kelownabomberfan

Wouldn't be surprised if the Blackhawks cut him outright. I watched him in a game this year I saw in Calgary and he was brutal, could barely skate.

You have to take into account how much rye had been consumed by this point in the game...and cut me some slack...

yeah when I heard "Chris Matthews" my first reaction was "why does that name sound so familiar"...

Yeah we are happy to have him! We are already planning the Memorial Cup parade here.

Another important member of that 1935 team: Bud Marquardt Bud Marquardt graduated from North Dakota State University and joined the Winnipeg Football Club in 1935. During his seven campaigns here, he won three Grey Cups (1935, ’39 & ’41) and was chosen for the All-Star Team three times (1937, ’39 & ’40) at the end position. Known as a natural athlete, Marquardt was an extremely quick and reliable receiver who was noted for an important touchdown catch in the first Grey Cup won by a western team in 1935. He also played for the Winnipeg Toilers basketball team after that Hall of Fame club’s recovery from the tragic airplane crash in 1933. Legendary Sportswriter Tony Allen named Marquardt to his All Time All-Star Team at the other end of the offensive line opposite fellow 2004 Honoured Member Jeff Nicklin. Bud Marquardt joined the Hudson’s Bay Company as a clerk when he came up from North Dakota to play for the football club. He stayed in his adopted community as a resident of Winnipeg and retired as an HBC Executive. http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/2004/budMarquardt.htm

Fritz Hanson Melvin "Fritz" Hanson (July 13, 1914 in Perham, Minnesota – February 14, 1996 in Calgary, Alberta) was a Canadian football player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Calgary Stampeders. Hanson was signed by the Blue Bombers for $125 a game and free room and board, which was a considerable sum in the cash-strapped dirty thirties. Nicknamed the 'Galloping Ghost', 'Twinkle Toes', and the 'Perham Flash', Hanson was one of the pioneers of football in Western Canada and a huge star at the time. Although he weighed only 145 pounds (66 kg) he used his incredible quickness to evade defenders. He helped lead the Blue Bombers to the first Grey Cup victory by a western Canadian team in 1935 and won again with the Bombers in 1939 and 1941.[1][2] In the 1935 Grey Cup Game Hanson recorded 300 punt return yards, a record that still stands today, including a sensational 78-yard return for the winning touchdown.[2] He played with Winnipeg from 1935 through 1946 then spent two years playing for the Calgary Stampeders, where he won a fourth Grey Cup in 1948.[1] Hanson was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963[1] and inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.[2] He became a Canadian citizen in 1966[2] and, in 2005, Hanson was named one of the Blue Bombers 20 All-Time Greats. He died in Calgary on February 14, 1996, at the age of 81.[3] Fritz Hanson and his wife Maxine had four daughters. He was only 145 lbs!!!

Why yes. Yes there is.

It's still five long months until we have football again. I've been doing a lot of reading about the history of the Blue Bombers and I thought maybe we could start a "this day in Blue Bomber history" thread of some kind to give an idea of what this franchise has been through and how history continues to repeat itself. Anyway, just a thought. Here's a for instance - 80 years ago the Bombers got beat by the Roughriders in the playoffs, and decided that they didn't want to endure that humiliation again, and so they pioneered a concept called "imports". That's right, the Bombers invented the concept of importing large numbers of US players specifically to play football in Canada. Did you guys know that? http://www.cflapedia.com/teams/winnipeg.html Kind of like how the Jets pioneered the recruitment of European players back in the WHA days...

what's the big deal? Just raise the PST another point. You guys are used to that now.

good job. Demond is only going to get better as he matures and gets more experience.

Got Perron in my pool this year. Yahoo!

Cool thanks.

and somewhere in the bowels of Frank Clair Stadium...er TD Place...Marcel Desjardins is rubbing his hands together with glee and entering Manziel's agent's number in his cell phone's speed dial...

It helps too that the Bombers aren't paying out the contracts on several past coaches and GM's anymore - everyone now should be done right? Lapo, Mack, Crowton, Burke etc.

Well now look what you've done, you've made Kim Jong Un cry...

I would totally agree with you if they had left the dome in place, but now with the retractable roof it is the best of both worlds. I used to hate BC Place in the summer but now it is amazing in there. Anyway, IGF is an awesome stadium and I am glad that the Bombers are pitching in to help pay for it. I honestly don't know of any other team in the CFL that has done that or is doing that now. Perhaps this is a model that the Riders can follow?

having been in both stadiums I have to give the edge to BC Place. But of course, BC Place cost $500 million.

that being said, if this was how they celebrated every goal, their ratings would be a lot higher!

pretty sure that's $4.5 million more than the BC Lions paid this year towards their stadium renovations. Way to go Wade! Good job. Let's see if the Ti-Cats write a cheque next year for their stadium.

Etch being gone is a big plus. Now the Bombers need to keep Willy upright. The Willy that started the season in June could drop a football into a barrel in a 55 yard radius. The throws he was making at the start of the season were deadly accurate. The Willy that finished the season couldn't hit the side of a barn. Something has to change in that regard. It's time our offense was feared once again. I look at how much success Pittsburgh has had this year - on most plays Roethlisberger can knit a sweater in the pocket they make for him. We need that. Willy with time to throw will be deadly. Everything else will follow from it, including wins.

LOL - human car alarm

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cfl-55-yard-line/marc-trestman-s-out-in-chicago--but-there-are-long-odds-against-him-returning-to-the-cfl-soon-185821974.html

just recovering from the feats of strength I had to do for the past few days. Now that that is done, it is on to the airing of grievances. Happy Festivus!

we need to get another 18 page thread started about this guy again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chijioke_Onyenegecha You know it's the off-season when you can get long threads going about DB's that barely played...