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So far so good. Now, they need to sign Castillo. One more test to come with free agency.

Barker may be old & irrelevant to some but the Argos think highly enough of him to rebuild the team the way he sees it. He said he'd be focusing on rebuilding the OL. He knows the league & has many contacts in the NFL & college. The Bombers should be so lucky to have the contacts Barker has in his network. I think he always kept in touch with his college & NFL scouts as well as kept current on CFL goings on as well.

Pretty obvious that he was fired. Jim Barker said on the Rod Pederson Show at Xmas time that he had a meeting with two producers from TSN before last season. That they wanted to go in a different direction. They fired him.

They get rid of Dunigan & keep Kate. Ridiculous.

No, it's a lot worse now downtown. The homeless sitution is bad & the gangs are in there doing drug deals & recruiting. You have these massively expensive high rise condos downtown & at the doors of these high rises are the dregs of society. Can't take your dog for a walk after dark. Even during the day it's sketchy. i live in SE Calgary about 20 miles away. the only reason I came downtown the past 10 years was for a surgical consult with my orthopedic surgeon & for follow ups after surgery at the AB Hip & Knee Clinic. Otherwise, I have everything we need where we live. Never go downtown anymore. People have been robbed, assaulted, knifed & murdered on the C Train station platforms going in & out of downtown.

How long ago was 2019? That was pre pandemic. The world was a different place. That was a long freaking time ago. Kyrie Wilson should be next to go.

As soon as the Bombers get to the five they send out short yardage.

Koala & Thomas are gonzo as players. Great news for the OL. It's too bad that Osh hung on to these guys for so long. They were so bad that they actually became the butt of bad jokes here & on the rest of social media. Any respect fans had for them as players disappeared years ago. That should never happen.

But again... ??? What does a murder trial have to do with it???

All these "mind boggling" contracts are signed Canadians for the most part except for wide receivers like Lawler who are game breakers. Canadians get paid more because only 7 start therefore they are a more valuable commodity. The only way to stop it is to get rid of the ratio. There is no other way.

I wouldn't walk downtown on or near the Stephen Avenue Mall in downtown Calgary at night. It was dangerous 20 years ago when it got dark & workers poured out of the downtown oil & gas skyscrapers using City buses or the C Train. It's even worse now over an even bigger area that includes Olympic Plaza & City Hall.

I have never understood the angst this tournment causes people when we lose. It's a U20 tournament organizwd by Hockey Canada & promoted by TSN. The Olympics are a different matter.

I take it that GCn20 & others here wants to get rid of the ratio so we can stop paying all those annoying Canadians more money than they deserve. That's what it's going to come down to, In order to stop the overpaying, we have to get rid of the ratio so we can sign cheaper American players in their place. Maybe the answer is lowering the ratio to 4 starters? Two?

That wasn't his fault how he died.

C'mon. You were shitting your pants with worry when there were rumours he was leaving. You weren't chuckling. Too bad it never happened. Bombers may regret it. We'll see.

I think some guys are going to get paid no matter what so we had to sign them. What do you think would have happened had Brady gone to free agency & Buck signed him? That Lions offense would be scary good for a long time. The best QB in the league, the best receiver & then Brady the best RB??? Wow. They'd win a few Grey Cups. with that lineup So, I expect we'd overpay to keep Brady. However, I don't want us re-signing all our guys & then Walters sleep thru free agency. If Walters pulls that same **** again, fans will be livid. Then the Canadian mafia should be swept out with a huge broom. Wouldn't it be nice if someone from the media asked Walters if he's going to be aggressive in free agency.

Wait till you read what Calgary is paying Diedrich Mills, Now, the highest paid "American" running back in the CFL. https://3downnation.com/2026/01/04/calgary-stampeders-make-dedrick-mills-highest-paid-american-rb-in-cfl/

The Toronto Argonauts never got a bye. The WIFU & IRFU had to play a challenge game against the ORFU teams in Ontario in the playoffs. I don't believe they challenged every year especially toward the end in the 1950's but the ORFU did win twice when Sarnia made it ito the Grey Cup in 1934 & 36 by defeating the Regina Roughriders & Toronto Argonauts. By the mid 1950's, the WIFU said they no longer wanted to play ORFU teams in the playoffs as they became non competitive with the WIFU teams. Playoff scores were very one sided for the Western teams. The ORFU protested that decision with the CRFU siding with the senior men's league from Ontario. In response, this caused a rift with both the WIFU & IRFU. They withdrew from the Canadian Rugby Football Union in 1957 creating the Canadian Football Council in 1957 & then merged to form the CFL in 1958. The ORFU was no longer allowed to compete with CFL teams for the Grey Cup as it belonged strictly to the CFL. By 1960, the ORFU became a junior league in Ontario but finally ceased operations in 1974. WIFU: Western Interprovincial Football Union: BC Lions, Edmonton Eskimos, Calgary Stampeders, Saskatchewan Roughriders & Winnipeg Blue Bombers IRFU: Interprovincial Rugby Football Union: Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger cats & Montreal Alouettes ORFU: Ontario Rugby Footall Union: Toronto Balmy Beach, Sarnia Imperials, London Lords, Toronto Indians, Windsor Rockets, Brantford Redskins, Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, Hamilton Wildcats, Ottawa Trojans & Bramalea Satellites. Looking at the ORFU, it's too bad the CFL never took in 3 teams to make it a 12 team league. The Imperials, Dutchmen & Rockets. Most of the he ORFU played in very, very small stadiums under 3000 seats that were mostly bleacher seats. I guess building stadiums in the 50's would have had the same resistance by taxpayer that we see now.

The fun part of the off season is coming up in a month. It'll either sink our season or not depending upon a GM I no longer trust is capable of doing the job.

That's a good contract for the Ti Cats.

I dunno, Brown just gives off a weird vibe to me. I like to see qbs take on a leadership role. Guys don't have to be screaming, pounding their chest or slapping guys on the helmet but they need to find ways to inspire through their play. Brown is a skilled player who hasn't done that. Two seasons as the starter & Crum has played more than Brown. He may even be better than Brown. C rum's play has grown by leaps & bounds. With Dinwiddie, he may really develop.

Glass qb? I also don't like his seemingly laissez faire attitude on the field. He just chills his way thru games with no emotion. Stays mellow the whole time while inspiring no one. Like he smokes doobies in a van down by the river.

Well, Captain Canada didn't sound impressed about having to play in the CFL his first round. Having sand thrown in his face by NFL head coaches & general managers seemed to have humbled Rourke. This is still the second best pro football league in the world. The competition is very difficult for some divas who fail. They come up here from US colleges & they find out fast that they better buckle up their chinstrap cuz it ain't as easy as thry thought.

I just hope we have a team to rise with. Other cities sellout win or lose. Winnipeggers start pouting, point fingers & stay home.

Fans get numbed by theie team's continued poor performances. I can remember suffering through some very bad Bomber seasons & just sitting staring at the tv screen. Or in myseat at Winnipeg Stadium or the Arena. Also, I was a STH the first 3 seasons the Jets 1.0 were in the NHL. Not many wins those years. When the novelty of seeing teams like Chicago, Montreal, New York Rangers & Islanders, St. Louis, Boston & Detroit wore off, the hockey was brutal. I gave up my seat in the group I was with. I just stopped caring. Going winless in 30 games in 1980-81 did it for me.