kelownabomberfan

Got a pic with Buck taken back when he was the starting QB. Ran into him at his restaurant (I think it's closed now) and though I hated to bug him I went over and asked for a pic with my nephew and he immediately said yes and we went into the front entrance area and took some pics with him. Years later same thing happened where I ran into Andrew Harris at the St. Vital Earls, and he also agreed immediately to a picture with me. CFL'ers are the best!

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I thought I read that he was so used to it after 29 years that he wasn't going to go back to pants. But hey whatever floats your boat! I regularly shovel snow in Kelowna in my shorts but it's only usually -5C tops so it feels refreshing. I can't imagine doing it in -25C with windchill, crazy!

This may go without saying but my stress levels have dropped substantially since the drought was finally ended in 2019. For awhile there I was worried that we were actually cursed and that my dad wouldn't get to see another Grey Cup win in his lifetime. Twenty-nine years is too long to go without a Cup, and I can't even imagine what a basket case I would be right now if we hadn't won in 2019 and 2021. 2022 GC was a kick in the groin for sure, but can you imagine if we were at 32 years of drought at that point, and lost to the Arblows because of a blocked FG? It would have been border-line suicidal for a lot of us. Anyway, I still want to win the GC every year with the intensity of a billion suns but at least I don't have that "we haven't won since 1990!!!" voice screaming in my head now all year during games and especially during playoff games. And thank goodness for that!

Neepawa lol

What about Yoshi - does he live year round in the Peg too? Just curious.

Biggie and Neufeld would be tough losses but at some point you've got to move on.

Back in the early 80's I always expected a loss against Edmonton and I was never disappointed.

Might be time to start cycling out some vets. I am hoping the Mafia know what they are doing here...I would hate to lose Schoen to the Argos or something dumb like that.

No it was All Dressed chips...that's what LetterKenny taught me anyway..... it was Relic you really had to watch out for, especially if you were sitting in Molly's Reach having coffee....

https://www.castanet.net/news/West-Kelowna/444020/Some-residents-return-home-in-West-Kelowna-Estates-but-others-aren-t-so-lucky#444020 I only post this because some fellow MBB'ers were asking. This is just down the road from my place in WK. Talk about too close for comfort!

and if you pick an OL and they get a TD you automatically win the pool.

his signing was foretold by the Subway napkins....

Tburg:

Schoen please

I think that was the Edmonton game that year. The D kept stepping up and Tee Martin just couldn't do squat. The Bombers lost on the last play of the game, gave up a FG or something. It took me a few hours to calm down I was so pissed after that game. I think Tee Martin left soon after and the Kevin Glenn era began.

I believe I recall a story about that era when I used to listen to the Doug Brown (and Glen January) show - Doug was talking about how they had no D coordinator so they would just call Cover Zero on most plays and hope for the best, ie that Doug would be able to get through to the QB and at least provide some pressure. Forgive my flawed memory but I remember laughing at the time at just what a ****-show 2005 was.

Enjoy it while it lasts - the cycle always repeats. We're at the top end of that cycle right now. Nortel at $120/share.

1997 called and is laughing right now. I honestly don't think I watched a single game in 1997 or 1998. In 1997 I was in Australia and "streaming games" wasn't a thing back then yet. I was back in Canada in 1998 but the Bombers were so bad I think I passed on most of that season too. I got back into the Bombers again in 1999 after Reinebold was hoofed out. I just couldn't stand that idiot. Even now when I saw him on the sidelines at the home opener with Hamilton this year I had an attack of PTSD just seeing him standing in a Winnipeg football stadium. Yuck....

Or chicken salad from chicken poo....as some wise QB once said... and he had EJ Kuale and Matt Bucknor to work with too...

To finish off the month the Bombers would continue to tweak both their roster and their coaching staff. They announced Gary Etcheverry as their new Defensive Coordinator, and tweaked their quarterback depth chart by releasing backup Justin Goltz and trading their 5th round draft pick in 2014 to the Tiger-Cats in exchange for QB Brian Brohm. Off-season Timeline: Winnipeg Blue Bombers - CFL.ca Oh how far we have come!

yeah that's why I'm thinking Ottawa or Edmonton takes him with their number one pick - and then hangs on to him instead of sending him to BC, just cuz his older bro played there.

Why would BC want him? Because his last name is Rourke? Not following....