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I remember sitting in a car driving back to Niverville from IGF after a loss in 2013 listening to Bob and Doug venting and just totally fed up and frustrated with yet another poor effort and embarrassing loss, and I was genuinely worried that Bob was just going to pack it in. For a guy who had seen so many great Bomber teams over the years it must have been so hard to watch Tim Burke and Joe Mack just stumble and fumble and deliver such an awful on-field product. You could just hear the passion and anger in Bob's voice, and I was feeling exactly the same way. Bob spoke for all of us. Glad you hung in there Bob, and can go out on a season where we had the privilege to watch one of the best, most dominant and most professional Blue Bomber teams to ever pull on the uniform. The Bombers are great, but you make them even better. We love ya Bob!

Speaking of Dec 5, we decided to take advantage of a cool deal from Fionn McCools that day.... Burger, Fort Garry pint and a bus ride to and from the game for 15 bucks. You can't beat that. Absolutely STOKED for that whole weekend...

This may come across as a weird post but as I turn 41 today I wanted to show love to my hometown. I can't wait to be back next month and see the city I grew up in and love so much. I can't wait to take my kids next year. I guess the older we get the more we look back and think about things with perspective. I wouldn't change a thing about my childhood; Winnipeg is the ****.

Less than 5,500 seats left for the West Final.

I think Neufeld has been great the last couple games after a rough start....

in Neuf's defense..there are not many right tackles in the league at Yoshi's level

Every time Suitor's name comes up, the great Suitor defender steps up to tell everyone else that their opinion is wrong. Every time.

Actually not only did he come to my McDonald's and complain about the lack of salt on his fries, he followed me home to my Mom's basement.

Season all went downhill after I ripped on him for fumbling on that 3rd and 1 gamble way back when CAL was at IGF lol.

Happy birthday! 🎂

Good Lord! Yoshi's back! Man those QB's sure missed him.

Don't get me wrong... If it were up to me, Irving would be front and centre on December 12th. Just from a broadcast agreements standpoint, I can't figure this out. I suppose the simplest answer is "TSN radio doesn't have a Wpg affiliate, so let CJOB come and do the game locally" but I'm still not sure Bell allows it. Seeing Corus make money from "their" game would make the suits in Toronto physically ill...

He posted a .939 SV% and made 31 saves. How was that not a good night?

It was 100% on Kelly, he was so unprofessional answering questions.

Kelly brought it on himself after he pitched a fit hearing Bob and Doug rightly call out the piss poor Bomber effort

He's been much better than the first start. But he still can't handle big speed rushes off his edge. Which isn't a surprise he is a guard. When guys try and bull rush him or take a tight angle on him he's been very good. Going guard to tackle is extremely hard and few ol would do as well as he has. He deserves his props for that. Excited to see mcguire start. Surprised too. Wouldn't have bet on it this week. Excited to see Brown get some looks too.

Love McGuire starting. Gets him game time, keeps Zach healthy and gives us a built in excuse if we lose. Win-win-win.

I'm legitimately curious to see what McGuire does with a full week of primary reps in practice. I suspect a heavy run offense, but he can sling it. This is essentially a pre season game, so it'll be fun to watch some newbies run around out there..

I disagree.

The Hallett boys are real good. It's not like the old days of ni teamers being really limited. If demski sits I hope orange gets some decent reps. Maybe Shaq gets a look as he can do a lot of the varied catch and run looks demski gets. I hope agudosi gets a late season look. I wouldn't be surprised if McKnight gets a look again with any wr out. If demski sits it'd be great to see woli in his spot with orange in wolis with the blocking assignments.

Hey, lay off Kelly. He doesn’t come to your job at McDonald’s and tell you how to salt the fries, does he? 🤣 What was the other insult he threw out at a listener, something about mom’s basement?

It's the Sun. Doesn't need to make sense as long as people talk about it. Tabloids are just interested in clicks and advertising, not critical thinking.

