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Showed up back at the stadium in a cab according to tsn. Would have loved to see him get back into the game just because that's the kind of story that gets told for a long long time.

CFL News - etc. Don Unamba - fined for head butting. 👁‍🗨Bombers - ranked 7th in power standings. Seems right. 👁‍🗨Travis Lully thinks he can play again this year. Will he? Should he? Expectation is he will play again this year..The Lions did not put him on the 6 game I.R. ”I can deal with shoulder rehab in my sleep” Travis Lully 👁‍🗨J. Jennings is now the QB. Can he do enough this weekend to beat Hamilton? With that defence, at home, yes. 👁‍🗨Eskimos are treating the last 6 games like they’re playoffs. So should the Bombers. Bombers Marcus Sayles is not a golfer, but he is looking better and better on defence. “When we won four games, we weren’t coming in and telling our players how good we are,” Jones said. “And right now, after losing a football game, we’re not coming in and telling our players how bad we are. We need to play good, consistent football and trust the process.” - isn’t this the same thing O’Shea has been saying and gets roasted for? Worth noting - Saskatchewan enters that game with a league-low 15 offensive touchdowns and a red-zone percentage of 32.0, which is easily the worst in the CFL. 👁‍🗨MISTAKES - capitalized, because they cost the Bombers, what? 3 wins this season? Milt - TSN asks...whose leash is shorter in Friday’s game - Nichols or Manziel? True or false? - “We’re a better defence now than we were at the beginning of the year and we want to continue that progression going forward,” Hall said. - Wpg. Sun It’s possible one of the newcomers — receivers Charles Nelson and Kenny Lawler, or defensive back Boobie Hobbs — will get in the lineup as a primary returner this week. “We do have the guys, we just need to have it work for us once,” O’Shea said. Nichols has a quarterback-efficiency rating of 78.9; last year he led the CFL in that department with a rating of 103.8. Andrew Harris lost the CFL rushing lead during the bye week to Ottawa’s William Powell, who had 148 yards along the ground in the RedBlacks win over Saskatchewan. Powell now leads Harris by 10 yards, at 994 to 984 with both players having six games left this season. - Ed Tait

dafuq is wrong with you guys?

Ok so you're making a false equivalency between the cfl and NFL then. One of the reasons that the cfl has had a harder time finding young qbs is the NFL has started looking at the type of qbs that would traditionally be over looked and ended up in the cfl. Can't compare how the two leagues recruit qbs.

Is it though? Lulay took the starting job back from Jennings, only reason ray isn't starting in Toronto is injury and an older QB replaced the hotshot you guy there. Hamilton stuck with a more experienced guy in masoli rather and go for Manziel, riders went with experienced collaros over Bridge. Honestly who are these teams giving young qbs a chance over experience?

How about a positive thread for a change... Fritz Hanson - the first superstar in Bomber history and one of the all-time greats from the early days of Canadian football - will be inducted to the Ring of Honour. https://www.bluebombers.com/2018/09/18/ring-honour-inductee-fritz-hanson/ They called him ‘Twinkletoes’, the ‘Perham Flash’ and the ‘Galloping Ghost’, and every nickname just seemed to perfectly describe his enthralling skillset. Melvin ‘Fritz’ Hanson was the first superstar in the history of the Winnipeg Football Club, pre-dating all the legends in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ long and storied history, arriving decades before Stegall and Roberts, Ploen, Lewis, Gray, Tinsley, Brown, Brock, James and Walby. Hanson – the 2018 inductee into the club’s Ring of Honour – first appeared on the local football scene in 1935 during the Great Depression – spurring a $1,000 offer from the New York Giants to sign in Winnipeg instead for $800 along with a new overcoat and the chance to be close to his hometown in Perham, Minnesota. And he instantly put the franchise on Canada’s sporting map. The ‘Winnipegs’ – as they were known then, before the nickname ‘Blue Bombers’ was hung on them by Free Press sportswriter Vince Leah – had fallen in the Grey Cup semi-final in 1933 and were just 3-4 a year later when the Bombers added Hanson. The game was changing then, with more American college players migrating north to Canada and passing coming into vogue. Long overdue but I'm glad it's finally happening.

