SpeedFlex27

C'mon. You were shitting your pants with worry when there were rumours he was leaving. You weren't chuckling. Too bad it never happened. Bombers may regret it. We'll see.

I think some guys are going to get paid no matter what so we had to sign them. What do you think would have happened had Brady gone to free agency & Buck signed him? That Lions offense would be scary good for a long time. The best QB in the league, the best receiver & then Brady the best RB??? Wow. They'd win a few Grey Cups. with that lineup So, I expect we'd overpay to keep Brady. However, I don't want us re-signing all our guys & then Walters sleep thru free agency. If Walters pulls that same **** again, fans will be livid. Then the Canadian mafia should be swept out with a huge broom. Wouldn't it be nice if someone from the media asked Walters if he's going to be aggressive in free agency.

Wait till you read what Calgary is paying Diedrich Mills, Now, the highest paid "American" running back in the CFL. https://3downnation.com/2026/01/04/calgary-stampeders-make-dedrick-mills-highest-paid-american-rb-in-cfl/

The Toronto Argonauts never got a bye. The WIFU & IRFU had to play a challenge game against the ORFU teams in Ontario in the playoffs. I don't believe they challenged every year especially toward the end in the 1950's but the ORFU did win twice when Sarnia made it ito the Grey Cup in 1934 & 36 by defeating the Regina Roughriders & Toronto Argonauts. By the mid 1950's, the WIFU said they no longer wanted to play ORFU teams in the playoffs as they became non competitive with the WIFU teams. Playoff scores were very one sided for the Western teams. The ORFU protested that decision with the CRFU siding with the senior men's league from Ontario. In response, this caused a rift with both the WIFU & IRFU. They withdrew from the Canadian Rugby Football Union in 1957 creating the Canadian Football Council in 1957 & then merged to form the CFL in 1958. The ORFU was no longer allowed to compete with CFL teams for the Grey Cup as it belonged strictly to the CFL. By 1960, the ORFU became a junior league in Ontario but finally ceased operations in 1974. WIFU: Western Interprovincial Football Union: BC Lions, Edmonton Eskimos, Calgary Stampeders, Saskatchewan Roughriders & Winnipeg Blue Bombers IRFU: Interprovincial Rugby Football Union: Toronto Argonauts, Hamilton Tiger cats & Montreal Alouettes ORFU: Ontario Rugby Footall Union: Toronto Balmy Beach, Sarnia Imperials, London Lords, Toronto Indians, Windsor Rockets, Brantford Redskins, Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen, Hamilton Wildcats, Ottawa Trojans & Bramalea Satellites. Looking at the ORFU, it's too bad the CFL never took in 3 teams to make it a 12 team league. The Imperials, Dutchmen & Rockets. Most of the he ORFU played in very, very small stadiums under 3000 seats that were mostly bleacher seats. I guess building stadiums in the 50's would have had the same resistance by taxpayer that we see now.

The fun part of the off season is coming up in a month. It'll either sink our season or not depending upon a GM I no longer trust is capable of doing the job.

That's a good contract for the Ti Cats.

I dunno, Brown just gives off a weird vibe to me. I like to see qbs take on a leadership role. Guys don't have to be screaming, pounding their chest or slapping guys on the helmet but they need to find ways to inspire through their play. Brown is a skilled player who hasn't done that. Two seasons as the starter & Crum has played more than Brown. He may even be better than Brown. C rum's play has grown by leaps & bounds. With Dinwiddie, he may really develop.

Glass qb? I also don't like his seemingly laissez faire attitude on the field. He just chills his way thru games with no emotion. Stays mellow the whole time while inspiring no one. Like he smokes doobies in a van down by the river.

Well, Captain Canada didn't sound impressed about having to play in the CFL his first round. Having sand thrown in his face by NFL head coaches & general managers seemed to have humbled Rourke. This is still the second best pro football league in the world. The competition is very difficult for some divas who fail. They come up here from US colleges & they find out fast that they better buckle up their chinstrap cuz it ain't as easy as thry thought.

I just hope we have a team to rise with. Other cities sellout win or lose. Winnipeggers start pouting, point fingers & stay home.

Fans get numbed by theie team's continued poor performances. I can remember suffering through some very bad Bomber seasons & just sitting staring at the tv screen. Or in myseat at Winnipeg Stadium or the Arena. Also, I was a STH the first 3 seasons the Jets 1.0 were in the NHL. Not many wins those years. When the novelty of seeing teams like Chicago, Montreal, New York Rangers & Islanders, St. Louis, Boston & Detroit wore off, the hockey was brutal. I gave up my seat in the group I was with. I just stopped caring. Going winless in 30 games in 1980-81 did it for me.

