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No worries, I had a few moments and I know how to use a calculator.  I'm glad that you've indicated that it was a "throw away  post".  Gotta keep that post count up, I guess.  Good job!

Interesting, you have 85 recorded losses vs 77 wins over 81 games.  Should prove to be a very interesting season indeed.

To be fair, Rod is probably the best choice for that fanbase... both are completely deluded so it's a good fit. 

Middle of July and 1290 is almost all Jets in the morning. That's inexcusable. Bombers get less time than hockey in the middle of summer, when there's nothing to talk about. I wrote them about it and Westwood blew it off as unimportant because "most people care about the Jets." He's preachy and uninteresting.
If 1290 had gotten the Bombers games, I guarantee they would have had to move them online those few times a year when there's a conflict with the Jets. And then what?
The Bombers will always be second class citizens on 1290.  While Hustler has historically done a better job of covering the CFL than the morning show, Bauming is the only real exception, and I can listen to him on a podcast, so why even bother with the radio station?
If 680 could get Bauming in with Irving for Bombers games, it would be perfect. Let him learn from Irving and grow his skills while honing his passion.

Middle of July and 1290 is almost all Jets in the morning. That's inexcusable. Bombers get less time than hockey in the middle of summer, when there's nothing to talk about. I wrote them about it and Westwood blew it off as unimportant because "most people care about the Jets." He's preachy and uninteresting.
If 1290 had gotten the Bombers games, I guarantee they would have had to move them online those few times a year when there's a conflict with the Jets. And then what?
The Bombers will always be second class citizens on 1290.  While Hustler has historically done a better job of covering the CFL than the morning show, Bauming is the only real exception, and I can listen to him on a podcast, so why even bother with the radio station?
If 680 could get Bauming in with Irving for Bombers games, it would be perfect. Let him learn from Irving and grow his skills while honing his passion.

Its not ironic, Westwood is an uniformed, non entertaining know it all.

1290 is dead to me as long as Westwood works there.

No, just no. There is no evidence whatsoever that public ownership is better than private ownership.

Nope.  Just $1,000.  He was quick to correct someone on twitter.
Still awesome.

Sure, but to be fair, it's hard to find a group of people as generally pissed off as that forum. It's the worst kind of forum, imho, and I'm not known for my naive optimism.

And on that note, do the people who still insist on yelling "true north" during the anthem have any idea that they're not at a hockey game?

Glenn injured his hand hitting a helmet during his throw.
Helmets should be removed from the game immediately.
- Rod Pederson

I wrote Westwood an email about it once. He told me most people want to hear about the Jets, not anything else. 
I replied back asking how people would ever know whether they want to hear more about the Bombers since they never have the chance in the first place. 
I don't listen to 1290 anymore. I listen to podcasts to hear about the cfl. It's far superior.

What the hell is wrong with you people?  Get rid of Dressler??  
 

Coates did an awesome job filling in; to be honest JFG and Coates both seem to be larger impacts than Kholert was.  Not that Kohlert was terrible I just mean we did upgrade that Canadian spot which is awesome

Man watching the Riders win is just about as painful as watching the Bombers lose.

*Mettle
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It's a step, but as others have mentioned, it's reacting instead of responding.
I'd like to see challenges only for: PI, completed catch, and fumbles/interceptions.  Give each coach 2 per game. Get the PI wrong in the last 3 minutes of the game and get penalised with delay of game.

It's a step, but as others have mentioned, it's reacting instead of responding.
I'd like to see challenges only for: PI, completed catch, and fumbles/interceptions.  Give each coach 2 per game. Get the PI wrong in the last 3 minutes of the game and get penalised with delay of game.

The Bombers post player and Coach O'Shea's interviews daily on their website/app/twitter/facebook. I find when I watch them there really is no need to read the papers as I know what's going to be in them as there wont be much more additional content than what I just watched. 

The only time I've noticed O'Shea "talking down" to people is when they ask inane questions.  When an intelligent football question is asked, he lights up and engages with the person asking the question as if he was sitting down and having a beer with a buddy.  Just because Weicek is one of the guys usually asking the inane questions, he's got his feelings hurt and that's why he writes the crap that he does about O'Shea and the team in general.  The people responding to his articles likely only read what he writes and so only have what he has to say as a reference and don't really know what they are talking about.

That's exactly it.  I've never got the sense that O'Shea talks down to anyone.  He's actually pretty self-depricating usually in pressers and on the radio.  Just because he won't agree to some faulty premise presented by a media person or angry fans doesn't mean he's demeaning them.

Absolutely false....I have never understood this. There was a time, many many moons ago, when the media were the only link fans had to sports teams....that is so long gone, it's not even funny. Wiecek (and really nobody in the media that I can think of...) represents the fans voice....

I'm trying to get to all the CFL stadiums in the next few years (and now I have to go back to Regina, which pisses me off because, well, it's Regina), and so I managed to get to this game.  I chose them as my "2nd favourite team" since they haven't been in the league for long enough that they haven't spoiled anything for the Bombers - I used to live in Ottawa, so that helped.
TD Place is a nice stadium, for a retrofit. I was up in the nosebleed section and paid more than I think a person should.  The crowd was good - they were into it when they should've been.  I'd say IGF on a quiet night is still way louder than TD Place was, even if we had the same number of people. 
The fans were cool, but most of the people around me hate Matt Dunigan, though I don't know why.  He gave my dad and I a thumbs up when he saw us rocking out Bomber stuff. 
You know how we have the announcer say, "That's another Winnipeg..." and we all yell, "First Down!" - their dude does this thing where he says, "1st Down..." and then there's an echo-y sound effect as he says, "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrredblacks!"  It was a little annoying, but I say the same thing about the way the Bombers do it. They also do all the game calls in english and french. That amused me.  OH! But they don't say the names of the Alouettes who made a catch, just who made the tackle.
Tom Green was there. I thought he was dead. His career is, certainly.  Also, I will never again complain about the games they play at IGF with fans. The on-field hosts and games were painful. Painful.
RedBlacks offense didn't seem to want to win the game. The defense showed up to play. Good to see.
The officiating was brutal. Usually I'll give the officials the benefit of the doubt and stuff, but holy hannah, that was a tough one for the boys in stripes.
The bugs were insane way up there, too. The lights were right above us, and I felt like I was slathered in... whatever random bugs eat.
They have just one giant scoreboard. It's big. It doesn't show a lot of replays, but also has no ads on it. I'm not sure which I prefer.
I was glad to have been. It was nice that the RedBlacks won, too.
ETA: I totally forgot!!  They allow flags and flagpoles and whatnot!  Not a single person got murdered, either. I miss flags on golf ball retrievers...