Can we all just take a minute, and realize that maybe, they did try to bring some of those players back (Considering they just signed 2 that were in TC) and those players declined the offer....I think this happens more often than fans realize. Sometimes players get better paying jobs. Or are waiting on the NFL for an injury. And now there is a new league that is going to be paying more in their own country. It's not hard to believe some players just didn't want to come back.

"Keep the meter running... our QB is on his way out the back door!"

I was at practise today (September 18)...here are my observations regarding how we lined up OLine Bryant Neufeld Goosen Chungh Hardrick (Couture 6th man) QB Nichols all 1st team scrimmage reps RB Harris with LaFrance backing up. Flanders doesn't look like he'll be on the game-day roster, (no 1st team reps and no ST reps) RECEIVERS Adams Dressler Demski Thompkins Wolitarsky (Peterman and Simonise in reserve) Washington doesn't look like he'll be on the game-day roster, (no 1st team reps) DLine Roh Bryant Nevis Oka (Thomas and Rivers rotating in) LB JSK Bighill Gaitor at SAM (reps were about a 70/30 split with Gaitor and Fenner) SECONDARY Priester Alexander Loffler Sayles Randle (reps were about a 70/30 split with Priester and Fogg) PUNT cover notable Briggs and Bennet are upbacks Fenner and Randle the gunners Wild still playing on the team PUNT return notable Demski and Fogg getting reps... Didn't observe kick team scrimmage DI's Looks like Medlock, Rivers, Fenner, and Wild

Those are elite QBs, mostly playing in a similar pro-style system in college. The elite of the elite. You want a raw rookie, with no Canadian football experience to step in? You get Streveler, who looks good but is not ready to start.

Thanks. This is precisely what he does. With a frequent spicing of insults. This is clearly intentional. Who knows what the goal is. There's a name for it "Gish Gallop" As they used to say "bullshit baffles brains" sometime next few days, I'll post a new thread and with any luck this Pigeye will do us a favour and keep away from it. Too much time wasted on his dog's breakfast endlessly looping looking glass arguments.

I've been an Android fan and supporter for 8 years. I'm pretty invested in the ecosystem, both Android and Google. Google Minis at home, Chromecasts, YouTube Premium, etc. That being said, in my last position at work, I had an iPhone. I had it just short of two years and I miss it dearly. Not because of the tech but because of a few simple things like iMessages. My friends and family have iPhones and I relied heavily on the simplicity of iMessages, including the group chat. I'm up for renewal now and I was prepared to get an iPhone over an Note 9. Now, with these prices, I can't justify it. It will cost me hundreds more. I like the larger screen, so I would need a Xs Max. I need more than 64gb, so I would need to get the 256gb model. It will cost me $640 more to get the iPhone Xs Max over the Note 9. That's a lot of money. I can make the Google ecosystem work without an Android phone but I can't get over the price difference.

spare us your fake science, and obnoxious instructions. thanks.

Logan has pretty snappy passes but would need to see more of him to thrash out an opinion. What's to worry, there is no place for him here anyways. Let the young wine age.

lol....someone asked a good question....how did he pay for the cab, did he have his wallet in his helmet....

