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LMFAO Danny Austin @DannyAustin_9 Dave Dickenson on whether he checks Twitter for updates on Nathan Rourke “If he plays, he plays. Farhan pretty much tweets out whether he uses the bathroom.”

Reading the o-line from left to right gives me warm feelings in my cockles... even my sub-cockles...

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On This Day In History: The Start Of Something Magical

Hey guys, not sure if you heard this yet, but Farhan says Rourke Rourke, Rourkey Rourkey Rourke Rourke. Also, it looks like Rourke Rourke Rourke-meister Rourke-amatic Rourkey Rourke Rourke is going to Rourke Rourke in the Rourke. I hope Rourke doesn't Rourke too hard and Rourke his Rourke.

Don't cream in your pants Farhan.

had no idea where to put this, but the clip is too good not to share........ the big man's birthday the other day, so Scooch shares this clip from Walby's first game as a Bomber:

You leave Dan Clark alone! He's a national treasure!

Demski shouldn’t play this week

Day 2 Practice via Our Man Tait:

when this team plays a game that it needs to win, it finds a way to win. The only time we've lost is when it really didn't matter. But every single time....even when we said "yeah, we're likely going to lose this one..." they came up big (vs Cgy and BC earlier this year). I truly believe in a MOS-led team in games that matter. They'll find a way.

the day we turned the corner...and havnt looked back

Such a big drop off that we have really had no issues. He should play the whole game. Honestly, I forget he is even on this team sometimes.

We’ve had our share of low crowds when things were on a downturn here. From 1997-1999 we had a ton of no-shows, and barely averaged 20,000 paid attendance a game even with half price or giveaway tickets to paper the house. Actual in-stadium numbers were lower. Had almost a dozen games under 20,000 with a low of 15,000 in 1999. We’ve even had low crowds with a competitive team. Hosted a playoff game in 2003 with only 22,000 in the stands, and the infamous 12,210 home playoff game in 1988 when the fans stayed away en masse because the team lost 3 straight going into the playoffs that year. Then they got hot and won the Grey Cup, and all kinds of fans twisted ankles jumping back on the bandwagon. They even made T-shirts saying “I was 1 of the 12,210” to honour the diehards who did show up at that game. They sold 50,000 of them. Even as recently as our current dynasty, we’ve had the odd low crowd in the new barn. Had only 20,900 show up for a late season game in 2019, had 3 games under 23,000 last year, and 23,500 this year for A Grey Cup re-match. Bottom line, we have a solid fan base and are riding likely the greatest run of success the league has seen in over 40 years, and we still see some empty seats, should we shouldn’t feel too superior. If we lost 17 in a row, I guarantee we’d see a lot of empty seats, based on the 1990’s precedent. Let’s just enjoy the ride for now.

You know what I love about die hard bomber fans? Through 29 years of losing, dismal management and coaching. Some real terrible terrible teams. Bomber fans still showed up to the games. I could be wrong but never do I remember a single game under 20 k. Nevermind 12k. Everyone gives Saskatchewan the title for best fans because the riders are all they have. The reality is the Bombers have always been relevant in our province. Win or lose. With, or without the Jets Kudos On another note though, I hate that I end of cheering for other teams to win games for the sake of the viability of the league. I shouldn't have to root for Edmonton to win a home game so they can start getting attendance up again. Cheering for Chris Jones to have success just seems... wrong Nonetheless I feel bad for Elks fans. Good on the ones who stick around

I am still in the "i'll believe it when I see it" camp on this one. Known lions mouthpiece Farhan Lalji seems to be laying it on a little thick here.

I highly doubt that... he already has a lucrative career in the financial sector, in Winnipeg... that's where I imagine his future is after football... maybe a guest coach during camp but I doubt full time.

I'd like to see both those boys get the numbers they want, and then sit down. Definitely want to see Ellingson, and to a lesser extent Woli get reps. And young Hallet. I agree that if any of these 3 aren't 100% we'll probably find out, and I really don't want to find out in the WF .

Again, if we're playing to top form, there is not another team that can hang with us. If we're not firing on all cylinders, then its a different matter. Even saying that we still win most often even when we're misfiring. Remember how we use to talk about playing someone like Calgary and people would say "If we play our best and they don't and we captitalize on their mistakes we can win"? Well the tables are turned now. Bring on Calgary or BC. They're coming to our house. Good luck with that.

we have consistently not given up TD's even with yards against...and have consitently shown teams have had a heck of a time stopping us from scoring...some times at will...so a chilly game...at home..packed house in a one win gets u there shot...I like the odds...

