Fred C Dobbs

More details on the above story:
If you want detailed info about the fighting in Ukraine this ISW outfit is the place to go (the BBC uses them a lot):
https://www.understandingwar.org/

Great choices Speed. 27 is a popular number, with notable running backs Johnny Augustine and Robert Mimbs, DB Kelly “Mr. Sharpie” Malveaux, and no less than 6 Blue Bomber Hall of Fame members. The 3 above plus 1930’s-era guard Bill Nairn, 1970’s-era RB Jim Washington, and today’s choice for me who stands above all of them. Revolutionized the game and had a stadium erected because of him. Pretty good legacy. 

Okay, back to the countdown. The first player is someone I discussed on the interesting nickname thread...
 


Dave Raimey. 


Gord Rowland


Paul Bennett

I'm embarrassed to say that I was totally wrong. I was describing the Double Wing offense & not the Wing T.  It's been 20 years, sorry. 
Double Wing:
No splits on the LOS. Super tight formation. You can see where the FB lines up right behind the QB.  No way the Bombers ran this. 

Wing T: Like the Double Wing based on speed & misdirection to confuse defenders. 

Split T:
This is the base formation I remember seeing whenever the Bombers played under Grant. You can see the wider splits on the OL. This created running lanes for the backs & also spread out the defense. The T refers to the 4 "full house" backfield. Hence the name Split T. 

Once again, sorry for the mix up on my part. How I got the Double Wing mixed up with the Wing T & Split T is beyond me. I guess I just had my senior moment for the day, 
 

More details on the above story:
If you want detailed info about the fighting in Ukraine this ISW outfit is the place to go (the BBC uses them a lot):
https://www.understandingwar.org/

Lewis was involved in what's still one of my most favourite Bomber plays of all time. It was in the 1958 Grey Cup and the Bombers are down 0-14. QB Jim Van Pelt laterals to Lewis who starts running to his right but then stops and, with a TiCat hanging on to his leg, throws a pass back to Van Pelt, who'd run a route down field. Van Pelt catches the pass and takes it in for the first Bomber TD.

Ukraine 'Appears To Have Won Battle Of Kharkiv,' Entering New Phase Of War

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops are withdrawing from Ukraine’s second-largest city after weeks of heavy bombardment, the Ukrainian military said Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow’s forces engaged in a grinding battle for the country’s eastern industrial heartland.
Ukraine’s general staff said the Russians were pulling back from the northeastern city of Kharkiv and focusing on guarding supply routes, while launching mortar, artillery and airstrikes in the eastern Donetsk province in order to “deplete Ukrainian forces and destroy fortifications.”
Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Ukraine was “entering a new - long-term - phase of the war.”
After failing to capture Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, the Russian military decided to concentrate on the Donbas, but its troops have struggled to gain and hold ground. Before the war, Ukraine had its most highly trained soldiers in the region to stave off the Russia-backed rebels.
Russia has captured some villages and towns during its invasion. The Ukrainian military chief for the Donbas’ Luhansk province said Friday that Russian troops had nearly full control of Rubizhne, a city with a prewar population of around 55,000.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s forces had also made progress, retaking six Ukrainian towns or villages in the past day.
Western officials said Ukraine had driven Russian forces back around Kharkiv. The largely Russian-speaking city was a Russian key military objective in the early phase of the war, when Moscow was still hoping to capture and hold major Ukrainian cities.
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said Ukraine “appears to have won the Battle of Kharkiv.” It said, “Ukrainian forces prevented Russian troops from encircling, let alone seizing Kharkiv, and then expelled them from around the city.”
Regional governor Oleh Sinegubov said in a post on the Telegram messaging app that there had been no shelling attacks on Kharkiv in the past day.
He said Ukraine had launched a counteroffensive near Izyum, a city 125 kilometers (78 miles) south of Kharkiv that has been under effective Russian control since at least the beginning of April.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russia-kharkiv-withdraw_n_627f935fe4b050d9519247f3

Kind of big news...
 
 

CFL brotherhood...gotta love it. 

That is amazing.

My cousin. Cec Luining. It was actually. "The mad Milkman from Selkirk". That is what Jack Wells used to call him on the radio broadcasts.

The reason no one will wear today’s number again. The second of three retired numbers in honour of this legend. 

Lewis was involved in what's still one of my most favourite Bomber plays of all time. It was in the 1958 Grey Cup and the Bombers are down 0-14. QB Jim Van Pelt laterals to Lewis who starts running to his right but then stops and, with a TiCat hanging on to his leg, throws a pass back to Van Pelt, who'd run a route down field. Van Pelt catches the pass and takes it in for the first Bomber TD.

Couldn't agree more. Canada is in danger with the political situation in the south. It is disappointing to see a strong ally get torn apart from the inside out and a shame to see it spreading to Canada. Before WW2 we were much more under the British sphere of influence and while I still see us maintaining a strong connection to the US, I think it might be wiser for us to strengthen relations where sanity prevails.
I'd be interested to see how European countries have shifted economically and politically in their relationship with the US in the past 5 years.

Propaganda video from Iran.
 
 

Kamau Incompleterson

Democrats need to hold on to the Senate and even gain 3-4 then tell Manchin to shove it and become a full fledge Republican 

I never thought the American idiocy would gain popularity in Canada. But after watching videos of what Jagmeet Singh put up with yesterday I'm   worried. Its pretty impressive how cool he remains during all that. Plus I watched a few minutes of the Con. debate and made the mistake of taking a peek at the comments section. Yikes ! While I still believe this country will not slide into the abyss that the US. has it is worrisome. I don't think it's a large movement but they sure are vocal.

This is only the latest evidence that the USA has become irredeemably contaminated with racism, hatred and fear. There are no guarantees that we in Canada will devolve into something similar and all we can do is care for each other and learn from the insanity south of us. We need to learn and live what many Americans have chosen to ignore: that which diminishes one of us diminishes all of us.

That's efficient for the GOP. 

I think we do have a degree of insulation from the current insanity in the US but it is not absolute. We have a parliamentary system of government, bans on massive corporate political donations and a three-party system. We  Canadians live in a country that was created by legislation not a violent uprising and were not as dependent on slave labour and all the evils that came with it and still echo in the US. We are not devoted to firearms and the metaphorical mindset that comes with them. We are not as fanatical (for the most part) to religious/dogmatic extremist beliefs that compel us, as articles of faith to foist our beliefs on others against their will. All of this, I believe contributes to a culture that tolerates diversity and even encourages it.
None of this is set in stone. Nothing in the nature of tolerance guarantees continued existence. All progress must be nurtured and defended.

AOC on the warpath, it's time for the Dems to tell Manchin and Sinema to **** or get off the pot playing it both ways is not helping