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Why? I wouldn't bet on the Bombers raising the Grey Cup this year, but then how many people would have bet on that powerhouse 8-10 Stampeder team to win it in 2001? Not many, but that is a championship team and that other squad that dominated the league throughout the season is just a big group of losers in history's eyes...

IF nichols left for greener pastures and IF davis or boyd show fhat they some serious seasoning to do.. Then sure.. Otherwise no. Wait are you implying you'd rather have Nichols than Glenn as the backup qb? Cause Glenn is head and shoulders a better quarterback than Matt Nichols has ever been or will ever be. Really? I sure don't have Nichols pegged as the next Flutie, but Glenn is far from that himself. Not to mention we're talking about 2015 and beyond Kevin Glenn...

Love the comments that Sask.could have got more for him. We got Matt Nichols for a conditional 7th... Don't give me that Glenn is apparently signed through next season either. Whoopdee do. I'll take Nichols with the potential of him leaving after this season over Glenn guaranteed for the next 5 years, thanks.

Ever wonder why that is? There was NO apology from Glenn Johnson. Just an acknowledgement that a mistake was made. D'oh! With our 10th official apology from the league for a crucial blown call we get a free coffee at Tim's!

That. Is. AWESOME.

This is only a fall back if they somehow lose out on Bill Belichick.

Exactly. It's not even a debate. Everyone here, as well as the kids they coach, if they have the ability to play football at a professional level is trying the NFL in a heartbeat if given the opportunity. I could make top dollar playing in the CFL for the Bombers, my favourite football team and the team I've loved ever since I can remember... Or go to the Jaguars and make 10x what I would as one of the best in the CFL even as a fringe NFLer. I'd be in Jacksonville tomorrow. I remember people going "screw Marve!" because he apparently made it known he'd plan to try the NFL when his contract was up. Well no **** he would! I'll bet Chris Brazzell would have been on the first plane down too if he'd ever gotten a call. We'd be dancing if Marve was good enough to bolt for the NFL next year. As it stands, unless he is lights out at next year's training camp it'd be a long shot at best for another CFL team to give him a tryout. Maybe try the arena league but there's a good possibility he's looking at life after football.

Excellent news. Since the team is so tight with money we can put them in the johns and save on toilet paper. Everybody wins!

I remember hearing that we were obligated to wear the signature jerseys again this season. Two questions, one, are we in fact obligated, and two, if so does anyone know which game we'll be wearing those monstrosities?

WBB: We listen to our fans!!! Fans: We want the royal blue uniforms! WBB: * 5 years later * WBB: We're going royal blue! BOD: Nailed it.

That was the game in Toronto where Medlock hit the upright at the end? I was there too. Good times. The very same.

I mentioned Michael Bishop earlier.. I sat live in attendance as Bishop, known primarily for being dumb as a post but having a rocket for an arm started and won a game in Toronto less than a week after being signed by the Bombers in '09. Under Mike "6 reverses to Brock Ralph per game, minimum!" Kelly, no less. If Nichols doesn't start the Banjo Bowl, fire everybody.

Yes, Bellefeuille is terrible, but even worse than him is Brohm. I don't just declare players crap at the drop of a hat, but Brohm has been god awful his entire pro career and I still gave him a shot. Fact is, when he got time last season he sucked. There was no excuse of "he didn't know the playbook" or anything like that, he was here even before Willy and when he got in he showed nothing. I'll give players the benefit of the doubt, probably too much, but after nothing but pick 6's and showing zero arm strength in several opportunities when do you draw the line? People bashed Dinwiddie for having a noodle arm.. Dinwiddie was Michael Bishop compared to Brohm. Bellefeuille is bad, but no one's holding a gun to the QB's head to throw that 3 yard check down. It was still him calling the plays when Willy was under center and if you'll recall, Willy would throw long passes fairly often. Brohm goes to the check down 95% of the time, unless he's feeling adventurous and throws to a receiver beyond 10 yards!

