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He’s Houston 2.0 
Thomas shouldn’t have gotten a flag for rtp that was a blown call 

Beat bad by double move.
Kind of a BS penalty.  LT chucks Thomas into Adams legs.

I let people change their picks for the following reasons:
I lock voting at the start of the first game of the week to make administering / tracking easier.  This way I know no one made a pick after a game started. Since voting does get locked at the start of the first game, if someone is late, I don't want to penalize them for all 4 games of the week.  If you miss a full week of picks, very hard to remain competitive.  I'd rather more people continue to play than not. Since I let people who forgot to get their picks in still vote after voting is locked, it only makes sense to let people change a pick with the same rules. If I didn't allow this, more people may wait until later in the week to make their picks, then forget, then miss completely, this again can lead to a decrease in participation.  This option is open to everybody, so I don't see how it is unfair.   Unrelated stat, but I find it interesting.  Most years there are a lot of people who play the first couple of weeks, then trail off.  This is for any number of reasons.  People forget, fall behind, get busy with summer, who knows why.  This is the first year we had 41 people in week 1, and while a. few people missed a week here or there, we still have 41 people playing this week.  Good to see.

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.  It reeks of trying to make something .. a thing.  Simple language is the best language.
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 live up to (or have a chance to live up to) his potential and the hype surrounding him because of it.

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. 

I enjoyed that Handled Internally.... Most of those pods are solid. It's just them BSing over beers, which is what I want. Darren is very careful about what kind of info gets out there, but I like when the players are loose (the beer helps) and give us a bit of an inside view of the room. 

Brad Paisley is awesome (his guitar playing alone is worth the admission...) and I'd almost guarantee that whoever they get for the half time show won't be anywhere near his level of "draw". It's honestly a huge get for the Friday night kickoff party... Can't wait to be there!

Looks like I missed voting this week... I could have sworn that I had done it.
If I can still make picks for the two remaining games this week, I would go with Calgary and Hamilton.  I definitely would have picked Winnipeg and likely Montreal, but I missed the boat on those ones.

I’ll add Streveler to that list.  It’s kind of funny no one is really talking much about how Strev will look tonight.  He’s our backup QB, coming off a major injury.  I feel good about him and it seems most do, but it’s odd nonetheless.

To be positive, looking forward to seeing if Wheatfall takes another step this season, how Vanterpool and Randolph look on the oline, if Wallace can get some run on the oline and how Smith and Shay progress.

Humble pie season...but could be a good thing tho...you know the remaining vets don't wanna be looked at in history as choke artists...or not a true all time great team
I think we never really showed our true offence..looking forward to the real thing...not concerned at all with Strev at the helm...and Rourke will wilt under the intensity of the Wpg crowd...yet again 

It really feels like it's just a matter of time until we're back where we were with cable, having all the "networks" (streamers) under one roof with one payment for all of them....

Strev is a real QB if you let him be one. Lots of us have said that for years now. He's not just a gimmick. I'm excited for the guy... Everything he went through this past year. Hope he looks incredible during the season opener. 

there were only two series in the 1967 playoffs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Stanley_Cup_playoffs
There were three series in 1932:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931–32_NHL_season
 

Amazing season. Division title, President’s Trophy. Thrilling win for the ages over the Blues. Frankly played the Stars even if not outplayed them if you look at the series as a whole. Just too much adversity to overcome, not enough puck luck, and just enough missed opportunities to make the difference. Now we’ll hear the injury report that Morrissey likely playing with a busted shoulder and now torn knee ligaments. Scheifele playing with a concussion. Valardi a back or shoulder injury that never healed. Ehlers coming off a broken leg and not 100%. And I’d wager a bunch more we don’t know about (Schoen, Gus, Stanley, maybe Connor). Loss stings now, but what a tremendous year. 

Marchment keeps leaving his feet when he's making his hits... The refs warned him the first time but they still seem to let him do it. 

Absolutely brutal. He was tremendous on the panel, and even better on Colour. Severely weakens an already weak CFL on TSN production.

Man, I really liked Dunigan as a colour guy.

Of all the people that could have left, Matty would not have been my top choice...
Matt Dunigan not returning to CFL on TSN: sources - 3DownNation

Complacent...in many ways...and the success...or lack there of due to it when all said and done of late is apparent...time for Osh to get back to how he used to do things to a certain extent....he used to piss fans and other teams off before with is keen knowledge on rules and ways to exploit them....why the change?...

Fans chanting “should have kicked it” after disallowed goal is pretty classic Winnipeg hockey chant. 

The outdoor carnival was filmed out at Lilac Resort.

I'm with iHeart.  **** Vegas.   I hope they never win anything ever again in their existence.     Yes it pains me to cheer for the Oilers especially with Perry and Kane on that team.  

lol. Lazy penalty by Nino. 
Galley making it obvious he’s wearing stars undies. Almost unlistenable