Fred C Dobbs

O'Shea's not leaving Winnipeg. As someone once said "The next guy to bring the Grey Cup home to Winnipeg will find himself dipped in gold and planted on top of city hall."

The new management cap will make an in-season purge difficult. Don't like the looks of it but if they clear out at the end of the season I can see them making a big pitch for LaPo to be their next HC.

The analogy is not perfect but it was still a wasted pick. Even I had heard, prior to the draft, that Onyemata had absolutely no interest in playing in the CFL.

The same thing applies to David Onyemata and the Riders.

I'm guessing that you were the crew that came in towards the end and sat down at the table next to us (big old black guy and small old white guy [me]). I thought Woli was rather good too. Nicholls was there for the first hour or so.

Have you switched to "New Twitter"? They've moved the "Copy link to Tweet" option from the top right corner to the funny icon to the right of the 💗.

Here's another one for you:

Week 6 and it's still music to my ears: https://www.cfl.ca/2019/07/23/riders-gaining-speed-nissan-titan-power-rankings/?hootPostID=f42b0207cfa25e34fca4cfcd8c1e24dd

Maybe it's cause I'm using Firefox. I still get the "copy link to Tweet".

Twitter works for me:

LOL. Did you know that Richard Harris once said that to his son-in-law when he was coaching in the Indoor Football League.

Here's this week's Nissan rankings: 1. Winnipeg Blue Bombers Record: 2-0 Last Week: 1 The Bombers’ offence is exciting to watch. We already know about Andrew Harris and Darvin Adams, but Chris Matthews is a matchup nightmare, Nic Demski is versatile and Lucky Whitehead is a threat to score every time he touches the ball. Winnipeg fans have every reason to believe in this team. 2. Edmonton Eskimos Record: 2-1 Last Week: 2 The Eskimos took too many penalties (15 for 139 yards) and couldn’t finish drives (seven Sean Whyte field goals), but everything still clicked despite a 28-21 loss to Winnipeg. In a battle of the CFL’s top teams, the Esks doubled the Bombers in first downs (29-14) and racked up 440 yards and more than 36 minutes of possession. 3. Hamilton Tiger-Cats Record: 3-0 Last Week: 4 The scariest part about the Ticats’ 3-0 start is that Jeremiah Masoli has yet to play his best football. Brandon Banks is electric. Sean Thomas-Erlington isn’t just a ratio-breaker, he’s one of the best running backs in the CFL. On defence, Dylan Wynn has bolstered a defensive line that now leads the CFL in sacks (12). There’s a lot to like in Hamilton. 4. Calgary Stampeders Record: 1-1 Last Week: 3 Two minutes, two touchdowns and an onside kick were all the Stamps needed to engineer one of the great comebacks in recent memory. Still, there’s cause for concern, especially if Bo Levi Mitchell is sidelined for any period of time. Calgary was outplayed almost all game, managing just 23 minutes of possession and giving up 34 first downs on defence. 5. Ottawa REDBLACKS Record: 2-0 Last Week: 5 Which Dominique Davis will show up in Week 4? The 29-year-old is coming off an incredible performance before the bye week, throwing for 354 yards and three touchdowns. No one’s completely sold after just two games, but everyone’s paying attention as the REDBLACKS attempt to rewrite the script with a new-look roster. 6. Saskatchewan Roughriders Record: 1-2 Last Week: 7 It took several hours on a stormy, weather-delayed night in Regina, but Craig Dickenson finally found the win column in an impressive all-around win over the Argos. The defence got a much-needed bounce back, but fans are most excited about Cody Fajardo, who’s thrown for 790 yards and averaged 12.2 yards per attempt in two starts. 7. BC Lions Record: 0-3 Last Week: 6 Last-minute meltdown aside, Saturday was a positive step for the Lions. Mike Reilly looked like Mike Reilly again, completing 36 of his 42 passes (86%) for 354 yards and two touchdowns, and the running game was also a lot more involved. The arrow is pointing up as the Lions seek their first win of the season in Toronto. 8. Montreal Alouettes Record: 0-2 Last Week: 8 There were signs of a spark for the Alouettes in Week 3 vs. the Ticats but they just couldn’t start the fire in a 41-10 loss. It’s not all bad though. Vernon Adams Jr. looks like he’s worth investing time in while B.J. Cunningham and William Stanback continue to be exciting options on offence. Can Bob Slowik’s defence learn on the fly? 9. Toronto Argonauts Record: 0-2 Last Week: 9 It may have been Canada Day but the Riders were not friendly hosts to the visiting Argos, who punted nine times and managed just 19 first downs in a 32-7 loss to Saskatchewan. Outscored 96-21 over the first two games, Corey Chamblin faces some difficult questions before Week 4, including behind centre with the struggling James Franklin.

Owen Too. Owen is back home where he belongs.

There's one play that Bishop made that totally sticks in my mind. Can't remember who we were playing but Bishop walks up behind center and gets ready to call signals. The defence must have been trash talking because he pauses briefly, looks at them and holds up 7 fingers. He then starts the play, drops back and throws a beauty pass to one of our receivers who takes it in for the TD. One of the commentators says "Who does he think he is? Babe Ruth?"

If the RBs can isolate a receiver on Edem that shouldn't be a problem.

So it's only good for Riderfans, eh?

We're Number 1: https://www.cfl.ca/2019/06/18/nissan-titan-power-rankings-justifying-hype/?hootPostID=3e35ddfabcb510f3b5c9a04c9ef6fa63

How many games has Reilly had where he's thrown more interceptions than TDs? Not what I'd call 'picking apart'.

FIFY

Greetings from Iqaluit, where I'm visiting my younger son. My older son is based in Mary River Mine so I expect that makes him the northernmost Bomber fan in the country.

Sportswriters from across the country favour the Bombers: https://www.cfl.ca/2019/06/11/cfl-unveils-results-2019-cfl-media-poll/?utm_source=dlvr.it

Simonise is interesting to follow. Most of his actual tweets are about football but 90% of the time that he turns up on my timeline, it's because he's retweeted a tweet from some rather attractive young black lady who's showing off at being a rather attractive young black lady. Interesting 😉.

If you don't have access to Facebook, you should follow Russ Hobson on Twitter:

Of course. I was expecting it when I made the post. 😉

Sheesh. I only realized just now that you get reputation points for people laughing at you.