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  1. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    15 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

    Yes, while what you say is true, I think the magic number for directing barbs at Rider fans stands at a number originating from Rider fans. And that number, which they clung to as if it was all they had, and it was, is 1990. 

    I will always associate the number 13 with the 4 stripe. 

  2. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    17 minutes ago, JTillman said:

    Are you guys seriously comparing about 10-20 thousand dollars worth of concrete repair to almost 2 years of delays and tens of millions of dollars of repairs and defects at IGF?   Seriously?   New Mosaic was built on time and on budget, pretty much the opposite of IGF.   I do get the inferiority complete Winnipegers have with that facility, glad they finally got it all resolved.

     

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  5. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    10 minutes ago, Noeller said:

    Maclean, Mackenzie, Friedman, Cuthbert, Ferraro... That's a group of broadcasters worth their salaries and then some. 

    I don't disagree with that list and I'm willing to give Cuthbert a pass on the "oh no" thing. Ferraro has surprised me at how good he's become. One of the best for an ex-player. Suitor is just garbage and Black, well, hard to believe he's a Winnipegger.

  12. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    21 hours ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

    Among other reasons, Suitor and Black are terrible broadcasters for being unoriginal and repetitive. Air Canada (also used with Sasky receivers-Getzlaf & Fantuz), Speedy B, etc., are shite names because those two morons think they are clever when everyone can see that they aren't. Even Chris Cuthbert deserves a rap on the knuckles for referring to Milt as "Milt Stegall the Touchdown Beagle."

    I've never understood the apparent love by some for Chris Cuthbert. He's simply not the worst of a bad lot. I was through with Cuthbert when he cried out "Oh No!" when Milt scored the miracle TD against the Shmoes. Nothing he's said since has given me pause to change my mind. 

  13. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    3 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

    Ryan’s value cannot be determined by his punting alone. For once, Rider fans have an alternative to Pilsner Beer. Whenever he’s successful, there’s in a surge in orders at the bars for Ryan cokes..

    Perfectly logical. (I’m watching Star Trek)

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  14. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    4 hours ago, TBURGESS said:

    Driving the ball 105 yards then fumbling or throwing an interception or missing a FG and the ball going through the end zone without being touched, should all have the same result... Zero points. It's not the drive that matters, it's the failure at the end of the drive that matters.

    You may have failed to get the FG but you didn't fail to get the ball through the end zone. It's not nothing. You still hit it with enough power to get it through. 1 point. Had you been more accurate, 3 points.

    4 hours ago, TBURGESS said:

    If you kick off and the ball goes through the end zone without being touched, you get no points, despite the fact that kicking a ball through the end zone is a huge kick. Why should you get a point if you kick it through the end zone from closer in?

    Because one is a scoring play and one isn't.

    The scoring play is a result of driving the ball and getting good enough field position to attempt to score. You still have to snap it, block, hold it, spin away the laces, and then kick it with enough power and accuracy to score. If anything goes wrong you get 0 points or worse.

    The kick off isn't a scoring play. It's an obligation to put the ball in play by kicking it to the other team. It is actually a scoring play for the other team. HUGE difference.

  15. 2019-20 Grey Cup Champs Off-season discussion.

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    2 minutes ago, Booch said:

    Which was mentioned before by myself and others that the Offence with Lapo as the O/C was a group collective thing, with a Lapo philosophy/mindset, so a Pierce as OC shouldn't be fraught with growing pains as all the guys are back (sans lapo) and we added the Calgary assistant who I bet adds something different for our attack...I see no issues here at all and with the Lapo departure I think he takes his passive/predictable approach with him, and our offence is all of a sudden dynamic, and unpredictable

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  17. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    On 2020-03-05 at 9:39 AM, TBURGESS said:

    Absolutely. If you can't kick a 5 yard FG, you don't deserve any points.

    So driving the ball 105 yards to earn awesome field position deserves not even the smallest of consolation prizes, a single point?

    The CFL end zone is 20 yards deep unlike the NFL end zone which is only 10 yards deep. Quite a difference. If I put you out there in a placekickers role would you be able to boot the ball through the end zone of a Canadian field from the 10 yard line, a 30 yard kick? Could you do it each and every time? How about from the 20, a 40 yard kick? Or the 30, a 50 yard kick? 

