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When our O can't matriculate the ball downfield ( I love that term) the defense gets tired & as the game goes on gives up more & more yards. One works hand in hand with the other
 

You saw what MOS did to Streveler tonite so why would he start him. Better chance Earth is destroyed by a rogue meteor tomorrow.

Down goes Frazier

Garbage time toss. 
 

My season's tix were exactly one row in front of my Pink Floyd concert seats.

Former Blue Bombers Wide Receiver James Murphy. He played 9 seasons with the Big Blue from 1982 -90.  As a receiver he caught 573 passes for 9,036 yards with a 15.8 yard average & scored 61 touchdowns.  He returned 11 punts for 171 yards with a 15.5 yard average. Murphy's lone touchdown as a punt returner went for 64 yards. He also returned 40 kickoffs for 921 yards with a 23.0 yard average but no touchdowns.  Murphy was a CFL Western Division All Star in 1986 & a CFL Eastern Division All Star in 1987, 88 & 89 as well as an All Canadian in 1988. He won three Grey Cups as a Blue Bomber in 1984, 88 & 90. Murphy was elected to the Canadian Football Hall Of Fame in 2000. 
 

See picture below... Don Jonas says goodbye after being traded to Hamilton for Chuck Ealey on Labour Day 1974. 
The events leading up to that trade had been going on for awhile. After a disastrous 1973 season, the Bombers finished 4-12 & in last place in the Western Division.The disappointing season was perhaps not a surprise after three CFL all stars on the Bomber offense had left the team in the off season. Running Back Mack Herron & Flanker Jim Thorpe were released because of drug convictions while Offensive Guard Bob Lueck retired. That left 3 gaping holes on offense & the team could not adequately fill them.  The highest scoring offense in the CFL just a year earlier in 1972 struggled to score points in 1973.
The Bombers also lost their inspirational leader on defense when Middle Linebacker Mickey Doyle suffered a severe ACL tear in the 1972 Western Final & never played again. Rock steady defensive back Tom Oberg left for the upstart World Football League so defensively the team struggled as well. Jim Spavital was fired after the last game of the 1973 season & replaced by former Saskatchewan Roughrider assistant & Oregon State Head Coach Bud Riley.
The new Blue Bomber head coach was  soft spoken & quiet which was the polar opposite to the gregarious & loud Spavital .  He also handled his qbs differently than Spavital, as well. Jonas was a throwback to another era.  An era where the qbs called their own plays in the huddle as Jonas had done during his time under Spavital.  They were true field generals tasked with knowing the playbook & an opponent's defense weakness & exploiting it. However, the game of football was changing. With offenses  becoming more complex, a new brand of coaches like Riley believed that the qb position was challenging enough.  To take the pressure off, coaches needed to call the plays & the qbs had to execute those plays.  Riley insisted that only he was going to call the plays on the sidelines & that there were to be no exceptions.  Even for Don Jonas.
This irritated the veteran qb  & on August 27, 1974,  he vented his frustrations to Winnipeg Tribune Sports Editor Jack Matheson. In Matty's  column that day,  Jonas said some  things aimed towards Blue Bombers GM Earl Lunsford.  Lunsford had earlier criticized Jonas in the local media by saying he hadn't played very well & was ignoring rookie running back Jim Poulos. Especially in their previous game which was a loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. In the column, Jonas responded by saying, "That's a crock of (expletive deleted).  He doesn't know what we talked about before the game or on the sidelines.  I just do what I'm told and I was told how to call Friday's game. He doesn't know what the (censored) he's talking about".
 Jonas realized that his playing days were nearing an end & he wanted to end his playing career with the Bombers by mentoring Dieter Brock the promising rookie quarterback they had signed in the off season.  When the time would  finally come to pass the torch, Jonas said he would have been content to be his backup.  He went in to meet with Lunsford & told him of his desire to stay in Winnipeg but the Matheson column in the Tribune had angered Lunsford & unbeknownst to him had sealed his fate.
A week later, after Jonas had rallied the Blue Bombers to a late fourth quarter victory by defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Labour Day in Regina, Jonas was taken aside by Lunsford after the plane carrying the team had landed in Winnipeg.  Just after midnight, in the confines of  the Winnipeg International Airport, he was informed that he had been traded to the Tiger Cats for quarterback Chuck Ealey. That he had to be on a flight to Hamilton in a matter of hours. Jonas played out the string in Hamilton that year & left football for good after the season was over. 
Jonas remained in Winnipeg for another year but eventually left the city & returned to Orlando, Florida where he & his family still reside today. In 1975, on the eve of his departure from Winnipeg for good,  a farewell bash for both Don & his wife Rosemary was held at a hotel downtown.  There  a who's who of Winnipeggers wanting to say goodbye & wish them well.  From ordinary Bomber fans like you & me , former Blue Bomber teammates, local celebrities, politicians from all levels & the local sports community.  Conspicuos by their absence was anyone from the Blue Bombers, especially Bud Riley & Earl Lunsford.
Jonas said that the trade to Hamilton as well as not being able to retire a Blue Bomber hurt him very much. So, in October of 2017, Team President Wade Miller righted a wrong & in a special ceremony signed Jonas to a one day contract where he was finally able to retire a Winnipeg Blue Bomber.
An interesting side note,  in 1979, Jonas helped establish the University Of Central Florida's football program & he was their very first head coach.  The team started out in Division 3 but is now a successful Division 1 FBS  program.
 

