Mike

Let me know if you guys suddenly don't have the PM I sent containing the forum password.

Yup I'm diggin this.

Couple days for Hyde

Matchup is two weeks long

I randomized the people who have committed to play and came up with these for the two league rosters. We only need 2 more participants to fill the second league. League One: Mike Jpan85 bluto SPuDS Raydawg Mr. Perfect Logan007 MOBomberFan League Two: TrueBlue voodoochylde Noeller Fraser Nighthawk Dr. Handsome --empty-- --empty-- Jimmy set up the draft forums, so I'm going to PM the forum password to everyone in my league right away. I'll lay out the league format and if one of the two mods in the other league could create the league on Fantaseh with the matching set up, that'd be great. I can't use Fantaseh here at work, so I'll do this when I get home. Hopefully we get two more players today and we can start drafting tomorrow.

Disappointed that two guys I was looking to see big things from both got hurt. Miles was on the PR last year though so maybe he gets an invite back. Two weeks isn't ALL of camp though, thankfully.

I saw it when I was looking around. It looks like a serious issue, not sure how they're going to drain it. Obviously it's only row 1 and I'm pretty sure it's only the east side. And only in certain sections. But it looks like a problem for sure. you mentioned this to me last week didn't you? in fact, i think i recall you saying that you had spotted a potentially disastrous design flaw in the IGF (or words to that effect). it is a total disaster for people it affects. I went when it was pouring rain on Thursday and the water was about ankle deep. When I went again yesterday, there was STILL a lot of water there.

I saw it when I was looking around. It looks like a serious issue, not sure how they're going to drain it. Obviously it's only row 1 and I'm pretty sure it's only the east side. And only in certain sections. But it looks like a problem for sure.

I was with the wife and 2 year old daughter, no stroller though. This is me (us) at the beginning of this video. http://www.bluebombers.com/video/index/id/84271 Could be off on the stroller, my memory is a bit foggy from my Saturday activities. I'll check the video. EDIT: yeah that's you. I remember the sunglasses. Obviously mixed up the stroller with someone else.

And seat 11 is for me. So who has seat 10? Did I see you at the stadium on Sunday? I walked by someone who I thought was you as they were walking across Bison Drive with their wife (girlfriend?) and a stroller.

I'm going to create the first league today and what I'd like to do is have another mod create the second league. I'm also going to ask Jimmy to create two password-protected forums for each draft, that way nobody can see what the other league is doing draft-wise. My idea is this, although if anyone has any suggestions on how to improve it, I'm all ears. We'll run the two leagues this season and by the end of the regular season, each league will have their winner determined. To decide an overall winner, we'll do one final 2 person draft before the playoffs start and each guy will end up with a roster for the playoffs. Score it the same way, except the matchup will last the duration of the playoffs.

I can't find a link yet but it appears that the Bombers have signed NI receiver Taylor Renaud and cut import LB Daniel Sheffield this morning. Renaud should be on the field this morning, but the roster has not been updated to show what number he'll be wearing.

226 row 3 Perfect spot, I'm right in front of a wall so I can stand whenever I please and I literally walk out of my section to a concession stand, ATM and washroom. Great sightlines too.

I guarantee you that if you name ANY draft pick from the first 3 rounds of this year's draft, there's a "risk" for them. After those rounds, EVERY pick is more or less a flier. Round one 1 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Linden Gaydosh DT Calgary -- NFL risk 2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Andy Mulumba DE Eastern Michigan -- NFL risk 3 Montreal Alouettes (via Edmonton[14]) Mike Edem LB Calgary -- No solid position defined, potential risk to not translate to pro ball 4 Saskatchewan Roughriders Corey Watman OL Eastern Michigan -- NFL risk 5 Montreal Alouettes Steven Lumbala RB Calgary -- Told teams if he was not feeling like he had an opportunity to make a 46 man roster, he'd go work in the field of work he got a degree in 6 BC Lions Hunter Steward OL Liberty -- NFL risk 7 Calgary Stampeders Brander Craighead OL UTEP -- NFL risk 8 Toronto Argonauts Matt Sewell OL McMaster -- NFL risk 9 Ottawa expansion team Nolan MacMillan OL Iowa -- NFL risk Round two 10 Edmonton Eskimos (via Hamilton[16]) Stefan Charles DT Regina -- NFL risk 11 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Kristopher Robertson DB Concordia -- Probably the safest pick so far, but even you said he went too early. Risk of potential not matching the draft selection used 12 BC Lions (via Edmonton[15]) Seydou Junior Haidara WR Laval -- Doesn't speak English, risk that he's not able to pick up team schemes, etc. 13 Calgary Stampeders (via Saskatchewan[7]) Ben D'Aguilar DE McMaster -- NFL risk 14 Montreal Alouettes Hosam Shahin DT Rice -- NFL risk 15 Hamilton Tiger-Cats (via Edmonton[16] via BC[15]) Brent Urban DL Virginia -- NFL risk, positional change risk 16 Calgary Stampeders Brett Jones OL Regina -- Was a risk to pursue a medical career 17 Toronto Argonauts Jermaine Gabriel DB Bishop's -- Another "safer" pick, but again ... went too early according to most experts. 18 Ottawa expansion team Connor Williams DE Utah State -- NFL risk Round three 19 Hamilton Tiger-Cats Carl-Olivier Prime LB Wagner College -- Changing positions, big risk he may not pick up the spot as anticipated 20 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Carl Fitzgerald WR Saint Mary's -- Risk of potential not matching the draft selection used. 21 BC Lions (via Edmonton[17]) Boseko Lokombo LB Oregon -- NFL risk 22 Toronto Argonauts (via Saskatchewan[19]) Natey Adjei WR Buffalo -- NFL risk 23 Montreal Alouettes Jesse Joseph DE Connecticut -- NFL risk 24 Edmonton Eskimos (via Hamilton[16] via BC) Kyle Norris LB Saint Mary's -- Risk to pursue work in field he graduated in 25 Calgary Stampeders Yannick Morin Plante WR Laval -- Pretty safe pick, actually. But again ... as I said, risk that he never pans out to be worth a roster spot. 26 Edmonton Eskimos (via Toronto[18]) Christopher Mercer OL Regina -- Attitude risk, had plenty of red flags surrounding attitude/personality in college ball 27 Ottawa expansion team Kalonji Kashama DE Eastern Michigan -- NFL risk

