kelownabomberfan

Fact check - they did lose that game 43-9, and it was the second last game that Danny Mac ever played in.

Looked it up - they lost that game 43 - 9, or something close to that. The only plus was that I got to see Danny Mac play live in what was probably his last game ever.

Losing Noeller and 17 to a tornado in order to win a game in Calgary is what I believe is called "acceptable losses".

This is from Friesen's article. I love statistics, you can manipulate them any way you want. The combined winning percentage of the teams they faced is low, but a lot of that is due to the fact that they played Saskatchewan twice. And Sask played extremely hard in both of those games. I honestly don't give the Bombers much hope in this game given the history and how good Calgary is, but using these kinds of stats to sell the narrative is dishonest, disrespectful and just plain bad journalism. Shame!

Still remember going to a Bomber game in Calgary on Sept 15th and having to sit through a blizzard for half the game. I believe it was 2006. Kevin Glenn just decided he wanted to get the game over with as fast as possible, because you know, it was cold and everything, so he went into chuck and duck 2 and out mode. What a miserable experience that was.

I thought that was Jabari Arthur...

Not sure which one is the bigger understatement.

I have been steeped in the Democratic Party all my life. My father, Jerry, was a New York City Democratic chairman and power broker, and I grew up in and around the Democratic Party. When I was a young man, former senators and Democratic presidential and vice-presidential nominees Herbert Humphrey and Estes Kefauver stayed at my apartment and we would proudly discuss the great traditions of the Democratic Party. My father was a pallbearer at St. Patrick’s for Bobby Kennedy’s funeral. When I was young, Robert F. Kennedy and John F. Kennedy were (and remain) my political heroes. Four years ago, former New York Gov. and liberal lion Mario Cuomo spoke at my father’s funeral. I think his son, current Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is a very effective leader. I was elected five times to the New York state Assembly as a Democrat. In 1977, I beatDavid Dinkins and Robert Wagner Jr. in the election for borough president of Manhattan, and then was elected twice as City Council president. With this background it is very hard for me not to support the Democratic nominee for president this year. But I believe my party has become the party of the elites and moneyed class and has deserted its historic mission as the party of the working class and disadvantaged. Given my level of discomfort with the current leftist orientation of the Democratic Party, I am now supporting Republican nominee Donald Trump for president. I urge my fellow Democrats to vote for Mr. Trump. I have known him since the early 1970s and have seen his deep concern for people, and how effective he has been while working on behalf of the average citizen. Donald Trump is no racist. On the contrary, he offers the best hope for rebuilding our inner cities and creating better education and jobs for those trapped in poverty and lacking hope. When a hurricane devastated Puerto Rico in 1984, I asked Mr. Trump to provide a 727 airliner to bring critical supplies to the island. He did so and without publicity. I asked him to rebuild the Wollman Skating Rink in Central Park because the city couldn’t complete it in 10 years. Mr. Trump did it in under six months and under budget. http://www.wsj.com/articles/party-loyalty-cant-make-me-vote-for-clinton-1474498244

Don't worry about information from practice being leaked to the Stamps. It's all being handled internally.

I thought we were still blaming Harper.

I thought I saw this on Huffpoo, I'll go check.

But seriously, who orders Whole Hog catering at a Bar Mitzvah?

so one more game with stupid sexy Flanders carrying the load...

Very Dieter Brock like throwing motion.

Macleod Bethel-Thompson - sounds like a guy I'd be meeting at the club for vodka martinis and oysters Rockefeller.

I'd be showing the whole team these scenes from Miracle all week: You don't defend them. You attack them. You take their game, and you shove it right back in their face. We shut them down, because we can. Today, we are the greatest football team in the world. You were born to be football players, every one of you. You were meant to be here today. This is your time. Their time is done, it's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing what a great team Calgary has. Screw em. This is your time. Now go out there and take it!

Calgary got hot that year just as Winnipeg got cooler later in the year. In this case both teams are white hot. One team has to start cooling off. I would prefer it to be Calgary but that's a tough one this year.

same with her grinning idiot husband.

right now being named president of Venezuela would be an easier gig...

only the Canadiens have to have a bilingual coach (with a French last name). The Alouettes don't have to (is there a reason that "Alouettes" on this site generated a spelling error notification?)

Definitely reminds me of the 1981 season. We had a great football team, but unless we could convince Joe Montana and Jerry Rice to move to Winnipeg we weren't going to beat the Eskimos that year.

Melvin (Fritz) Hanson In the early 1930s, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were tired of losing to the Regina Roughriders and decided to do soemthing about it. What they did was to recruit some top notch imports and the best of them was Fritz Hanson, out of North Dakota. Hanson weighed only 145 pounds, but had incredible speed and elusiveness which earned him nicknames like "The Galloping Ghost," "The Golden Ghost," "Twinkle Toes" and the "Phantom Flash." Hanson joined the Blue Bombers in 1935 and helped lead Winnpeg to the first Grey Cup by a West team, upsetting the Hamilton Tigers 18-12. Hanson would go on to play with Winnpeg until 1941 when World War II got in the way and Hanson joined the Canadian Army. Hanson briefly returned to play for Winnipeg again in 1945, playing in at least one exhibiton game before his Army duties forced him to retire for the season. In the 7 years from 1935 to 1941, the Bombers went to the Grey Cup 6 times, missing only once in 1936. Besides 1935, the Bombers and Hanson won two other Grey Cups in 1939 and 1941. That first win in 1935 was the big one though and while very few stats are available from that era, Hanson had over 300 yards in punt returns that game including a 78 yard return for a touchdown. Hanson won West All-Stars (there were no Canadian All-Stars until 1962) in five straight years from 1937 to 1941. Hanson would go on to finish his career with the Calgary Stampeders in 1947 and 1948. The 1948 season provided a suitable bookend to his first year in 1935 as the Stampeders were undefeated and went on to Win the Grey Cup. That Grey Cup was memorable both for the Stampeder fans riding horses into the lobby of the Royal York Hotel and for the sleeper play that won the Stampeders the game. Fritz Hanson was an easy choice as an inaugral member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963. Fritz Hanson passed away on February 14, 1996.

yeah now give me five bees for a quarter.