Players from past eras together: Top right: Russ Jackson #12, Ottawa Rough Riders, Dan Kepley #42, Edmonton Eskimos, Angelo Mosca #68 Hamilton Tiger Cats, Wayne Harris #55, Calgary Stampeders,  Al Wilson #52, BC Lions, Jim Corrigall #79, Toronto Argonauts, Frank Rigney #67, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, George Reed #34, Saskatchewan Roughriders & Mike Pringle #27, Montreal Alouettes.

Even funnier was that RAF pilots had castor oil in their planes' crankcases in WW1 which was inevitably sprayed back into the pilots' faces causing no end of gastronomic distress, often while the plane was still in flight. And that's where Castrol oil got its name, but it no longer has castor oil in it.

Wouldn't that be something?

I stand by my comments. You can leave anytime & cheer for "an elite team". The Argos are so desperate they'd welcome you with open arms.  They won the GC last season so they're elite. 

Jones will have had 3 years at the end of the season. Too many screw ups.  He should be fired.

Quinto's Spock sure looks like Leonard Nimoy's Spock. 

Travis Bond says hi.

I don't know what is true.  None of us do.  It doesn't look good from what I hear anyway.  That's all I can say. My opinion only

That injury wasn't the OL fault. However, I thought the hit on Manziel was a deliberate headshot. The Ottawa defender aimed for Manziel's head & gave him a shoulder shot. There should be a penalty & suspension. 

The 1984 Grey Cup Champions. It was the Bombers first Grey Cup win in 22 years. 

 

Why not play Petermann? What's he have to do to show he should start?

That injury wasn't the OL fault. However, I thought the hit on Manziel was a deliberate headshot. The Ottawa defender aimed for Manziel's head & gave him a shoulder shot. There should be a penalty & suspension. 

That injury wasn't the OL fault. However, I thought the hit on Manziel was a deliberate headshot. The Ottawa defender aimed for Manziel's head & gave him a shoulder shot. There should be a penalty & suspension. 

You can leave anytime & cheer for the Eskimos. Or any other team you'd like. You won't be missed. 

Lankford hasn't shown much when he's in there. Petermann is the heir apparent to Dressler maybe even as early as next season. He should be playing.

Why not play Petermann? What's he have to do to show he should start?

Oh FFS, here we go again with your stupid rhetoric.  We'd all like a Grey Cup but only one team wins a year,  How is Calgary an elite team? I know you think the Stamps are elite. They have no character. They quit when the going gets tough. They panic & make mistakes when the championship is on the line. They can't walk the talk. They rack up these monster regular seasons winning 14 & 15 games a year & then lose to teams that won only half the number of games they did in the Grey Cup. Or they choke in the playoffs & don't even make it to the Grey Cup. How is that elite? What about the Argos??? They won the Grey Cup 9 months ago so they're still an elite team, according to you. Get real.  

If you act like a troll then you are a troll.