SpeedFlex27

Getting off the plane in Toronto to begin the Blue Bombers final week of practice before the 1962 Grey Cup game at CNE stadium. Pictured left to right are: Jack Delveaux, Farrell Funston, Nick Miller, Gerry James & Head Coach Bud Grant.

Another receiver down. This time Beggelton. Never seen a run of injuries at receiver like that & they still win. Why don't the Bombers grab a personnel guy from the Stamps & revamp their scouting using the model from the team that just keeps finding players to plug in & keeps winning? We bring in McManus from Hamilton that wasn't winning at the time & have the second longest GC drought after us. If we lost Demski, Wolitarski, Dressler & Adams & they were out at the same time how ugly would it get here?

If it's anything like the 80's remake of the original series, it'll bomb.

Oh yeah, he is an old generation coach.

Gonna be tough to win in Edmonton & Reilly throws the best deep ball in the CFL but it is doable. The Esks D is average at best.

Lulay should retire. He'll get hurt again. It's inevitable.

Yeah, I saw it. The NFL keeps bringing in these rule changes. They fixed catching the ball now this.

Just about every stadium & arena has been funded by tax dollars. As a taxpayer I have no problem with it, Yes, we knew this would probably happen one day so then why the surprise? Did Sellinger actually think the Bombers would pay off the $82 million? Maybe he was just a dumb socialist so who knows? Was it sneaky, sure. But it is what it is. As I said, the Bombers have a great facility so I'm happy. Every CFL stadium has been paid for by government. The alternative is what? No hockey? No football? No thanks.

Clap. Clap. Clap.

With all the government waste we see at all levels having taxes pay for a new stadium is okay with me. There is a tangible benefit to IGF. It does benefit the city. Calgary just paid half a billion dollars for a new library. A building that most Calgarians will never use because of the Internet. Our Mayor thinks it was a great investment but I'd say most Calgarians don't. Nenshi refuses to use tax dollars to build a new stadium & arena which together may coat $600-700 million to build yet is absolutely fine to spend $5 billion on the Winter Olympics. Insanity reigns at Silly Hall here. I believe most Calgarians would support both a new stadium for the Stamps & a new arena for the Flames but our Mayor refuses to even talk about. So, be glad you have the MTS Bell Centre & IGF. Oh & a really nice baseball stadium. The 6,000 seat baseball park in Calgary is sitting empty. Rotting & rusting away after over a decade of sitting empty.

QBS stand in there often times defenseless. They are hit or blindsided because some left tackle or guard missed or got beat on his block. The CFL & NFL already have rules in place to protect receivers from headshots. How many here would stand there & be willing to be pancaked? Not many so I kind of laugh at the supposed courageous tough talk by some who don't like it.

What the NFL is trying to do is eliminate the pancake tackle where a defender usually 280 lbs or more hits the qb & then lands on top of him leading to shoulder & arm injuries. As the father of a former qb who had his collarbone broken while playing for the Rifles back in 2010 when a Regina Thunder DT did just that I can't argue against it. Some tacklers also twist the qb exposing their shoulders & then fall on them almost guaranteeing some kind of injury.

I don't hate to say this but I really don't care about your team's road trip.

We got a beautiful new stadium & that's all I care about. Living in Calgary we are light years away from a new football stadium.

Winning for now.

Turned down opportunities to go to a contender where he could win a Cup. He was a good hockey player but maybe a little too comfortable in Phoenix.

That only works for so long. It doesn't usually hold up in the playoffs when teams are better.

And we've seen yours. My advice is don't be so arrogant putting down Nichols because Collaros will crush your heart. He isn't playing well at all. Your wins are coming by smoke & mirrors & that won't go on.

Well, now you're nitpicking. If a ball bounces left it's good luck? If right it's bad luck? What if it bounces straight back then no luck? If someone says the Bombers are unlucky then I say they need to practice harder, prepare harder & play harder than the other team. If it's about talent then I can accept we lose because we don't have enough talent. Or the talent we have is overrated,.

You've gone full meltdown. I can support some of the things you say but not all of them.

How anyone can say we're the worst team is completely exaggerating the situation. Montreal is the worst, then comes Toronto. I'd put us at third worst right now & there's a big difference between #9 & #7.

Well, it isn't even football discussion anymore. It's just anger & rants.

Believe me, Dee... Luck can be created by hard work & preparation. That is what I believe.

J5V needs to chill. He doesn't even post for fun anymore. He posts because he's angry so every post is the same. We're all angry with the way this season has gone but there has to be limits or it will consume him.