SaidinBlue

I've upgraded the board to the next major version.
This is a significant upgrade from Version 4 to Version 5. I've been putting this off for almost a year as I didn't want to do it mid-season. Now with activities for next season starting, I wanted to get the upgrade in before next season activities start so any bugs can get worked out.
Why the upgrade....
This gets us on the most current version, which is important for security updates and new functionality. They have been doing security patches for the old version, but that won't last forever, and this also lets me upgrade some of the software that the board runs on to a current version.
Like everything else, the people who make the board software are really trying to push everyone to their cloud, as that gives them higher recurring revenue. But their hosting costs do not make sense for the size of the forum (it would 2x to 4x the cost I pay now depending on what plan we went to). Good news for now is they've committed to version 5 of the software to be self hosted. That should hopefully buy 5 - 10 years before they go to version 6.
Please be patient
There is going to be some tweaks and changes you'll notice over time, feel free to post in here anything that seems off or not right, there are still some tweaks that need to make to settings and the theme.
Some changes you may notice
They completely changed how tagging works.  Now admins / mods can maintain a list of tags, members can't create new ones.  This was done to better categorize and search content.  All existing tags have been converted, but let me know if you want new tags created.
Support for Web Apps on your phone
Complete theme overhaul.  A new theming system means I've had to rebuild the theme.  It is close to what we used to have, but there will be some discrepancies. There are still some more tweaks and updates I want to make to it.
There is a completely revamped post editor.  It does seem to be easier to use and more powerful.
A lot of other behind the scenes updates and changes to things we don't use that often.

I am with @SpeedFlex27, Mace is a good coach.

https://3downnation.com/2026/02/01/jake-ceresna-agrees-to-terms-with-winnipeg-blue-bombers-sources/
 
let’s go!!!

Moving on from Kola is another good move by Walters.

John Madden

https://www.bluebombers.com/2025/12/16/blue-bombers-sign-redha-kramdi-to-two-year-contract-extension/

Great game all around...best of yr...we about to run?

Not playing other players because they could be bad vs keep on playing bad players that are bad....

Not playing other players because they could be bad vs keep on playing bad players that are bad....

What i loved the most about Bradys game last night was the power he was running with. His TD run he got hit,  shrugged it off and put his head down and exploded to the endzone. No one was going to stop him there even if they hit him. Dude has unreal strength. He was hitting guys all night when they tried to tackle him. Only way he went down is when dudes just held onto his legs.

This is kind of my take away... Mtl's offense was a shell of it's normal self... and we gave up 13 points... not great against a 4th string QB... but not terrible
Our O vs their D was basically health vs health (minus Dequoy and Schoen)... and then we were down to 3 viable receivers by the second half... we managed to put up 26 points and get the W
To me, this game is a far bigger positive than needing 2 ST TDs to beat a bad Toronto team, at home, a few weeks ago...

I love him because he’s not named Glenn Suitor 

Oh please let Holm be all right.  Hopefully it's just a cramp.  

Do you know who would be a great choice for the Ring next year, Greg Battle.

Great game.

Roadhouse baby!

Excited to see this game with Zach back, Rourke's start is up in the air, season series on the line....I like our chances.
 
Anyone know further details on Rourke?

The elks were a **** team with **** players. They're dumping their trash and trying to build their team through free agency.

Only friesen can be that obtuse. 

Bombers not offering Bighill a contract ahead of free agency according to Jeff Hamilton
 
my first daughter was born Monday and this still might be the best news I’ve had all week

Bear in mind that it has been shown that 87.063% of statistics are made up

Is the secondary not part of the D?