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What's the point of doing a detailed mock draft when those details are wrong? I'm not convinced that he actually watches games other than the ones he works. Last year Ferguson said that the Riders weren't desperate for help on the o-line - anyone with a pair of eyes could see that was way off. Hodge isn't much better... he had us taking an OL early because it filled a "need" for us. Not sure where he saw the need but the team obviously didn't feel the same way since they took a grand total of zero OL last year. I do enjoy reading the mock drafts but they hold next to no value.

https://www.bgmsportstrax.com/2023/04/11/winnipeg-blue-bombers-sign-rb-tazhawn-henry-and-ol-kelvin-ateman/

She does not have any producer credits on any of the Star Wars films. Her only official credits were on A New Hope & Return of The Jedi as an editor (she won an Oscar for ANH). She definitely did have an influence on the original trilogy but nothing official beyond that. The whole not doing it out of spite rumor has been around for ever (along with many others) but nobody can say for sure as the details of their divorce settlement have never been made public. I tend to not put much stock in this one since a) he was tinkering with and re-releasing the movies since day one essentially (ANH was re-released in 78, 79, 81 & 82) and b) he had way more than just the Star Wars franchise making him money but he didn't stop working on those companies/films. Depending on the terms of the settlement, she would have been entitled to money from that too as his ex according to California law (at least at the time).

https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-new-star-wars-films

SFU is not #1 from the 2005-2020 time period that the article is using but all-time they are #1. That being said, their glory years of being a consistent CFL contributor ended about 25 years ago. #1 all time but that's a bit misleading. From 1969-1997 they averaged about six CFL draft picks each year which is really high but over the last 25 years (1998-2022) they've averaged less than 2 players per draft with multiple years of having no players selected. https://athletics.sfu.ca/sports/2015/4/27/Clan CFL Draft Picks.aspx

Not sure how credible this is (although it was posted before the story broke today) but apparently SFU did try to rejoin USports (and NAIA) but was turned down.

Not the first, won't be the last. I look forward to watching him get humbled.

Why would it be? They were the only Canadian school playing US college ball and no longer had a conference to play in. I'd say what happened was unique to them, and not some sign of things to come.

The league may have lost Sir Vincent Rogers to retirement but now we have Ye'Majesty!

TBF, the Bombers press release also has him at 6'4. https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/04/03/blue-bombers-transactions-april-3-2023/

Yes. https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-lord-of-the-rings-new-films-coming-2023

Lol I can't take credit for that. That was Suitor coloring on the TSN screen. In his defense, he's so used to talking to Riders fans that he just naturally dumbs things down.

CFL just put this out but haven't added it to the transaction page so it must be very new. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/04/03/bombers-add-to-linebacking-corps-with-joe-beckett/

Willie lined up a few times as a receiver last year (towards the end of the year). He never saw the ball but when he was asked about it, he basically said it's up to Buck as to whether or not they'd throw to him or if he was just a decoy.

First reservations group opened this morning and from what I've heard, reviews are mixed. My wife and her friend were both able book yurts and were done in less than 10 minutes. Other friends got the same old issue of being ready & signing in right on time, only to be put in a queue that already had about 5000 people ahead of them. Apparently with the new system you can be logged in from multiple devices at the same time to try to book so that could make the queue issue much worse than before. The new system was never going to fix the issue of limited supply and huge demand so it's still luck of the draw as to whether or not you'll be lucky enough to book something. Haven't heard of anyone being booted out of the system while they were waiting though, which was a huge issue previously, so that's good news.

If anyone knew or remembers longtime Bomber fan (and old OB poster) Pumper, he passed away a couple weeks ago.

A couple linebackers signed, in addtion to the punter. https://www.cfl.ca/2023/03/31/bombers-pair-of-lbs-national-punter-chris-maclean/

That's not what was reported at the time and even if the previous NFL window had been in effect, it wouldn't have mattered to Kongbo as it only applied to players going into the final/option year of their contract. https://winnipegsun.com/sports/football/cfl/winnipeg-bluebombers/cfl-nfl-window-situation-still-not-resolved-but-there-are-ongoing-talks-between-two-leagues

Couple of points here. 1) If the player is released (and not using the option window), they can sign whenever they're able to. Kongbo was signed to the Niners about 6-7 weeks after the 2019 Grey Cup (we released him about 10 days after GC). 2) You're not considering that some of these players are signing NFL Futures Contracts (like Kongbo did that 1st year) meaning they won't be available until much later in the year. He signed Jan 1st 2020 but wasn't released until September after getting hurt. 3) I don't think the NFL is looking for players who half-ass it during games and aren't willing to put in full effort. If they are hoping to make it to the show and get that money, that's not the best way to go about it.

Alford left during the window too. Had he not stuck with an NFL team last year, he would have still been under contract with us.

2019 - Bombers released Kongbo 2021 - Bombers released Kongbo 2022 - Bombers released Ford It happens more than you are suggesting and those are just recent examples from our team.

Eli was our back-up centre when he was here before, except for certain packages where he came in as a 6th OL. He's the heir apparent at centre now that Couture is gone - just a matter of seeing if he's ready right out of camp or not. Kolankowski will start if Eli isn't ready yet. Maybe they feel like there isn't going to be anyone available with more upside than they feel Adamson has? FWIW, Hodge, in his first mock draft, said that this year's draft is relatively light on OL.