SpeedFlex27

"Way to safe" means Nichols avoids turn overs. How long would he play if he forced the ball & had 25 interceptions every season? Fans would be screaming for the Bombers to get rid of him. Ball security is a big part of today's game. Bigger than it was a generation ago.

He was revered in Winnipeg. So, in 86 we had Clements, Hufnagel, former Seattle great Jim Zorn & a young Tom Muecke on our practice roster. Talk about a stacked line up at qb.

Then maybe but now? Do they really want all that sh.... er… baggage to come along with him?

I seem to remember a guy doing training camp reports & people mocking him.

Whatever happened to Grumpy Old Man?

Exactly right. It was Shivers who turned that fanbase into the pricks they still are today.

Hand?

That was Dave Ritchie's fault. He could have nipped that in the bud but chose not to.

You got got it, Park Pontiac! Exactly how I feel. There's my 84 Winnipeg reference.

Earlier, on another thread we discussed fan reactions & I posted a video of a Vikings fans smashing a table. I said I used to be that fan & I never wanted to go to that place again. Well, that was the game. My mother invited me over to watch the game with her & my dad & have supper later. I said s ure so I came over. Well, it was a close game. Things went back & forth, very tense. With only a couple of minutes left we intercept Moon & it looked like the game was over. Then for some inexplicable reason the ref throws a flag & calls John Helton for RTP. moon had rolled tohis right to avoid the rush with Helton in hot pursuit. Near the sidelines Moon threw & the ball was picked off. Helton pushed his arm & Moon stumbled & fell. But it was one of these one, two, three, four & fell down out of bounds. He PUSHED him!!! And the ref threw the flag. I lost it. Started cursing & swearing. Then the esks run a few plays & Dave Cutler kicked a FG to win. The officials cost us the game & our entire season!! The thought of that tipped me over emotionally!! I started cursing & swearing, ranting & raving. I remember I threw something across the room but it didn't break. My parents got pissed off. I argued & had a shouting match with them. This went on for about 10 minutes. Anyway, I embarrassed myself & after stewing for about an hour I sheepishly apologized. I vowed I'd never do that again & so far I haven't. Thirty one years of marriage & I haven't lost it like that since. Gopd things as parents will always forgive but a wife may not. Lesson learned.

Worst Loss: 1972 Western Final. Nothing comes close for me. The 2001 Grey Cup loss was bad but I was angry at the Bombers for that loss as they acted like entitled brats all week at the Grey Cup expecting the Stamps to not even show up. Worst week of preparation by a head coach & his staff. They had lost that game by Thursday. Best Win: 1984 Grey Cup win. The others that came after were also great but that 84 win was special. Now, if we win this year, I may have to update that only because the drought has been longer.

I'm thinking this is to good to be true if you are a Blue Bomber & we're all being set up.

I don't believe you just asked that question. Holy …..

I'm sure the first thing they all do is come here to start their day. I also don't think they give a rat's ass what we think.

I always found listening to an important Bomber game that meant so much to me on radio hard to take back in the days of blackouts or games not being televised. I'd have to turn the game off I was so nervous & then come back later praying we were winning. I find it far less stressful to watch a game on television or in person.

An extra day of hate. I embrace it.

This team, this city, we fans are overdue. Holy **** are we overdue.

I have hated the Riders with every fibre of my being everyday, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 12 months a year, 52 weeks & 365 days a year ever since that loss. Any day is a great day when the Riders lose.

There's lots of potential karma in this game going back 47 years & in that time that includes a Western Final & a Grey Cup.

The HC at Laney used the "cultural experience" as a way to recruit my son. As in, a Canadian white boy from the arctic flatlands will have a unique experience understanding life on the streets in Oakland. We might have agreed until we found out there are no dorms at Laney. That my son would have to live in that war zone off campus. Uh uh. Never happened. He ended up playing JUCO at College Of The Siskiyous.

You survived a game in Oakland & lived to tell about it. I've been to Oakland four times & was glad I never had to get off the freeway except where our destination was. Just hoping I didn't have car trouble. Laney Junior College in Oakland tried to recruit my son to play football for them. We went to a camp there at the stadium in the off season. Cops were arresting homeless people living under the stands at the football stadium everyday as the practices were going on. Each day as the camp ended as the sun was going down the head coach urged us to get to our cars & GTFOH as soon as we can.

This is my ultimate revenge game as a fan. Who else remembers the 1972 Western Final? Who the teams were? Where they finished in the standings? The horrible way the Bombers lost that game? For us old timers with lonnnnnnnnng memories, just how glorious will it be if we beat the Riders in their home park? In front of their fans? And how good will it feel for us to break their hearts??? The teams are the same but the standings reversed. They're hosting instead of us. Pressure is on them to win in front of their own fans in their House in front of a big crowd. I've waited 47 years for this game. Please Bombers, wash the stench of that loss in 1972 away finally. FINALLY!!!

That's quite the story, wow.

Through Minneapolis?