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Blech. Unis look like Tampa....or The Moose. My second eoast favourite next to those truly awful powder blues from a couple years ago...

Specifically AB/SK, but really, this isn't as much about who's hosting. This is all the corporate partners trying to get the most eyes on the TV during the game. So Bell had a hand in this, and ESPECIALLY the folks at Twisted Tea, who are the main presenters. Between Bell and their "Pure Country" formatted stations (and i'm sure some tie-ins with various record labels) and the presenting sponsor, that's where the decisions were made...

Jordan Davis's "Singles You Up" is a perfect example of the worst of Country music over the past decade plus.....but Buy Dirt was solid, Josh Ross's 1.5 singles to date have been solid, if unspectacular, and while FGL have released a lot of douchetastic stuff, the new Tyler H single "5-foot-9" is actually really good, IMO.... Again, this show is not for everyone, but the people who drink Twisted Tea exclusively, will go NUTS for it....

wasn't much to report today and likely not for the weekend either. I'll give the Semi's their time, and then come Monday, we'll fire 'er up! LFG!

Yeah, people will go nuts for these songs, I'm sure...they'll finish with FGL's "Cruise", and people will go bonkers 'cause it was a huge hit on the Country and Pop charts, and whatever but Jesus Christ, for our Canadian National Game, you bring in 2 American douches and 1 new Canadian that nobody other than Canadian Country Music employees have ever heard of..... seriously, if you were going to do this, bring in Moskaluke! At least she's from the Gap! And you're telling me the Sheep Dogs were busy? Cripes.

It's the bro-iest of bro-y bro-country. Everyone who loves these artists drinks Twisted Tea. There is ZERO doubt in my mind that TT had a hand in choosing this show Jordan Davis is an American bro-country act, and Josh Ross is a new Canadian bro-country act that's got 1.5 singles to his credit so far.... the 18-25 bro/chick market will be absolutely stoked by this show...

It's unquestionable that he's an all-star..... he's the best RT in the league. He'd be our MO OL nom every year if not for Stan The Boy Bryant.....

I've maintained for years that we need to buy back Alaska from the Muricans, and put the dumbest among us out there. All those anti-vaxxer, free-dumb types that want to live without government oversight, etc....ie Gappers and rural Albertans...... they can all go live there without affecting anyone else.

well, have they tried not being a complete shithole of a city and province?

I'm going by the horror stories I heard from people at Canadian Country Music Week back around 2008 or something.... and what a total **** show it was, in terms of pricing for everything. Maybe Grey Cup would be better...who knows. But also, **** BC......

I heard, anecdotally, that it's less than 5k remaining but they're really pushing to sell it out. CJOB is doing a big give away, I think I saw, and if they're sending out the robo-calls, that's not likely a very good sign. But even if we're at 28k-ish, that's not horrible. Anything 30k and over is going to be plenty raucous in there. I suspect there will be a lot of waiting to see what the weather is like and then buy tix closer to. Wife and I are just counting down the days, and figuring out our packing for the plane. Do we bring the full ice fishing clothes this time? Not supposed to be AS cold as last year, so we'll see. Flight leaves at Noon from Calgary next Friday...absolutely can't wait to get home and start pre-celebrating!

And next year in Hamilton....arguably the 2nd shittiest city to host a GC, after Regina. By virtue ofbeing about 2-3x the size of Regina, it will have more amenities (though most are ****, because it's a dirty, shitty city). Then you have BC, which is, of course, huge, but it's also a "fancy" town, so you can expect the prices for everything to be through the roof. Drinks at GC events will be around $10, I'd bet. I've heard horror stories about other national events held in Vancouver and how much everything cost. Call it the "BC Tax". Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg are host cities that probably make the most sense in terms of having adequate facilities for events, and aren't going to totally break the bank.

Important to note this is not a joke tweet. They are serious.

I saw Ruby on there and actually laughed out loud. He is one of the biggest turnstiles in the league. Has been overrated since the draft.

Moe and Smith are in lockstep on their agendas. Complete lunatics, the both of them. The ideas they have about bypassing federal rules/laws won't/can't work....im sure they know that, but they also know its a dogwhistle that makes them popular among their lunatic fanbase.

still means you've got Gapper juice in your veins.....for which I am truly, truly sorry.

If you don't hate every other team in the league, are you really a fan?

because **** BC, **** the Lions, and I'd think our team has a better shot at winning a home GC sooner rather than later..... also, **** any organization that isn't the WBBFC.

that really really pisses me off...

I feel pretty certain that the league promised Winnipeg either '24 or '25, and would not be at all shocked if that's a part of why they wanted Collaros locked in for both of those years. I have absolutely no information to back this up, but I sincerely feel like WBB FC *DESPERATELY* would love to win a GC in front of the home crowd, because it'd be the only thing they haven't done yet. I mean, there is absolutely nothing more you can do as an organization. Wade Miller could tip his cap and say good night after that one. They really REALLY want that home GC win, I think...

'21 was a pandemic Cup, where they couldn't really do a lot in terms of the parties and such. They got '23 as a thank-you and a chance for them to actually make some money.