Cgy is the much more competitive match up for us, and even them I'm not overly concerned about

thing is tho...Mcrae took Ellingson spot basically on the roster, and is a huge down grade receiver wise when we run 80 to 90% of our schemes...so yes a huge downgrade...Mcrae will still be used and on roster, and will serve the role he had when Ellingson was playing....and the fact now we will have both Schoen and Ellingson running from the slot, and various other spots is gonna make it real tough on defenses now, as u still have to consider Demski and Bailey, and clutch Woli

It's Regina. It's going to be either a tractor pull, or a fantasy show, like The Wonderful World of Teeth.

I can tell. It's a meme thing. You've let someone know something without explicitly telling someone. Tell me you have **** GM who doesn't know how to a team, without telling me you have **** GM who doesn't know how to build a team.

29 years of losing and dismal management is a tad dramatic. We had really good teams many of those years. 1992 1993, and 1994 were very good. That 1993 team was one of the best in league history - if Dunigan doesn’t get hurt they likely win. Go look at the scores vs the Esks during the regular season. 1994 lost by a cross bar interfering with a wide open Wilcox. 2001 was one of the best teams in CFL history - they happened to play a bad game at the wrong time. 2002 they ran up against a future HOFer on a good team without Milt and lost a road game by a FG. 2007 they were the better team - they just had Glenn break his arm on a meaningless play. There were other quality teams along the way. Nobody else went into two GCs with their backup QB starting, that’s for sure.

In all fairness, someone lost a contact lens!

Doesn't really matter who we face in the final.....firstly one of those clubs will be coming out of a soft -arsed stadium, to play in the friendly confines of our '''let's say ' fresher air stadium that will probably be a lot 'chillier' than the west coast....Running game will definitely come into play....Not scared of the lions running attack and the stump's backs are going to get tested here....Going to be interesing on how it all turns out as we wait patiently with a rested and healthy club

I love that it's a running joke around the league.....

Looked back at last year and the Arkells were announced November 21st for the December 12th game. I wouldn't call this year exceedingly late, maybe just Dan Clark getting to his blockiing assignment late...

That could quite possibly next yrs unit, if Schoen is gone for a bit then its Lawler for him....if he says I could even still see that unit, as Ellingson likely comes back a lot cheaper...but possibly he's one and done here and we trot out Lawler, Demski, Bailey, Woli and Agudosi...good luck with that group as well...and Bolo and Mcrae subbing in

Bring Dobson in as a TE for pass pro and you don't even need a running game. We'd put up Rourke like numbers...

Bighill and Dean are both 34, they're within a year or two of calling it quits, Sankey at 28 is still in his prime.

I think that a picture of Farhan while he's tweeting about the Lions would look like:

Our receiving core is downright sick.....

As much as I like the point you're making. This just isn't true. During the Reinbold days, crowds were often so small I was all alone in a upper deck section with my dad. We'd basically just go sit where ever we wanted up there. And once I was old enough he let me go down to the lower sections alone and I'd sit right behind the bench. We've had plenty of years with real bad attendance.

The reviews are (not surprisingly) fantastic. Still no Winnipeg showtimes that I can find. From the guy who brought us In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths and 3 Billboards....: Can't wait!

I'm guessing he doesn't know that Harris has been border line useless since his return....

Calgary may have been thin at QB that year but I don't think they ever started the TSN anchor at QB...

Like bearpants said, we need him in sync and if he can't get through this week, he probably shouldn't be in the WF.

In all fairness I can’t really remember the last time I’ve given a crap about the half time performance. If the Bombers are in it I’m using half time to eat and drink anyways it doesn’t really matter much to me..

Tell me you have been married for 20 plus years, without telling me you've been married for 20 plus years....

Happy wife. Happy life.

Farhan seems to be an expert at writing a tweet one handed.

thats what we should throw at Schoen...but have the base salaries sit at 175k...190K and 200k...75k Upfront

I'm liking this trend of multi yr deals....good for league and players also in my opinion is a good indicator that a lot of talented guys would rather sign in canada as opposed to a lot of these upstart leagues....bodes well

I’d let Ellingson play the whole game. He hasn’t played in 2 months.