Brandon

It can't be as bad as riding a packed school bus stuck in traffic.

It kind of feels like the refs are picking on Toronto with fringe calls tonight.

I'm only speaking for Winnipeg fans, I can't speak for any other team. Winnipeggers are notoriously cheap and sadly lazy. However what might work for the club is offering some kind of free item for going to the game.... Peggers can't ever avoid something that is free. I've once seen at a burger king for free whopper day had a line up of at least 50 people out the door waiting an hour just to get a free 5 dollar burger. I've also seen people drive across the town to wait in line for 2 hours just to get a free miniature lego toy.

Well my dad no longer wants to go to games because of inconvenience and I have had several friends not want to go from my area because they just don't want to bother with the traffic.... it definitely is an issue. It's not the only issue but it definitely is one of the factors for lower attendances. I'm looking at this from a casual fan perspective not a die hard who will go no matter what. The club needs the casuals to fill the seats. It's similar to a previous debate on the site about playing the season so late. If the season ended earlier the attendances would be higher, casual fans do not want to sit in the freezing cold. The numbers don't lie.

On a good day with no traffic it still takes 30 - 35 minutes to drive straight to the university. At that point I'd either have to park inside and pay the few dollars but wait forever to get in and out , or I can park off Pembina and do the walk. For myself it's easy but my dad is handicap now so it's not an option for him unless I get him a wheel chair. At Polo I could either pay to park close or park at the mall and walk 5 minutes and then immediately drive home with barely any wait.

So what's the deal with Matthews, why do I have a feeling that he'll be cut after this week with zero explanations?

I've noticed that on 1290 they have not mentioned at all about Montreal and cheating the cap or any of the controversies about the Als. It's really bizarre because both in the morning and afternoon they keep acting aloof and surprised that Kavis Reed was fired after winning two games despite a tonne of rumours about what he did. Only today when Chris Walby was on in the afternoon did he bring it up and they had zero things to say about that.

I've been stuck nearly every time using a school bus. I'm not a large guy by any means but it's extremely uncomfortable. I used to go with my dad but he's sick now and no way could he travel in one of those buses. The parking price isn't the issue it's the massive line ups and extremely slow traffic getting in and out. Had they put it say somewhere like St Boniface it would of been gold because anyone in town could get in and out without having to wait forever to get to the game. Anyone who says location isn't an issue is only fooling themselves.

I live in the North and it takes 45 minutes using park and ride in an uncomfortable school bus. Compared to the old location which was 20 minutes and I could drive in comfort and then be able to either go home or anywhere in town in a breeze without a traffic jam. Huge difference. It's not my opinion it's fact.

A more centralized location compared to a location that only benefits one part of the town. Yes location is an important issue.

Well considering a tonne of people complain about the location and the attendance has dropped... yes it must be only me with this opinion.

Dennis was flat out lazy on 2 of those sacks. Arbuckle looks human, not terrible but that last int was very bad. Both teams can't run, Calgary looking very beatable this season.

Top Gun looks good.... Jay and Silent Bob looks very rough... Kevin Smith just hasn't been funny in years.

Benevides is really good, hope he stays on for a few more years. The new PBP guy from last week I thought did a good job. Hopefully he replaces Black in the near future.

My opinion for the lower Bomber attendance isn't so much the cost of tickets. It's a mixture of stadium being in an inconvenient area and the lack of marketing and interest to the younger demographics (mostly kids). I think once the Jets came back it swooped all the attention from the kids. I see tonnes of Jets merch on kids at both of my kids schools and barely anything with the Blue and Gold. When my nephew was younger and when he was in school I definitely saw Bomber (and Moose) gear on a bunch of kids. I think having kids under 15 for free would make the most sense , they would surely make it up the ticket cost with concessions and merch that they would sell from the kids being at the game. It's unfortunate that they Stadium is where it is but nothing we can do about it for now. It's unfortunate that more restaurants don't have offers where they feed and bus you to the stadium and back.

I wouldn't be to concerned about Matthews. I'm curious to see how Walker does and hope he gets rep on the offense since he caught everything that went his way in pre season.

I think that I read that Chamblin is something ridiculous like 1 - 14 in his last 15 regular season games as a coach.

In fairness lately they've talked a lot more about the CFL then usual. I do find it odd though that they have zero time for the Goldeyes and Valour FC but can dedicated 15 minutes on horse racing which nobody cares about.

TSN even called it out that they weren't trying to disguise it at all.

He also looked slow AF on his returns.... he's done.

How does any team not at least entertain the idea of Ricky Ray back when he was in his prime. Insanity.....

Benching Randle.... wowza.

I was under the impression that this was for only this movie and it's not like they are spinning off the series with her as the lead.

I remember his success was when he was rolling out of the pocket and chucking it deep and letting one of his superstar receivers getting it on broken plays.

I'm guessing if Temple gets charged he won't be in Canada for long?