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My brother took my late mother (huge AWA fan) to the Arena when Heenan still managed Bockwinkel. They were sitting on chairs on the floor right beside the aisle the wrestlers come up to get to the ring. Bockwinkel & Heenan walked past them. My Mom got all worked up as she hated Heenan. She jumped out of her chair & ran up behind them yelling, "Weasel, Weasel" & hit Heenan on the back with her purse. Both turned around & went into character. Both shook their fists at her, yelled something at her, then turned around & continued to the ring. MY Mom returned to her seat beside my poor brother whose jaw had dropped to the floor. I'm sure the crowd thought it was a work as my Mom would have been early 70's at the time. The Little Old Lady gives Heenan ****. Security didn't even come down

Three quarters of the viewers don't know the AEW wrestlers other than the former WWE guys. It'll take some time.

I miss the old AWA shows at the Arena & the TV tapings here on Global. They'd tape a month's worth in one day. Then have another house show a month later at the Arena & do it all over again. They used to draw 12-13,000 for a lot of those shows at the Arena. Ah, the 80's. Bockwinkel vs Flair Jan 16, 1986 at the Winnipeg Arena.

There were a few back in the day. Don Moorehead in BC would never hesitate to take off & run with the ball. Chuck Ealey of the Ti Cats was another. Joe Theismann of the Argos used his legs as well. Carroll Williams of the Alouettes wasn't a great passer but he sure could run. Joe 747 Adams was another running qb back in the 80's.

It's a very good comparison.

Still brings tears to my eyes. We finally won. Just really starting to sink in what the Bombers did!

I can tell you my Dad was like that. I'm sure not. When the time comes to leave, I leave. Not my Father. He could party with the best of them, drink his face off & still be the last man standing. I saw it many, many times growing up. And no matter how drunk he got he never missed a day of work from a hangover.

I think the 82 Western Final in Edmonton may have been his best.

Damned Ambrosie rule.

I remember some of Dieter Brocks better games were in the playoffs when it was cold. As long as he could grip the ball he could throw it. And his receivers made the receptions.

This is how Streveler did it. Thru the Time Tunnel. He left in 1968 & arrived in 2018.

Skunk laughs. Thinks what you said is funny even though what you said is true. He gives no credit to Nichols for anything.

Rider Dozen.

Yeah, when you look back at their overall record in the playoffs it isn't good.

This goes back to the 1960's when they lost three Western Finals to the Bombers in 61, 62 & 65 & the Lions in 64. Then the Riders in 67 & 69. Lost the Grey Cup in 68 & 70. Finally won their second Grey Cup in 1971. They were 1-6 in the Western Finals that decade. You can bet that some of those Stamps teams were the best in Canada but they couldn't win. Add in the GC & playoff failures since 1990. They won 6 Grey Cups since 1990 but lost a lot more with superior teams just like in the 60's. They don't have the same swagger in the playoffs historically. They choke more than they win.

The Stamps could easily have another 5 Grey cups but they choke more than they win.

Yeah, Clements wasn't a running qb where he'd pick up 80 yards a game but he could scramble around in the backfield, move the pocket, evade the rush, make tacklers miss, extend the play & find an open receiver.

Streveler has a role on this team & he's very good at it coming off the bench with limited plays. Ask him to be the day to day number 1 & he hasn't shown he can do that. He's not close to leading this team as a starter. So, this 1A Streveler & 1B veteran business doesn't make much sense to me.

That's why Claybrooks & Maas are now unemployed. Their qbs put up such big numbers. And Chamblin won 5 games with MBT & the only reason he hasn't been fired is because of the coaches cap. They all had losing records. Nichols with his "inferior play" was 7-2 & had the Bombers in first place.

I don't know about your qb rankings but it needs to be updated. I'll be the first to admit that Nichols didn't put up a lot of passing yards in the 8 or 9 games he played but this was a run first team & at times very predictable on what we would do on first down. Defenses knew Harris off tackle was coming on first downs so they keyed on it. And we didn't go vertical when we passed like other teams. We had more of a horizontal, ball control passing attack which meant more short yardage throws all over the field. We were not a quick strike team under Nichols. Still, he was something like 7-2 when he got hurt. Nichols was a very good game manager & didn't turn the ball over which gave us a field position advantage most games. Field position wins games & we did. Some qbs put up a lot more yardage than Nichols but didn't win like Harris in Edmonton, MBT in Toronto & Reilly in BC. They couldn't get the job done.

You can say that they were weak sisters but he still had to play well enough to beat them. The guy deserves some credit.

How can you say he's not Top 10? That is just a ridiculous statement.

How can I not say it? The Draft is less of a sure thing than any other pro league. Due to the true lack of competition in U Sports with maybe only 3 or 4 really good teams, the competitive discrepancy between conferences in Canada & the NFL poaching the best players.

True which only goes to show the CFL Draft is a throw of the dice at the best of times. The first could be bad pick for the Argos or a bad one. Same with the 9th.

We may lose a first rounder but think about this. The 9th player picked is nowhere near as good as the first because we're talking U Sports here & not the NCAA. That pick may help us or it may not. I think it would be more depth than anything else. So, I don't think it's critical that we keep it. I'd hope Collaros would want to stay here because he finally won a Grey Cup with us, likes O'Shea & the culture of the team. He'd be going back to a complete **** show in Toronto. And having to compete with MBT who I think the Argos really like.