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Nah, I just WISH my wife's parents weren't in the picture.......

I read the whole Twitter thread, and they said "a current full dose regimen or after booster, if not current".....

Insanity.....

Sounds like it's his chick that's more the issue here. His worst decision in all of it is choice of date.... and back to pre-game chatter. https://www.cfl.ca/2021/11/30/head-head-edge-western-final-4/ MARSHALL FERGUSON CFL.CA @TSN_MARSH SHARE If you are a Riders fan, look away OR embrace the fact that you are the savvy underdog ready to strike the giant that is the 2021 Winnipeg Blue Bombers! Sports psychology and coaching will be big in this one during the week of preparation as the classic debates of rest vs. rust, heavy favourite pressure, etc. will own the week and if Winnipeg lets Saskatchewan linger deep into the fourth quarter, the pressure of all those storylines will come to a head. Let’s examine the position groups at play Sunday who will decide this iconic matchup from IG Field. Quarterbacks As always, I’ll go much more in depth on the featured passers as the week goes on but needless to say after a four interception performance, Fajardo has to take the back seat to 2021 MOP lock Zach Collaros. ADVANTAGE: WINNIPEG Running Backs If Andrew Harris can’t play this becomes more of a debate, but behind the powerful Bombers offensive line with emerging superstar Drew Desjarlais playing next to Most Outstanding Lineman nominee Stanley Bryant, I believe any of Harris, Brady Oliveira or Johnny Augustine could have an impressive afternoon against the Riders. Winnipeg will undoubtedly start the game with a couple runs right at the Riders front seven to send a message. How those plays unfold could be very telling for the Riders chances. ADVANTAGE: WINNIPEG Receivers I love what Duke Williams has brought to Saskatchewan, but who is the Robin to Duke’s Batman? Shaq Evans hasn’t been able to produce much since returning from injury and in his place Canadians Kian Schaffer-Baker and Brayden Lenius have picked up the slack but is it enough? I don’t believe it is against a healthy, rested and motivated Kenny Lawler who has sit atop of nearly every target and tendency metric alongside Montreal’s Eugene Lewis in 2021. ADVANTAGE: WINNIPEG Offensive Line I respect how Saskatchewan’s offensive line has evolved through the season with the addition of Logan Ferland and Evan Johnson being right at home – literally – in green and white, but the bodies, continuity and physicality of the Bombers front makes this the easiest choice of the bunch. ADVANTAGE: WINNIPEG Defensive Line WHAT?! But Willie Jefferson, Jackson Jeffcoat and on and on and on.. I agree, but if you take away the name brand notoriety of the Bombers front and compare the down-to-down impact, A.C. Leonard and Jonathan Woodard have been pretty spectacular this season. Factor in Micah Johnson against Steven Richardson and you have a great matchup between a series of marquee names. Winnipeg SHOULD have a bigger impact, but Saskatchewan’s front has the potential to make a mess up front on pass plays, which is why I expect Winnipeg to run the rock with aggression early and often. ADVANTAGE: PUSH Linebackers Deon Lacey has been sensational this season after being forced to kick inside when Larry Dean went down with the freakish Achilles injury just before training camp opened up. However, nobody owns the middle of the field – or the edges for that matter – with communication and omnipresent playmaking more than Winnipeg’s Adam Bighill. ADVANTAGE: WINNIPEG Defensive Backs Last week I took Saskatchewan’s defensive backs over Calgary’s which after three interceptions by Jonathan Moxey feels like the wrong call, but I do believe Nick Marshall – when not taking late hit out of bounds flags – can be a game changer by getting to many anticipation throws. Winnipeg lost some names coming into 2021 but Brandon Alexander has owned the free safety spot with his physical approach, and the young playmakers around him (Deatrick Nichols and DeAundre Alford) made this year’s defensive backfield feel even more dangerous than 2021. Then GM Kyle Walters re-added Winston Rose and well, that was the nail in the coffin. ADVANTAGE: WINNIPEG Return Game As if the Bombers needed another advantage, Janarion Grant gifted them an extra pop in the return game down the stretch, but Jamal Morrow of the Riders showed in the Western Semi-Final why he deserves to be feared on each snap. The key here might not actually be the return men, but their blockers and specifically the discipline required to avoid illegal block penalties which take the wind out of a celebrating sideline faster than anything. ADVANTAGE: WINNIPEG Kicking Game Sergio Castillo is exceptional, but he’s recently back in the CFL and hasn’t blown anyone away. Meanwhile Brett Lauther struggled early but finished strong Sunday in Regina with a 34-yard field goal to extend his team’s season. This year in Winnipeg has seen Tyler Crapigna and rookie Marc Liegghio try it out, before Ali Mourtada took over and went 8-15. Lauther is 40-47 on field goals this year, for 85.1 per cent. Nobody wants to win this game on field goals in a low scoring knock ’em down, drag ’em out Western Final.. or do they? If the answer is yes, advantage Riders. ADVANTAGE: SASKATCHEWAN

I actually know a girl (yes, she's bonkers...) that did the "legally separated from my parents" thing during high school. Moved out, moved away and started living on her own at like 16 years old. Some people be bonkers...

