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Merry Xmas JCon!

On the sidelines for the Bombers: #21 wingback Tom Scott. #43 Center John Bonk. On the field: #63 linebacker Mark Gefert

Big Chris wasn't even a glint in his mother's eye yet.

Stock market is tanking. Tarriffs are killing the hot economy. Problems with China, Russia & that damned wall that the Mexicans won't pay for. The R word is now being used more & more. If a recession does happen then Trump can kiss his Presidency goodbye. The Mueller enquiry is closing in.... I think Trump is just about done.

They've established that the lady never bought the SUV & yet she says she's hopeful she won't have to pay off the fraudulent loan. ******* banks, I've always hated them & that will never change.

You mean Chinese. Rick Shaw. As in... RickShaw... or... rickshaw. They weren't related. Rick was white. David was black.

As a Bomber fan, it sure sucked to see Don Jonas in a Ti Cat uniform. Don was so dejected by that trade that he retired right after the 74 season. He just didn't want to play anymore. He wanted to retire a Blue Bomber & he finally got his wish in 2017. Then Blue Bomber GM Earl Lunsford could be a prick if he had issues with any of his players. The way he did with Jonas at the end in Winnipeg.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all here. May your days be merry & bright. And may all your Christmases be white.

You got to see him play before the rest of us. He played in the 1957 Rose Bowl & the Grey Cup that year.

Winnipeg Blue Bomber Defensive back Bud Grant (#78) & an unidentified teammate attempt to knock down a pass intended for Hamilton Tiger Cats Offensive End Jack Logan (#73) during the 1953 Grey Cup played on November 28th at Varsity Stadium in Toronto. The Ti Cats defeated the Bombers 12-6 that day. Meanwhile, the pressing question on their minds were, "Is there too much passing & if so, is it still football?" Survey says, No & Yes.

October 14, 1974. The Blue Bombers faced the Hamilton Tiger Cats & quarterback Don Jonas(#7) for the first & only time at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton after Jonas was traded for former Hamilton qb Chuck Ealey on September 2nd. The Bombers dug deep & came away with a hard fought 19-14 victory that day. The Bombers had played two days earlier in Ottawa & were defeated 27-10 by the Rough Riders. The Bombers had played 3 games in 8 days starting October 6th & went 2-1 over that time. Just a punishing schedule that was common in those days with the dreaded "Eastern Swing". What made it worse was the limited rosters back then of only 34 players.

Ken Ploen 1963

Winnipeg Blue Bombers kicker & punter Bernie Ruoff 1976.

https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-aug-13-1975-p-66/

John Hufnagel 1986

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For anyone interested, the different Wing Offenses. https://wingt-coach.com/rick-darlingtons-single-wing-power-series/ http://www.coachwyatt.com/system.html https://www.football-tutorials.com/wing-t-offense/

There are HS football teams in the States today that still run Double Wing & rack up hundreds of yards each game rushing. I don't think there are any who run single wing as their base offense. The Wing T is another offense that is great for misdirection. It employs 4 running backs. I think the Bombers ran the Wing T offense. Ken Ploen ran that offense at Iowa & Bud Grant wanted to run it here so he recruited Ploen right out of college. They used it with great success for a decade. The Double Wing & Wing T are still used today & are dangerous, viable offenses.

You're thinking Double Wing. The qb was called The Spinner in the Double Wing. He would spin the opposite way from the hole the running back was going thru . The Fullback was called The Sniffer as he was lined up just behind The Spinner's butt. Like a yard behind. As an OC we used the Double Wing in bantam football here in Calgary. The Ol had no splits. It was just push ahead for the Hoggies & the back find the hole. In the Wedge, all the linemen aim for the same DL pushing him back about 15 yards. It was an offense from the 1920's but man, did it work! Only problem was leakage as DL could come around the Wedge & tackle the RB from behind. Only problem for the defense was by the time someone did we already got the first down. I switched to that offense mid season as we had a qb who could make all the throws but only one receiver who could catch. Our kids dropped so many catchable balls & we left TDs on the field every game. And we were 1-3 going nowhere including being shut out twice in 4 games. After a 15-0 loss to a bantam team we should have defeated, frustrated I went home, stayed up all night & brought in a Double Wing offense. Our OL loved it, our backs loved it, our qb loved it as he got to do a bootleg behind The Wedge & block downfield which he also loved. Our receivers loved it as they didn't have to catch anymore so the pressure was off & all they did was block. We went from a running attack of less than 50 yards a game to almost 300 yards a game. We won some ball games last half of the season & actually made the playoffs. Every defense hated playing us because we were such a physical offense.

Coach was named Smut?

22 sacks is crazy at any position.

I never watched ECW. Just for that reason. Using fire & barbed wire in matches. Jumping thru tables. No thanks.