I grew up in Riverview in the South End. Whenever I get back to Winnipeg with my wife when she wants to spend a little time doing things on her own like shopping with her mother, I always take a drive past my house in the old neighbourhood & reminisce in my mind thinking how lucky I was to have lived there. I can't get over how BIG the trees on the boulevard on my street are compared to when I grew up.

Food poisoning is wrongly accused on restaurants 95 plus per of the time. People seldom understand how long it takes to gestate.

I'm just so happy that the last several years he was delighted to be calling games and speaking with O'Shea. It was really hard during the Mike Kelly year followed by the years of us being absolutely terrible... I was worried back then that he was going to retire on a downer.

I guess there's only one thing left to do...Go back to back for Bob!

Scheif is in, Stastny's out, Papa Helle is back in the lineup after being sick with god-knows-what-it-wasn't-covid illness that kept him out of the lineup. Game's on TSN 3 at 7 also if the Jets score 5 today then there will be a different Andrea video (it'll be the same video but from a different user because of a block)

McGuire is not a runner. Career Statistics Career Rushing Statistics Career Rushing Statistics Season GP ATT YDS TD Long AVG/A AVG/G Total 44 232 326 9 18 1.4 7.4 2015 10 32 79 2 11 2.5 7.9 2016 11 85 207 5 18 2.4 18.8 2017 12 55 33 1 16 0.6 2.8 2018 11 60 7 1 13 0.1 0.6 https://goleathernecks.com/sports/football/roster/sean-mcguire/16994

Well chris streveler ran a legit 4.5 40 time, and McGuire runs about a 5. Big difference lol!

Yup and me getting upset at those types of conservatives for hating innocent, caring, thoughtful figures brands me as part of a woke mob.

If only you used that power for good....

Agreed. What I love about McGuire getting in the game this Saturday- live rounds against an opponent that has A LOT to play for.

yup...heal some knicks now...play some backups...then limit reps for starters in last game to keep the rust off...sitting last game would be dumb considering we have buy into the final

I am fully ready to see us sit some starters, Zach especially. This doesn't strike me as a team that gets 'rusty' and Zach is the straw that stirs the drink. We can't afford to lose him now.

You're clearly a fraud. Any self-respecting mother of a basement dweller would never expect her adult son to work.

And got a lucky bounce off his defenceman’s skate.

Bob used to pair on the road with Neil Lumsden as a colour guy for Ticats broadcasts, and with an ex-Montreal player (name escapes me, almost want to say Pat Woodcock) for Alouette broadcasts, and they were excellent. Especially Lumsden. I would heartily endorse that kind of “balanced” broadcast.

Binnington made 6 fluke saves. That's the difference Jets deserved 2 points

TSN paid for those rights.... I just shook my head at this article. How would this even work? Have two separate radio calls of the game? Bob does the entire national radio call of the game (its usually the TV B Team that does the radio cast of Grey Cup).... It just doesn't make any sense.

I just remember how hostile and awkward the coaches show was with Mike Kelly and Bob Irving. It was so forced and so awkward.

If he has to go then what a season to do it! I'm sure he's had a lot of fun calling this year's version of the Blue Bombers . I hope we can win the Cup for him to put a bow on this year for him (and all other Bomber fans).

If you've never seen/heard it, it's worth your time to track down some old Bombers games on YouTube that were only broadcast on the "Canadian Football Network" (because the CFL didn't have a TSN/CBC deal at the time). Irving was the PBP for it. It's a lot of fun to watch those...

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/canada-authorizes-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-booster-for-adults-1.5658454

So, I know one guy who is now looking for work, has a long history already with the CFL and PBP, and has strong ties to Winnipeg to boot. And MBB goes bat s*** crazy in 3, 2, 1……..

You'll hear him on OB at least once more when he hosts the grey cup love-fest at the Forks after the parade.

Jee-zus, who keeps cutting all the onions?! 😭

Such a sad day for all Bomber fans. Knew it was coming but it still sucks.