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“That rejuvenates me. Being in the locker room and being around the guys, there’s nothing like it. As long as opportunities continue to present themselves, whether down here [in the NFL] or back up in Canada if the well ran dry down here, I’d love to keep playing football as long as I can. It’s not a bad way to work.’’

O'Connor has a strong arm & he's a tall lanky qb. He can run but not like Rourke. I can't see him making some of the throws Rourke did but he has motivated receivers who will work hard to get open for him. He won't be putting up the numbers Rourke did but I could see him throwing for 200-250 yard a game. I think teams will blitz the **** out of him trying to rough him up. That OL benefitted from Rourke's ability to get away from pressure & throw laser beam accurate passes. O'Connor can't do that. If the Lions go 50% the rest of the way they'll be hosting the Western Semi Final.

I see myself as a wit, and my wife thinks I'm half right.

after streveller went to arizona, I followed that team a bit. can not have been much fun being backup to kyler murray. on one play murray came off the field, streveller went up to congratulate him, murray acted like chris was not there. also, dont think the coach did chris any favours when he was on the field. hope he sticks somewhere. excessively swollen egos in the nfl is part of why I cant get into it.

In SD, it might be because the Governor denied COVID was a risk https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/19/kristi-noem-trump-strategy-denial-covid-ravages-south-dakota until there was money in it. https://www.salon.com/2021/03/04/south-dakota-gov-kristi-noems-family-got-600000-in-covid-relief-grants/

I don't find it a perfect match for what is happening in the states either, but it is the clearest example I can think of in seeing a type of mass-following of what from the outside seems obviously flawed, and in the case of the US, just outright stupid and lacking any logic. @Mark FI've posted it somewhere on these forms before, but I found Authoritarian Nightmare: Trump and his Followers to be a good read. It more looks at the psychology of the followers and how they can champion a guy like Trump and hold the views they do. Previously I didn't know how anyone in their right mind could be a support Trump. Turns out that I just had to modify my definition of "right mind". One of the authors was a U of M psych prof and his son was an MLA.

Actually, that’s cleverer than most, even if groan-worthy. Will give you that one.

Man oh man Ellingson needs to get healthy.

Sturgis and this stupity. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-mount-rushmore-controversy-fireworks-personal-fascination/story?id=71595321

Alford vs Strevy for the Monday nighter. TSN has all the action.

In a Sociology class I took in the early 1980's, we spent the whole time looking at the roots of the Nazi emergence in 1920's- 1930's and how it related to the typical German family life and values of that era. We did not compare it to the Reagn-Bush-Trump era but in retrospect, it sure as hell does.

Yep, they may still win more of their remaining games than they lose, but a lot of teams are now going to give them a good run for their money. They won't be blowing any teams out of the park.

Hate to hear the news on Rourke. brightest new star the CFL has seen in forever and he loses half a season to a freak foot injury. Hope O'Connor has some game in him.

I hope someone asks Ford why his govt didn't spend $1.8B they were given for healthcare? Oh, right, because it's their goal to starve and destroy our healthcare system.

Would be good imo. But I suspect they’d go with Lofton who was scary bad at tackle in pre season. Maybe he’d be less atrocious at guard. Sure wish Richmond was healthy. He would’ve already taken a starting job if healthy imo.

But to Noah vail.

I think Charest sees the writing on the wall, so it seems like the best thing he can do now is go after Poilievre as much as possible over the disgraceful company he's been keeping of late. Things for the CPC are only going to get worse now.

Maas doesn’t know how to use RBs so it doesn’t matter anyway

Speaking the truth is NOT gonna get Jean Charest elected as PC leader. Brave of him to say this out loud though.

I disagree. There are many politicians who enter politics for all the right reasons. Sometimes their beliefs are different from Our own personal beliefs so we assume they are corrupt, not nice...... Sometimes they are shoved to the side by those in power or with more political punch. Sometimes when good politicians are in politics to long they slowly slide into corruption .But there are good ones. But there are some that have neither good morals or character right off the bat. I would suggest the state of current US politics weeds out the good ones real quick and discards them on the trash heap pretty quick.

Yeah that's an awful injury for Rourke and the Lions. You don't just next man up when your starter is having that kind of season. BC isn't a good enough team overall to absorb that loss IMO.

