MOBomberFan

That's because the Bombers always get raped in Calgary. 

Also, The League anyone?! 
 
And how could I forget American Horror Story, either.  Hmm..

Hmm that seems so much simpler than tunneling in from the golf course, why didn't I think of that?

I came here to read about Kramer.

This is where I thought Unamba (and our linebackers in general) struggled .. 1/4 of all passes the Argo QBs completed were to RBs .. every single pass was caught (7/7 on passes to running backs for 66 yards .. nearly 9.5 a reception) .. the backs also accounted for 3 majors and about half of Toronto's total offense (around 48%) .. it didn't inspire a lot of confidence in a coordinator who has been seen as a somewhat unconventional guy ..

Hall was better than some of you are thinking. The offense bogged down but I don't think it was all on him. Only qb that left me with the impression that he doesn't have a clue what he's doing out there was Brohm. 

Right now my OL would be January, Greaves, Morley, Knapp, Neufeld.

Not going to do this for every game but posted a quick offense recap for the game. 
 
Through the course of the year I'll write up some different aspects that aren't captured by the stats alone although some of it has me handcuffed if they don't get the US broadcast thing sorted out shortly. 
 
http://blog.ridleyscouting.com/Kent_Ridley_Thoughts/My_Thoughts/Entries/2014/6/11_CFL_Pre-Season_Game_1.html

I think Willy and Hall are #1 and #2 at least until mid-season.  I can't see the club cutting Hall.

Marve was also playing with our back up offence

But how was the dental plan?

Nothing better than turning 30 and Bomber football on the same day!

I don't care if it's preseason I'm just so happy to finally have a chance to get to IGF and see some football. Long offseason so let's get this season going. 

I think there is only one appropriate response to this awesome news. 
 
GIFs and more GIFS

 
Its been along offseason GIF away

Watched for about an hour or so this morning:
 
-I was sitting near the media today. Knuckles asked "Freezer" if he was going to write something postive today. They all just laughed...
-Willy & Hall look significantly better than the other qbs. I thought Hall looked the best, but they were close. Like what JesseJames said, Willy had two bad underthrows to wide open receivers in the endzone, but otherwise looked ok.
-I think Hall's arm looks stronger this season. It's still clearly the weakest of them all, but the other guys all have very strong arms. I thought he had decent zip on his intermediate (20ish yards) throws. Not a cannon by anyways, but very passable.
-Aaron Woods does seem to be getting open, but has a weird habit of stopping & then jumping for the ball.
-Nick Moore looks good. Got open on a blitz play and had nobody between him & the goal line. Would have been a long td if they finished the play
-Our D looks like Montreal's did last season. They're all on the line prior to the snap. It's looks confusing...
-Cotton looks fast. Thought he looked better than Grigsby, but there's not much contact on the rbs so it's hard to tell for sure
-Kelly had two drops & a fumble while I was there
-Robertson & another db got lit into by a coach after a td pass. I'm not sure what they did wrong though, as it was another db who was covering the guy that scored
 
Edit:
-Kim Babij-Geisel & Sarah Orlesky are fairly hot in person.
-We have a lot of fatties on our coaching staff

After the first session here are my thoughts:
-Willy has looked sharp (other than one bad sequence where he underthrew wide open TDs back to back.
-Hall and Marve should be 2-3 respectively. Brohm's struggles aren't getting any better. He's very innacurate.
-I know, I know, it's early but I predict Paris Cotton will be our staring tailback by labour day at the latest. This guy really stands out.
-Aaron Woods could be a great weapon on offense this year. He's getting open.
-Don Unamba is everywhere. Looks like a younger, faster Klint Kent with his hair covering up the #41.
-Korey Banks was among the DBs sitting out.
-I liked what I saw from Nzegwu on the d-line. He broke through and put some major pressure on the QB a few times.
-Suber has looked like an experienced veteran out there today. Great coverage, positioning, forced a fumble.
I'm sticking around for the second session so I'll give some more input later.

