52 minutes ago, Zontar said:

CAL took clean gorgeous red and white unis and over the years warped it into clown suits. Don't get it

Thanks to their equipment manager of 50 years who is colour blind. Both teams have black helmets like go figure.  This is all on George Hopkins. He was the one who brought in the black helmets, decides on what the team wears  on Game Day & was the man behind the ugly black in their uniforms. 

1 hour ago, JCon said:

Another thought... This was a another chance to hype the CFL and engage with fans during the offseason. Another opportunity missed. I'm a diehard and I certainly miss the coverage but for many casual fans, out-of-sight-out-of-mind. 

I agree. I thought the Bombers having their mini camp in Winnipeg was brilliant. Instead of Bradenton, FLA at the IMG facilities. Other CFLteams didn't do that so as you say JCon, it was an opportunity lost.  Sometimes, I wonder about the close mindedness of the CFLPA.  Like I said before, it's run by a bunch of entitled overpaid Canadian offensive linemen who do nothing but to protect what is already theirs at the expense of players at other positions. 

5 hours ago, wbbfan said:

i dont think the nfl is a real competitor. we are too niche. I dont know any one who goes, oh i was gonna watch some cfl but nfl is one so im gonna watch that instead. Maybe im just detached from the average sports viewer out there. But I think people who watch cfl do so and will short of being up against most stuff. 

I do know some people like that. They think the NFL is superior so they watch the NFL. I think there are many more down east with that mindset rather than in Winnipeg. Aswell as on the Lower Mainland as they are much closer to NFL cities than we are here in Calgary or in Winnipeg. 

7 hours ago, Tracker said:

That's probably a career-ending injury for a good quarterback and a good man.

Ricky's extremely lucky to be able to still walk & not be paralyzed from the neck down. I'm sure if Henry Burris had any thoughts of coming back that this probably changed his mind. I hope he stays in the game as a qb coach once he is healthy enough to come back.

1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

The Nak vs Hardy scheduled for SD didn’t happen because Nak was bitten by a police dog on Monday. 

What?

3 hours ago, wbbfan said:

this move smells more like a move to try and get more entry level guys into Tcs. More payments into the PA, especially by guys who wont cash any thing out. 

I feel like LD and rematch weeks should be the same games days and times. I would think its tsn too. The scheduling cant be that tight for most stadiums. But I mean what is the cfl up against right now? golf?

The NFL starts the Thursday after LD so they'd be competing against the NFL but so be it.

Will electing democrat representatives like that actually defeat Republicans in November? I have my doubts. 

6 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

The short turn around games are what they should be attacking. pre season and in general. you shouldnt be playing football games twice in one week. not at any age or any level. 

we have a lot of serious health concerns in football. more and more parents are keeping their kids away from early years football or football in general. I wish they would crack down and focus on the real issues rather then tip toeing around none issues, modest issues at best and time wasters. 

Man, do you have that right! With 9 teams, theses scheduling conflicts exist.  Take the Stamps-Esks LD rematch. For years, they used to play LD Monday & then the following  Friday. Now they play the following Saturday. They should be playing the  following Sunday but TSN won't let them. TSN shouldn't dictate the schedule  when it relates to player safety but they unfortunately do. 

On ‎2018‎-‎06‎-‎25 at 6:59 PM, Mark F said:

Trump's trade wars "easy to win"are starting to backfire, no surprise there.

There's a number of examples of industries in the states that are already either laying people off, or raising prices, or moving factories out of the USA, because of tariff increases from countries he has attacked.

latest.... harley davidson moving production out of USA.

Says he's "disappointed" in Harley Davidson. What a complete prick. What should they do, just close, to honour him?

He is causing havoc.

 

He should drag the US into a recession just in time for the mid term elections in November. 

1 minute ago, johnzo said:

I wish Zach Collaros a speedy and complete recovery.

As do I. No ill will intended to Zach.

I doubt there are many here who would cheer when a player from another team gets hurt. Especially when it is a head injury. No one said. "LOL Collaros. You're hurt, ha, ha, ha".  What people are enjoying is watching the Rider fanbase & the team itself taking some smack being shot back at them. The Riders may not be as good as they think & the arrogance shown by that tweet... No other team would ever do that. I don't take any joy seeing Zach Collaros suffer thru another concussion. But it doesn't mean I don't enjoy seeing the Riders & their fans suffer instead.

3 hours ago, BigBlue said:

The players have said they don't want intersquad games such as The Blue Gold games we have had in preseason back in the days of yore

I see them as especially helpful in giving new players more time to show their wares ... why don't the players want them? Probably because they don't get paid for the dress rehearsal ... so why not put the proceeds towards CFLPA pension or something similar and get this low cost evaluation  tool going? (I think the season ticket holders/fans would be willing to pay for a reduced rate ticket to the event.) Make the intrasquad game a negotiation item next year.... I bet the fans would not mind paying if they knew the money was going to player pensions.

