kelownabomberfan

Yes I concur. My knowledge of the O-line of course is limited to how many times our QB got killed and how big the holes were for the RB's. On those two items alone I thought the O-Line dominated. On that Marshall two-point run you could see the O-Line just push the entire Rider line back, and they almost all ended up in the end zone with Marshall at the end. I also liked Picard's punch to the ribs of Chick while both his arms were tied up by Greaves, while the ref's vision was obscured and Chick was defenseless. Just beautiful. Chick got so mad he forgot about going into pursuit on Marshall and instead tried to fight Picard. That's the kind of nasty edge we've been missing for so long.

And so begins the second round of "Tino Sunseri is the next Ricky Ray" commentary from the Green Kool-aid drinkers. Huzzah.

and in other news, somewhere it might rain.

Can't see that ever happening... I think it just did

Of course it was homerism talking. DOH! The only time I consistently saw the Bombers getting screwed was when that goofball Murray Clark was the head referee. That guy always found a way to screw us over. Good to see he was demoted.

Cameron Marshall

Do tell.

Up until this draft I didn't know much about the USHL but it's turned out a lot of good players over the years, including Pavelski and Okposo, and where Trouba played. Looks like the Jets spent the time scouting a league other teams don't pay as much attention to. I hope it pays off. I don't mind US players. I just don't like Swedes or Russians.

Just watched the Marshall TD in the third quarter again. Picard gives Chick a good shot to the ribs while he is basically defenseless and Chick goes ballistic. I don't care if that's "classless", I just love the nastiness. About time we stop having the CFL's nicest offensive line. As for Picard standing near the stage, he was probably just getting psyched up. Chris Walby used to stand in a tub of ice before games just to get angry.

Yeah, while kinda dumb, I could see how this was applied to the Demski catch. He didn't consciously catch the ball and run into his end zone, which is what a safety is really all about. That being said, had that been a Winnipeg player doing the exact same thing, like Veltung, I could see the Riders getting a safety, as the Bombers always seem to be on the wrong end of the grey area penalty/judgement calls. Yeah, while kinda dumb, I could see how this was applied to the Demski catch. He didn't consciously catch the ball and run into his end zone, which is what a safety is really all about. That being said, had that been a Winnipeg player doing the exact same thing, like Veltung, I could see the Riders getting a safety, as the Bombers always seem to be on the wrong end of the grey area penalty/judgement calls. I guess O'Shea could not have challenged that play even if he wanted but that one pt. could have been critical in a tight game. What was more critical was that if it had been a safety, the Riders would have had to kick off. Instead they got the ball and a few plays later scored a TD. Should not have happened.

Yeah, while kinda dumb, I could see how this was applied to the Demski catch. He didn't consciously catch the ball and run into his end zone, which is what a safety is really all about. That being said, had that been a Winnipeg player doing the exact same thing, like Veltung, I could see the Riders getting a safety, as the Bombers always seem to be on the wrong end of the grey area penalty/judgement calls.

I trust the Walters to make the right moves with our QB's but I would hate to see Marve go. It could be the equivalent of letting Danny Mac go back in the 1990's. Brohm? Not so much.

Just re-watched the game. The o-line just got stronger as the game went on. Sukh Chung is a rookie? He didn't take one holding call or jump once, and he was throwing great blocks. Chick burned Bryant only once all game. It's amazing how a good o-line can make such a huge difference. Now we just need Wild and Muamba back.

Eskimos and Riders - talk about two teams that have gone from potentially big years to giant question marks in one week. I usually pity any team that has to rely on Kevin Glenn as their QB, but not in this case. The Riders and Taman deserve Glenn. They just need Kit Cartwright now and they will be the 2008 Bombers all over again.

holding down field on Bomber DB's helped a lot too.

I assume that you must have caught him in the buffet line.

Who did we get that second 7th round pick from? I never saw it on the board earlier.

Harkins was born in the US but grew up in Canada and all of his hockey development has been in Canada. He played in Vancouver growing up and his junior team was Prince George. He even played for Canada at the U-18 Championship in April. I wouldn't lump him in with the other US players that the Jets drafted, who are true US born and raised players.

I think Gay Pride parades are here to stay. I would assume the justification would be (and I agree with it) that after so many years of being discriminated against, gay people want to be able to celebrate who they are in a public environment. And I fully support them in doing that.

Actually, if you watch the movie "Lincoln", a lot of the Democrats voted in favour of the 13th Amendment because they had lost the election in November and were going to be out of a job come the end of January. That's why Lincoln chose that strategic time to launch the 13th Amendment debate, and vote, because a lot of Democrats were vulnerable to being bribed to vote the "right" way, which of course was to abolish slavery. It was unfortunate that people had to be bribed to vote to abolish slavery, but things were a lot different in the world 150 years ago. 150 years from now people will look back and say "can you believe people were against gays getting married?" Given current demographic trends, it's highly likely that in 150 years they will be saying "can you believe that 150 years ago gays were allowed to marry, instead of being executed on the spot? Praise Allah that we now live in a world-wide Calphiphate. Oh look at the time, we almost missed the daily infidel cage-burning".

I can only speak for myself. I don't expect government to make laws according to my beliefs. I know we're in the minority. Doesn't change my beliefs. It just affirms them. Im not sure being in the minority should affirm your beliefs. Perhaps it should cause you to reexamine them. @kelownabomberfan I knew that would come up! lol I love Lincoln. I think its the finest performance by an actor in film history. And as "immoral" as Lincoln's efforts might have been, he did the right thing. And surely some of the Democrats who voted in favor actually believed it. The movie even shows some Democrats who "got it" but the political pressure was huge. Its tough watching that film and seeing them argue that freeing the slaves would lead to black people wanting *gasp* the vote! Crazy. And Fraser, you're right. Bigotry trumps tolerance. One should not be tolerant of hate or bigotry. If you liked Lincoln you should watch Selma. Really powerful film. It was interesting to see how even though the South allowed black people to vote, the local administrators wouldn't issue them voting cards. I didn't know that until I watched the movie. There sure is a lot of hatred down in the US South. And we just saw that again last week.

OK, so hopefully this is a great step in moving the US forward. Next step - the rest of the world:

Actually, if you watch the movie "Lincoln", a lot of the Democrats voted in favour of the 13th Amendment because they had lost the election in November and were going to be out of a job come the end of January. That's why Lincoln chose that strategic time to launch the 13th Amendment debate, and vote, because a lot of Democrats were vulnerable to being bribed to vote the "right" way, which of course was to abolish slavery. It was unfortunate that people had to be bribed to vote to abolish slavery, but things were a lot different in the world 150 years ago.

Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatchewan truly have been the Valley of Death for us over the past decade or more.

Hefney just can't shut up