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This is it right here. If Wade truly gets this and the rest of the CFL does too, the league may have a future. Fingers crossed. 

Keeps opponents guessing. One more thing they may have to plan for.

Doesn't the 6 game expires after WF?  If so, they may be keeping him for the Grey Cup.

well I am booked for my third COVID booster, the next time I see my physician in February he'll administer it

My Bob memory is a little more personal. My father had taken me to Bomber games since 1981 at Canadinns stadium, and because of a few rowdy swearing fans in our early season ticket years there we took to wearing headphones to drown them out and listen to the broadcast. After a few games my dad noted “I don’t know why we never did this before, it totally changes how I watch the game. Bob’s call is so good and it makes me see things in a way I never saw live before.” One thing he always wondered is where the broadcast was coming from (we were east siders then) and he asked every other game or so, so I would point out the small radio booth across the field and he could kind of make it out, but I was never sure he figured it out  
So fast forward 25 years to the 2005 season. My dad’s 77th birthday came up on Labour Day and by that age it was hard to think of gifts for him, but we still shared our Bomber games together (and I was finally getting to the age where I could pay for our season tickets instead of him). I thought it would be a neat idea to give him a tour of the west side broadcast area, past media row and the TV and radio broadcast booths, so he could finally see the location of all the Bomber broadcasts he had been listening to. Carol Barrott of course made the arrangements, and said we might get to see Bob Irving in action before the game, but he would likely be too busy with the broadcast to say hi. So on Thanksgiving that year, which was the actual 75th anniversary celebration game, we met her at the club offices an hour and a half before game time and she took us up into the west side press area, past writer’s row and the TV broadcast booth and the visitor radio booth. We get to the Bomber booth and out comes Bob Irving (this is right up to the pre-game show time, mind you) and not only does he say hello and shakes our hands but engages my dad in a 5-10 minute conversation. I was struck by how tall he is in real life, and to my surprise most of their conversation was not about the specifics of football but about what my dad did for a living, how long he had been coming to the games, how flattered he was when my dad told him that listening to his broadcasts from the seats was a highlight for him, and also about Bob’s kids and his life as a broadcaster and how he missed a few big life events because his road broadcasts took him away from them. Apologized when he had to end the conversation because he had to get back to the broadcast. But he wished us well, thanked US for coming to visit, hoped we would enjoy the game and said it was going to be a special day because they were honouring the all-time 75th anniversary team and he was excited to be calling a memorable event. Thanked us again for always tuning in to the broadcast home or away. And then to back up his promise of something memorable, he called the game where Milt Stegall got 4 touchdowns on 4 passes that day. Total class act, real down to earth guy, and I like to think it was the best gift I could ever have given my dad. 
In the Billy Crystal movie “City Slickers” there’s a scene about your best and your worst day, outside of the usual “day your kids are born” life-changing events. I think of that day and seeing my dad light up talking with Bob Irving for his birthday celebration, and it is right up there with my best days. 

Bob Irving is the soundtrack to my fandom of this team. 
I will share my oldest and dearest play call of his that I remember. I was a young boy out camping with my parents. The Bombers were playing the Edmonton Eskimos ....we didn't have much success against them...the year...1984. The Evil Empire had a dynasty going....we were trying to turn the tide. It was a regular season game....tied up late in the game....a real slobberknocker for CFL dominance at that point of the season and a precursor to a changing of the tide.
" Hank Ilesic is back to punt....ITS BLOCKED....this could be a touchdown....AND IT IS!!!"
With that one sentence, that one play, that one play call by Bob it was apparent that the monkey was off our back. The Evil Empire was vulnerable and the tide was changing. 
Am I being a little too nostalgic, or poetic, with my description of the events of that day....MAYBE...but I can tell you that one play, and the excitement in Bob's voice ratcheted me up from a casual fan to a Blue believer. That's my story and I think we all have one that we remember about Bob. That's what makes him so damn special.

Back in the day, I delivered pizzas. Home or away, I would listen to Bob on the radio, plus the coach's show. For a four year period, that's almost exclusively how I experienced Bomber games. 

Never. Stories like this are what it's all about. Thanks for sharing! 
I have probably dozens of memories involving Bombers radiocasts, but I'll say this..... when I worked up in Dauphin from 2002-2006, we were part of the Blue Bombers Radio Network, and I was the in-house producer (basically just play local commercials when CJOB played Wpg commercials) for Dauphin's end of the coverage. It's a monkey job, but....I got to be a PART of the Blue Bombers Radio Network. Bob would almost always "say hello" to the people listening on our station during the broadcast, and I couldn't have been prouder to feel a part of the team. That's something that I'll carry with me forever.....

Im not exactly counting snaps.  However, if Sayles did these numbers in 30% of snaps imagine what kind of numbers he would have with 70% of snaps. He's a real up and comer. 

This team doesn't need awards or snubs to get up. They're going to crush their opponents because they are the best. 

Matty's point about Lokombo and Lambert getting all the stats because the O was hot steaming dog **** is an accurate one. **** every reporter who doesn't vote Demski for MOC, and to a lesser extent, Alford for MOR....man, I'm angry about this. 

I wouldn't want to be the WR being covered by DeAndre on the 5th,talk about a chip.

Hope the boys channel the end of the last game, any award or all star snubs, any foolish comments by opposing players into a smack down of epic proportions on the 5th.

@Noeller bet you're extra glad you'll be there in person

Did you really make that list and forget to add Andrew Harris from 2019??
You know what's great about the East side and the West side?... either way, you're at a Bomber game!

It's official. JCon has confirmed his age of 97 yrs young. 

WEST SIDE SUCKS!! ALWAYS HAS ALWAYS WILL!!!!!!

 

I don't care who we face and I don't just want a win I want an absolute clown pounding we are talking players on the other team with tears in their eyes in the first half, total destruction so at the end of the game I can hear from both players and fans of which ever team that we never had a chance we were never in this

Can't agree with you more... West Side SUCKS!!!!!

Can't agree with you more... West Side SUCKS!!!!!

Can't agree with you more... West Side SUCKS!!!!!

Can't agree with you more... West Side SUCKS!!!!!

Buncha golf-clapping sissies sipping whiteclaws with their pinkies out. West Side suuuuucks 😛

You West siders.
Just stay on your safe side 😃

Cool! Yes, that's the West and proper side of the stadium. East side sucks. 
Absolutely. But, it's going to be fun to watch. 

Just stay in the sunny West, we will do the dirty work over here on the #Darkside East.