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2 hours ago, Noeller said:
ehhhh...... not addressing fan attendance (or lack thereof) seems like a big nothing-burger....
I mean, isn’t that fan attendance kind of a provincial thing? I’m sure the CFL will allow as many fans as the province will let them have.
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On 2021-02-18 at 5:18 PM, Noeller said:
Man I know the CFL didn’t have a good plan last year. But at the same time, the federal government has been pissing money away left and right. Yet, they couldn’t spare to help the CFL? Seems crazy.
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On 2021-02-09 at 2:29 PM, Noeller said:
It's cases like this where I need a love emoji/reaction thing for this post.... this is nothing but great news.
Forget sex.. this is the type of news that keeps me happy.
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I mean after Streveler’s disaster against the Rams (he was used horribly), you’d have to think there’s a decent chance he’s back in the CFL by the time the season starts.
Mitchell is a nice signing. We’ve been missing a game breaking receiver. Hopefully he’s recovered from his Achilles tear.
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11 minutes ago, Doublezero said:
The Edmonton Football Team says it has a shortlist of seven candidates for its new name.
Elk, Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles and Elements are listed as possibilities on an online survey released Monday.
The CFL team dropped the name Eskimos last year. It followed a similar decision by the NFL’s Washington team as pressure mounts on teams to eliminate racist or stereotypical names.
https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/edmonton-football-team-asks-fans-to-vote-on-7-possible-names-1.5299846
I've got one more: The Edmonton Excrement
Good god those names suck. I don’t like any of them.
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Arbuckle and Nichols switching teams is interesting. I wonder what happened with Arbuckle in Ottawa.
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On 2021-01-18 at 9:58 AM, Jpan85 said:
Then made Brandon Cooks look like a pro bowl receiver
Brandin Cooks has been a perennial 1000 yard reciever and is on his fourth team. Watson didn’t make him look like anything.
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23 hours ago, Noeller said:
Josh Johnson was on Insta recently commenting on a Bombers signing post that he's still waiting for a phone call. Came off a bit like complaining/whining, but who knows with social media posting... hopefully his deal gets done at some point.
I thought this said Jovon Johnson at first and I was extremely confused.
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On 2020-07-30 at 10:43 AM, Brandon said:
The kneeling was when we were up by a lot... blew the lead but then with the game tied and 30 seconds left we get the ball back and instead of trying to move the ball down field and kick a field goal he decided to take a knee. We end up losing in OT.
I couldn't believe it... 30 seconds in the CFL is plenty enough time to get 2 - 3 plays in.
No we got **** kicked by Montreal or someone like that and he had Brink kneel down to end the game.
Your story happened too, but we also kneeled when getting creamed.
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I didn’t realize Lawler was our leading receiver with only 637 yards.
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2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
You guys who love Ambrosie can try to blow as much sunshine into this as you want. The guy is useless as Commissioner. He makes Jeff Orridge look like Pete Rozelle.
Madani is hardly someone who is in the corner of the CFL. I couldn’t care less what that hack has to say.
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4 hours ago, rebusrankin said:
How fantastic is it that we have beaten the Riders in their barn the past two playoffs?
The only thing better is our Grey Cup win.
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2 hours ago, TrueBlue4ever said:
My opinion is that the discussion is important, but that we should not knee-jerk react because someone tells me that others are offended without hearing from the supposed "offended" group, and I do see a lot of that happening. When North Dakota looked at the "Fighting Sioux" nickname, they actually talked with the 10 Native tribes in the area, and apparently 8 of the 10 were happy with the name and saw it as a sign of respect bestowed on the local indigenous peoples. Two did not share that view, and the name got changed. No one died as a result of the debate either way, so in the end this is not a big world issue.
Okay so here’s the rub, 80% like the name and think it’s honourable while 20% think it’s racist. Why are we caving to a vocal minority? In this case, the vast majority of people who have a say in this matter support the decision. Everything offends someone, if we need a consensus to make a decision there won’t be any names in sports(or decisions made in general). If 80% isn’t enough, what is?
Another thing that annoys me about these conversations is that it’s (mostly) white people with no stake in the matter telling everyone else how they need to think. I agree with JT in that if the Inuit people do not like the name that it should be changes. But I don’t think it should be changed if four people consider it honourable and one considers it to be offensive. I don’t know if the Eskimos have talked with tribes in the same way that North Dakota has, but they certainly should.
My personal feeling is that context is important. A football player wears his jersey with pride. I would personally consider it to be an honourable thing to be named after a team. I also believe that using terms like Eskimo in other ways allows the term to evolve and it can take away the racist stigma attached to it. However, as I stated earlier it’s the opinion of the Inuit people that matters. I’m personally not Inuit, so my opinion doesn’t mean a thing here. If a strong majority support the name, it should stay. If a strong majority do not support the name, it should go. It’s really that simple to me.
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On 2020-07-06 at 11:59 AM, rebusrankin said:
Not a huge Westwood fan to be honest.
I’m not either, the 01 GC will always live on in infamy and I probably won’t ever get over it. However, he picked fights with Rider fans and coined the Banjo Bowl nickname. That alone removes him from being my least favourite. I’ll have to go with EJ Kuale there. He was awful, committed stupid penalties, tried to justify it and MOS kept him in the lineup. God I didn’t think MOS would make it back then.