It's been a while for me since actually attending the game. You can tell that because my last LDC the Bombers actually won. Keep in mind this thread doesn't necessarily have to be about live experiences at the game, just fond memories in general of this Canadian football staple. As I said, my last time in the stands was in the midst of the 12 game win streak in 2001. This just so happened to be the last time in the archaic days of non-televised games that the Bombers-Riders Labour Day Classic was not broadcast. Just as well, it wasn't exactly an exciting game. Up and comer Kevin Glenn was getting his shot to start at quarterback for the Riders. I still vividly remember watching Dave Donaldson high stepping out of the pile on the game clinching defensive stop at the end of the game. I also recall listening to the Riders radio guys hype it up like Glenn was the next Flutie after looking somewhat competent in the game on the drive home. As we were driving there though, I read the Free Press with Dave Ritchie stating that Winnipeg should get the LDC game every other year. I mean, it shouldn't change, the weekend in Regina is too good of an experience and every true Blue Bomber fan must experience it at least once. But still, Ritchie is the man. Other memories include being at the one when Westwood kicked a last second field goal to win the game. I was pretty young but do remember watching the play and thinking "holy crap, we won!" Another one was staying at the Regina Inn and back hen the Bombers stayed there as well. My grandfather, my uncle and me shared an elevator with Reggie Slack, to specify, at the time current Bomber Reggie Slack. My uncle commented something along of the lines of "don't let it be a blowout.." Reggie says they'll try and keep it close or something like that. After we part ways my uncle's just like "I meant don't let it be a blowout for them..." A lot of time though we'd stay at the Plains Inn. It wasn't fancy, but it got the job done. As for not being in the stands, the opening drive in 2003 was magic. -Short kickoff Harold Nash returned for great field position -11 yard pass to Milton Stegall -Huge catch and run to Mike Sellers down the sideline -Nice rushing play by Charlie Roberts. He got crushed and didn't even care -Play action, Khari strolls into the endzone untouched Your turn. Share your POSITIVE LDC experiences. More than enough negative around here lately.

Let's keep Marve upright.

I remember when I thought the whole "backup QB being the most popular guy in town" was some uniquely Winnipeg thing. Turns out it isn't, unless you're dealing with a guaranteed hall of famer, every football team in every city is just a quarterback change away from a dynasty! Just like the whole Winnipeg is the only "cheap" city in the world stigma. I fancy myself to be very smart with my money. I'm in the minority on that because I see waaay too many people spending beyond their means that are now tied down to an incredible amount of debt. Only in Winnipeg do people want bargain prices on merchandise.. I wonder how many people will get trampled on Black Friday this year?

Phil the Thrill

Marve is going to be electric.

No one can ever claim universal moral high ground here. Sadly there are more negative instances that happen at the LDC and Banjo Bowl than either group would like to acknowledge, but reality is that tens of thousands of die-hard CFL fans cheering on their teams get overshadowed by a couple of drunk morons. Same deal to a lesser extent online. Riderfans has no excuse though. Come on guys, if there was ever a case of getting dumber reading someone's posts Nate is it. But, who am I to judge? If they want to hear him go on and on and on and on and on about the latest article in Winnipeg print media about the Bombers no one's going to stop you.

Probably when I tried to jump Carl Kidd.

TBH, that seems like baseless speculation. Could just as easily single out Veltung, but he had a nice week and Stoudermire has been unspectacular and fumbled a couple games ago. In any event, I do agree that I hope he and anyone returning kicks for us would recognize that sort of play developing.

Great stuff by Hamilton on the onside punt. Argos ST unit should have been aware as Stewart just bolted in there, but it being a rookie returner makes a lot of sense. I didn't see at first and was just thinking "was that Owens standing there like a goof? What was he thinking?" Nope, sure enough it wasn't. Still 0-0 if Owens was returning that.

Bonehead penalty by Hefney... No way...

It's not part of the basic Shaw package. So I just ordered the TSN sports package for $4 a month. Oh, I know. I just don't like paying for something I'd use once in a blue moon. The other TSN channels always have on either the exact same thing throughout or stuff I couldn't care less about. In these rare occurrences I'll go with a shaky quality stream. I'd have probably paid for the gold medal game, but I worked that day so would have missed the 1st anyway.

You say that as if you didn't know this would be the case going in?