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Last year TSN raved about the Lions receiving corps. Yeah, they were really good with Kid Canada (snicker, snicker Glenn Suitor) slinging that rock but our receivers are better than theirs. Zach is going to have a field day... 

Lol at a riderfan troll coming here trying to talk trash… without knowing the details of Lawler’s contract… then pretending to be a fan of another team and not even knowing that teams org structure… 🤣

It's Instagram official:
 

I'll post it here because it seems like the appropriate thread for it:
Someone with computer-art skills needs to put a Riders logo on @Bubba Zanetti's "Sad Sack" picture post from yesterday. 
 
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Behold! By the powers vested in me as your own (rarely) humble Double Blue Prophet, I do hereby Decree, Sanction and Declare that this JPEG, forged by the Combined Might and Silliness of @Bubba Zanetti & @MOBomberFan shall henceforth be emblematic of all things Saskatchewan Rough Riders and it shall stay as thus unless and until such a time as they are restored to at least a 10 Win Season.
All Hail the Sad Sack Sask JPEG!
 

so as it sits...before camp starts we can trot out Bryant / Grey/Eli/Neuf/Yoshi on the oline..backed up by Dobson and Kolo
Have Brady backed up by Augustine..
ZC chucking a ball to Woli/Demski//Schoen/Lawler and likely Agudosi, with BOLO and Grant rostered 
Defensively will line up at current Willie/Walker/.Jake/Lawson /Jeffcoat and Hansen as a rotation end
Wilson/Biggie/Darby with a back end of Rose/Nichols/BA/Houston/Lawrence...with Parker back
Now how can you say that isn't a good starting point going into camp and not even counting any of the prospects/draftees brought in, or any other free agent signed...got to give Walters credit where credit is due...has done a masterful job

Just imagine a receiving core featuring demski, Schoen, and Lawler with Collaros at qb. 

Great thread. I thought I'd share my thoughts now that we are a week removed from the game. I've actually been able to be pretty positive after the disappointing loss and I thought that maybe if I shared my reasons for that other people might be inspired as well.
Everything you said was true Zach. These were all feelings I experienced to psychologically devastating effects in 2001, 2007 and 2011. This time was different though. This time we are coming off of back to back Grey Cup victories. This time instead of feeling crushed by losing the one big game I am elated that we won the previous two. 
I've been able to focus on all of the positives. The many, many positives. Having the most wins in the whole league since 2016, winning 2 straight cups, dominating our home games, having the best record in the league for two straight seasons, etc.
The dynasty would have been epic beyond words but not getting the threepeat doesn't diminish what we have to celebrate. What every other team in the league wishes they had.
In short, I'm having the best time of my life as a Bomber fan and the offseason can't end soon enough. I'll see you all at IGF in 2023. Go Blue!!!

I agree with this only because I want every other team to lose....

Seeing these makes me wonder what more did Schoen have to do for an NFL shot?  Can't just be his age since Jaelon Acklin, who is a year older, got a look with Denver.  What makes his stats even more impressive, is that he maintained this pace the whole season unlike some of the other guys (Mitchell, Henry) who missed a significant chunk of the year.
 

Nice! I’m predicting with a full season in the Blue and Gold this guy is going to be a CFL all star! Love how he came in late in the season and did not miss a beat!

I get the push to be younger. More upside and room to improve. At the same time if you cut too much of the tip age bracket you can ruin the culture of a locker room. 
 
we need to be better on the ol in 2023 than we were in 2022. They finished strong through a lot of injuries. Hardrick and Bryant are a big part of the heart and soul of this team. 
 
personally, I hope Richmond is finally healthy and able to step in if/when one of our tackles needs a couple weeks to recover from an injury. Or see gray really get a chance to develop at T. I’d love to see Dobson take over at guard or even center. 
 
I expect that every starter that resigns here will start next year out of camp as long as they are healthy. And legitimately I think better health at a couple positions and more development from our guys will still take us far. 

Your a class act ,Bluto. Anytime your in Toba ,I'd  be happy to cook you some bacon.

**** Toronto.

Never in my lifetime (and I'd suppose pretty much all of yours) have we had this matchup in the Grey Cup.
And if you, dear Bomberfan, could go back through your memory of all of your past teams and coaches and then select just one of them to be taking the field this Sunday for All The Marbles, I can't think that many of you would pick any other Bomber squad or Coach that you've ever personally witnessed above this one which you have.
Conversely, we the Argo Faithful, would be stretching the truth if we were to say the same. Indeed, most of us wouldn't have this year's incarnation of the Boatmen in our top 10.
 
