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here's a real nice and concise high-level explanation of how one takes a picture of a black hole. It involves taking simultaneous measurements from several telescopes worldwide and then filling in the gaps using computer guesswork. super cool.

Gonna miss Fogg -- got confidence that the bomber scouts can turn up good DBs, but they don't turn up good return men very often. How many return guys did we go through between Johnson and Fogg?

95 Leafs 5 Roughriders

Manziel is kind of a special case, though. People like Sinkfield are free to return to the CFL now that the awful's crapped out. That door is shut for Manziel and god ain't opening a window anywhere for him.

(bah, double post)

This is a big reason I'm a fan of Johnny Impact / Mundo / Defy / Morrison. He always makes his opponents look awesome. I bet any random MBB poster could have a great-looking match against him. He got beat by Randy Myers at Defy, which is a ridiculous outcome based on wrestling talent, but it was still a great match. Morrison played straight man (literally) to Myers' weirdo hero shenanigans and got distracted into a surprise pin. Totally popped the Defy crowd where Myers is kind of a fave.

This is a bit old, but I didn't see it mentioned anywhere on this topic -- Joey Ryan replaced Eli Drake on an Impact card after Drake refused to wrestle Tessa Blanchard, says he won't do intergender matches. I've got strong opinions on this but I'll just say that you see itty-bitty guys like Rey Mysterio taking on jacked dudes all the time and no one blinks an eye -- Tessa Blanchard isn't much smaller than Rey Mysterio. https://twitter.com/TheEliDrake/status/1099044040924753 https://twitter.com/TheEliDrake/status/1099044040924753920

What happens to soldiers who boo or otherwise disrespect the Commander-in-Chief?

Next Bomber jersey of mine is gonna be a Leggett. Just loved watching that guy play. So clutch.

Got no love for Johnny Manziel ... but the way Montreal traded their seed corn and got just a couple of bad headlines in return puts me in USABomberFan rage territory. This was a move straight out of the bad old days of the Ottawa Rough Riders, except when the Riders went out and got splashy big-name/zero-hope talent from the States (Ware, Schlichter, Manley) at least they signed 'em as free agents and didn't trade the farm away. And now the Als' ownership is all up in the air, it's some deja vu. There's losing teams and there's laughingstocks, and I just hate hate hate seeing any laughingstocks in the CFL. I really want to see Montreal sorted out and stable again.

this is true! Whenever there's football on in the background of a scene that's a rewind-and-frame-by-frame advance scenario for me. Luckily I have a patient spouse...

Picking two of Reaves, Roberts, and Harris is gonna be tricky. All three of those guys could take over a game.

Won't vote for Hardrick as an all-timer but I gotta throw him some love -- that play we run that springs him into the open and gets him downfield on the right side, bulldozing unlucky DBs, that is always so goddamn fun to watch. Love to see a big man turning space into more space.

no way. the league was completely up front about how Manziel's participation had a bunch of contingencies. Reed knew the risks when he pulled the trigger on the worst deal in modern CFL history. That deal is now Reed trading two first rounders and a canuck starter for an import tackle. It's staggering how bad that turned out, and everyone saw it coming but Reed or whoever ordered him to do the deal.

bad spin: good spin:

Gotta be Jovon Johnson. Guy sparked so many rallies during his stretch here ... even during the darkest times there was always hope when he set up for a return.

I wonder why wingers are so obsessed with AOC ... to the point where the FBI just arrested a Coast Guard white supremacist who was making plans to kill her...

A lot of the veteran FA receivers we've signed have not worked out real great for us ... Bowman and Stafford were busts, Smith didn't ever get in a groove, Moore couldn't stay on the field and wasn't really the #1 receiver we needed him to be ... Demski, Dressler, and Adams are the only guys I'd put down as complete wins, and Dressler and Adams have had their own injury struggles.

Bakari Grant is still out there. What's up with this guy? Had a breakout year with the Riders in 2017, yet in 2018 he couldn't get a sniff of the field until the Calgary receiver emergency. Is he toxic?

I've liked Hazelton everywhere I've seen him. Big guy, wins contested catches, moves the chains. I remember when he was like the WR6 for Edmonton and they rolled him out after an injury wave and I was all "how the hell do they have that depth at import receiver?"

hah! I'm getting too old, all the seasons are blending into each other. appreciate the gentle correction bg84. At least the Stampeders didn't win the cup last year. Can't stand to see Dickenson win anything, that guy's not a gracious winner I hear.

I'll always maintain that Coach Jones did a pretty freaking amazing job in 2018, squeezing twelve wins out of a 4-5 win roster. If he'd won COTY, I wouldn't have complained. But Jones the GM, hoo boy, he took a dump in the seed corn and then set it on fire. They're gonna be digging out there for awhile.

I don't think I've ever seen a Bomber who could ignite a rally like Jovon Johnson. Anything good that happened between 2008ish-2012ish, he was usually the guy sparking it.

ZC over Lulay is madness. How many games did Collaros even finish in 2018? Lulay isn't nearly what he used to be but he won some games last year without looking completely busted like Collaros did.

going back to Collaros is almost cruel. It's his business, of course, but all indications are that that guy's head is broken and he needs to be moving on to the next chapter. Good luck to him. I hope he doesn't wind up even more screwed up than he already is.