kelownabomberfan

I wasn't aware out west they have physiotherapists with magical skills that the ones in Winnipeg don't have.... " Let me give you this blue little pill. All your troubles will vanish." In this case the pill is green and white and tastes like Kool-Aid.

http://www.steelersfever.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1452574 and there was this story from November: http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/other-sports/2014/11/13/Local-guys-a-big-hit-in-Canadian-league/stories/201411130120 I hope Mo Leggett gets another NFL shot too, even though it would suck to lose him.

He re-focused on the tackle, not the smack down. There's always the Kuale way to play - don't focus on the tackle, focus on the 15 yard unnecessary roughness penalty after someone else has made the tackle...

You never put your name up for the job when you can put a puppet in charge instead.

Continuing the trend then, next season Ian Wild cranks into Tom Brady at full speed in overtime, causing a fumble, which he recovers and returns for 80 yards to win Superbowl 50 for the Vikings. Tom stands in the middle of the field with Bill Belichick crying, hands around their deflated balls. I could live with that.

You just made Rod Black cry.

On this day January 25th, 1970, Milton Stegall enters the world in Cincinnati, Ohio. Happy Birthday Milt!!!

It's OK. They don't have indoor plumbing so their nuts are numb this time of year anyway.

A traffic cone would have looked good in the middle in some of those games last year. At least it wouldn't take 15 yard roughing penalties on every other drive.

From Rotoworld: LOL on the Galiardi comment. But so true. Big step down from Perrault to Galiardi.

Wouldn't be surprised if the Blackhawks cut him outright. I watched him in a game this year I saw in Calgary and he was brutal, could barely skate.

You have to take into account how much rye had been consumed by this point in the game...and cut me some slack...

yeah when I heard "Chris Matthews" my first reaction was "why does that name sound so familiar"...

Yeah we are happy to have him! We are already planning the Memorial Cup parade here.

Another important member of that 1935 team: Bud Marquardt Bud Marquardt graduated from North Dakota State University and joined the Winnipeg Football Club in 1935. During his seven campaigns here, he won three Grey Cups (1935, ’39 & ’41) and was chosen for the All-Star Team three times (1937, ’39 & ’40) at the end position. Known as a natural athlete, Marquardt was an extremely quick and reliable receiver who was noted for an important touchdown catch in the first Grey Cup won by a western team in 1935. He also played for the Winnipeg Toilers basketball team after that Hall of Fame club’s recovery from the tragic airplane crash in 1933. Legendary Sportswriter Tony Allen named Marquardt to his All Time All-Star Team at the other end of the offensive line opposite fellow 2004 Honoured Member Jeff Nicklin. Bud Marquardt joined the Hudson’s Bay Company as a clerk when he came up from North Dakota to play for the football club. He stayed in his adopted community as a resident of Winnipeg and retired as an HBC Executive. http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/2004/budMarquardt.htm

Fritz Hanson Melvin "Fritz" Hanson (July 13, 1914 in Perham, Minnesota – February 14, 1996 in Calgary, Alberta) was a Canadian football player for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Calgary Stampeders. Hanson was signed by the Blue Bombers for $125 a game and free room and board, which was a considerable sum in the cash-strapped dirty thirties. Nicknamed the 'Galloping Ghost', 'Twinkle Toes', and the 'Perham Flash', Hanson was one of the pioneers of football in Western Canada and a huge star at the time. Although he weighed only 145 pounds (66 kg) he used his incredible quickness to evade defenders. He helped lead the Blue Bombers to the first Grey Cup victory by a western Canadian team in 1935 and won again with the Bombers in 1939 and 1941.[1][2] In the 1935 Grey Cup Game Hanson recorded 300 punt return yards, a record that still stands today, including a sensational 78-yard return for the winning touchdown.[2] He played with Winnipeg from 1935 through 1946 then spent two years playing for the Calgary Stampeders, where he won a fourth Grey Cup in 1948.[1] Hanson was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1963[1] and inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.[2] He became a Canadian citizen in 1966[2] and, in 2005, Hanson was named one of the Blue Bombers 20 All-Time Greats. He died in Calgary on February 14, 1996, at the age of 81.[3] Fritz Hanson and his wife Maxine had four daughters. He was only 145 lbs!!!

Why yes. Yes there is.

It's still five long months until we have football again. I've been doing a lot of reading about the history of the Blue Bombers and I thought maybe we could start a "this day in Blue Bomber history" thread of some kind to give an idea of what this franchise has been through and how history continues to repeat itself. Anyway, just a thought. Here's a for instance - 80 years ago the Bombers got beat by the Roughriders in the playoffs, and decided that they didn't want to endure that humiliation again, and so they pioneered a concept called "imports". That's right, the Bombers invented the concept of importing large numbers of US players specifically to play football in Canada. Did you guys know that? http://www.cflapedia.com/teams/winnipeg.html Kind of like how the Jets pioneered the recruitment of European players back in the WHA days...

what's the big deal? Just raise the PST another point. You guys are used to that now.

good job. Demond is only going to get better as he matures and gets more experience.

Got Perron in my pool this year. Yahoo!

Cool thanks.

and somewhere in the bowels of Frank Clair Stadium...er TD Place...Marcel Desjardins is rubbing his hands together with glee and entering Manziel's agent's number in his cell phone's speed dial...