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Just want to wish my little nephew all the best, in his newest challenge. He has hands, a football mind, and the soul of a poet. He's played in the cold, and has the heart of a lion. Looking forward to wearing big blue, baby!!!  
http://search.espn.com/drew-wolitarsky/

3rd round draft pick next year in exchange for this guy ...
 
... kind of came out of nowhere. But for a third rounder, I don't know what more you could ask for.

Is there a question in there somewhere? I'm often left wondering what the intended response you're aiming for is.
bombers win. easily. I'm going and they'd never let me down.

This is just such a ridiculous statement....

Simple maths, you cut sports I cut CTVnews.  

I don't think people around the league realize how dominate the Bombers oline was in the last 13 weeks of the season. They gave up only 19 sacks that works out to 1.4 a game while Calgary over that same period gave up 14 or 1.1 Edmonton gave up 24 for 1.8 a game while BC gave up 26 for 2 a game. This was after giving up 16 sacks or 3.2 a game in the first five.

And the talking heads never seem to mention the fact that Nichols didnt start until week 6 and we were 1-4 with limp willy in control. We could have won 13 or 14 games last season had Nichols been the starter week 1. Sure the turnovers will go down but add significant more QB pressure from our re-vamped d-line PLUS a confident undisputed leader in Nichols, with a completely intact o-line and nearly intact offense around him, and i dont see how we dont win at least 11 again, if not more.
 
On a side note, Rod Pederson Jr, errrr, Jamie Nye has a great Nostradamus like piece on CFL.CA with his predictions for the upcoming season. Here's his Bomber prediction "With a drop in defensive output will also become a drop in victories as the Bombers fall back to .500 or below in 2017". Well written too! Take your watermelon off Nye, its clearly squeezing your brain.

Taylor was all googly eyed about rider receivers ignoring that Carter is kind of a tire fire. We as long suffering bomber fans should know that a QB who needs protection to function like Glenn will not even get the ball to those splendid gazelles. If Glenn is tucking and ducking then the receivers might as well be penguins. 

As you make your way down to IGF today for the game, you may notice some new changes around the building done to help enhance the overall game day experience.
Some of the changes include:
Viewing Decks  New "viewing decks" located in the north and south main concourse level that will allow those who like to stand and socialize the opportunity to do so without impeding traffic.  Roughly 400 seats were removed to accommodate the new decks and will allow for lighter congestion during bu  sy times. 
Concession Combos  In addition to new food items starting as low as $4.00, the various in-stadium concessions are now serving combo meals which include various food items AND chips/fries AND a soft drink.  Combo meals get you everything together and save you a few bucks.
Larger Video Screen  While the overall videoboard screen size has remained the same, the size of the actual viewing space has increased somewhat significantly.  Not only that, but various ads have been removed, and the live stats section has been enhanced adding to a much cleaner and overall more attractive look.
Fan Services Booths  New booths with field turf flooring will be located inside Gates 1 and 3 and outside Gate 4.  Here you will be able to get gameday information, directions to any sections or concessions,  get information about upcoming promos and purchase season and single game tickets.
Skip the Dishes Social Wall  You will now see large screen TVs in a few spots called the "Social Wall" which will house all Blue Bomber related social media tweets and Instagram posts.  
New Transit Corridor (Effective July 7th)  One of the most significant changes this season will be the how transit and park and ride buses will arrive at the stadium.  No longer will buses be dropping off fans on Chancellor Matheson Rd and now using the new corridor. Fans will then be able to enter into the stadium via Gate 3 or Gate 4.  The new corridor will take the buses away from Chancellor Matheson and allow for better traffic flow before and after the game. 
If you have any questions about any of these changes, or anything else that you may see at the stadium, please don't hesitate to let me know.  See you at the game!

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.

x2.   I like Bauming's work.  He's clearly passionate about the game and he / TSN seem to recognize the need for more Bombers content, which I am all for. 

So much better than the Coach's Commercial on CJOB!
Listening to the podcast, 45 min of CFL talk with no commercials! Aside from all the commercials, the Coach's Show is just horrible. It's the same callers calling in with their ideas of the CFL from the 60s. Plus everything the coach says has to be taken with a grain of salt, they never want to give away too much information, so there's really not much to talk about...
I'm looking forward to this new show by Bauming!

New show on TSN 1290? I might not listen to the radio much anymore, but can't have enough CFL!
 

Walters should have picked up Spencer Watt already... unless Watt doesnt want to come here.
 

The Bombers really need to kick the Riders ass sideways in their first game in the new park to set the tone for the season and send their fans off on the crazy train.  Nothing else matters.

A friend of mine knows Richie well and says he should be good to go this season if his recovery stays on track...which it has. His attendance at mini camp was a very good sign apparently. He wouldn't tell me what the medical problem was out of respect for his friend, but did confirm that it is not life threatening.

Looked into it after reading it on Riderfans this morning and there is a real concern that Richie might not be able to resume coaching this season due to some health issues. Not entirely sure what it is and don't really feel like we're in a position to know until he's ready for us to, but it sounds serious enough that it could prevent him from coaching.
Let's keep our fingers crossed for a speedy recovery from whatever it is that is affecting Coach Hall. This is not good news, but for so many reasons other than football.

Nichols doesn't need to be elite, he needs to prove that he can maintain the efficiency that he displayed during our 7 game win streak over a full season. I don't think we want to ask him to produce more than that. 
Our D does need to take the next step though. We've remade the DLine again. They have to pressure opposing QBs and not let teams run up and down the field on us. 

This is true.

Since TSN is raving over his testing numbers, let's compare #2 this year, and the guy we gave up #2 last year to get:
Pro day results:
Waggoner: 6’0”, 224, 4.56 forty 1.53 ten), 39.5 vert, 25 bench, 10’02 broad
Judge: 6’0”, 220, 4.55 forty (1.59 ten), 36.5 vert, 19 bench, 10’11 broad

picking gray is nuts .... he is career nfl-er ... chances of him ever playing cfl is less than 5% ... so use your imagination some place where it could be useful
got to go with Walters judgment at #1 .... and we don't need the best player available, we just need a good player that will sign us and play for the next 3 years with us
BTW Walters having predraft contract negotiations with Faith is brilliant

Keep in mind this is the same guy who had mulumba picked no3 over all, herdman in the first round, also had herdman as the 2nd best player available in the draft on his big board, auclair 3rd, etc.  
 

Competition is an area we lack at Canadian wr every year.

Thats an interesting read. Idk about us going with one of each linemen for our first round picks. I think we grab behar or if some how he should drop vandervoort. 
Its a strange draft. The positions with first round talent have multiple guys. dt, wr, ol none of them have one guy head and shoulders better then the wrest. I wouldnt be surprised if our top 3 picks are ol, dl and wr at all. But I think we go wr with the 2nd first. The drop off at wr is much faster and much steeper then DL or ol. Ol will go early and often, as it allways does. 

I thought Greg jones played pretty well with Sask...  would love to see him here to compete.