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It seems like there are fewer beefs with the officiating here on MBB, now that the Bombers are upwardly trended. I think the league really has to do something about bullshit desperation challenges on late game-deciding plays, but those are offseason changes, you can't change the rules right now. Will be interesting to see what happens this offseason.

You ever meet Larry Smith? Smith makes Cohon look like Ron Swanson. (I met Smith a couple times when I was in in Ottawa. He was super weird and manic and had this creepy grin that he would not turn off. Gotta have some sympathy for the man, though, being the commish of the CFL in the nineties would cause anyone severe emotional damage. I wonder how Larry's doing nowadays.) The league moved forward while Cohon was in charge, we got a nice bump in TV revenues and a bunch of new stadiums, we returned to Ottawa. The Cohon era was the most stable the CFL has been in my 30 years as a fan. So I liked his tenure. But I agree with Noeller -- commissioners are like pitchers and goaltenders and presidents, they get too much credit or too much blame. And I don't want the commish to be the face of the league and I don't think they need to be out there pumping tires all the time. I want guys like S.J. Green and Ian Wild and BLM to be the faces of the league. No one ever went to a CFL game because they liked the commissioner. The only time I wanna see the commish is when a big public decision needs to be made -- I want him to pop up, make the decision, then go back to quietly running things. Orridge has been pretty good in that regard, settling the Ottawa-Edmonton coaching thing quickly and suspending Duron Carter within a day or two of his misbehavior. (and yes, the Carter appeals process is endless, and that's not Orridge's fault, that's the CFL CBA's fault, and Cohon was the guy in charge when that was negotiated anyway.)

Yeah, that was the first thing I thought of when I saw Goalie's post -- that this was a move that a guy like Kelly or Popp would make. If memory serves, the LeFors situation was a bit sleazier. Didn't he have a shoulder injury when his contract stuff went down? This is why I always root for the players in football labour disputes: pro football contracts are bullshit.

Yeah, I love listening in to that kind of stuff, especially if the commentators are on it and translate it a bit. Wonder what Dave D. and Austin think about all the viewers (and opposing teams!) eavesdropping on them. If I recall right, Lapo wasn't a fan when they did a similar thing in preseason a few years back.

The CFL and TSN will have extra on-field miking for the Calgary / Hamilton game this weekend. Details are light, but the QBs and head coaches will be wired for sound. http://www.cfl.ca/2016/08/25/cfl-on-tsn-announces-first-ever-live-mic-broadcast-of-a-regular-season-cfl-game/

The Bombers glory years OL was all-Canadian. Bastaja, Bonk, Moors, Nemeth, Walby, Bauer were all non-imports. (Bastaja was born in London, but went to school at Simon Fraser)

FFS, Austin, get Collaros off the field. Stop risking your meal ticket.

Nik Lewis, chubby old guy, still getting it done.

Been liking the playbook series TSN is running at halftime. All those guys are good explainers, esp. Stegall and Climie, and the video clips are well put together.

Frederick is looking like Rod Hill out there. Sitting him down feels crazy. Given the way things have gone so far, the injury bug will answer the cornerback question for us.

Love "Jonestown." Nicely played, Darrell Davis.

Are we for real? I think we've been pretty lucky, in three of our wins, our opponents completely self-destructed. Even in the Edmonton game, our final dagger was an interception on a ball that Reilly just shouldn't have thrown. The good news is that our team is good enough to create and capitalize on these opportunities, but I'm really curious to see if we now beat the teams that, on paper, we should beat -- the upcoming three games against the weak sisters of the league feel like trap games, especially Labour Day, when we historically underperform. You look at a team like Calgary, it's very rare they get upset by a bad team. I've gotta say that our depth in the secondary is totally unbelievable and Loffler's emergence as a surprise national starter feels absolutely huge to the Bombers' turnaround: his play upgrades both the secondary and the OL.

Who, out of Keeping, Couture, and Neufeld, should be our 6th OL when all those guys are healthy? I'd guess Couture would be that guy, but O'Shea does love his veteran players...

Is Adams 100% in terms of conditioning? I recall reading he was gassed badly in his first game and he drew into the lineup way faster than the team wanted because of crazy receiver injury spree.

This year's Riders look like the 2009 Bombers would have if Kelly had cut not just Kevin Glenn, but also Edwards, Johnson, Brown, LaBatte, and Reid.

Rod Hill picked five passes in a single game in 1990:

Holy crap I love this photo.

Do the math, Noeller: Tonight Denmark had 80% of the Bombers' receiving yards. Miltgiving day game: Milt had 234/410 yards or about 57% of the team total. Milt Miracle game: Milt had 254/370 yards, or about 68% of the team total. Those Milt games come close, but he didn't quite dominate the Bombers receivers like Denmark did tonight.

Denmark: 7 catches / 195 yards Rest of team: 10 catches / 51 yards I can't remember ever seeing anything like this, where one receiver has four times the receiving yards of the rest of the team. Mr. Dee, I expect that next week's In Case You Missed It will talk about the last time we saw comparably weird receiving numbers. Maybe in the mid-2000s when Milt was basically the only receiver the Bombers could roll out week-to-week?

Ricky Foley be all like Logan Kilgore be like

http://www.canadaworkpermit.com/faq/general.html 5. Once a work permit is issued, can I change employers? It would generally be necessary to seek a new work permit or a change of terms in order to engage in work with a different employer. A work permit is generally issued on the basis of an intention to work in a specific position and for a specific employer. (this is from a law firm, not actual Canadian CIC.) It'd be hilarious if the Roughriders are not only flouting CFL rules, but also breaking Canadian law arranging under-the-table jobs for these guys. Hilarious for everyone except the players, who are breaking the law in the hopes of a pro football paycheck. Hope those guys don't get **** on too hard by CIC.

Did anyone (besides Rick Campbell) have any beefs with how Orridge handled the Jason Maas controversy during the offseason? Seems like he made a sensible decision, decisively shut down Ottawa's request for compensation, and did it all in a timely fashion so the Eskies could get on with their business. Mark Cohon, who basically turned around the league last decade, was also an NBA marketing guy, among other things.

King's X! Awesome band, and Pillow is probably my favorite song of theirs. Very good taste you have, there is hope for AtlanticRiderFan yet!