#extenuatingcircumstances.

Walters admitted it. The Bombers don't renegotiate paycuts with players under contract. So, it's not up to Collaros to ask for less. It's up to Walters. Yet, somehow it's Zach's problem when it's not. Now, he's become an over hill the hill selfish player according to 90% of you here. He's not. Walters put us in this situation giving Zach an extension. And Walters got a new 3 year deal himself. Blame Walters Not Collaros.

Reiner should be there. He was a beloved icon.

(I found this on social media today. Back when having a professional hockey team was actually fun. Fourty eight years ago today). From December 29, 1977 to January 1, 1978, a game between the Soviet National Team and the Winnipeg Jets called the World's Greatest Ice Hockey Game was held at the Yoyogi Stadium in Tokyo. This is the cover of the program. The game featured the Soviet National Team's Olympic team members, Vladistav Trejak (GK), Vloajmr Petrov (FW), Valery Kharlamov (FW), Boris Mikhaylov (FW), Valery Vasilyeu (DF), and later enter the NHL Nikolai　Makarov, who later joined the NHL. The Winnipeg Jets are led by Bobby Hull andAnders Hedberg, Joe Daley, and others. The significance of this game was to show that there is a major hockey league other than the NHL and that the WHA is an international league with European players in addition to Canadian players. The fact that a single team played a good game against the Soviet National Team also demonstrated the high level of the league. It was also significant that stationery and other items with WHA character designs were sold in Japan.

They were winless in 30 consecutive games...which is still an NHL record in November, December & January. They went 23 losses & 7 ties. It got so bad that Sports Illustrated sent a writer to follow the team as they were approaching the old NHL record. SI called the team the Loserpeg Jets. But we had the last laugh drafting Dale Hawerchuk.

Look who was running the show. That goofball Hogan. Walters slept thru free agency last year. Lawler left. We have a turnstile at Center which affects the OL. Our receiving corps was so bad at one point we had Dalton Schoen playing on a torn ACL that he injured. Later, we even put Chris Sterveler in at receiver. Give the guy a break.

Just some context about my previous message. When Tyler played for the Rifles in 2009 & 10, he stayed with a billet family in St Vital. He became very close with that family & we also became friends with them. At the time, they had two daughters in university. The oldest daughter is the Mom with pancreatic cancer. Very sad.

Thanks Tracker. No, it never went through.

Just got the news that one of our friend's daughter has Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Just 38 years old with a husband & young son who is under 2 who will grow up never knowing his Mother. So, not a Happy New Year. Very sad. Our foundation has been rocked today.

That tee shirt was from the Eastern Division Semi Final game played at Winnipeg Stadium on November 13, 1988. The Bombers won 35-28. Attendance was an embarrassment & a shock as crowds at Winnipeg Stadium in 1988 were fairly consistent all season long around 24,000. Hence, the idea for a tee shirt commemorating that game with the attendance on the front. The Bombers got on a roll behind qb Sean Salisbury in the playoffs. They took care of Hamilton at home & then beat the Argos 27-11 a week later in the Eastern Final at CNE Stadium on November 20th. Then they wrapped up the Trifecta on November 27th by defeating the heavily favoured BC Lions by a score of 22-21. in the Grey Cup at Lansdowne Park which featured DT Michael Gray deflection of a Matt Dunigan pass to an open receiver in the end zone. Not only did he deflect the pass up into the air but he caught it on the way down at the goalline to preserve the Bomber win & the Grey Cup Championship. I'll never forget that play. The story goes that the Bombers supposedly sold over 50,000 of those tee shirts. I don't know if that was true or not. There were fans that bought that tee shirt who never attended the game while claiming they did just to join the Grey Cup bandwagon. I can't confirm that number to be true or not but a lot of people did buy that tee shirt. It seemed everyone was wearing one & it was a hot ticket item for Christmas that year. I was there along with my wife as we were STH's in Sec V, row 29 & seats 12 & 13 at the old barn on Maroons Road. I never got a tee shirt, though. Michael Gray: Grey Cup hero.

Yeah, but if there's a full blown rebuild then having older players with big contracts is like an albatross around a team's neck. .

How long until Hellebuyck & Scheifle want out?

At minimum, we should be tied with Edmonton. At most we should be second with 15. I won't get into why we're not. But hey, our coach is a nice guy. Everybody says it.

I only care about the Bombers. Therefore, no desire or want to see Elgersma make it. Once he signs a new contract with us, I'll start caring.