Mark H.

Whatever. The Western Conference was very, very strong in 1981. The Esks finished 14-1-1 for first place, The Bombers went 11-5 & finished second. The Lions 10-6 finishing third & the Riders at 9-7 finished fourth in the West.  Combined, the West won 50 regular season games that year & the East just 21.
In 1981, the Montreal Alouettes finished third in the East & made the playoffs with an abysmal 3-13 record. How freaking embarrassing for the CFL was that? The league's credibility was called into question. The Riders won 6 more games than the Als & were fourth in the West yet didn't qualify for the playoffs because there was no crossover. I remember fans & media crying how things needed to change. However, in typical CFL fashion, I remember the league getting right on it by taking another 16 years before it would allow crossovers in the playoffs beginning in 1997.
What happened to the Riders was a travesty. I'm just glad the Bombers never experienced anything close to that back then. Chances are had there been a crossover, the Riders would have been the Eastern representative in the Grey Cup. Who knows, maybe they would have upset the Eskimos as they barely beat the 5-11 Ottawa Rough Riders that year.
But sure, it was the Riders quarterbacking. It was just average. They didn't win.

Ni idea why you'd take offense to what I say but it seems you need a Snickers way more than me. Hufnagel & Barnes had a helluva season in 81. They truly were one of the gretest tandems to ever play. Why all the angst?
Like I said, the CFL was so abuzz about their play that they were given a nickname J.J. Barnagel by someone in the media & the name stuck.. Think that would happen if they stunk? It's not always the qbs fault when they lose. The Rider defense wasn't up to par so they gave up a lot of points. With the Bomber tandem, Clements played 75% of the time with Huff coming in for the other 25%. In saskatchewan, Hufnagel played 60% of the time & Joe Barnes about 40%.  So you can't even compare the two tandems. In Saskatchewan, both guys played a lot & played well. 

Still comes to the south basin.

Stellar defensive back. Part of Marv Levy's great 70's Montreal defensive teams. First team All American at Georgia Tech. Drafted by the NO Saints in 1975. Signed instead with Charlotte of the WFL in 1975 & played one season for the Hornets. Signed with the Als in 1976 & played for them thru the 1980 season. He then signed with the Ottawa Rough Riders in 81 before retiring. He was a CFLEastern Conference All Star in 1977, 78 & 81 as well as named to the CFL  All Canadian team as a DB the same years he was an Eastern All Star. Returned 31 kickoffs during his career & over 300 punt returns. He had 22 interceptions as well during his career. He was a real stud. One of the best players in the CFL during that era.

Right on because you are right..Unless you go to a 529 or Hys the steaks are not as good as what I can do for myself at home.

The 4th (fawth) period is over.

So, I rarely order steak when we eat out, because it's that much better at home
But Friday night, I took the chance on a 12 oz. medium rare sirloin at Montana's
It was actually quite good

Man the old ball coach. Loved him soo much. Such a great coach and interesting character. 

RIP Dave. 
I became a hardcore fan watching those 2000 - 2004 bombers. 

So, I rarely order steak when we eat out, because it's that much better at home
But Friday night, I took the chance on a 12 oz. medium rare sirloin at Montana's
It was actually quite good

Sorry about all the deletions guys.  User joined the site 2 hours ago and proceeded to do nothing but post 'covid spam.'
As you were. 

Sorry about all the deletions guys.  User joined the site 2 hours ago and proceeded to do nothing but post 'covid spam.'
As you were. 

Sorry about all the deletions guys.  User joined the site 2 hours ago and proceeded to do nothing but post 'covid spam.'
As you were. 

Sorry about all the deletions guys.  User joined the site 2 hours ago and proceeded to do nothing but post 'covid spam.'
As you were. 

Sorry about all the deletions guys.  User joined the site 2 hours ago and proceeded to do nothing but post 'covid spam.'
As you were. 

I think it was George Cortez of the Stamps who bamboozled the Esks in the 2001 Western Final coming out with the five & six pack receiver set for the first time as well. The Eskimo D had no idea how to stop it. You look at how innovative the Stamps were back then as well as the qb factory they had & look at them now. Just a shell...

There was a reason for that. When football started to transition to the "soccer style" kickers in the late 60's, they had no coaches anywhere who knew how to coach these new type of kickers. It took until the first wave of new kickers retired in the mid to late 70's & started coaching themselves that the kicking game slowly began to improve.
A lot of these kickers still had to play other positions. Ted Gerela was the CFL's first soccer style kicker but was also a linebacker for the Lions when he broke into the league in 1967/68. Guys used to practice alone with no coaching. They ended up practicing their mistakes & really not improving as kickers as no one was there to help them. Considering everything they went thru, these pioneers actually did okay.
Walt McKee was the Bombers first soccer style kicker in 1972 & he was a career 52% kicker. That was actually considered pretty good back then. The change was on as the kickers revolutionized the position. There are no more straight on kickers anymore. Today, kids as young as 10 years of age can sign up for kicking camps everywhere, It's no wonder that great kickers now have stats percentages in the mid to high 80's.

I've decided to watch old Bomber games wherever I can find them, as the off season continues to wear on me and I long for football.  Here's my first contribution:
EDIT:  I am pretty sure I was at this game, as a young man, as my dad was a season ticketholder in 1980 and I was able to go to most of the games with him.  The 1980 Bombers will forever be one of my favorite teams of all time.

2019 and 2021 that just won the trenches so hard teams couldn't compete. 8 guys rotating along the defensive line who could contribute. We lost that the past couple years and you see the difference.  No grey cups.

No. The 2019 & 2021 teams had the opposition physically beaten down by the 4th quarter. 

No. The 2019 & 2021 teams had the opposition physically beaten down by the 4th quarter. 

The Chad Kelly discussion is running in circles. Please feel free to educate each other via PM. 

FortheW?

Or have 2 OL go down and Oosterhois goes in at guard. But the beer sure was cold...

Or have 2 OL go down and Oosterhois goes in at guard. But the beer sure was cold...