Speaking for myself, I confess great sporting admiration for your current team, its coaches and its accomplishments. Having myself been spoiled by epic teams in the past, I remember well the great feeling it brings to have your spirits buoyed by witnessing a well-oiled machine, firing on all cylinders and sweeping all before them. It is a daunting prospect for any club to come up against such an animal - apologies for mixing metaphors - but as you well know, there's a reason why you don't just declare a winner before the ball gets kicked.
Any Given Sunday.
This time honored maxim is a cliche for a very good reason: the team that is supposed to win, doesn't always win. Game of inches and such. I go into this matchup once again prepared for the emotional wound which losing The Big Dance can bring... But then, I have made this preparation for each of the last 3 of these games we were in and the outcome wasn't what it ought to have been. We were solid underdogs in all of them. We should have lost each of them. But we once again had our glorious name etched of the Cup because for each of these games we had a gameplan that worked, made fewer (or no) mistakes, and we had that one intangible that others will scoff at, but we, the True Double Blue know from the bottom of our hearts is real:
The Argo Bounce.
It's a helluva thing, but time and again, year after year, decade after decade, The Argo Bounce has come from out of nowhere and given us Victory and Glory that just frankly and earnestly speaking should never have happened. Fumbles, Tips, Deflections, Slips, Bonehead Errors and yes, Bounces. They should not keep happening, and the younger Bomber supporters with less appreciation for the Storied History of a rival team may deride this as a bullshit thing that isn't real and that random acts of bounce happen for and against every team. Well, yes they do. But the grizzled veterans amongst you look back over the years and in some recessed corner of your memories do in fact recall a stupid amount of random events granting risibly improbable wins for the Toronto Argonaut Football Club. And you wonder, will The Argo Bounce show up? Can the nigh invincible Bombers be denied by The Football Gods showing their favour once again to the Mighty Scullers?
Likely not.
This is probably the year where The Law of Averages catches up to us. When Lady Luck looks past us because we have just had it so damn good for so damn long. Maybe the Argos show up and have their best Gameplan, best Effort, make no mistakes and do everything right but still fall short because their opposition was just too much for them to overcome. The Blue Bombers should win this game. I can't fathom that you'd find many Argo fans who, if forced to bet everything they own on this game, would take the Argos to win it. If Winnipeg shows up and plays their best, it probably won't matter if Toronto can show up with their best. Winnipeg wins that matchup nine times out of ten... Or... maybe Any Given Sunday and The Argo Bounce happen.
 
Some of you have known me 20 years or close enough to it. You know that my wish of good luck to you is sincere and it is in the tradition of sporting competition that the better team on the day wins. I witnessed your years in the wilderness and the false dawns that ignited hope in you that never came to be. You are deserving of your time at the top spoke of fortune's wheel because you've known the bottom of it. 
 
Sincerely & Fraternally,
It's Go Time. I will look for you on the field of honour.

I was at that game & just revelled in it. Knowing those guys wouldn't win a 6th consecutive championship felt great leaving the stadium. You could see the Bombers were building something great under GM paul Robson & HC Cal Murphy. 

Bombers ended their run - started their own 

Not just any field. Apparently Liebel field is a premier minor football facility. Brand new turf installed this year, video screen and score board from Taylor Field. Interview I heard today suggested it would rival some of the major US high school stadiums. 

We must revenge the 1950 Mud Bowl loss. We must. 
 

“Don’t Need Pessimism”

I still feel he's going to start. There's not been a walking boot, and they are playing a will he, won't he game. It might end up being painful for him, but once the needle is in and adrenaline is pumping, he'll be fine. Only an idiot would let him practice this week at all. Why risk reaggrivation? I don't know why anyone would expect it today.

I wish I had the confidence that some of the other posters have here... Things are not looking great for Zach starting 

doesn't matter how much rider fans dislike the BB, you cant manufacture and sustain any decent amount of crowd noise unless your own team is playing.

Collaros will play...... fully spatted up. But Brown will be ready just in case, and I, too, believe we can win with a Brown/Prukop combo if need be. But Collaros will at least START the game, with that right foot taped to the knee.

In case you haven't noticed, TSN is replaying the 2021 Grey Cup tonight at 7:30 on TSN1.
I won't give away the ending.