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because i love this video so bad: if you don't love the hell out of this video, i don't even know who you are... happy season opener my friends.

a) my cat is an indoor cat 2) he'd never abide a hat or scarf be put over his majestic mane c) although you got the colour correct (gray tabby), you got the breed wrong carry on with the gif thread.

didn't score then, huh? maybe your team will do better...

made my last 2 picks this morning... roll on tonight!!

that ship hasn't just left port... its mast is over the horizon.

true dat! we need to get a Morning Big Blue 1st game photo gallery going... everyone will be clicking away with their mobilephones...

For all of the folks here who aren't Winnipeg locals but will be watching the game live on TSN... see you in the chat room! Be there or be square!

nah... it's just a series of tubes... that Al Gore created...

cute that Cohon thinks he (or the Bombers) get an opinion in the matter. #thisisBraley'sleague

good Argo summary AKA Chip, by and large i agree with you. a few things i'd add/amend: -you asked what the starting O-Line is, likely from left to right it goes: Washington, Eppele, Keeping, Parenteau/Reinders, Van Zeyl with Smith as the key NI backup. i also think that you damned Washington with faint praise a bit. he was monstrous for us and his addition to the line (after Barker saw that his hopes of 5 NIs wasn't viable) was one of the main reasons the offence started to gel. Milanovich wants a forcefield around Ray like the one he had for AC. we'll see. -the addition of Pre (to the PR) was more of a non-confidence vote in Anthony Alix than in Swayze Waters. it's not like the plan is to dress Pre. -not sure what else McCune would have to do to earn your (and other reviewers i have seen) respect. the guy was rock solid all year. if the reason is his age, i get what you're saying... but nobody who is on the team is questioning his athleticism. the man looks like Godzilla. -Jones has always used heavy rotation on the D-Line. there was a lot of fresh blood brought in to compete in TC. we all know what Mitchell is able to do. Williams is legit and fans will get to know this guy. i reckon that Lee and Laing will get a fair share at DE too. we weren't overwhelming on D-Line last season, except for one guy... and i see that being the case again this year. -in the secondary, we're known commodities at the corners (Watkins and Carter, who filled in for Watkins against Mtl and Calg in the playoffs), and Matt Black has taken over the quarterback-in-the-secondary role to raves from coaches and players. the rest? well, the best of them broke his ankle in the 2nd preseason game... looks like it's on Gatlin and Robinson to round out the crew. -will they find more Ball and Horne types? i believe they already have found a pair of very promising prospects.

wasn't Ray's fault we lost that game. he was majestic. our defence stunk and we gave away 3 fumbles thanks to Owens' broken thumb (all of which we got scored on). we had a determined run game attacking us and Jones miscalculated by keeping his base defence up against it. frustrating. ultimately though, it was likely the game that lead to the team pulling their socks up for the rest of the run-in.

a supposition, based on a possibility and dependent on a contingency... seems rock solid, legit.

>implying you aren't

well, since Trestman and Calvillo aren't running that offence... why would i say that other teams will catch up to them doing it? logic'd.

Bolded part is pretty much true. but it isn't because of his "hard-line" negotiating. It's because he's seen as a tool who thinks his s#@t doesn't stink. As to the other bit about you and Mike thinking the Bombers are strong everywhere except QB (i guess a long offseason makes painful memories easy to forget), i disagree vehemently... but won't bother getting into it since starting in a few days one or the other of us will have our case made for us.

not sure why "recycling" has such a negative rap with some folks... we have quite a few starters who were standouts for us, but were picked up for little/nothing as their former teams weren't interested in them anymore. just because a team cuts you, it doesn't mean you can't play... sometimes it does, but many times it's because the player didn't fit or the team was going with another option for any number of reasons. guys like Hefney and Huntley will have nice years.

for now, i agree. but defences and offences kinda go in cycles... and when defences adapt to what Milanovich/Brady/Ray are doing, something else will eventually become the flavour of the month.

exactly. i learned this last year: winning is fun, but winning in spite of the haters is even better.

no... iso is right. nobody likes Mack. any CFL media i know say so, and the football operations people i know (from several teams) say so. the guy isn't going to win the Mr. Congeniality trophy any time soon... so as iso says: he's got to win for the sake of justifying his tenure these last 3+ years... or else it will be written into history that everyone else was right all along.

Not surprising at all. If big Kev is healthy and his shoulder holds together, he'll be a force on that line, a leader in the locker room and a favourite with Stamps fans. Good for them (and him).

nah... "Hey bluto!" threads were a bit of a tradition on the former Bomber site... it's been a month here so it was about time.