Dee Urban Hermit

If you're suggesting that going from Durant to Glenn is a lateral move, well let's just say... on second thought, no, I better not say.

If they open the season with Glenn as #1 that's gotta be a pretty tough pill to swallow for Rider fans.  I can't see it happening.  More likely we see one of their young guys in for 4 losses to start the season and then Glenn takes over.

Michael Bishop is what happens to teams that jettison their veteran QB with nothing but hopes and prayers to fill in. Mike Kelly had a plan named Stefan LeFors. How'd that work out. 

Mike Bishop

They're not stupid... They will definitely try to bring in a vet, and I do hope it's Glenn. I think he's going to wait and see what's up with Sask first, but if there is no guaranteed starter gig available, he might come back on FA Day... 

No it's not, the Bombers want Nichols back and Nichols wants to be back, they're just hammering out a deal that works for both sides. What the Riders did was alienate their starting qb, who was a damned good one as the Riders record with and without him the past few seasons should indicate, and traded him away because they had no intention of even trying to get him back. That's a monumentally stupid move. You don't ditch a quality veteran qb when you got sweet **** all at the position, that's Mike Kelly levels of dumb. 

We really need an upgrade at Nat receiver.  The only one that fits that bill would be Chambers....and that scares me

This, and even if they did I don't see Nichols wanting to play for Jones

I don't see it...  if they are not willing to pay big cash for Durant then why would they spend more for Nichols?

I think we can all agree PI calls is the biggest area needing improvement, if possible, I'd update the books to have a more clear, concise definition of what exactly pass interference is, if possible make it measurable and more black and white. Possible suggestions:
1. Instead of the ball has to be "catchable" (which is subjective at best) how about in order to call PI, the ball has to land within 5 yards of the receiver. It'd force the receiver to continue to try and make the play, instead of giving up on it because they know PI will be called.
2. Maybe find a way to define what "hand-fighting" actually is, and whether or not it is allowed.
Even if you just had a laundry list of what situations PI is considered to be...I know it wouldn't be perfect by any stretch, but if the referees at least had a measurable set of standards to be met in order to call PI, it'd help in a number of ways... it would make it easier to train them as well as easier for the players and coaches, because they could then actually coach players on what they can and cannot do.
As it stands right now, players are often robbed of good, clean plays with a tacky PI call, and coaches often will throw a challenge flag just on a whim in the hopes that command centre rules the defensive player sneezed too close to the receiver.

Also, we have our own guys, they are being "developed" and people have already given up on them.
anyway, I hope the team doesn't nichol and dime him. That would be a supreme chocke.

I don't get all this belief that Franklin is our forthcoming messiah ... he is showing some nice potential as a backup but once he becomes a starter he will become subject to scrutiny & film study and other stuff .... and once his tendencies are known he may not be as fantastic as the 2nd coming of  Mike Reilly ... we have a proven QB in Nichols who is only going to mature and get better ... we have not yet seen the top of his game.
And besides Edmonton has a certain high value on him for this year although they are not beyond grabbing an arm and a leg from a team willing to offer that much ... if we are  going after him lets pay that high price when he is a free agent ... lets test out Nichols this year and see if we might have the real deal. Let Nichols do it this coming season .... he might surprise us.

What's hilarious is a 41 year old qb just completely outplayed a young "up and coming" qb.    

I suspect that was just the first shot in negotiations and not an ultimatum.

No matter who you were rooting for, its was entertaining as heck. Gotta love the CFL. Next  year,Bombers

Was there a second tweet with the third reason or can Simmons not count?

The way our offense had been playing in the second half, I had way more confidence in Medlock than anyone else on the team...

I fully expect Osh back, and his whole staff.
And I am totally fine with that. First time in a long time where I think we are building something really special here. 
Hate on LaPo and Hall or whoever all you want, but again these were probably the best offense and defense we've seen in years. 

I think if, some 2 days after the game, you're still losing your mind over how it ended.......you need to dial it back about 10-20%. It happened, it's done, we've gotta move on or it's gonna eat you alive. 

Skeptical on this event.  Saskatchewan a good choice for the inaugural or test run of the event. If it can't fly there...
Good to see Orridge trying new things to grow the brand. Hopefully reach out to the younger generation.
Time will tell what this turns in to. 

There's no lol. 
Medlock, one of, if not the best kicker in CFL history, tells me as a Coach, that he can do it, and, you've seen him do it, then that's a real enough statistic to me.

Loffler needs to learn how to hit like Cauchy Muamba.  Now there was a safety who didn't take unnecessary penalties.

hey, I don't care what Loffler likes to wear under his uniform as long as he keeps hitting like that... 
Also, political correctness and player safety are completely different things... 

When they went to the GC in 2011 they did it despite having a brutal second half of the season and terrible corners. Really terrible. Now I think we have much better players, we may need a few more, but not always the best game plan. So in all I think we are actually in a much better condition than the end of 2011 where a GC appearance masked some considerable shortcomings.
 
 

Not lately we haven't, and that's sort of the point.  We have come a long way in one year, and while winning the whole thing would have been nice, it's not all that realistic this year.