Sorry brother...you know I got much love for ya.....but any team with MacBeth as their starting QB should not scare anyone on the planet. To steal a line from Avengers "That guy is a bag of cats...you can SMELL crazy on him..."

Ham Wpg rematch in 108....been saying it for awhile and I stand by it.

😂😂😂

I actually burst out laughing about Micah Johnson being the best DT. My goodness.

It sorta depends on whether you think Ray is going to maintain the pace from last year, or if you believe it was a one off..... I honestly don't know enough about baseball to know for sure.

I think he had another injury after that, tho....broke his arm early this season, on top of everything. So he's had multiple injuries piling up...

that's 100% my focus. We need to break down the walls....especially men. Not to drive this thread too far off the rails, but my lowest point resulted in suicidal thoughts so clear that I ended up in the psych ward of a hospital for a week. They got my meds and my mind straighter and I've been on a much better path for about a year and a half now. If I don't learn from that, and use it to help others, than it's all a complete waste. So we all have to talk about it as openly as we can. Alright, back to "**** the Riders"!!

They said during the pre-game yesterday that it's a Labrum issue with BLM. Things aren't back to normal for him, but he said "I'm getting closer..." but definitely not close enough. He hasn't been right for a long time now.

I'd bet the team is hyper aware of the Riders pulling that ****, and if they weren't, they are after watching that game. They'll be on the lookout for it. I'd forgotten that in the Banjo Bowl that was a big scrap in the endzone after a BB TD, and 2 of their guys got ejected, while Harris (who probably could/should have been tossed) was only assessed a penalty. So there's a lotta history there...

yikes...

I actually have a non-Bombers affiliated one (that is Yellow/Blue) that I got from 17to85 for Christmas a few years back for ice fishing and I use it damn near every time we go out. It's a great idea for a product, no question...

I'm relatively outspoken about being a high-function depressive and anxious person. I'm on meds and in therapy for it, and manage life pretty well, all things considered. But I absolutely still battle anxiety every day, and no matter how confident I am in something (like us beating the ever loving piss out of The Gappers next weekend) there is ALWAYS that little voice in the back of my mind going bonkers about "What if.......??!!!!!" All this to say, I totally hear you........but I still think we win this game handily. We're just far, FAR better than every other team in the league.

No....IMO.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about that this season. And I think it's definitely both. For some reason, we picked up where we left off and kept rolling, while the other teams seem to have dropped off. Is it a by-product of us returning most of the 2019 line-up? Possibly. At any rate, I truly believe we're on a whole other level from the rest of the league.

30 bucks......Jesus Christ.

So sorry to hear this, Mark... hope you're back to 100 by Sunday!!

Manitoba has ruled the women's division of "professional" curling for several years now. Not sure how many follow the tour closely, but Tracy Fleury (from Northern Ontario) moved to Manitoba and skips 3 young Manitoba women, and they are the best team in the world right now. Kerri Einarson's rink (they list Gimli as their home rink, but they technically curl out of Winnipeg) are 2x defending Scotties champs, and Jennifer Jones rink is still one of the best on tour every weekend. On top of that, recent World Junior Champion Mackenzie Zacharias of Altona, is one of the hot young upstarts. They were granted a berth in the Scotties either last year or two years ago and didn't look out of place. They'll be dominant on tour soon. So yes, Mantioba's ladies scene is the best in all the land right now. Our Men's side, not so much. We have talent coming up the pipe, but the competitive rinks we have right now, are not actually competitive on tour. McEwen's rink is "dysfunctional", to say the least, and Gunner's team just isn't at the talent level of the top tour teams. The best Manitoba Men's curler is Matt Dunstone, who was lured away by The Gappers, where he's been skipping a team the last couple years. The hope among Manitoba curling fans is, with the Olympic "quadrennial" now complete, there will be an explosion as teams blow up at the end of this season and re-form as more competitive, talented versions to represent the Bison over the next 4 years. Fingers remain firmly crossed....