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should've been more clear.
I think if a safety leads the team in tackles, like Lysack did in 2005, that safety probably played on a pretty shitty defence.

should've been more clear.
I think if a safety leads the team in tackles, like Lysack did in 2005, that safety probably played on a pretty shitty defence.

Watching games from back in the day, it's astonishing the big hits that a QB was expected to absorb ... especially a guy like Hufnagel who played from the pocket a lot.  Like, check this play out, Huffer gets obliterated after he throws a gorgeous deep pass to Tuttle. No penalty, he bounces right back up.  Those guys were tough back then.
It's so awesome to have access to these old games, you can really see how the game has changed over the years.  It seems like it was around 2004-2005 when the CFL started making rules to try to keep quarterbacks alive.
 

nothing to add, I just like seeing this here.

A little from column A:

A little from column B:

 

nothing to add, I just like seeing this here.

Watching games from back in the day, it's astonishing the big hits that a QB was expected to absorb ... especially a guy like Hufnagel who played from the pocket a lot.  Like, check this play out, Huffer gets obliterated after he throws a gorgeous deep pass to Tuttle. No penalty, he bounces right back up.  Those guys were tough back then.
It's so awesome to have access to these old games, you can really see how the game has changed over the years.  It seems like it was around 2004-2005 when the CFL started making rules to try to keep quarterbacks alive.
 

That game was a heartbreaker.  I really wanted to see Hufnagel start in a Grey Cup -- he was a good soldier backup all those years.

There was a reason for that. When football started to transition to the "soccer style" kickers in the late 60's, they had no coaches anywhere who knew how to coach these new type of kickers. It took until the first wave of new kickers retired in the mid to late 70's & started coaching themselves that the kicking game slowly began to improve.
A lot of these kickers still had to play other positions. Ted Gerela was the CFL's first soccer style kicker but was also a linebacker for the Lions when he broke into the league in 1967/68. Guys used to practice alone with no coaching. They ended up practicing their mistakes & really not improving as kickers as no one was there to help them. Considering everything they went thru, these pioneers actually did okay.
Walt McKee was the Bombers first soccer style kicker in 1972 & he was a career 52% kicker. That was actually considered pretty good back then. The change was on as the kickers revolutionized the position. There are no more straight on kickers anymore. Today, kids as young as 10 years of age can sign up for kicking camps everywhere, It's no wonder that great kickers now have stats percentages in the mid to high 80's.

oh hell yeah, I've been feasting on old CFL during this long stupid offseason.
Just watched this one last weekend. Edmonton was the first victim of our 1984 championship run. We absolutely demolished them.
 

Ban yourself for that.

oh hell yeah, I've been feasting on old CFL during this long stupid offseason.
Just watched this one last weekend. Edmonton was the first victim of our 1984 championship run. We absolutely demolished them.
 

Here is a depressing thought for everyone watching these games from the 80s.
Watching a 1984 game today in 2023 is like watching a 1945 game in 1984  .
Yes, I feel old.

you just shut your dirty mouth!!  hahahaha

Yes! I’m glad I’m not the only one. Old Bomber games have become my new background go-to. 
 
Here’s a rare win over the Flutie Stamps in a rain-soaked defensive slugfest. 

I've decided to watch old Bomber games wherever I can find them, as the off season continues to wear on me and I long for football.  Here's my first contribution:
EDIT:  I am pretty sure I was at this game, as a young man, as my dad was a season ticketholder in 1980 and I was able to go to most of the games with him.  The 1980 Bombers will forever be one of my favorite teams of all time.

Pigrome was ******* awful in Ottawa.  He had more than one game where he had multiple turnovers on short-yardage.  Don't think the Bombers would sign him, honestly don't think anyone in the CFL will.  He's probably headed to arena ball.

I listened to that game on the radio and I can still hear the Bob Irving call. 
"He dropped it.  He. Just. Dropped. It."
edit: found the play on youtube:
 

I wouldn’t mind a throw back to these uniforms. Better than the current alternates 

That was the first video I've watched today. I had to search for highlight reels of good plays before I felt sufficiently "up" so that I could leave the house.
 
There's no way I'm starting my day like that.
 

This isn't a jersey but it does have to do with a CFL collectible. I have one of the first printings in paperback of Jim Young's book, "Dirty 30". Even though he was never a Bomber, I still loved the guy because he was a true Canadian Superstar when he played. How he got to the CFL via that intraleague NFL-CFL trade in 1967, the way he played, his flamboyancy & controversy made me a natural to be one of his biggest fans as a teen. My book is in rough shape as it's 50 years old. The back is falling apart & the glue is failing so the pages are coming out. It's just.... old!
I contacted this place in Edmonton who repair old books & they said that they could redo the book & make it look better than brand new. I contacted Jim Young on Facebook & told him who I was & asked once the book is repaired, would he be kind enough to autograph it for me? He said yes! Just have to ship it up for repairs to get 'er done. Then contact Jim Young.

Pinball is old boys club through and through.  The Argos had a load of scumbags in his time as a coach.  When we hired O'Shea one of my main concerns is he'd bring that stink in here but he seems to have some human-level accountability.

Yup, the BOD and front office was run like Mom and Pop's Sodium Shop.   Ended up with hardly any draft picks, to boot......we traded away our first rounders virtually ever year.......then griped about the lack of Canadian talent and depth. 

man oh man are we ******* bored around here...