but at the same time it's a 4th round pick... those are the ones you swing for the fences on. Guy was a good receiver who dropped because of the injury risk... so you take him in a later round and if he doesn't make it or gets hurt, oh well 4th round pick, if he works out and stays healthy it's a big win cause you snagged a solid guy in the 4th round. Not like this is a guy they took with a first round pick or something. We've definitely been in the habit of taking good athletes that we either have to convert or hope will come back from an injury. I'm not completely knocking the approach because if it does work out...like you said...you will get that home run. Recently we released Matechuk a Green, two guys that are purely special teams players. Just wondering if we continue to do this and players continue to get hurt...if we'll have any guys left to fill the special teams slots. Mulumba - Risk of NFL Robertson - Risk that he is not big enough to play at the next level Fitzgerald - Not so much of a risk, but we took him earlier than he was projected DiCroce - Risk of re-injury Alli - Already injured. Risk that he may not ever be 100 percent healthy. Billy Whatshisname - Risk of drug use (not really, but we were the ones to "take a chance" on him) Our drafting strategy is very "swing for the fences". Maybe a safe pick or two is in order? If you want to cheer for a team that makes safe draft picks, the NFL is probably the league for you. There is no such thing as a safe CFL draft pick. Period.

This is what is baffling to me - They literally did nothing besides sign a flashy coach. I hardly think that warrants a C especially considering where they finished last year. Not to mention the whole Chris Williams fiasco. Fuuny, people are usually complaining HAM getting A's for their usual big offseason moves and now a C is too high. They lost their coach, GM, best player, starting MLB and a number of other players. Their major add was Greg Wojt. (as far as "name brand" goes) How is that a C if we're a D. Maybe a C isn't wrong, but if Hamilton had a better offseason than us, I'm not seeing how.

I didn't see the play, but heard the cheering and saw Kohlert running back from the endzone with the ball. Pierce's first skelly session was much better than his second. I thought the D won the team session near the end of practice. I also forgot to mention that McGee was playing nickel with the starting d today. I'll just add that I didn't see the first one, so that's maybe why I wasn't too impressed.

I still personally thought Hall was the best QB today, but I didn't see much of Buck. What I did see wasn't very impressive as he overthrew a couple receivers, got a ball batted down by Hyde (who absolutely flies off the line) and missed a few targets. Hall hooked up with Kohlert for a beautiful completion in the end zone that had the crowd applauding and he seems to be getting the hang of the far sideline tosses. Zach Anderson and Freddie Harris looked quick in drills today, Marcus Hyde has a ton of speed to burn. First team offense appeared to be Pierce and Simpson in the backfield with Poblah, Watson and Anderson in the slot, Denmark and Matthews on the outside. Aderious Simmons is a BIG dude. Kennedy, Etienne and Kohlert all made nice grabs in the second team offense that Hall/Clement were running. Didn't really notice any particular DB/LB standouts, but I wasn't paying much attention to their numbers to be honest. The only nice play I remember was #31 breaking up a Pierce pass.

I have no idea how Hamilton gets a C.

Poblah moving in to the slot will be a huge move for him, hopefully. His production should really pick up at this point.

So according to media reports, Saskatchewan HAS landed John Chick finally.

Everyone is more than welcome to be here (as long as they follow the rules ) and hopefully we can keep providing content and discussion that makes this a worthwhile site to visit.

Maybe we don't want to be found.

Not to mention I. Anderson. Whom Buck made the point of singling out coming into camp as a guy he was looking for big things from. It's a fine line between difference maker and "just a guy" and Clarence, in my opinion, is straddling it as we open camp. And on a team that only dresses three import receivers you better be a difference maker. Agreed. Now that Denmark is moving to wideout, his competiton has grown exponentially. He's basically going to become the 5th option which means that the workload would drop. At some point, it might be worth weighing options with a Canadian at that #5 spot.

I think Denmark is going to be in tough, to be honest. Pierce or Etienne coming for him. And yes, I seriously think Etienne has a chance.