Y2C

Easy win. Saskies will be too distracted by their attractive cousins to focus on a football game.

Harris

I heard there was an accident that blocked roads and really slowed traffic so it took longer to get to the game.

Wow, do I not miss Brink. Take away his first read and he's worthless. To his credit, he was money on 3rd and 1.

Brandon Whitaker

I'm with you. I never hated his play or anything, but from what I saw of Cotton it was always easy for me to see why he was #1 on the depth chart coming out of pre-season. Listening to the post game show after the Ottawa game just killed me though. "He had 3 touchdowns! He's like Willard Reeves, but BETTER ! ! !" Woah, he had 3 one yard TDs in his second game ever? Just put his bust on display in Hamilton right now and save yourselves the trouble.

That's just it. I'm pretty sure he's looked like a surgeon against every team in the league at one point or another. Thing is, every team in the league has also made him look like wet garbage.

Hopefully the reaction of Kevin's receivers tonight.

Chevon Walker

Clarence Denmark

Coming from someone who doesn't know how difficult such a thing would be, what would be great is if the games had Bob Irving's commentary dubbed over them.

I'll change from Cornish to Robert Marve.

Just a heads up, today is the last day you can go on the 'OB audio vault and listen to Bob Irving's call of the Argo game. I'm doing so now.

Jon Cornish

Bombers--> <--Rough Riders Renegades RedBlacks

Allen

How about you do your due diligence before you give up an asset and throw a pile of cash at the guy? We have scouts on staff who are supposed to be on the ball about this stuff right? I can't help but think if the last couple GMs had been here to do this the reaction here would be decidedly more negative, and if we weren't still enjoying a big big win the reaction would be more sour as well. I generally like Kyle Walters, but let's call a spade a spade, the Banks move which they crowed pretty loudly about is a bust of a move. It looks that way at the moment, but to be fair Banks hasn't played a down in an actual game in a Bomber jersey, and all we are going by is hearsay as far as "attitude issues" off the field/him thumbing his nose at a reduced role. These things are certainly plausable, but nothing has directly proved it besides O'shea's subtle, but not subtle, dig at him for "taking a veteran day, whatever that is." Add in that the Bombers are shopping him, but there's no way to know the exact reason the team is doing so. At the end of the day though, whether or not it was a botched decision, if the team as a whole is better off with someone else on the roster than it is with him that's what I want to see happen. I'm glad that management is willing to do just that reguardless of it looking bad because we gave up an asset and $50,000 to get him.

So, we should go with the "stick with veteran players based on past performance in spite of having better (or at the very least cheaper) options" route? Been there, done that. Didn't lead to any more or less interest from free agents. Fact of the matter is the vast majority of the time the best available players are going wherever the most money is coming from. Best chance beyond that is being a perennial championship contender. The Patriots are a good example of this. Not afraid to show a veteran the door, even after playing well, in favour of a younger, cheaper option so long as the drop off won't be dramatic. I get that we just brought him in in the offseason, but we were the worst team in the league last year. It appears we've managed to acquire a group of players younger, cheaper, and just as good if not better than Banks. Better to cut losses and go with the best team we can field than showhorn in Banks based on how good he was in the past.

You have ling? http://mmqb.si.com/2014/06/24/cfl-doug-flutie-grey-cup-canadian-football-league/

Just over an hour until the rubes in the fanbase are having extreme kneejerk reactions to every drive/call/play...

Football season already?

Sam Giguere