Im not sure I'd take him at face value. Their rehab program has been pretty generous. I believe they sent Sunny multiple times...finally announced they would never send her again and then quietly did send her again. Chair shots to the head would be one of the worse things guys did to hurt their brains but for a time, it was standard operating procedure. WWE should take some responsibility for that but my point is, how can you sue WWE for not protecting you from CTE if no one knew about CTE at the time. The NFL got in trouble because there was evidence they DID know and didnt disclose that. Old timers from the 70's/80's in any sport suing the league or company for not disclosing information they had no reasonable expectation to posses doesnt sit right. On the other hand, if you worked for a league for your career and are now suffering, there should be a morale obligation to assist. The problem is, WWE doesnt have a pension plan and many of the guys worked all over the world....if they worked for NWA/WCW for 10 years, Japan for 7 years and WWE for 4 years, why should WWE be responsible? Now that WWE is aware of brain injury, they actually are the safest promotion in the world in that regard, from having a special super-padded ring for training, making trainees wear helmets, banning head shots, banning most neck moves etc. WWE generally has a higher injury rate than New Japan, likely due to their schedule but they are protective of the head. Depends on the promotion and the talent. It used to be much more the wrestlers but WWE asserts more control over the details. How it generally works is, the writers work on RAW all week, go back and forth with Vince and others all weekend (in the 90's, the bookers would go to Vince's house). On Monday, when the script was more or less locked, they'd have a production meeting that included the agents (WWE now calls them producers) to go over the show and what the writers (and Vince's) intentions are for the story they're telling. Each segment is assigned an Agent (an agent can have more than one segment). When talent arrives, they check the run sheet (the synopsis of the show) to see who their agent is and go seek him/her out. The agent conveys the story and works with the talent to put their match/segment together. The agent is responsible for ensuring the rules and WWE's vision is adhered to (so if Seth said he wants to do a pile driver, the agent would nix it). So the talent has a lot of say in that regard but within the context of the story WWE is telling and their style. Thats why a lot of WWE matches have similar tropes. WWE also books for TV so for example, there has to be a spot at a specific time where the action spills to the floor and everyone is down so they can go to break...or Corbin slaps on a 4 minute chin lock while they're on commercial etc. When segments are bad or guys do **** they shouldnt, there is often heat on the agent. You can see a difference between RAW and NXT where the agents are conveying Vince's vision on RAW whereas conveying Hunter's vision on NXT. Some WWE agents are Arn Anderson, Mike Rotundo (IRS), Jamie Noble, Fit Finlay, Adam Pierce...and I think Winnipeg's own Sarah Stock is an agent too. New Japan provides more freedom to the wrestlers to come up with all their stuff. Individually, some wrestlers prefer to have every detail mapped out while some prefer to have a basic outline and call it in the ring. Flair & Steamboat had some of the greatest matches ever and both preferred to just go to the ring without a plan. Randy Savage was notorious for wanting every detail mapped out (his WrestleMania 3 match against Steamboat was heavily rehearsed). Hogan/Warrior was heavily rehearsed. On the indies, most guys would have the freedom to put their matches together and most guys would go over it beforehand. You might have a booker who is more tightly controlling but I always feel like indies are for learning and guys need the freedom to explore to really learn what works and what doesnt (and then you provide them feedback after). So for example in my promotion, we have a crew meeting before the show where I briefly go over the entire show with some key storyline stuff. I used to go over it in more detail but I find its easier to save the details for smaller groups. So after the meeting (sometimes before as guys arrive), I'd meet with guys in a match or segment and go over the storyline aspects and whatever ideas I have. Generally, I'd provide a finish which could be "whatever you want" or "you over clean, however you want" or "you over via shenanigans, however you want". Sometimes I have a finish in mind and will suggest that and unless the guys have a better idea, thats what we do. Sometimes I have an idea for how to start the match or a spot during the match. Mostly, Im providing story beats and they come up with how to convey it. Every booker has a style and certain "rules" to how they put shows together. For really green guys (rookies), I've given a lot of detail but as Im not a worker, I dont feel its my strength so I generally dont. We have a lot of veterans so usually young guys are working with a veteran and sometimes Ill specifically designate a guy to "agent" a match. For what its worth, Kenny goes over his matches/segments in detail before hand. It used to be something less athletic guys would use as a criticism "real workers call it in the ring". But these super talented guys today, they can go into a match totally blank but their focus is on the best match they can do so they like to go over it beforehand. EDIT: And I should add, the timing of the match is probably more important to the company. In WWE, Billy Kidman times the matches and its super important (he sits at the Gorilla Position, behind the curtain and keeps the time). All In almost blew it because two matches went long and they got off the air with 3 seconds left in their PPV satellite time. So even in New Japan, they might not give Kenny and Okada details for their match but they will definitely give them time. ie. 25 minutes and you better hit it as close as possible. Since the big promotions have wireless headsets to convey orders to the refs its easy for time and commercials etc, because the ref will relay it. For smaller promotions like mine, you'll just see me angrily motioning towards the guys...lol

So.... what bullshit are you referring to? They show that an increase in hurricanes is due to better monitoring... huzzah! Is it correct? Peer reviewed? Why does this sole data point nullify the avalanche of data supporting anthropogenic climate change and make it bullshit? That is insane.

