WildPath

I wonder if he starts selling insurance 

Congrats to PLAP. He's likely learned a lot since his last shot at HC. Hopefully that means he'll be a better HC this time around. Expect Ottawa to bring in a vet QB like Masoli, Collaros or Nichols, cuz PLAP's seen how hard it is to win with poor QB's.
I'd rather bring in an experienced OC than give the job to Buck. Closely watching PLAP be an OC isn't the same as being an OC. Buck has zero OC experience and he'll likely fall back to PLAP's offence because that's the one he knows best. More of the same, when folks around here blamed PLAP for all kinds of problems, doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
We're going to find out just how much PLAP meant to the team. I wonder if we're expecting the new OC to start 6 NI's and not have any DI's to work with.

Dear Retired Blue Bomber Alumni,
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your proactive retirement prior to the start of the 2018 season. It set in motion a cascade of Blue Bomber fortuitousness that would rival that of the prettiest sheep at Regina's county fair. For without your ability to assess your own rancid play at quarterback, and having the foresight to understand you would be a massive step backwards for us - even as a backup quarterback, we may never have seen the running prowess of Chris Streveler as QB. If you had not so honorably fallen on your sword and retired as a Winnipeg Blue Bomber, the events set in motion that transpired during our 2019 Grey Cup season may have never come to fruition. Although some may consider your actions towards the Bomber organization malicious, nay - cowardly, I do not see things that way. You deserve every bit of the $70,000 signing bonus you were entitled to, and I want you to rest assured that your actions helped ensure that pride and integrity has been restored to the Bomber organization as a result of their 2019 Grey Cup Championship.
To help commend your sacrifice for all that bleed Blue and Gold, I am including a signed bootleg copy of the 2019 Grey Cup game (on DVD), as I feel the game recording itself represents all that you understand is near and dear to the Bombers organization, grit, sportsmanship, a never-retire attitude and class. The copy is a bootleg as it is as phony as your career, personality, and legitimacy as a starting quarterback. It's a DVD because y'know - Saskatchewan (at your request, I can provide a VHS copy if that is preferable).
I have also included a slice of humble pie.
Sincerely,
Eternal Optimist

And was basically from Oshea being classy and not piling up more points with a FG 

he's just solidified himself into Bomber all-time status...well done!

To all the fans who saw their first Bomber Grey Cup win.... Welcome to the club. We've been waiting for you to join us for a long time.
That wasn't just a win. It was total dominance. One of, if not the most lobsidded Grey Cup victory in recent memory. 
Now, onto figuring out how to repeat next year. 😁 

Much appreciated good sir...Thats the 4th cup I've got to witness in my 48 years...didn't think number 4 would take this long...

Interesting of note on the much maligned Richie Hall defense...In 3 play-off games we gave up 2 touchdowns...the last of which was in 2nd Quarter of the first game...10 quarters ago...had 9 sacks...and pressures up the ying yang...5 forced fumbles..6 Int's...and basically all done on the road....tell me that's not a dominant defense when it mattered most??
Forgot to add...was it 3 or 4 stuffs on 3rd and 1 attempts to get ball back??

I wasn't the most popular kid in elementary, middle years and junior high. Football, and the Bombers were one of the few things the gave me joy.
I broke my wrist in 2000. My mom got me season tickets as a "pick me up" because my summer was essentially ruined. I had them for 8 years before moving temporarily. 
I was in grade 9 in 2001. I cried when they lost.
2002 - We lose Milt on the last game of the season. We lose Charles Roberts on the first play of the west final.
2003 - No Milt for the playoffs again. Kenton Keith runs the ball down our throat. You can see times are changing.
2004 - Lyle Bauer does his first sabotage job canning Dave Ritchie
2007 - I fully maintain given we lost by 3 points, with Ryan Dinwiddie throwing 3 picks, that we beat the piss out of the Riders if we had Kevin Glenn that game.
End of 2008 - Lyle Bauer sabotage job 2
The next few years, ugly as a whole, even if we did somehow make it to the dance in 2011.
Slowly got better under Walters...even if there were bumps along the way. Etch a Sketch defence. Kuale. Choking in the west semi against BC. Continuing to be owned by Calgary. Not able to get over the hump.
But finally. It's over. And more tears were shed last night. And all of the dumbfounding decisions of era's past, and heartbreaking losses don't matter.
Beautiful.

Don't post much here, but would like to share a few things about what tonight's Blue Bomber Grey Cup victory meant to me, if that's ok. Some info to put it into context...
 
- had a car accident in January. No one was hurt, and 0% my fault, but my car was written off. Had to buy lower quality vehicle with the settlement.
 
