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As someone who is only in his early 30's, I have no real memories of the bombers being a dominant, or even consistently good team. Sure we had a brief glimpse of success in the days of Jones and Stegall. Losing games and looking terrible on offense is just my expectation. So the good of this is I get over the losses pretty quickly, as they're expected. The bad being even if we win a couple games it will be hard to enjoy as I'll know the wheels are still going to fall off after another few games.
I didn't grow up watching or playing football, wasn't an option to play in a small town. In my teens the likes of Stegall and Brown got me interested and started watching. Then i hit my 20's. The bombers didn't win a labor day game in my 20's. Loss after loss after loss. Every year we bring in new players, every year people are optimistic for the new players. Every year regardless of what coaches/players/Gm we bring in, the team plays like the Bombers, which is a painful experience.
- The Classic, Tracker and coachrock
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On 6/14/2016 at 2:40 AM, brett_c_b said:
he must have more faith in a Lapo offense than some of us if he thinks he's going to be making shorter kicks than 45 yards.
that kick last night will cost him 1300. He's already donating more to charity than I do in a year, and he has 17 games left.
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I was considering going, after that depressing mess last night I think I'll be watching from my couch.
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This caught my interest. Went to register, draftkings registration unfortunately requires more effort than I'm willing to put in at this moment so I'll pass on it for now.
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12 minutes ago, BomberBall said:
and I'm not so sure Laine will be the pick.
Just to be a contrarian? Right now there's a gap from 1/2 to 3. The Jets have gone off the board a bit with other first rounders, but I can't see how they do it picking 2nd.
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1 hour ago, B-F-F-C said:
Doesn't Medlock have a history of missing games due to injury? Castillo is a great insurance policy or a valuable asset should a starting kicker/punter go down with injury.
Either way I see him paying dividends.
2009 - 17 games (1 game on PR, 17 started)
2010 - 4 games, cut in favor of prefontaine
2011 - 18 games
2012 - NFL
2013 - NFL
2014 - 18 games
2015 - 18 games
Best I can tell he has missed 0 CFL games due to injury
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Medlock is basically 87-90% on FG every year, and makes quite a few long ones. I'm quite happy to have him. Hajrullau's good year is the same as Medlocks worst full season
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question based on a comment I saw on twitter. Are the endzones in BMO not the proper depth due to space restrictions? Got the impression that they're 18 yards deep.
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2 hours ago, Noeller said:
Fwiw, I feel the same way about Iso...
i feel the same about both of them. For what it's worth I've been in Edmonton 7.5 years now. I own 0 pieces of Eskimos gear. Last year as bad as the team was I went to Vancouver, Calgary and Ottawa to watch them play. This year the Vancouver bombers trip will be on again, not sure about others.
- Noeller, Blue-urns, the watcher and 1 other
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9 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:
Thanks for getting this up so quickly. You're providing a service that the CFL should be providing on their website.
Wouldn't surprise me if they can't. With the amount of money TSN is paying to air the games, I'd expect something in their preventing the games being made available through any other means outside of TSN.
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2 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:
what's the latest on Keeping?
8 weeks per tsn
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3 hours ago, Ripper said:
Part of that is excitement that he is here, but IMHO more importantly its the fans endorsing management for making a good move for the team
Or it's people who just want to wear a Dressler jersey to a Bombers game against Sask hoping he has a monster game in a Bombers blowout victory.
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13 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:
That has to be the best diet I've ever heard of! How much bacon do you have to eat to lose weight? **** Jenny Craig!!!
I traded in carbs for steak bacon and cheese, and a bit of pork and chicken. If I want a snack, no more chips, cook a couple pieces of bacon.
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I might start buying merch again this year. It has nothing to do with management. It's the first year in a few that I might be able to wear some of it. The bombers don't really sell fat guy sizing. Down 100lbs this CFL off season (technically 98.5 as of this morning, but i'm going with 100), I may be able to get into some bomber gear again. (the secret is bacon, i have spent 0 time in the gym)
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7 hours ago, Adrenaline_x said:
I can't believe i'm the one making this thread
pre-season, backups get some opportunity. The starters will make the threads in regular season as you watch from the couch
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7 minutes ago, Ripper said:
The average fan maybe, but we have a very large number that are not average fans. Our ticket revenues were up last year and season tickets are sold out and are again this year at 80%. Merch sales went up as soon as Jones was announced as GM. So if the riders struggle this year and merchandise sales are high, what will you say then. Just bought a new jersey yesterday myself for mrs ripper. Couldn't go wrong with number 6.
So did you buy a new jersey because Taman is gone, because there are new jerseys, or because she can't wear her Dressler jersey to games anymore
I would expect most teams merch revenue to be up this year with the new jerseys
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9 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:
Link?
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3 minutes ago, Ripper said:
The opposite. The Riders would have made 850k without the almost 5.2 million dollar payment to the heritage fund. Sounds like we owe another 5.1'ish million against this to pay for the 15 million in renovations for the 2013 grey cup. Merch was down. but not because we were losing, but fans sending message to fire Taman IMHO.
I'd be skeptical that the average fan cares too much about who the GM is. Every fan cares about winning/losing, the minority, such as the types who go on forums, care about other the behind the scenes stuff. If merch is down significantly, I'd be surprised if that many people didn't buy merch because of who the GM is.
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3 hours ago, blitzmore said:
What because we were bored like they are usually?
Because you went and talked to each other instead of watching
jab at the media, not you. You did better than I would have, I would have left if they weren't doing much.
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3 hours ago, blitzmore said:
my son and I talked about other things for a good portion.
Which local media do you work for?
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24 minutes ago, Atomic said:
I don't mind this tactic by Chris Jones. They don't need St. John in the lineup right away, they have enough Canadian OL to easily start 3 with depth behind them.
Offering the league minimum is a **** move (and I'm not sure we're hearing the full story there) but I can understand the Riders holding out for a bargain.
In a league where after 3 years a guy can leave why sour the relationship early. No other league would a guy drafted first overall get a minimum offer.
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13 hours ago, Nolby said:
Nfl had to adjust to the converts, why can't we adjust to the distance change. I'm not trying to start a battle but just something I've been pondering when the topic of rule changes come up every year.
Our field is 5 yards longer. With NFL goal posts currently 10 yards deeper than ours in the NFL you have to move the ball 5 yards further than in the CFL to have the same length kick (assuming you started on your own half of the field)
If we put the goalposts at the back of our end zone, to have the same length kick you now have to move the ball 15 yards further than in the NFL.
So if you start around your own 25, and figure you need a 45 yard kick to be in reasonable field goal range, you need to move the ball 47 yards.
With your proposal to get into field goal range you'd have to gain 67 yards of offense to get into field goal range. As well if your range is 45 yards you'd have to get to the 18 yard line before you'd kick a field goal. Do you really only want to see field goals attempted from inside the 20? I can't imagine why you'd want that change.
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Posted · Edited by brett_c_b
also in the 0-4 club. Didn't expect winnipeg to win, but had to try