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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:
 

We scored 33 points....Harris's number is 33.  He won the two awards.
Coincidence?
 

 
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Throw in Warren Hudson..Nick Benjamain and Steve Rhodehustkers (or however you spell it) as pivotal members of winning teams who are no longer with us 

Now wouldn't a repeat in the Rider Toilet next year be just glorious??...winning another in front of their fan base?

I posted earlier tonight for the first time after lurking for years....I hate gin but goddamnit  love your posts! Woooooooo
for the record,i'm drinking beer/rum !
 
Do or die ,I've looked forward to your posts since ...aw **** it ...I'm drunk and can't even type !
 
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BOMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First time poster,long time lurker.I was at the '90 grey cup..didn't think I'd wait this long for another one!!.We've heard about the bend but don't break D...today we saw the bend and break D...we broke Dane...we broke frankie...and we broke Speedy B!
 
Grey Cup champs Baby !!!!!!

On you day of birth I was still trying to get out of the YVR airport....so,lets say one of the many beers I had in the airport was in honour of your birth lol.
#FORTHEW

After the win in 1984 I was 14 and we were in a traffic jam on Portage ave in downtown wpg.i got out of the car and was running around celebrating with all the drunk Bomber fans.When my Dad called me back to the car,there was an old fashioned pepsi glass on the roof of our car.Earlier in the week ,I texted my Mom a pic of the glass and asked if she knew where it was from.She did;tonight she asked if I was drinking form the glass...yep.Once the  game ended...first beer and now rum..sorry Do or die..I hate gin 😝

First time poster,long time lurker.I was at the '90 grey cup..didn't think I'd wait this long for another one!!.We've heard about the bend but don't break D...today we saw the bend and break D...we broke Dane...we broke frankie...and we broke Speedy B!
 
Grey Cup champs Baby !!!!!!

I posted earlier tonight for the first time after lurking for years....I hate gin but goddamnit  love your posts! Woooooooo
for the record,i'm drinking beer/rum !
 
Do or die ,I've looked forward to your posts since ...aw **** it ...I'm drunk and can't even type !
 
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BOMBERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so ******* happy I can cry

And this isn’t a tragically hip song but this is the first grey cup in my life time. I cried infront of my Vietnamese gf she didn’t  quite get it but she knew it was a big deal. I’ve watched hundreds of games in my life time. A lot of them were disappointing. It all came down to this. Grey cup champs!! 2019!!

Don't post much here, but would like to share a few things about what tonight's Blue Bomber Grey Cup victory meant to me, if that's ok. Some info to put it into context...
 
- had a car accident in January. No one was hurt, and 0% my fault, but my car was written off. Had to buy lower quality vehicle with the settlement.
 
- spent nearly two weeks in the hospital with a nasty leg infection.
 
- engine blew out on my above-mentioned new (used) car. Ended up S.O.L. on that one.
 
- got another new car and got into another accident less than two months later. No one was hurt, but I will admit to being at fault for that one. Just a brain fart on my part. My bad. Had to buy another car.
 
- my mom, who let me move in with her 16 years ago, when my divorce cleaned me out, is moving into a nursing home at the end of this month, i.e. the end of this week (cue jokes re: grown man living with his mom, not to worry, no offence will be taken). What with the packing, searching for a place to live, plus the arranging of two moves, plus searching for three new (used) cars in one year, a hospital stay, and this being the last Grey Cup we'll watch under this roof, and all that upheaval and stress of this whole ***ing year... well, my mom and I had a good cry (good tears!) and a good hug and we both let out a loud WHOOP! when Zach took that knee at the end of the 4th quarter!
 
Anyways...
 
Cheering for a sports team may seem meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but, at least for me and my mom and my brother and sister and their spouses (all of us life-long Blue Bomber fans), tonight, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers winning the 2019 Grey Cup means... well... everything. I love the Blue & Gold, win or lose, but needless to say, I❤my Winnipeg Blue Bombers now more than ever! Congratulations to the 2019 Grey Cup Champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers! What an amazing game! Congrats to Andrew Harris! And thank you!🏈🤗❤
 
Having said that, as Tyrone Jones, James "Wild Wild" West and the rest of the Blue Bombers once said back in the day...
WHO GOT 'DA CUP?
WE GOT 'DA CUP !!!
Thanks for indulging my rant. Smiling now like I haven't in a long time! 😁👍🏈

29 YEARS!!! I have 3 sons.  The middle one is 12 and the only sports fan. Telling him how I was 14 in 1984 and to remember this.  He’s a big Raptors fan so probably thinks this is normal.   I remember 1990 like it was yesterday.  My current licence plate ends with 34N.  My mnemonic is 34 is Greg Battle’s number.  2 interceptions.  2019.  Harris. Jefferson. Jeffcoat.  The German.  Everybody.  Much maligned midget Rider halfback crying.  I am very very happy.  My Edmonton  cousin I last talked about sports to in the WHA days called.  Over the moon.  Fuuuuuuuuuuuck.    Way too much beer, but I need to drink some go for Do or Die.
 

First time poster,long time lurker.I was at the '90 grey cup..didn't think I'd wait this long for another one!!.We've heard about the bend but don't break D...today we saw the bend and break D...we broke Dane...we broke frankie...and we broke Speedy B!
 
Grey Cup champs Baby !!!!!!

After the win in 1984 I was 14 and we were in a traffic jam on Portage ave in downtown wpg.i got out of the car and was running around celebrating with all the drunk Bomber fans.When my Dad called me back to the car,there was an old fashioned pepsi glass on the roof of our car.Earlier in the week ,I texted my Mom a pic of the glass and asked if she knew where it was from.She did;tonight she asked if I was drinking form the glass...yep.Once the  game ended...first beer and now rum..sorry Do or die..I hate gin 😝

Oh yeah! They beat the **** out of the 'Cats today.

First time poster,long time lurker.I was at the '90 grey cup..didn't think I'd wait this long for another one!!.We've heard about the bend but don't break D...today we saw the bend and break D...we broke Dane...we broke frankie...and we broke Speedy B!
 
Grey Cup champs Baby !!!!!!

After the win in 1984 I was 14 and we were in a traffic jam on Portage ave in downtown wpg.i got out of the car and was running around celebrating with all the drunk Bomber fans.When my Dad called me back to the car,there was an old fashioned pepsi glass on the roof of our car.Earlier in the week ,I texted my Mom a pic of the glass and asked if she knew where it was from.She did;tonight she asked if I was drinking form the glass...yep.Once the  game ended...first beer and now rum..sorry Do or die..I hate gin 😝

After the win in 1984 I was 14 and we were in a traffic jam on Portage ave in downtown wpg.i got out of the car and was running around celebrating with all the drunk Bomber fans.When my Dad called me back to the car,there was an old fashioned pepsi glass on the roof of our car.Earlier in the week ,I texted my Mom a pic of the glass and asked if she knew where it was from.She did;tonight she asked if I was drinking form the glass...yep.Once the  game ended...first beer and now rum..sorry Do or die..I hate gin 😝

Nothing matters right now. Just enjoy this!

I'm so happy for fans like you. That stuck with this team while never experiencing a championship. In the days ahead, the feeling will just get better & better.