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No they won't air it on the radio in Winnipeg I don't think.... Can't see them going away from a current format just for the game, but who knows. I could absolutely see Bell doing something petty just to **** Corus in the ass. It would be par for the course for big corporates.

I wonder if Corus could buy some kinda rights.... The issue is that nothing is local anymore. With online streaming, CJOB can, in theory, take a chunk out of Bell's radiocast. I just have such a hard time seeing two big corporates get along that much.

Don't get me wrong... If it were up to me, Irving would be front and centre on December 12th. Just from a broadcast agreements standpoint, I can't figure this out. I suppose the simplest answer is "TSN radio doesn't have a Wpg affiliate, so let CJOB come and do the game locally" but I'm still not sure Bell allows it. Seeing Corus make money from "their" game would make the suits in Toronto physically ill...

TSN paid for those rights.... I just shook my head at this article. How would this even work? Have two separate radio calls of the game? Bob does the entire national radio call of the game (its usually the TV B Team that does the radio cast of Grey Cup).... It just doesn't make any sense.

Speaking of Dec 5, we decided to take advantage of a cool deal from Fionn McCools that day.... Burger, Fort Garry pint and a bus ride to and from the game for 15 bucks. You can't beat that. Absolutely STOKED for that whole weekend...

If you've never seen/heard it, it's worth your time to track down some old Bombers games on YouTube that were only broadcast on the "Canadian Football Network" (because the CFL didn't have a TSN/CBC deal at the time). Irving was the PBP for it. It's a lot of fun to watch those...

a reminder that the broadcast booth at IG Field East is the "Bob Irving Media Centre" since its inception...

This is absolutely brutal for me on a few levels. As a fan.....there are few things in life that I enjoy more than Irving/Tait/Brown on the radio. I've said it before, but I could listen to those guys BS about the CFL all day. They will never be able to re-create that, no matter what they do. As a broadcaster/program director, you'll never find a better role model. He is the very definition of professional. Every single aspiring sports broadcaster should model themselves after Bob. No stupid bullshit or gimmicks....just the straight facts all the time. And little to no patience for anything else. I have absolutely no clue how they'll go about replacing him. There are options "in house", there are options within the city, not currently within Corus, and there are external options (seriously, the Rod Black thing isn't the worst idea I ever heard...). I'm sad because it's ending, but I'm happy I got to experience it while it happened.

I was thinking this week they rest a pile and then next week the starters play a half or more to get sharp before playoffs.... But I could be wrong!

Not sure if he's battling injury or not, but could be the last year for DA.... he's been a warrior for this team and a superstar when we didn't have many.

each to their own....... Irving, Brown and Tait together is crack for me......

for the most part, that site is just a bunch of fanboi bloggers.....I wouldn't consider it "journalism" per se....

I honestly am not a fan of the TSN pre or post game stuff. None of that interests me at all. CJOB pre and post game, and TSN for the PBP (only so I can actually see the game... a lot of times I'll go back to the vault and listen to Irving's PBP the day after for a different perspective...)

Important to note that the award is Most Outstanding Player as opposed to Most Valuable Player. It's a small but important distinction.

My grandmother... Same thing. Was heartbreaking.

They shot their shot....

Adams still a great blocker too... Can't forget that part.

That was a reputation non call, too.... Bighill isn't known for being someone to play outside the lines.

Re: the overturned OPI call..... On the initial watch I thought Rose fell easily. Not saying he dove, but felt like he was a small guy who lost a battle. I wasn't surprised they overturned it. Still looked bad, just on optics, to overturn that.

Been thinking about it..... Als were that average dude who "shoots their shot", asking out the hot chick that is way outta their league..... They came out and gave it their best, but in the end, it wasn't enough.

I definitely thought it was a work (not a shoot) because of his wrestling background...

I'm still on Team Biggie, but would absolutely get behind a push for J2!

Reeeeeeallly doesn't like the guy......

Toughest gig in the province is the Winnipeg division of the CFL Writers choosing who the CFL MODP is.....