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wasnt exactly the most thrilling game, even for pre season. But its football season gotta take what we can get after this long lay off.
1 fevour / davis. Fevour and davis though really woke the offense up. combined 12/17 178 yards 3 tds 0 picks. 
2 Lankford. Bobbled a return early but then had a td return called back and hauled in one to boot. 4-47 1 td 
3 Santos-knox gets 3rd star. 3 tackls, 1 tfl, 1 FR. filled the gap and stopped the run for no yards twice. Got after the qb once and forced a throw away. 
HH Menard-briere didnt have a great game but his surprise come from behind TD saving tackle was the high light of the night for bob by the sound of it.  
roberson and flanders look good but i think a good bit of that was OL. Frederick had some good coverage early but gave up the TD. A few bright spots on a kind of meh game even for the preseason. 
Jeffcoat showed some promise. Got after the qb pretty good, sack FF and 3 tackles. 
Apodaca came in and took a shot that really woke up the offense but then couldnt capitalize.
Poop johnson had a FF and a sack too. Butcher collapsed the pocket a couple times and got his hand on a pass as well. 
 

Man did this thread ever turn into a piece of **** and a bunch of **** waving....Christ.

Childhood memories of Ron Jeremy? Or Mario?

Kuale was a surprise cut?  I thought he was a surprise signing...

Thanks for the great stories/memories @SpeedFlex27... also, I'm impressed with your staunch memory... I barely remember what I did Friday night...

I loved Beaird. What a tough, tough, TOUGH running back!! Always hit the hole hard. Wasn't tackled for losses very often. He was a great inside runner while Washington could run wide with the pitch, toss & sweep.

Deyonce Whitaker....many people thought he was like a Charles Roberts clone but he couldn't hang onto the ball to save his life. I seem to recall Coach Ritchie calling him Beyonce, but I could be mistaken on that. I do recall he had a special teams touchdown for us in week one of whatever season it was, but wound up cut because of the fumbling and eventually wound up in Montreal for a cup of coffee.
 
Great thread by the way.

Onterrio Smith
Remember when (as a Viking) he tried to make it through customs and was caught with The Original Whizzinator?
Highlarious article: http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2061794 

The radio rights themselves have a nominal value.  It's more of a marketing deal.  Who is going to get the Bomber games, talk and information to the most ears?  Is 1290 going to dedicate air time pre and post game to the Bombers once the Jets are playing?  They pre-empted all Bomber coverage for anything Jets last year including the NHL draft and pre-season coverage.  Personally I think CJOB is the better option.

TSN getting the radio rights would be bad news for the Bombers.  Wait until their playoff game is only available online because the Jets are playing the Florida Panthers on the Sunday afternoon.

I thought that TSN 1290 was going to have more Bomber coverage. It's still hockey most of the time. so boring.
I did learn about the hockey franchise in Sandiego though. And some news about the Kansas City Chiefs.
I wouldn't go to tsn 1290 if I was running the Bombers. The team would be buried under the hockey news.
I know the members here have a strong dislike for roughriders team and fans
but they have far more coverage of the team than we do. pretty sure there's two hours every day on Regina 620 radio.
What would it cost the Bombers to have their own radio coverage? couple of hours a day.
doesn't cost much to set up an FM transmitter. Or use the transmitter and studio from UMFM radio station. Then a network to other stations in Manitoba. They've already got Ed Tait, who has broadcast experience, he could contribute an hour a day.
Get Noeller to run it.

He's "the ****" which is the polar opposite of "he's the sh*ts".

Really interested to see if Trestman can turn around Drew Willy's career.
It'd be some bad karma off the Bombers if he does because our 2014 and 2015 teams basically destroyed Willy, and that was a shame, because I believe he had the tools to be a solid CFL starter.

Addison Richards has a knee brace on (everyone was talking **** lol) leggett still out, I was talking with his wife, he's gonna be ready to go, noticeably less limp. Still no fogg. 
Oh yeah this happened too
 

Sounded like Kohlert was having trouble hanging onto the ball last night in Calgary's pre-season game.  They've got a few good Canadian receivers over there (Parker, Brescacin, Durant) so it wouldn't surprise me to see him out of a job when the season arrives.  It's too bad, he was so good for awhile here.

