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  1. Thank you ESPN2...

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    1 hour ago, DougR said:

    My wife isn't interested.  I say "Canadian Football" in my little town and people go...huh?  Some have heard of it.  Few have seen it.  I tell them the differences between the NFL and CFL and it doesn't seem to excite them.  Most of my flaky friends are back to watching the NFL even though they boycotted it last year due to the kneeling b.s.  

    I WOULD LOVE TO GO TO A GAME IN WINNIPEG!  I have already looked up the flights from Albuquerque and the miles involved in driving.  If I do come up, I will post to this page and let everyone know for sure!  

    Pizza.....hmmm.....good idea!

    GO BOMBERS!  ALL THE WAY TO THE GREY CUP!

    I still think you should come to LA if the Bombers are in the West final and Grey Cup!

  4. Place to watch / People to watch playoffs with in LA?

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    10 minutes ago, DougR said:

    I used to live in the SF Bay Area.  I went down to SoCal a lot for business.  Now I am in New Mexico.  

    I wish I could make it out.  It's only a 2 hour flight from Albuquerque to LAX and the flights are pretty cheap on Southwest.  It would be great to fly out to meet you there.  Catch the game.  Party a little bit.  Then grab a boogie board and flippers the next day to go see what the waves look like off Manhattan Beach's pier.  Then drive the 5 miles to LAX and fly out.  Yes, I've had this weekend get away idea for a while.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouxWymKnePg

    Well I think this sounds like a perfect plan. Depending on the results Nov 11, you should very much come in for the western final (and Grey Cup)! Let me know if you decide to make the get away a reality!

     

    8 minutes ago, Rod Black said:

    Howdy. Attached is the link for ESPN and the network of theirs that will be televising the playoff games. https://www.cfl.ca/watch-2018-cfl-broadcast-schedule#ESPN

    Last year I watched the game In Palm Springs on a ESPN network in the lobby of our hotel. Only one other person had any kind of interest in the game, but I would describe it as his curiosity in passing rather than as a fan. The point being CFL fans are rare in California. 

     Buffalo Wild Wings has always been very accommodating because they have so many televisions. I have confirmed with staff other games, rather networks, availability a day or two ahead. 

    Had the Jets been scheduled to be in SoCal on any of the playoff dates, you would be able to find a cluster of Winnipeg fans near the hockey facility. 

     

     

    Thanks for the info, I'll look into this as well. The key for me is that I'd really like to watch the games with other fans. It'll be very odd watching such important games alone. If we actually win the cup and I'm not home for the parade, that'll kill me.

  5. Place to watch / People to watch playoffs with in LA?

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    Hey friends, I'll be in Los Angeles for the east/west finals and the Grey Cup, and while I have an ESPN+ subscription which I watch most games on while I'm in the US, I'd really like to hang out with some other CFL (and ideally Bomber) fans while I watch. Does anyone know of a bar or lounge that would not only have the games on, but be celebrating them with ex-pats around? Are any of you in LA mid-late November?

  7. Around the League: 2018 Season

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    3 minutes ago, Ripper said:

    I agree with you here, I'm not here to argue the point. Drinking and driving is beyond stupid and very dangerous. I suspect if he is guilty on all this, he likely gets let go in the off season possibly. I got a DUI pretty close to 30 years ago, I never drove ever again beyond my 2 beer limit. I was young and full of piss and vinegar, the oil patch was a different animal in those days. Our kids idolize these players and I don't like the optics of this one little bit. I still don't see him missing any time this season as far as playing, but I think something will happen regarding this.  I don't think this is a huge story though either, he f'd up. He is a grown up, he will face the consequences, whatever they might be

    Yeah this about sums it up. He and the other drivers on the road are lucky that nothing terrible happened. I also don’t think he’ll miss playing time right now, the Riders can’t afford to lose him at this junction, but I think they ship him off in the off season. I don’t like Jones, but he showed when releasing Carter that he’s not afraid to lose one of his best players if there’s a problem of some sort. 

  8. Through the West or the East?

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    6 hours ago, blueingreenland said:

    Yes, but then we'll have to play Hamilton or Ottawa in the Grey Cup. 