Not saying anyone is less of a fan... but for those of us that are invested in the team and at every game, I'd say we have even more reason to be frustrated and fed up when things are going bad. Quite frankly, I'm getting fed up paying $75 a ticket to watch Nichols throw dump passes and then have O'Shea stand there with a smirk on his face and tell everyone he's playing very good football.

With Hardrick back and continuing with 3 import receivers Flanders will sit. I don’t even know why they even played him last week when they totally misused him and his skill set. Personally, I would like to see Thompkins sit and Petermann and Flanders on the starting roster.

It would be nice to have a returner with some explosive speed that could break one every so often. Now all we have is a dependable catcher who can get 10 - 20 yards. Not bad but improved field position could help our offence out.

The whole DL is weird. Makes you wonder what needs to hit them in the face to realize how much more consistent the defense has been over the past 3 seasons when they use 7 DL in rotation. We have a guy in Wild who is essentially useless. A DL off the street would be more useful to the roster. There are literally dozens that have been cut by CFL teams this year, including guys the Bombers cut that looked like decent players in pre-season. How awesome would it be to rotate Bryant, Nevis and Johnson inside? Thomas could play 20 snaps a game and be a great player in that role too. Bryant and Johnson can play some end.

to put this into perspective... I wonder how Stefan LeFors fared against opposing teams for the first time?

Since no one else has posted it:

He's playing 'the character' of a failed bomber GM/coach who now hangs out on a football forum... in the hopes of demonstrating some kind of point to us all. It seems that point is that every other team makes good decisions and has good players and the bombers don't and haven't ever - except in 2009.

Scared of Bowman, scared of Johnny Football, scared of my shadow, scared of the dark.... ...scared of gin......well, ok, there are limits...

Ok...you hate the guy. We get it. But this is the proverbial "beating a dead horse".

the biggest lie in the history of sports.

I think it's ok to compare leagues,.....differences aside, in many ways the things the qb has to do are the same arent they? go to line, try to figure out what the D is going to do, run play, avoid rush, go through reads, find open guy, get ball to him. Sure those players are elite, but they are/were still rookies. probably relatively speaking, our rookie, in our league would be capable of the same as some of them. He is without question as fast, or faster, than any of them, and as good, or better at carrying the ball, than any of them. In the old days of the NFL starting a rookie would have been unthinkable. Times have changed there. Why not here too? I think that "you can't start a rookie qb" is outdated, and about to be proven wrong over the next few years in the CFL. Anyway, what we have been doing, isn't working at all. At some point the players won't have the faith in Matt that Mike does. then what?

I'd rather see 1 or 2 legit top American receivers and the the canadians cause the Canucks can play. I trust them more than the Americans.

No doubt. I'm in exactly the same boat. I just don't want to spend that much money on a phone. I believe that they pushed a bit too far. We'll see if they meet their forecasts.

Did not say it, but I was including the NFL. Wentz, Mahomes, Trubiski, Sam Darnold, , Jameis Winston started as a rookie, Mariotta started as a rookie, Russell wilson started as a rookie, guy in Houston, Dak Prescott, guy in Cleveland this season, CFL...... not so much I guess, maybe we should look into this idea.

It seems iMessages keeps a remarkable number of people in the Apple ecosystem; I know that was one of the biggest factors for us. That and Apple getting into the mid-range market (my wife and I got SEs). Now that they're back to being high-end only I don't think even iMessages will be enough to keep us when it's time for a new phone (I was very close to getting a Nokia 6.1 a few months ago but had trouble even justifying that expense with my SE still ticking). I'm impatiently waiting for the day when there is a capable iMessage equivalent on Android.

You obnoxiously demand answers to you questions (which are provided), yet you refuse to answer questions asked of you. Not the way to have a civil discourse. You cling to %1 of data that taken out of context "supports" your "argument" and Ignore the 99% of the data that is inconvenient to your "argument" and then insult people who don't accept your flat-earth rationale.... ridiculous. Until you come to the table with a basic understanding of science, your arguments should be treated as those of a flat-earther.

I think Buff has Toomuchicetimeitis.

One of my wishes for this season is by game 20 we see a headline on TSN "What's wrong with the Leafs?" This constant Tavares Marner Matthews talk is nauseating.

