kelownabomberfan

but I hear that you are a cunning linguist...

This is Canada. We have dead prime ministers, soon to be replaced by dead human rights activists.

Business...finished...

Hardrick. Hardrick.

I can't wait for 2035 and all of the young-ins being schooled by the current posters about "that 2019 team sure was great" and the new Bomber fans going "sheesh, who cares Gramps". It's gonna be sweet...

Defence contractors do.

It's those wolf eyes. You just can't get enough.

Definitely want to keep Nick Nolte...

My favorite was the pass to Kito Poblah while he was standing still on the line of scrimmage. Two defenders would be ready by the time the ball got there ready to smash him into the ground for a zero gain. Yet we'd keep going back to it, over and over again.

And buy a ton of Grey Cup merch. I know I am doing my part!

I was at the BC game after which Lapo was fired, sitting behind the Bomber bench. Joey Elliott came off the field a few times yelling f-bombs and smashing his helmet in frustration because Lapo called a draw play on the 20 yard line, leading to yet another FG instead of a shot at a TD. We found a way to lose that game too.

probably a typo. It's pretty obvious that the WSF against Calgary was a classic for our offence, the WF not so much...

you mean the LDC correct? If so, yes that was maddening.

Ottawa has a good field goal kicker, and so that will help when Lapo calls a three yard out on the 20 yard line on 2nd and 7. 5 times a game.

I think I've posted this before, but looking back now, that parachute jump seems totally unnecessary. The Germans were already beat by that point in the war and were only a few weeks from surrendering completely. Senseless waste of human life to do parachute jumps with high casualty rates, with an enemy on the verge of giving up anyway. That's really a sad story.

Just asking the question if he can appear one last time in Winnipeg before he shuffles off this mortal coil, to appear with the Cup. If Cal were still alive, I'd be more focused on bringing him in for a ceremony with the Cup, but he's not. Maybe I'm just a nostalgia guy, I don't know. What I didn't realize was that it would cause this weird backlash. http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/0ap3000000705305/Hall-of-Fame-coach-Bud-Grant-blows-horn-at-Vikings-new-stadium

They have 4 Grey Cup Championship banners at Mosaic. When I see them on TV all I can think is - only 4? So pathetic...

When the Vikings opened their new stadium a few years ago, Bud Grant was the first guy to blow the new horn. The Vikings honor their past, and the Blue should honor theirs too.

https://globalnews.ca/video/6245010/we-are-the-champions-winnipeg-celebrates-bombers-grey-cup-win/ I hope, if Bud Grant is capable of traveling, that they bring him out for the first game this year with the Cup. That would mean a lot to the long-term Bomber fans who gutted it out those 29 long years. Just a thought.

Not sure if everyone saw this....still makes my blood boil...

Just watched Drew Brees hand off to Taysom Hill. In the CFL that would be illegal, correct?

Or another round of Bellfool?

1939 Grey Cup Champs. The Bombers were dealing with the emotional hangovers from Grey Cup losses to the Toronto Argonauts in 1937 and 1938 when they advanced to the 1939 championship by winning a two-game total-point West final over the Calgary Bronks. Ottawa, playing in front of a home crowd, was heavily favoured heading into the game having out-scored their opposition 207-51 in 12 games prior to the Grey Cup. Conditions were far from perfect and the field was rock hard. In an attempt to soften the turf, organizers poured 400 gallons of gasoline on the field and let it ablaze the day before the game. But freezing conditions overnight didn’t help those efforts. Ottawa opened the scoring, but the Bombers countered after recovering a fumble deep in Rough Rider territory, with Andy Bieber waltzing in for a seven-yard TD. The game’s scoring then came from singles on missed field goals. With the score tied 7-7 Jeff Nicklin recovered a fumbled punt for the Bombers at the Ottawa 34 to change field position. A subsequent Bombers punt into the end zone was kicked out by the Rough Riders, but shanked out of bounds only to their eight-yard line. And with 45 seconds remaining, Winnipeg’s Art Stevenson crushed a kick into the stands for a single and an 8-7 victory. Fritz Hanson, who played a critical role in the Bombers first Grey Cup win, was again superb in his punt returns and finishing with 126 yards rushing.

Although American players had been recruited by teams before, Winnipeg was the first to import a large contingent. These hirings were controversial and eventually led to present-day rules governing player imports. As a result of their bold manoeuvre, the ‘Pegs became the first western team to win the Grey Cup. The 1935 championship game was played in Hamilton against the Hamilton Tigers, with the ‘Pegs victorious 18–12. Fritz Hanson was the star of the game, especially on kick returns, setting a record with 300 punt-return yards. Quarterback Russ Rebholz also threw two touchdown passes. The 1935 Grey Cup game was also the first to be broadcast nationally on radio. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/winnipeg-blue-bombers