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GOOD NEWS HAIKU TIME canuck mafia stomps the stamps. dickenson is no Untouchable

all these declarations about how Pierce will be a certain kind of coordinator who will have a certain kind of offence and how he'll be able to develop players in a certain way ... are laughable. we haven't seen one play of a Pierce-run offence yet and people already know how it's gonna go with him there.

dunno how much future Davis has with the redblacks considering that Lapo kept him around for a couple seasons as the QB2 and heir apparent. Then when finally he got his shot when Nichols got hurt in late 2017, he lasted like two quarters and suddenly the Fever was starting (and winning) the We Beat Calgary On The Road With A High School Offence game. you know, a typical stubborn O'Shea team move, sticking with their plan no matter how badly it goes.

they're drunk

I've watched every episode of the Fabulous Blue Bomber show but I don't think I had really seen fabulous Blue Bombers until today.

that whole thing where you go nuts at the Bomber store when you get back to Winnipeg .. yeah. this came home with us in 2016. Tag says it's the jersey is a small, our pooch is about 18 lbs and long wiry but it still fits pretty tightly. The fun part is that people in Seattle are endlessly confused about why our dog rocks a blue University of Washington sweater. U-W has a very similar block-collegiate W logo but they're purple and gold. Wonder if Nichols gets the same thing if he wears Bomber gear when he's at home in eastern WA.

Love the Maston signing. He was the guy who blew up the Riders' 4Q 3rd-and-goal sneak in the WF. Clutch!

Hope that Collaros gets a nice pregame Grey Cup ring presentation ceremony or something the first time he comes back to Winnipeg. From broken-down castaway QB to out-of-nowhere Grey Cup hero, that's a great story to add to Winnipeg's football lore; give the fans another chance to applaud him.

awesome for Kongbo. Hate seeing the Blue lose players, but always happy to see a Blue alum get a shot at a bigger stage, and while I know very little about coaching DL I sure as hell noticed Kongbo when he was on the field. Saw him in on quite a few downfield tackles, just love seeing DLs rev up their motors and chase plays from behind. go get em, JK!

in her position, I'd be thinking about Year 2, because I'd be worried about ZC suffering a career-ender in 2020 and being a free agent by cutdown day, not even cashing his full 2020 salary and not cashing any more QB money ever, because football treats its players like complete ****. I've got lots of friends who do lucrative but unreliable freelance work and having that stable income from the partner is the thing that makes it work at all.

Loved watching Hobart as a kid, he made a lot of exciting things happen on the field. He's not nearly as physically dominant as Streveler, but he was definitely big for an 80s QB and he could sure run in the open field. The last thing he did in the CFL was back up Damon Allen in Ottawa. Whenever Allen went cold the fans would get on him by chanting HOOOBART. I've heard that Hobart actually encouraged the fans from the sidelines. Gotta wonder what that did to the room. Here's some Hobart playoff action, in 1985 he absolutely destroyed the Concordes in the EF throwing for 400 yards and five TD passes. He was a career 49% passer but just could not miss on this day. Also watch for young Wally Buono turning up as a coach on the Concordes sidelines. He looks about fourteen years old. Didn't work so great the next week, though. Started the Grey Cup as a rookie and Don Matthews' bunch humbled him.

When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, pound the table.

Tracy Ham was a killer rushing QB in the 80s-90s. Owns three of the top five single-season QB rushing records, hit 1000 yards 2x and 998 once. Before him there was Ken Hobart, but Hobart was more of a 1-dimensional player.

just finished another one of my own songs. It's called Semi-soar and it started out as "Portishead gettin sexy with a mellotron" and wound up as "guitar hero having a very sad day."

yeah, at times Collaros reminded me of Clements too. Tommy wasn't the fastest or strongest, especially compared to a modern QB, but he was like an eel in the pocket and could throw dimes on the move.

The Chapter 3 moment when every lowlife's comm buzzes at the same time and you realize half a second later what's to come ... that was a fantastic moment. The bit with Carl Weathers and the bar of mando-metal at the end was a nice touch. I'm really digging how underexplained it is. But I'm also really curious about the whys and hows and etc of the "all but one of us are underground at any time" Mando thing. Is that like just on this one planet or is it something the Mandos do all across the entire galaxy? And it's kinda weird to bring something like that up and then throw it away almost immediately like they do, although the scene where the Mandos reveal themselves is pretty dope looking.

yeah, remember back in the bad old days when losing both Gauthier and Picard in a single offseason set the Bomber OL back five years?

Did you know the Blue Bombers are 2-0 in the playoffs against the TiCats since the 2009 Boat Game? LONG LIVE THE BOAT CURSE!

13 points given up per game in the playoffs. 5+ takeaways per game. At least one critical turnover on downs in each game. 2x in the Grey Cup!

CANADIAN MAFIA

Memories of Jones / Mikawos vs Brock in 1984. Eating em raw.

GLORIOUS

Some vintage Good Lapo there.

I want revenge for the 2009 Boat Game.