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  3. Anyone going to the game in Calgary?

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    3 hours ago, blueandgoldguy said:

    Fair comment regarding the economy in Alberta.  It has been two years since the bottom fell out on the price of oil.  However, if the Flames continue to have sellouts/near sellouts in 2016/17, then I doubt the economy is the primary reason for the subpar attendance numbers of the Stamps.  Flames tickets are much more expensive after all.  Should this be the case, I can only surmise that there is a large subset of people who think the CFL is not big league or cool enough for them to attend.

    The Stamps used to rely on corporate sales but with the layoffs & cutbacks companies no longer spend their money like that. If they're going to spend $$$ on tickets, it'll be the Flames. The CFL was always thought of as family type entertainment but single game day tickets are very expensive. It's not family entertainment anymore.

  4. The Star Trek Thread!

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    Just now, bigg jay said:

    13?  I'd love 13 since they only do 10 GOT episodes a season and they are even cutting that down starting next season!

    Smaller cable networks just don't have the resources to go all in. Too bad. The big advertising dollars still belong to the major networks.

  5. Anyone going to the game in Calgary?

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    1 hour ago, IC Khari said:

    When Hufnagel is gone and their team starts to suck, the Stamps may be in trouble financially ...

    The Flames ownership has to buy a clue & figure out owning a CFL team is quite unlike owning an NHL team. It's a totally different demographic regarding ticket sales & fan support. Never understood the reason to charge $85 for single game day tickets that sit empty or not giving fans who may he hard up for cash the choice between 3 & 4 game mini pack as opposed to full season tickets. It's almost this elitest snob mentality with the Flames that we're too good to lower ourselves to selling mini packs or changing single game day ticket prices to make games affordable. Especially considering most people think that McMahon Stadium is an aging barn with little or no real comforts.

  6. Bombers Trade Willy for DB TJ Heath, Acquire Kevin Glenn

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    On 9/12/2016 at 8:01 PM, 17to85 said:

    No one is complaining about the trade, everyone is unanimous that it was a great deal by Walters, what some people are arguing against is the smear campaign that has been going on against Drew Willy since game one. 

    Smear campaign against Willy? You mean there's no smear campaign going on by some fans here that say they'd rather have a half blind dog on 3 legs play qb than Kevin Glenn?

  8. Anyone going to the game in Calgary?

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    3 hours ago, Eternal optimist said:

    That. Is insane. Seriously their team is 9-1-1... what more do Calgary fans WANT???

    One hundred thousand people out of work. Economy of the city is depressed. Expensive single game day tickets which discourage any kind of walk ups with families. Team refuses to do mini packs like the Bombers do so 7-9,000 seats sit empty most games. It's not the people of Calgary who are insane it's the Flames who own the team & gouge their fans. Now they want taxpayers to support a gargantuan project that includes an inferior football stadium/fieldhouse hybrid along with an arena for $1.8  billion dollars. The Flames ever the civic heroes will throw in $200 million though.

  9. The Star Trek Thread!

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    1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

    All the nominees for Best Drama this year at the Emmy's are so called half season shows. With the exception of Downton Abbey(which is BBC anyway) they all come from networks other then the big 4 if they can still be called the big 4 anymore.

    Game of Thrones, Better Call Saul, Mr. Robot, House of Cards, Homeland, The Americans & Downton Abbey. 

    Just saying.

    Cable networks have different standards than the major networks when it comes to content. They don't have as strident restrictions. On the downside, cable networks also don't have the budgets either hence half the shows. You can't convince me that fans of The Walking Dead or Game Of Thrones wouldn't be thrilled with 22 episodes rather than 13. Yeah, they just love 13. Then have to wait a full year to see another 3 month season. Even with different standards there are some outstanding series on the major networks like The Big Bang Theory, Blue Bloods & Criminal Minds.

  10. Around The League Regular Season Discussion

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    4 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

    hey I didn't say to give Justin Goltz or Jason Boltus another chance did I?  Lifetime ban for that...

    Here's the log of the Lions-Bombers game in 2013 - Lions QB's DeMarco, Buck Pierce and Joey Elliot.  With Max Hall and Jason Boltus that means 4 Bomber current and former QB's played in this game.  Don't think I've ever seen that before.

    http://www.cfl.ca/games/1953/bc-lions-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#boxscore

     

    WHY do I want to watch that? That entire season should be expunged.

