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Then he needs to STHU & know his role which seems to be butterflies flying & little birds chirping by a beautiful mountain stream on a warm, sunny day. Singing. "All You Need Is Love" while wearing a great scarf. Cum by ya. No, he wrote the letter. He's the face of the league. People listen to what he says. He deliberately muddied the water to confuse the issue. And to make the offer look a lot better than it is. He's as involved as the BOG's.

The letter he wrote & subsequently released by the CFL has nothing to do with him? He took a figure of $18.9 million & presented it in a way that it was never presented before so it can be interpreted in different ways to make it more confusing has nothing to do with him? C'mon, man. According to the way I read it, that means the salary cap is increasing $2.7 million per year over the next 7 years. Do you believe that? We know it's not true. Just tell us what the salary cap is increasing to & by how much per year over the seven years. Be honest. Not this.

And... in breaking news from training camp....

Love how Ambrosie just can't be transparent. He has to muddy the water. He is a joke of a Commissioner.

Roberts didn't put up the numbers Herron did in the CFL & NFL. In 1973, he set an NFL record for combined yards with the Pats. Rushing, catching, kick & punt returns. He accomplished that as a drug addict. Imagine what he could have done if he was clean. Herron's level of talent was eye popping. He dominated both leagues. I'll stick to my statement.

No one talks about TSN. They won't be happy once games start getting cancelled. You can bet they'll put the pressure on to get a deal done. I'm sure there are financial penalties the CFL will have to pay if they can't field teams.

Mack Herron #26. Anyone who saw him play won't ever forget him. He was probably the best "Little Man" running back who ever played the game. With his talent, he should have had the world by the tail. Instead he lived a tragic life after football where he was consumed by drugs & gang life in Chicago. Herron died in 2015 at age 67.

"Prince" Hal Patterson. I want others to partake. Figured I'd leave a few for them.

I don't think so. This is Wade Miller & Scott Mitchell picking a strange time to play hardball. They wear this. Two times nothing is still nothing. He should have retired 3 years ago.

No, not the way the CFL handles it. A smaller league means not as many issues so therefore there should be plenty of time to get a deal done in the off season. Start early January after the Xmas & New Year's break. Yet the leave it to early April. Then we have Randy Ambrosie going to CFL fan meetings saying Cum Bye Ya when it isn't & he knows it. Training camps open tomorrow & there's still no deal done as of this moment. No other league does this. Totally ridiculous.

Is there any other pro sports league who is as bad as the CFL with their collective bargaining agreement negotiations? They do it the same always. Wait until the last minute & then under the gun to get a deal done.

Washington was a helluva back. Had at least one thousand yards season. He & Steve Beaird were pretty damned good. Throw in Richard Crump subbing in & that was a great backfield Dieter Brock had to work with.

I would say looking back all those years that Lirim would probably admit he didn't handle the situation like he would today so he contributed to what happened after. He wasn't the pro he is now.

Okay, back to the countdown. The first player is someone I discussed on the interesting nickname thread... Dave Raimey. Gord Rowland Paul Bennett

I'm embarrassed to say that I was totally wrong. I was describing the Double Wing offense & not the Wing T. It's been 20 years, sorry. Double Wing: No splits on the LOS. Super tight formation. You can see where the FB lines up right behind the QB. No way the Bombers ran this. Wing T: Like the Double Wing based on speed & misdirection to confuse defenders. Split T: This is the base formation I remember seeing whenever the Bombers played under Grant. You can see the wider splits on the OL. This created running lanes for the backs & also spread out the defense. The T refers to the 4 "full house" backfield. Hence the name Split T. Once again, sorry for the mix up on my part. How I got the Double Wing mixed up with the Wing T & Split T is beyond me. I guess I just had my senior moment for the day,

He had all of his sacks in the first half of both seasons he played in Rider Land.

They didn't run Wing T. That's a tight, tight, TIGHT formation. The OL have no splits. The FB lines up a couple of inches behind the QB & is called "The Sniffer" ( I kid you not. That is what he was called). The backs are lined up on the hips of both TE's on the LOS half a yard behind the LOS. They are there to prevent any leakage of any defenders coming wide & tackling the ball carrier from behind. There is just one receiver on the LOS & he may be thrown at one or 2 times a game. It was used in college in the US & was successful in the 1930's & 40's. The misdirection works because defenders can't see the ball carrier. They also use a wedge where the OL all charge the centre of the DL & push forward. It's very powerful & physical offense. But totally outdated. Even in the 50's. There are usually four running backs. I won a provincial championship using that offense when I was a pee wee HC & my son was the qb. We couldn't be stopped. We KILLED everyone we played. Perfect offense for 11 & 12 year olds where the passing game is unrefined. But that was 2003. Today, you have phenoms who are 11 & can throw!! As well as performing reads & progressions. The game is changing. QB coaching is much, much better than it was when I coached. PS, I never called our fullback, "The Sniffer". I didn't want him to be embarrassed with the name. And Tyler wouldn't appreciate someone two inches behind him lining up right behind his ass. The QB was called "The Spinner" because every handoff is a reverse handoff. Even lead plays. Tyler had to learn to spin around fast & give the ball to his FB. The Bombers used a Split T offense. The OL were split on the LOS. It spread out the defense & created running lanes for the backs. Ken Ploen ran the Split T at Iowa & won a Rose Bowl in 1957. Bud Grant was going to run the Split T with the Bombers & he needed a qb who understood the offense & that is how Ploen came to Winnipeg.

The Argos had a rookie linebacker named Sam Cjivanovitch. (pronounced See-Yan-Ovich). Jack Wells just couldn't pronounce his name. He decided to call him Sam Alphabet. The name stuck. He became Sam Alphabet, middle linebacker for the Argos... across the league. Other player nicknames. Not necesssarily started by Jack Wells. : Herm "Ham Hands" Harrison. TE Stampeders 1960's. "Tricky" Dickie Thornton. "Dirty 30" Jim Young. ""Doctor Death" Dave Fennell "The Undertaker" Bill Baker Bob "Hoss" Houmard "The Little General" Ron Lancaster

Halfback Darwin "Go Go" Gonnerman.

Dave "the Knife" Raimey Dave Raimey Smack Heroin. Cec passed away in 2008, I believe. I don't know his son.

My cousin. Cec Luining. It was actually. "The mad Milkman from Selkirk". That is what Jack Wells used to call him on the radio broadcasts.

Musk will reinstate him.

Is it retired? Leo Lewis number is still active, I believe. The Bombers don't like to retire numbers.