As far as a favourite is concerned, the obvious ones are Khari, Milt, and Doug Brown. However, my favourites were always Charles Roberts and Mike Sellers. Those were two guys I could never get tired of watching. I wish Roberts had the work ethic and mindset of Milt, he could’ve gone down as the GOAT RB in the CFL if he did.
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Ray was great, but it’s crazy to me to say he was FAR better than AC. They were on the same tier. Its easy to forget that 3 of Rays 4 GC wins were prior to a real salary cap being implemented. Edmonton was alway a successful team who had more money to spend.
It’s also worth mentioning that Ray had a mid career lull after the salary cap was Implemented and before he went to Toronto. AC isn’t the only QB who had some lacklustre years.
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8 hours ago, Mark H. said:
Montreal: Ed Philion (reasons as stated above)
Toronto: Kevin Eiben
Hamilton: Simoni Lawrence (our GC champs exposed him quite nicely)
Saskatchewan: Nate Davis (worst incident ever)
Edmonton: Jason Maas
Calgary: BLM (arrogance, do not like his actions or vibes as a teammate)
BC: Mike Reilly (overrated)
Add Chip Cox, Diamond Ferri, and Sanchez to the Montreal list for the same reasons... POS guys.
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2 hours ago, Noeller said:
**** you and "Cancel Culture".... He went on a homophobic rant! There is no place for intolerance anywhere. **** anyone who says shitty things about any kind of minority group.
He didn’t go on a homophobic rant. He literally said that he doesn’t support gay marriage. He didn’t say that he hates gay people or anything derogatory towards them. Not to mention that gay marriage is still relatively new and that many people grew up in religious households where that is not supported. Someone should not be lynched for having a different view than you or I.
We should focus on educating people on why that thought is considered inappropriate. Instead, we resort to calling the person a bigot and demand they lose their job. People participating in cancel culture as the ones who are saying we need to be tolerant of everyone’s views. Yet at the same time, are also the first ones to call a person a piece of **** on social media and not engage in any sort of discussion with them.
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On 2020-06-18 at 12:18 PM, Jpan85 said:
With all the crappy back ups in the league the no reason for Kap not to be in NFL
He was outplayed by Blaine Gabbert in his last year in the league, which was four years ago. The media frenzy may not be worth the potential upgrade at backup QB.
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15 hours ago, Tracker said:
I remain confident that there will be a 2020 season and that the league will surivive. Its too much a part of the Canadian indentity to be allowed to fold.
I'm hopeful for the 2020 season but I'm confident the league will survive. I agree the government can't allow the CFL to fold.
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2 hours ago, Mr Dee said:
"One of the models that is being considered quite favourably is not the hub city model but the ‘adopt-a-team’ model."Play the season out of Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton and Calgary and then move the playoffs indoors to BC so you can extend the season.
#CFLIt’s actually a great idea. Eastern Canada is the issue anyways, things are more or less fine in the West.
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54 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:
Finally, some football talk..
Sunday should’ve marked Day 15 of CFL training camps but instead, it’s Day 15 of the postponement. The mood this week of CFL people seemed generally optimistic that we’ll see games in 2020, but that might be a longshot given Arash Madani’s report that at least two teams are reluctant to play a shortened season. So we continue to wait, and time is of the essence.
Argos GM Mike “Pinball” Clemons broke the news on Friday’s RP Show that the CFLPA has vetoed the contract of Canadian “rookie” T.J. Jones who’d signed a six-figure deal with the Argonauts in the off-season. The Winnipeg product spent the past six NFL seasons with the Lions and Giants, but it’s been ruled he’s subject to the CFL’s Canadian rookie salary cap of $85,000. Jones’ representatives confirmed the news this weekend and said, “We’ll never see him in the CFL if that remains the case”
http://rodpedersen.com/weekend-random-things-for-universal-collision-centre/Good lord the TJ Jones thing is bush league. The guy is a six year NFL vet, he’s not some fresh faced Canadian rookie.
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32 minutes ago, Noeller said:
Naylor/Lalji: (paraphrasing): If the season returns, the Bombers are ******...
Maybe by the time the season starts Chris Streveler will be making his way back to Winnipeg.
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8 hours ago, DR. CFL said:
The premise of Hub sites works for the NHL because they are going to play in empty arenas. One of the reasons Florida and Arizona are under consideration. The CFL does not have that luxury. If Winnipeg was a host site are people going to show up and pay to watch BC vs Edmonton or Calgary play Sask. I’m not sure this is a very realistic plan?
Maintain the TV money and use the federal government to cover the loss of gate revenue has to be their plan.
RIP Chris Schultz
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Damn I grew up watching Dave, Matt, Chris, and Jock. It’s news like this that you really do hate to see.
It was a faux pas, but my most memorable Schultz moment was I believe Michael Bishops first start for the Bombers in 2009. We won 13-12 after the Argos missed a game winning FG. Schultz went on and on about we masterfully “iced” the kicker, only we didn’t. The Argos got a procedure penalty that pushed the kick back.