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I would imagine that the Bomber brass asked some of our veteran players before making this decision.  From my impression this wasn't an easy decision at all and "character" could have easily flipped it.  I think that the players liked Matt too though and the radio silence is out of respect.

Winning the cup made collaros untouchable here. 
 
Gotta hope Nichols lands on his feet though. The work he did to help turn this team around means a lot and always will.

When I'm in Hawaii I wear my Bomber gear and get high fives from Huskies fans all the time.

that whole thing where you go nuts at the Bomber store when you get back to Winnipeg .. yeah.  this came home with us in 2016.  Tag says it's the jersey is a small, our pooch is about 18 lbs and long wiry but it still fits pretty tightly.
The fun part is that people in Seattle are endlessly confused about why our dog rocks a blue University of Washington sweater.  U-W has a very similar block-collegiate W logo but they're purple and gold.  Wonder if Nichols gets the same thing if he wears Bomber gear when he's at home in eastern WA.

Yeah, that was a catch by Bailey. The ball never moved when he hit the ground. 

Nice. Still chaps my ass what Eiben did back in the '07 East Final.

Thing about this Bombers team is what a bunch of characters they are, despite being so "buttoned down" all season long.
They're that way, but there's another side to quite a few of these guys.
Great personality stuff we, or at least I,  never saw at all, being let out after the championship.
I Can not imagine what it's like to be on this team, must be such a great feeling.

May I present... my Grey Cup gift to you all. Lucky Lager Strev in gif form

 
and the extended cut...

When I grow up I want to be Chris Streveler one day.

Strevler did the Kawhi laugh, i have no words. This team is awesome 

Streveler parade attire for today......this guy is a folk hero.

How about a little bit of love for our #16 in the Mike Jones battle... Mike Jones (Ham) was a split second away from coming down with a huge gain and setting up the Cats on the goal line... potentially changing the game... on the broadcast they said he dropped it... but when you watch the replay it was actually a spectacular knock down by Mike Jones (Wpg)... 
Who knows if it would've changed the game... it was at 13:04 (according to the box score) with Winnipeg up 27-12... if it's 27-19 with 12 mins to play, could be a different outcome... unofficial HH to our Mike Jones for keeping the game in our dominance... 

I wasn't the most popular kid in elementary, middle years and junior high. Football, and the Bombers were one of the few things the gave me joy.
I broke my wrist in 2000. My mom got me season tickets as a "pick me up" because my summer was essentially ruined. I had them for 8 years before moving temporarily. 
I was in grade 9 in 2001. I cried when they lost.
2002 - We lose Milt on the last game of the season. We lose Charles Roberts on the first play of the west final.
2003 - No Milt for the playoffs again. Kenton Keith runs the ball down our throat. You can see times are changing.
2004 - Lyle Bauer does his first sabotage job canning Dave Ritchie
2007 - I fully maintain given we lost by 3 points, with Ryan Dinwiddie throwing 3 picks, that we beat the piss out of the Riders if we had Kevin Glenn that game.
End of 2008 - Lyle Bauer sabotage job 2
The next few years, ugly as a whole, even if we did somehow make it to the dance in 2011.
Slowly got better under Walters...even if there were bumps along the way. Etch a Sketch defence. Kuale. Choking in the west semi against BC. Continuing to be owned by Calgary. Not able to get over the hump.
But finally. It's over. And more tears were shed last night. And all of the dumbfounding decisions of era's past, and heartbreaking losses don't matter.
Beautiful.

Another first:
 

I don't post much, but I read pretty much every comment made on MBB.
I just have to say that I'm still coming to grips with the fact that we are Grey Cup Champs!
After the last game against Hamilton, I was really down, sitting in the stands and questioning how such a promising season could have gone so wrong, how a team could be so cursed. My wife said that all teams have losses like this and to stay positive.
Trading for Collaros provided some hope. Didn't quite know what to expect though. 4 games later, and he will go down as a Blue Bomber legend! The way Lapo used him and Streveler was brilliant!
Andrew Harris played the game of a lifetime in the Grey Cup (or for Harris, a game he has 5 times a season)! Couldn't have asked for a better performance! And screw all of the haters!
The D was amazing in the playoff run! Props to Richie Hall for coming through big time when it counted! Jefferson and Jeffcoat were absolute BEASTS in the GC! Giving up 3 tds in 3 games? Crazy! 
Medlock was money all playoffs. Thought he should have been an all-star for his punting. But now he's Grey Cup champ, so I'm sure he'd take that in a heartbeat.
It's funny how things turn out. I've been a season ticket holder for 12 seasons. A fan for much, much longer than that. I've been through so many ups and downs (many more downs). Of all of the years that we could have won the cup, so many crazy things had to happen right this year to do it! This was our year!
Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 2019 Grey Cup Champions! Has such a good ring to it! 😁

As sweet as this victory is, I'm cheering with: 
-Terrence Edwards
-Chris Armstrong
-Clarence Denmark
-Charles Roberts
-Yvenson Bernard
-Doug Brown
-Barrin Simpson
-Milt Stegall
and last but not least, Matt Nichols, who brought us here. Thank you Matt for bringing us here, and thank you Zach for carrying the sword when Matt couldn't. 

I have never been less than 75% confident in this team winning since the last home game vs Cgy. Something just clicked in my brain that we are gonna do this... Don't know how, but.... 

Can we petition the league for a Simoni Cam where they can highlight all the cheap stuff he does? Asking for my friend, Dyson.

Let's go Blue! Today is the day our drought ends. 
It really us vs the league/country. Everyone who loves and praises speedy B has decided Harris is irredeemable. Bc lions radio called the Bombers small town for trying to petition league for Irving to call the radio PBP. All the experts are picking Hamilton. The league wants an eastern champion, no doubt. ******* league itself in CFL.ca sim took a 1990 shot at us. **** the league and everyone else. Shut them up today. 

This had been a wild ride, and no matter what, I hope people (ahem @SpeedFlex27) learn to relax and trust that there's gonna be up's and downs and to not give up on until the very last whistle sounds. 
#FortHew 

Get that Bomber chant rolling at the game for the country to hear.

Bob should call the game into a recorder anyway and put it out for us fans to hear anyway.

This thread aged worse than me