  12. The Star Trek Thread!

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    31 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

    I didnt mind any of the star treks too much. Voyager and enterprise are certainly at the bottom though for me. Voyager had some good supporting character stories, Enterprise seemed pretty balanced like that too. Though too much of the threatening to kill off a key character only to pull out.

     I really hated how enterprise ret conned story to insert the borg despite superior stories told in better wings of the franchise. and ferengi.

     Thats part of why I really wish they would set some thing in the future instead of trying to cram in more prequel stuff that will only lead to changing stories that will probably be better done in other areas of the franchise.

     syndicated tv (in the internet era), the final frontier. These are the voyages of the star trek retread. Its cut short mission to explore the same life forms and civilizations, to boldly go where soo many have failed before! da nuh na na na  

    Allways kinda bugged me how you didnt run into one shows single important race in others. Like betazoids, shape shifters, etc. But every one wants to roll with the borg.  Give me a show about none star fleet transport crew. Or marquis, or disgraced klingons going place to place in search of valor and honor. Or even a final big borg war in a post ds9 world. even a star fleet academy spin off.  

    Meanwhike in the JJ Abrams universe there must be no Klingons. 

  17. The Star Trek Thread!

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    7 hours ago, Logan007 said:

    Yeah, I'd prefer the 22 season episodes, especially if it's a show I love, but you have to remember a lot of those are filler episodes.  As long as they don't put fillers into a 13 episode season and they are all quality, I'm all for it.

    Every series on major networks are at least 22. I don't recall too many people complaining it's too many. Your slant is different. I just think that the producers & writers are delaying the debut until May. Why not wait now until next September. Maybe that video of the Starship got such bad reviews they realized they had to go back to the drawing board.

  18. The Star Trek Thread!

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    On 9/9/2016 at 10:08 AM, Atomic said:

    I loved her and I loved Voyager!  Worst captain was easily Scott Bakula!  lol

    Bakula's character wasn't the worst. he was an inexperienced explorer. No book was written in his time as to how situations should be handled. Janeway was an experienced Starship Captain who preached the Prime Directive every week & broke it every week. She was an awful character & Captain. It's a wonder her crew never killed her.

  20. 2017 CFL Draft

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    7 hours ago, Mike said:

    http://www.cfl.ca/2016/09/15/senior-headlines-central-scouting-bureau-september-rankings/

     

    Glad these are finally out.

     

    From what I've heard, it's a pretty weak draft year. Pretty telling that there's a TE in the top 10 prospects.

     

    Good to see a Manitoba boy in the top 20 though, especially an OL - there is definitely a shortage of them this year though.

    With more & more teams going away from 4 starting Canadian OL that may explain why there's a shortage in the Top 20. Rankings will change though as we know.

  22. Around The League Regular Season Discussion

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    3 hours ago, peggars said:

    if you hear Cato's back story, its no surprise why he hates Duron.  Cato came from nothing, experienced horrific events growing up and is now trying to create a living playing football for himself and his family.  Duron grew up as a rich kid, has a huge safety net, all of the athletic talents a human could want and does not care about the team or winning.  Cato is their best QB right now and in the spotlight knowing if he cant deliver wins here his job will be up for grabs at the end of the year.  Pressure on that guy must be insane considering everything going on in his life. 

    I don't begrudge Carter's upbringing as a rich kid. What I do begrudge is that his Dad spoiled him. He has been an entitled brat since he got to college & he should've been set straight by his family. That being said, doesn't excuse Cato going off the deep end. Ranting, raving & fighting with teammates won't bring his friend back. If he's that upset then he shouldn't be starting this week.

  23. Incident at Banjo Bowl

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    3 hours ago, White Out said:

    ? Is this a joke in poor taste or a typo?

    You obviously didn't know Rich. He used to call himself Turd. He did that. And he referred to himself by that name. That was the way he was. You'd know on a weekend late Fri & Saturday nights if he was into his beloved Bombay by the way he posted & what he said.

  24. Incident at Banjo Bowl

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    7 minutes ago, Atomic said:

    I don't know what possessed you to bring this up, but his name was Ritch Dowrey, not Rich Downey, and he wasn't mistakenly ID'd as a gay man, he was gay.  No need to bring that into this argument however because it's not even slightly related, shame on you for trying to use it to make your point.  At least get your facts straight and use his correct name.

    RIP Rich! Have a glass of Bombay in his memory.

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