  20. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    4 hours ago, Tiny759 said:

    So I don’t mind it if it’s caught in the end zone and returnable then it gives the option of return or give up the point. But a straight miss that goes through I find silly. That’s a direct miss, doesn’t give an option for a return.  

    That's why it's only worth a single point. You still had to get close enough to the end of the field to be able to boot it through. It's a small reward for getting close enough. Besides, a kick is never a for-sure thing. Lots to go wrong. The snapper can muff the snap, the holder can bobble the ball or not get the laces turned, it can get blocked, the kicker can shank it, it can hit an upright or crossbar, the wind could blow it back in your face, etc. 

  21. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    2 minutes ago, Tiny759 said:

    I don’t disagree with you at all, but this really is more that I just find the single point silly on missed field goals and nothing about nfl vs cfl

    But don't you find that single point adds a lot to the game? I'm not sure what's silly about it. To get that single point you have to drive the ball fairly deep into opposing territory. You also have to do a good job of containing the returner. I find it very exciting and it adds a new element to the FG when you realize it isn't an all-or-nothing proposition. If the game is tied and the field goal is missed but stays in play you have to get it out of the end zone or risk giving up that point. That point can cost you the game, or win it. 

  22. Bombers recruiting Derel Walker

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    On 2020-03-01 at 2:38 PM, voodoochylde said:

    I’ll be bummed but I can’t fault a receiver bypassing Winnipeg when our offence runs through #33 and haven’t had much of a vertical passing game for a number of years now. We simply haven’t been able to consistently support a single 1000 receiver (let alone multiple) .. until that changes, anyone coming to the Bombers has to buy into a role.

    I guess we need to wait and see but I can't believe we'd be any more timid throwing the ball than we were when Lapo was here. Now that Lapo is gone I think it bodes well for the likes of Adams, Demski, Lawler, Whitehead, etc. I also think #33 will fare a lot better and be a fresher, more effective player when everyone in the house doesn't know when he is getting the ball. 

  23. Bombers recruiting Derel Walker

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    21 hours ago, Mike said:

    This is an embarrassing post. For so many reasons. 
     

    Let the guy take his time to find a comfortable situation he’s happy with. He doesn’t owe you anything.

    The only thing that's embarrassing is that he hasn't signed with us yet. Does he owe me anything? Absolutely not. However, and I may be a little biased, but I believe we are still the best team in the league and any player that's interested in winning a championship should run, not walk, to Mr. Walters' office and sign on the dotted line post haste before the money runs out. Since he hasn't done that, fine, but how comfortable is he going to be when we are stomping him and his team?

    I don't see how signing with us could be a mistake for him or make him uncomfortable. If it's about playing closer to home isn't Texas closer to Winnipeg than Toronto is? If it's about playing in the NFL then it's about the money and not about winning a Grey Cup. 

    I've already stated that I'd be over the moon if he signed here. If he signs elsewhere he becomes the enemy and I'll look forward to watching my team kick his team's ass.

  24. Bombers recruiting Derel Walker

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    13 minutes ago, Booch said:

    Zack looked confused there...timid....zero confidence, and yeah like you said in interviews it was sad, and made a person wanna just tell him to hang him up...but you could see once he got here, in interviews and his poise and body language on the field that a a switch came back on...

    What QB wouldn't like playing behind guys like Hardrick and Bryant and with a back like Harris to dump the ball off to?  Don't think I could get too excited about guys like Brendan Labatte. Look at how clean our O-line kept Zach during his time here. He didn't even have to wash his jersey most games. 🙂

  25. 2019-20 CFL Offseason

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    17 hours ago, Tiny759 said:

    Obviously you hope for 7 but when you go to kick a field goal, the drive technically isn’t over. But why should missing a kick give a point? I find it silly. 

    Canadian football is all about the bigger field and because of that I think the American game evolved differently. To score a rouge in the NFL game would be too easy. I can see why they wouldn't use it. The nuances and diversity of our game played on a big field makes it a very different game requiring a different skill set from the players and especially the kickers. You just don't see kickers with a skill set like Justin Medlock's in the NFL. A skilled kicker like that can completely change the outcome of a game in the CFL. Not so much in the NFL.

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