I saw that too. Apodaca was switching his hold position from left to right - practicing taking the snap from either side. I have not seen that before. For awhile he was taking the snaps one-handed: catching the ball in his right hand and smacking it down for the hold. Guy has obviously done this before.
Earlier in the 12x12s Santos-Knox snagged a nice i/c off a throw by Davis - receiver had the ball but popped it up and Santos-Knox was in the right place with good reaction to snag it. I was surprised to see an LB covering deep like that. Pic was not the Qbs fault. In fact, I thought Davis looked good today. Took most the reps from what I could see. He was putting the ball in tight spaces and looks very comfortable running with it if necessary (and sometimes when it is planned). I was sorry to see G Sheppard and TJ Thorpe still nursing their wounds on the sidelines. At least Sheppard had his helmet along today. Clock could be ticking on those guys. They are not going to make this team from the tub. But then, there is an extra week of "camp" due to the 1st week bye. New guy, #74 Daniel Williams I think he is, made a great grab on a bullet from Davis. That guys looks very smooth considering he has only been here a couple of days. I had a brief chat with Julian Feoli-Gudino. I gotta say that guy has made some clutch catches for this club in game action, and looks pretty consistent to me. He said the players are expecting big things this year, fans are going to be in for a treat. It is a bit hard to see nuances on the sidelines at field level - players seem more vocal than I have seen in previous TCs,

Quick update from camp - went Monday and Tuesday.
I missed the first half Monday, and so the last hour and a bit I saw was all special teams. Walked over and watched the OL practice but nothing too noteworthy. 
Tuesday was a lot more fun from a fan perspective. Chris Randle had a really nice interception early on against the offense. I will say that in camp this year the defense seems extremely vocal, in a good way. Lots of coaching between each other and just a lot of fun too. Leggett can be heard just talking a bunch, at one point yesterday he was literally barking for a few minutes. Heard Randle walking the sidelines too.
Shayon Green spent some time on the sideline with Jamal Westerman working on hand technique. 
Defensive tackles got to practice hand swipes and rips against the anchored tackle dummy. Ekakitie got some ribbing when he was the only one who didn't flip it completely on its side. Needed to get his hand under the armpit more, which the coaches pointed out. 
As for the QBs, I thought Lefevour looked erratic. Overthrew several balls and one in the turf. Nichols looked pretty good. Davis didn't stand out one way or the other. Apodaca had very limited reps- mostly hand offs and I only saw one short throw from him. 
And just in general, I really like our coaching staff. I like how they coach in practice and how they interact with the players. Different vibe than say, Doug Berry in the golf cart. 

Hey Morning Big Blue should chip in and pay someone's expenses to go to... err, wait... maybe not

People who aren't Die Hard fans can suck it.  Bruce Willis rules.
 
#hudsonhawkforever

The media has been abysmal in coverage this year. Like entirely awful.
I hate to say it, because I really like Ed Tait, but even his coverage has been minimal. I know they're trying to appeal to the less diehard fans, but I'd really like to see more "who is looking good in competition" and less "who is nicknamed after turds" and "who likes to drive around the country in the offseason"
There are literally players on our roster right now that I have not heard a single thing about all camp. I didn't even know we had one guy named Walker, and apparently we have two. L'Damian Washington ... where's he been? I saw the media say we signed Justice Liggins, but that's about it. Who is Bostic?
It's pathetic. This "new blood" in the media needs to figure it out. Jeff Hamilton ... the guy who replaced Ed Tait ... last time he tweeted about training camp was June 3rd and all he said was "hey, here's a picture that proved I'm actually here!"

He is a kicker he can kick at very high level for another 10 years.

Morley Scott @Morley_Scott That was a first and kind of weird. -- I was the only media person doing interviews today at Eskimos training camp. #exclusive
 
Pretty sad, the media lobbied to get rid of Hervey, now that they have access they don't care enough to show up.

I would go to regina on a day OTHER then labour day. I would go a full day with out teasing the rider fans i know. I would listen to some one carry on about how great kenton kieth / corey holmes was and just nod. I would walk by the ticat fans truck that used to park by the stadium on game day and not think about trying to tip it over. I would forgive Ed philion. I would admit that brandon dyson was just as bad. Oh the things i would do...

THIS is the kind of hard hitting journalism I come here for.
 
But honestly, from a guy who can never make it out to a practice I do appreciate all of the updates!

Watched approx 45 min of camp this morning:
A lady had her kid on a leash watching practice.
Langkford nearly broke Johnson's ankles in a one on one, then dropped the pass. Johnson picked the ball up and flipped it to Langkford,  who dropped it again. Ugly sequence for both guys...
In goal line 12 on 12, Nevis nearly took the handoff he beat his guy so badly. In one one ones, I only saw an OL beat him once, and it was Intzandt. 
Ekakite looked better than Butcher today imo. Based on his size, it seems like he should have a better bullrush than he does. Weird to say of a 300 pound man, but Ekakite looks small.  It's bc he's shortest guy in his group. Thomas looked great. Put two different ol on their backs.
Hardrick is crazy. He'd sprint to the back of the endzone after each rep. He won most of the reps I saw.
I've been to two practices and thought Bostic looked good both times. Winning most of his 1 on 1s. He and Green have both looked better than Jeffcoat in the reps I've watched. Jeffcoat got handled pretty easily in each rep I saw today. Pretty small sample though.
I'm not the biggest Kenny Stafford fan, but he's looked good each time I've watched him.
I'l post more if I think of anything else.