O'Conor can make most throws...but has no elusiveness, and no threat to kill you around the edge, also he isn't even close to Rourke at processing , and reading, and Rourke was still learning too...he was just being pin point on his first read and hot routes, and had ability to scramble away to ake the deep shot when a receiver got in behind someone....so BC is going to look way different now, and possibly flounder a bit....and I know they "claim" O'Connor is the guy moving forward, but the switch to Pipkin is just a matter of time. Their defense is going to have to be lights out now, and I dont think they have the horses to do that...especially with now prob being on the field more, and not having a 3 score cushion to work behind

I guess you are unaware of Trump's record on covid.

Michael Cohen should be listened to. and Trump, for all the blathering and analysing him, he is not complicated. devoid of morals,, ethics, boundaries; whatever helps him the most, he will do that. If it involves making others suffer... even better. look what he did with covid, sacrificed hundreds of thousands of people, to help himself. blackmail? Hold the country hostage? of course. then sell the information anyway. wierd how this kind of immoral sadist ends up in power so frequently. world wide.

Remember the days before the pandemic when Derel Wajker was the premiere receiver in the CFL? He became a free agent & we had our own private "Have You Seen Derel Lately? Watch" going on here?? Now, nobody cares about Walker anymore. Ah, good times....

That was a great read and I totally relate to you. My dad was the one that got me into watching sports, but it was watching with my mom that made it so special. We would cheer at all the bomber games on tv (and Jets games too). Bomber nights were essentially family nights at our house. I can here my mom's cheers in my head when a TD was scored, and her disgust when an interception was thrown. Sadly my mom passed away in 2009 (exactly one day after Michael Jackson died). She never witnessed the Jets returning, nor did she get to see the Bombers win back to back Grey Cups. When the drought was over in 2019, I imagined my mom jumping for joy in Heaven . And in 2021 I celebrated that Grey Cup win with my dad watching together. It's crazy this thing we call sport, whether playing or watching, some truly special bonds are made. Thank you for sharing this with us and allowing us to share with you.

Back to high school O’Connor is what the NCAA types dub a “pro-style” QB meaning he has limited mobility. It’ll certainly be an adjustment for that offense. Rourke is a 4.7 40 guy, O’Connor is a 5.2 40 guy. He won’t be running by any DL.

The foot has 26 bones. Mostly small & hundreds of thousands of nerve endings. They're needed because we use our feet for balance & we need receptors to tell us if something is hard, slippery, wet, sharp, hot or cold. This makes the foot very sensitive after surgery. Whenever surgery is done on the foot, recovery is slow. Not only because the bones need to heal but the nerves damaged in that surgery need to regenerate & heal. That takes months because it is a slow process. some nerves will come back but others may never be the same. Surgical procedures have changed but healing time hasn't. Rourke will have the best doctors, surgeons & physiotherapists taking care of him so he should heal a little quicker than you & I. It'll still take months.

Terrible news. Hope the kid recovers well and quickly.

Strange to say that I think Lawler has earned his money so far this year

He could have signed with us at least twice before & from what I understand he led Walters on thinking he'd sign here before signing with the Argos & then back with the Elks. He signed with 2 shitty teams & played badly for both. He made his bed. Screw him. I hope he enjoys playing for the crap show Elks.

Morrow was the better back of the two, that has been one of the few bright spots they have had.

Watching Duke drag his arse around for the type of money he's grafting off of the riders is hilarious for sure....I don't know why they don't sit him on the 6 game, to ease the cash pain is plain dumb,,,but fits the rider narrative of stupidity

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/22/climate-emergency-doomer-appeaser-precautionary-principle End of the article is a good, albeit sobering, summation.

Streveler is gonna be trying to get his NFL pension all season. I'd imagine he could be cfl bound next season tho

If anything that may help them...Hickson is the better true back...every down type....and with reps would get even better...Morrow is not a true every down back....and doesn't wow me one bit...heck he barely ahead of BO now and he did nothing for 2/3 of his season.....and Duke is just trash, not a difference maker...out of shape and injury prone and sucking up more than we paying Schoen and Ellingson combined...which is soooo funny

I’ll be watching

Jets/Falcons = Ratings basement

There's no way BC just continues to glide,Rourke made that team go

“Brandon Alexander doing some hard running on the sidelines”

It isn’t a short punt.

They won't fire Jones. No chance. Not unless the team implodes entirely.

Easier to block a punt

The drought in the U.S. Southwest is now considered a once in 1200 year event. It has lasted 23 years. *I have learned that as a subscriber, I can gift 10 Washington Post articles per month. This means I can link them here and you can read them in their entirety. I'm going to try to use them judiciously. U.S. announces more water cuts as Colorado River hits dire lows The new shortage triggered by low reservoir levels comes comes as states negotiate how to make major reductions in water use https://wapo.st/3PBbGpL