    There's no easy path. Our last 2 league games may be must wins. But we are hot right now, so we have a chance.

    We just have to make the playoffs first, and right now, I'm pretty nervous.

    Of course, but we won’t have to play both of them in the Grey Cup. I’m saying if we have to go through two teams, SSK/CAL or HAM/OTT, I’d rather the former. 

  9. Through the West or the East?

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    I would much rather go through Sask and Calgary than Hamilton and Ottawa. As of today, I think those are our better matchups. Hamilton is the next hottest team in the league after us, and Ottawa is hot and cold and I really don’t like the idea of a coin flip on who we’ll get that day. We know exactly what we’re getting with Sask and Calgary which makes drawing up a gamplan much more straightforward. No Masoli to improvise, and no Ottawa receivers, RB, and *sometimes elite* QB. 

  10. Milt Stegall Right On Today's Pregame Show On MOS

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    I would start Streveler at this point and put Nichols in for a change of pace/ so Streveler can see the field a bit if Strev is struggling in a game. To me, we’ll just have more options on offence if Streveler is in there. Pretty much all the sacks Nichols took were coverage sacks, same thing for the throw away passes. If that was Streveler, he likely takes off for a positive gain in those situations. 

  11. LDC/Banjo Bowl

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    2 hours ago, BomberBall said:

    Have you had good luck with this site?  I went to it and it only shows games that have already been played.  Will the LDC pop up at game time?

    im in the states this weekend and obviously want to watch.

    ESPN+. I’ve watched three games live in the states in the last two months using it. 

  14. LDC/Banjo Bowl

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    On 2018-08-30 at 9:01 AM, Jim McD said:

    New CFL & Bombers fan here from New Jersey.  ESPN does not have any CFL games on the schedule for the next few weeks.   Is there any way to watch Bombers games streaming over the web?

    I guess ESPN must be inundated with poker or drone racing instead of showing actual sports.

    I use ESPN+ and it works incredibly well. Fantastic quality, includes all the games. 

  16. Calgary @ Saskatchewan

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    Posted · Edited by O2L

    So if we’re to paint Calgary with the same brush that we did the Bombers the other night based on them losing convincingly to an “inferior” team, after this week the Stamps and Bombers are basically the two worst teams in the league and both teams should blow up their entire front office all the way down. 

    Two good teams were beaten by two other good teams. Parity in the league is a good thing and hopefully at the end of the year, we’re the ones hoisting the cup. Over the last many many years, Grey Cup winning teams have lost many a regular season game. Here’s to hoping that instead of going 11-7 and losing a playoff game, we go 9-9 and win a damn Grey Cup. 

    Tonight showed us once again that any team can win on any given day. Hamilton beats us earlier in the season and we beat them a month later. Sask loses to Montreal and beats Calgary. We all see our own team’s issues, but every team has issues. I’m hard pressed to say there’s many teams I’d trade places with right now. Not that we’re in better shape than the others, just that everyone has something to be concerned about. Edmonton started and ended hot last year but had quite the losing streak in the middle. Perhaps Calgary will do the same this year. 

  17. Game Day Thread- Week Nine: Hamilton @ Winnipeg August 9, 2018

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    8 minutes ago, AKAChip said:

    That was the worst half of Nichols’ life. Jesus. 

    Or is Adams running the wrong routes? Hard to say. That near pick looking like Nichols threw a fade and Adams ran a streak. Thompkins also has an easy TD if he’s not interfered with which would definitely affect Nichols’ stat line. The Dressler near-TD-drop was also a beautifully placed ball. But yeah, if those passes to Adams were Nichols’ fault and not Adams’, then not a great half. 

  23. Edmonton @ BC Lions

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    1 minute ago, Eternal optimist said:

    I can't remember recently seeing Mike Riley play this impatiently. He forces deep throws at the best of times, but some of these are ridiculous.

    I've just been impressed by the discipline by the BC DBs on plays that look like guaranteed PIs they do a great job hitting the ball and not the receiver. 

    How about Lulay just yelling mad at Buono, that was interesting...

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