and parade around every touchdown scorer. And also Medlock after his game winner haha.

Apologies if this is buried in another thread somewhere, but I thought everyone should check this out. I enjoyed watching this so much. It really felt like I was on the sideline with the team during the game (once you get past the intro/travel). I hope that the Bombers plan on doing this every week, one of the best pieces of football content I've seen in forever!
https://www.bluebombers.com/2017/07/05/micd-up-weston-dressler/
Also, so happy we have Dressler!!
 

That unit of Medlock Dressler and Remple are so good.