- spent nearly two weeks in the hospital with a nasty leg infection.
 
- engine blew out on my above-mentioned new (used) car. Ended up S.O.L. on that one.
 
- got another new car and got into another accident less than two months later. No one was hurt, but I will admit to being at fault for that one. Just a brain fart on my part. My bad. Had to buy another car.
 
- my mom, who let me move in with her 16 years ago, when my divorce cleaned me out, is moving into a nursing home at the end of this month, i.e. the end of this week (cue jokes re: grown man living with his mom, not to worry, no offence will be taken). What with the packing, searching for a place to live, plus the arranging of two moves, plus searching for three new (used) cars in one year, a hospital stay, and this being the last Grey Cup we'll watch under this roof, and all that upheaval and stress of this whole ***ing year... well, my mom and I had a good cry (good tears!) and a good hug and we both let out a loud WHOOP! when Zach took that knee at the end of the 4th quarter!
 
Anyways...
 
Cheering for a sports team may seem meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but, at least for me and my mom and my brother and sister and their spouses (all of us life-long Blue Bomber fans), tonight, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers winning the 2019 Grey Cup means... well... everything. I love the Blue & Gold, win or lose, but needless to say, I❤my Winnipeg Blue Bombers now more than ever! Congratulations to the 2019 Grey Cup Champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers! What an amazing game! Congrats to Andrew Harris! And thank you!🏈🤗❤
 
Having said that, as Tyrone Jones, James "Wild Wild" West and the rest of the Blue Bombers once said back in the day...
WHO GOT 'DA CUP?
WE GOT 'DA CUP !!!
Thanks for indulging my rant. Smiling now like I haven't in a long time! 😁👍🏈

This team checked off a lot of boxes:
1. First playoff win at McMahon Stadium in 54 years. CHECK!
2. Avenged the 1972 Western Final loss to the Riders. Forty seven years. CHECK!
3. First Grey Cup win in 29 years. CHECK! CHECK!! TRIPLE CHECK!!!

Thanks. We know the pain you're feeling right now, but you're a classy guy with a classy coach, great team and a solid organization. Excellent fan base too. If it wasn't our time, we'd be pulling for your fellas against most others. Great season bud. 

You can’t win a Grey Cup with Ritchie Hall. You can’t win a Grey Cup with Paul Lapolice. You can’t win a Grey Cup a cup with Mike O’Shea . You can’t win a Grey Cup with out a passing attack, heard that a lot around here the past few years. Looks like you can!!!!! 

Despite how stressed I was the entire game, the cats were never really in it.

Harris wins both awards. The media that snubbed him can choke on it

F'n heart stopping stuff. A perfect example of why sports are so compelling. The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat and every other emotion on the way there.

The after whistle **** by the riders was garbage. The refs need to get a handle on it at the beginning and not let it get out of control. But again they turn a blind eye to it and then it gets out of hand. When I reffed I would set the time early and the players knew that I wasn’t going to let them get away with that crap. But this reffing crew let the players dictate the game and the longer they let it go. The harder it was for them to get the game under control.?

like that dude that slapped Darvin in the helmet, not once, but twice and no flag...

Forward pass my ass, he was tucking that ball when he lost it not throwing it.
But that's not what gets me about the reffing. The riders were taking cheap shots after the whistle all game and never once got a flag.

Having been at that 1972 Western Final, it took 47 years, but I’ve finally put that ghost to rest.
it feels really great!
Ticats are an incredible team this year, and I hope the Bombers win, but having said that, if it doesn’t happen, losing to Hamilton won’t hurt nearly as much as losing to the Riders would have.

Gin flying everywhere!!!

Mike Miller, 1 carry, 1 first down.  Dude is like a free first down coupon you can cash in once per game.

1. Defence - Giving up only 3s instead of 7s and you've got a good chance to win. Massive, massive goal line stand at the end.
2. Collaros - took deep shots to stretch the D, and made good throws when necessary, even converted some 2nd and long's after Streveler experiments didn't work. No turnovers.
3. All those Rider fans talking smack making this win that much sweeter! For those keeping track, the Bombers were the first team to win:
- A regular season game at New Mosaic Stadium (NMS) - (July 1, 2017)
- A Western Semi-Final playoff game at NMS (November 18, 2018)
- A Western Final playoff game at NMS (November 17, 2019)
WE OWN NEW MOSAIC STADIUM WHEN IT COUNTS (which is in the playoffs).
HH - Medlock, quietly perfect yet again.

Just gotta say..Hughes is a pos..blatant attempt to injure..I'd be chip blocking targeting his knees all game

Not only RTP, that was intent. Could be tossed for that. Should have, as a matter of fact.