The Stamps had one inter squad game this season.  More of a controlled scrimmage. It's part of training camp. It's done every year. The Stamps didn't play that first exhibition week. They then played 2 games in 5 days. I have not heard one story about the players not wanting to play these games. Link?

2 hours ago, jazzsax said:

(the above tune is payback for the riders gloating when nichols went down. Karma's a ***** mofos.)

Damn straight. The Riders have absolutely no class. Looks good on them.  Now all they have is Bridge,which ain't much. One hit away from the basement.

6 minutes ago, Rod Black said:

There is a huge difference between laughing at Collaros for getting hurt and laughing at the rivals from the stink pit known as Regina. I did not read anyone pointing out glee that ZC was hurt. Would you please quote the note that troubles you? You figger it’s a “group” problem. We’ll see if the “group” agrees with you. 

All I know is the Rider official twitter account tweeted after Durant stole $70,000 from the Bombers & Nichols was injured something like, "Hey Bombers how's your qb situation?" And Burgess is bitching about the people here boasting about Collaros injury? Whatever... Where's the so called class from the Riders? I just see it as Karma. 

6 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Drew Willy needs a really good O line and he might be ok.

That ship has sailed. He threw for something like 278 yards & a couple of touchdowns but his team really went nowhere on the field. Just up & down between the 35 yard lines. Need ten yards for a first down, okay throw for eight. Imperative he doesn't get sacked. He gets sacked. Don't throw a pick. He throws a pick. Provide leadership. No leadership given. Vince Lombardi couldn't win with a qb like that.

7 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

When Patrick Stewart landed the role of Jean Luc Picard in 1987, he was a little known but successful British stage & Shakesperian actor. He didn't know all that much about Star Trek & said that he took the role because he needed the money but did not like the thought of playing in a sci fi tv series. He looked down upon the role as well as being beneath him at the time.  Of course, thirty years , one successful tv series now in endless reruns all around the world, four motion pictures & tens of millions of dollars later, I guess his perspective has changed.

7 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Thank you, i appreciate that.

You're welcome. Very hard to lose a parent. The family is never the same after. Even as adult children, it's never the same. 

1 minute ago, JCon said:

I know but it was a mutual decision done outside the normal terms of the CBA. If anything, I would have expected this to be used as a bargaining piece.

Maybe it was a goodwill gesture, which do occur within a collective agreement. 

It probably was. 

8 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:

The Conners:

This whole story pretty much echoes my thoughts

http://www.vulture.com/2018/06/roseanne-spinoff-imagining-the-conners.html

I was against the killing off of Roseanne as I thought it would be a distraction and some fans would be offended.  But now I think it really has to be the case.  of course, unknowingly, they set up a potential way to do it in the revival with Roseanne being addicted to pain pills and about to have surgery.

There is a lot to mine with the character's death and anyone who has experienced that (as I just did) can attest to the grieving and, as noted above, the sometimes overwhelming paperwork and stuff that needs to be done when someone dies.  Factor in the loss of income and it ramps up the money worries too.

And of course, Dan eventually dating again could hilarious.

Lots of speculation about how Roseanne's absence will affect the new sitcom. How the characters will handle the loss.  All I know is that as as an adult, I've lost both my parents & a sister. Luckily, I had my own family to lean on during those tough times. I just hope that the series writers realize  that we all handle grief differently but life must go on. That the series doesn't become maudlin. 

On ‎2018‎-‎06‎-‎20 at 1:46 PM, The Unknown Poster said:

Oddly, it looks like it turned out to be accurate even though he had heart surgery that sounded successful.  He developed pneumonia, made a comeback at first, and then his heart gave out.  My dad was very sick with Parkinson's and ended up in the hospital with double pneumonia earlier this year and I really thought that might be it...he coasted through it and came back (passed away on May 5th due to the parkinson's though).  Friggen pneumonia is tough especially if you're already weakened.

Sorry about your Dad. My sincerest condolences. 

5 hours ago, JCon said:

Seems like a bizarre move, removing opportunities to see new players and get them acclimatized to the CFL game. 

I thought it was win-win. 

That's why. The CFLPA is all about protecting it's own. Less evaluation time means keeping job for veterans. Do you think entitled overpaid Canadian OL who control the players association care about rookies at other positions especially Americans? No chance. 

I see the Bomber depth chart as follows at qb & I'm totally okay with it.

 

1. Nichols

2. Streveler

3. Bennett

 

Odd man out is Gale once Nichols can play. 

His accuracy looked okay to me on Friday. 

25 minutes ago, blitzmore said:

cfl complaints

What is that attachment. It looks European.

29 minutes ago, BigBlue said:

explaining you own motivation while accusing and judging mine .... my primary motivation is not attention seeking ... I have better ways to do that IF I want to .... when I have something to say or a certain angle to share I post - - whether that's a little or a lot - - I run with the flag and enthusiasm, not glory or attention seeking as your mind misjudges

My own motivation? LOL. So, you really want to argue?  You better start another thread for that.