kelownabomberfan

The only thing that can salvage this weekend for me now is a good old Hamilton blow-out tomorrow and the Riders going to 0-5.

The D played well until they had to be out on the field constantly, after all of the INT's.

Semin is an example of why I don't like Russian players.

Boy do I want to see Cauchy whiff on a tackle and then fall down while in pursuit...please let that happen.

The Jets 1.0 have lost money consistently since 1971.

Corner Gas apparently burned down so that's out as an option.

Yes it's all a conspiracy, started by those evil Winnipeg reporters. It's only going to "galvanize" them. Right. And when they go 0-5, 0-6, and then 0-7 they will be so galvanized they will be statues. hate to say it but if we go 0-6 I hope we do go 0-7 then cc won't survive the bye week. Hate to have him sneak into bye week on a one game winning streak only to have Taman say "I think Corey is really turning things around" That's a good point, though if Taman said that you could hardly blame him. What else is he supposed to say?

Hilarious: Yes it's all a conspiracy, started by those evil Winnipeg reporters. It's only going to "galvanize" them. Right. And when they go 0-5, 0-6, and then 0-7 they will be so galvanized they will be statues.

I am stacked with Tiger-Cats in my TSN fantasy pool this week. The Joseph Aboud suit will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine.

Dan West lets out a "moo-haaa haa" laugh and then fades back into the shadows of Commonwealth...

so you just described half of Calgary's inhabitants.

paired up with when? He was the host of CFL on CBC but I don't think he did play by play.

Leif would always be paired up with Pinky Marsden on CTV for the Eastern games, while Frank Rigney and Dale Isaac did the Western games, with legendary Al McCann on the sidelines, whose biggest fear was getting out of the way of the horse in Calgary who had a penchant for running him over. I still say that while Don Wittman was probably the best play by play guy, I really liked Frank Rigney as a colour guy. What is it with ex-Bomber players going into broadcasting?

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I still remember attending a job fair in 1989 and Sylvia Kuzyk was just sitting in the CKY booth with no one around her, so a friend and I went over and talked to her, though we were kind of in awe of talking to a celebrity who was on TV! Anyway, she told us that if we went to Red River college and took broadcasting, we had a chance to be broadcasters one day, and follow in the steps of their latest new young broadcasting star who she said had potential to one day be a national broadcaster. That man's name was of course, Rod Black.

Not it love with LaPo, but always thought he took a lot more heat than deserved for the Bombers' failures. He inherited an absolute mess from Mike Kelly, who ran both Doug Berry and Brendan Taman out of town and then dismantled the team and its reputation with his antics. Has a tough first year with a record number of close losses, and has the wherewithal to recognize his biggest failing as a coach, which is self-admitted micromanagement. Improves in that area next year, and really thanks to the fact that Buck Pierce actually stayed healthy gets to the Grey Cup. Then is forced to start 4 in a row on the road and loses his QB again, and is starting to claw back at 2-6 when he gets blind-sided by Mack. Everyone who blamed LaPo rejoices for about a week until the next game, when 52-0 in Saskatchewan highlights that the problem wasn't the coach, it was his boss and how the team was (so very poorly) built. But too many on the boards had invested their credibility in praising mighty Joe in the wake of Mike Kelly's poor showing, so they bought into the "LaPo as incompetent" theory and began repeating it ad nauseum to deflect from their misguided assessment of Joe Mack's uselessness. I liked Lapo but man was he a chicken-****. I still remember the Lions game that got him fired. I was sitting a few rows behind the Bomber bench. Elliott kept coming off the field and slamming his helmet down because he was frustrated at the play calling as Lapo kept calling draw plays on second down in the red zone to ensure that we got a field goal, instead of going for the TD. And we lost by one point. No killer instinct.

Something tells me that you would have a completely different opinion if you were asked to comment in the presence of said Mr. Walby...

One of my favorite Don Wittman calls of all time. Ellett lets it go - SCORES! Don wasn't a homer by any stretch, but you could sure tell how pumped he was when Ellett popped this OT goal against the Oilers....brings a tear to the eye.

Yeah but what does Montreal know about winning....oh right.

Yeah exactly. If Dunigan started sounding like hoser instead of a hillbilly, he would be far less entertaining.

Why does Marty Biron have such an outrageous French accent on TSN? He's lived in Canada his whole life!

Yes Don Wittman was from Winnipeg. He's the one who convinced Walby to be a color guy.http://itvideo.me/watch/?v=NJNW-1TVcSY http://youtu.be/3W7SbgP2_20 RIP Don.

20 years ago maybe but Cole is an old man now and can't keep up with the play, he spends most of the games now hoping that he is sitting in the pie. Yeah Cole is so past his prime, it's not even funny. He's got to retire. Sadly, whichever yahoo who replaces him won't be any better. It's just disgusting. I can't stand listening to Randorf call a game. It's like what I imagine the sound of paint drying sounds like.

a guy behind me at McMahon was talking about this. I hadn't heard the rumour yet, but apparently Lapo's been contacted and told to sit tight....barring a monster comeback by the Riders on the season, Lapo's packing his bags... LaPo's lost his mind if he willingly leaves his job at TSN to step into that hornets nest. Maybe he's attracted by the concept of leading a team that only loses every game by three points. I've never seen a coach better at that then Lapo.

Well he has won 100% more games than Brohm. But other than that...