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Re: redblacks receivers, it seems like instead of starting five WR3's like they were last year, they're now starting a bunch of WR2's. Definitely an upgrade, but unless someone takes a step forward there's no clearcut #1 in there.

Great game. Y'know, I really like the look of those Minnesota away sweaters. There's so many gawdawful uniforms in the NHL these days, it's nice to see something that looks classy with clean lines and good hockey colors.

Pretty much the best pop music since Thriller.

I suspect it would have been worse had she sung live. Gotta admit that lion puppet was pretty boss though.

This is total Seahawk ball. Being outplayed by a wide margin but it doesn't matter.

CHRIS MATTHEWS! #thankyouwinnipeg

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Obviously I like the Seahawks and it's a trip living in a super bowl city but believe me I would trade any number of Super Bowl titles for a Bomber Grey Cup.

James-- Google's newspaper archive might have a paper with a lineup card: http://news.google.com/newspapers You can get a temporary searchable archive subscription to the Winnipeg Free Press for not a heck of a lot of money. That might have lineup information as well.

Worth the money. Is there a receiver in the league who helps out his quarterback more than S.J. Green? Those heroic catches by Denmark that we all remember -- it seems like SJG does that kind of thing on a weekly basis.

Just like two former Bombers making the two biggest plays to get the Seahawks in the Super Bowl was last weekend! grumble grumble #thankyouwinnipeg

#thankyouwinnipeg

...or maybe not. Happy to be going to another super bowl but i have to agree that the NFL OT rules suck ass. NFL MVP QB vs. best D in the land in OT is a legendary matchup, you can't take that away from fans because the Hawks won a coin toss.

ooof. time to change out the ol' avatar I guess. I am a total fair-weather seahawks fan, my true passion is reserved for the Winnipeg teams.

hats off to Pavs, but holy cow we were outplayed, I think the shot count actually flattered the Jets. That was a terrible run of faceoffs in the third period.

oh man that was a sweet glove save with Seguin in alone.

Not everyone worries about that

Yeah, by relative isolation I mean that if you're in a Western city and you want to go to another city in any kind of reasonable timeframe, you've almost certainly got to fly, whereas if you're in Montreal, huge chunks of the populated North America are car trippable. If you play in Winnipeg, you can drive to places like Thunder Bay, Fargo, Regina, and Saskatoon in a day. If you play in Montreal, you can easily drive to Boston, Toronto, Ottawa, New York City, or Quebec City in a day. I'm not saying that this is super important to any particular football player, but when my family's considered moving back to a Canadian city, the isolation of the West is something we think about.

Also, Montreal is an awesome city, a great combination of inexpensive and elegant. It doesn't have Vancouver / Toronto's cost of living, it's much nicer than Hamilton, and it doesn't have the relative isolation / hard-to-reachness of the west.

Seven imports, eh. Love to see a football remake of The Magnificent Seven; Winnipeg team officials pooling their money to hire mercenaries to destroy the filthy western flatlander bandits.

What is best in life? It is to crush the Leafs, to drive them before you, to hear the lamentations of their fans.

I'm always hopeful and jacked up for a new season. I was hopeful that Tim Burke's 2013 Bombers would reprise 2011. I was hopeful that Stefan LeFors would be the next great Winnipeg QB. I was hopeful that the 2008 Bombers were right to stand pat with the 2007 Grey Cup finalist team. This year ... I gotta say I am bummed out to see Bellefueille back after the way our O regressed in the back half of the season. But I am hopeful that the MOS is right that consistency between OC and QB will pay off and that everyone will take a step forward in 2015.

He was the field corner, though. I don't think there was ever a time here where he wasn't the least of our starting import DBs. When I heard he was playing HB in Hamilton, I was happy for him, I thought maybe he'd taken his game up a notch but yeah he got exposed when the chips were down. Helluva athlete, though. He had fantastic wheels and I remember him making a lot of tackles from behind on special teams.

Whatever you celebrate, have a good one. May 2015 be the year the Bombers and Jets both turn the corner.

Cory Watson was pretty good on that corner route ... he caught a couple of them.