Alright for you folks near and far, let me attempt to give my impressions of today's practice. Keeping in mind that some of you did have requests how some players were doing I did try and key in to watch them during the practice session. That being said here I go:
 
-Hall and Willy keep widening the gap between themselves and who's ever name is drawn out of the hat for 3rd.
 
-RB's- Cotton is AWESOME, (not big news I know but...) Made some defensive players look ridiculous. Volny had a pretty decent day, Brooks had a fumble and ran decently, Grigsby did nothing to stand off the page.
 
-Pontbriand had a really good practice showing some receivers how do their jobs by pulling in some beauty catches. Also laid out a DE in what of the "scrimmages" got some big cheers from teammates and coaches.
 
-WR's- The usual culprits (Denmark, Moore, Urrutia, Kohlert) continued to show what they can do on the field. Big impressions made this morning by Feoli-Gudino (dropped one pass, got after himself didn't drop a pass the rest of practice, dude is also really quick!) Carter stood on his head for a couple catches, received a bit of a hard knock next to sidelines, got up in the db's face and got a positive reaction from Bellefeuille. I like his chances of making this squad. Kemp and Barnes made some good catches, a couple of drops. Tarver seemed to struggle a bit today.
 
-OL- Had some really good battles when going up against the D-Line. Standouts were Goossen who absolutely plastered half the line, Stevenson (#59), and Everett. Everett is one quick kid, was all over the place. Neufeld also looked very good out there, pushing guys back pretty deep on rushing plays.
 
-DB's- I had a hard time telling who was having a good practice and who wasn't... During the "scrimmages"  Markett, Randle, Sears and Alexander were moving well getting to the ball. They all still seem to be struggling with Etch's system, you could hear him yelling all through practice where guys should be, but at the same time he was also challenging the players with questions. (For example on a certain play he was asking how many guys were supposed to be in the box and his players were responding to him)
 
-LB's- Dunn, Kuale, and Newman stood out. Wild seemed a little frustrated at times but was asking coaches questions. All LB's seemed to get burned when they tried to keep up with WR's on one of the drills. 
 
-D-Line- I specifically was looking at Moseley,Tate, Fraser, and Nzegwu. Tate was the only one who was pretty meh to me. Nzegwu was in the backfield a lot and not many of our OL were able to block him very well. Fraser was quick to get in to the backfield as well, I think he could bring something to the table this season if they see fit to keeping him around, And lastly, Thomas had a solid practice, was squashed by an OL or two during some drills but got up quick and kept going at him. The coached tapped him on the helmet a number of times. 
 
ST- Hajrullahu was by far the best kicker on the field, beat out Maher in all aspects.
 
That's all I got, if you have any requests for guys, I'm going back tomorrow, let me know.

I just hope we have a game on Monday. I'm dying to watch some cfl.

Voting for a strike to give your leadership ammunition to negotiate with is a lot different than actually striking and missing game cheques.
 
For all we know, the feeling was "look, if we have to strike, we'll miss a week of training camp and the owners will cave".
 
When its real money, we shall see.

On the contrary, Terry, i think that Osh's quote in the article displays a keen awareness of how the press in Winnipeg works.

Lonely.  Just like every other year.

Actually I want to talk more about Dan Knapp's hair.

Who has our best tackler arguably been the last few seasons, i'd argue that it was the smallest guy on the field, alex suber. So yeah size really doesn't matter as much as some are making it out to be. And prior to him, could argue it was that gigantic 5'9 maybe monster in jonathan hefney. Size doesn't mean much really.

Yesterday at practice Watson made a beautiful diving catch at the back of the end zone. He came up looking a little banged up, but didn't look serious and he kept practicing. My guess is resting him today is just precautionary.

We only got 4 channels on the rabbit ears - CKND was on Channel 9, CTV on channel 7, CBC English Channel 6 and French channel 3. Then that Fox station started up on channel 12 but it was always pretty fuzzy so hard to watch. And we would wear an onion on our belt, as was the style of the time. And we only had yellow onions, because of the war.