Wow the hooker screwing serial liar, supporting a guy who is accused of attempted rape, for the highest judicial office in the Country. The Republicans are really burning themselves down with this. Surely they could have found someone less repulsive than this guy, who would just as reliably do what they wanted. A pack of oafs. So used to not having to do anything useful, that they don't know how to do anything at all. Looking more and more like they're done like dinner.

Pig last citation american meterological society thinks it show no warming. here's what that organisation says about climate change, recently.

He should be according to... https://www.capfriendly.com/waivers-calculator

They brought bodies in, at this point I don't care who they are, maybe some will surprise and turn out to be keepers.

Huge respect for Ford. She's practically a patriot at this stage by refusing to give testimony to the Senate until the FBI investigates. To the people implying she's a Democrat plant and this is all nonsense or "convenient", she's receiving death threats, has had to leave her home, leave her job etc. This is why victims are reluctant to come forward. Most accused want to be exonerated when they arent guilty. Kavanaugh should be the one demanding a full investigation. He's not. What does that say? Listen, Dr Ford could be batshit crazy and this could be a lie. We dont know. We can only judge what we do know. That she disclosed this to a therapist years ago, to her husband years ago, to friends....thats one hell of a long game if its a set up. If its a lie, she'd say no one else was there. Instead, she named a witness who happened to be Kav's best friend. What a witness! Geeez.... Judge doesnt want to give testimony...well, one reason could be, he doesnt want to be involved. Another reason would be, he doesnt want to support Ford and surely doesnt want to lie under oath. If he gives testimony and then its shown he lied...he's in big trouble. This might be unpopular, but honestly, Kav should just tell the truth, assuming he knows he did it. Had he come forward and said "Look, I dont specifically recall this incident but I remember Ms Ford and remember spending time together or being at the same parties. I remember many parties, and as young people we did drink a lot. If I ever did anything that made Ms Ford feel attacked or threatened, I sincerely apologize. I believe her 100% that she feels the way she feels and I wish I could take that pain away. Its no excuse to say we were young and immature. Young men should be taught that no means no and they are responsible for their actions. In the 40 years since, there has never been a similar allegation made and I have tried to live my life in a way my family would be proud. My record speaks for itself. I will answer any question and cooperate with any investigation." If he says something like that, I believe he gets confirmed.

I remember reading that Montgomery was asked, but declined. I liked Casher too, but he's on the Lions pr now.

I think the idea of Myers on the left is to give him more ice time. Maurice said something about that, giving everyone time. He even joked that Trouba told him he'd play the left side. Morrow is actually pretty solid. He was pretty highly touted when he came into the league, didnt really have the success people thought he would...but he's not a scrub. As others have said, with Niku, no reason to rush him, He's young, has a two way deal, can be sent down etc. I thought Poolman could be too but TSN this morning said he is subject to waivers which gives him an inside shot at 3RHD or the press box. Same with Logan...he can be sent down so no sense in hand-wringing over him yet. He has lots of upside and does some things well. He'll get used to the speed of the pro game in the AHL and be better for it. The D is pretty good this year and has some good pieces moving forward, primarily if they lock up Josh and Trouba long term.

It clearly doesn't show at all what the poster thinks. If you look at his own article you find this: (Its a paragraph above the section he quoted) The storm surge from Hurricane Sandy was unprecedented. flooded parts of NY city subway, and destroyed Far Rockaway NYC. Hurricane Harvey of 2017 is tied with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record, inflicting $125 billion in damage, primarily from catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding in the Houston metropolitan area and Southeast Texas. Florence might be worse. one year later. 24 inches of rain in one day. exactly what science says will happen. if you want to attempt to show greenhouse gases do not cause warming, probably don't want to cite NOAA.

He's just okay though... could have just kept any DE from the PR

Thanks Colin great stuff. DI'sLooks like Medlock, Rivers, Fenner, and Wild Not a single player on offense and wonder we struggle at times. Roster management needs to change asap.

Surprisingly enough, I'm pretty sure Thompkins was on the sideline in the 2nd half (in full gear). Didn't notice if he got on the field at all though.

Just so you know the comments I made were for The Source & not you.

Like it or not you would want your commander and chief to come across as self assured and confident....anything else would be perceived as weakness. The expectation that press releases or conferences will divulge anything other than the usual predictable sports cliches is unrealistic

I think there are two whiny posters who do, and one who would be crazy rude in person.