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This game is as ugly as a whores ass that's for sure. The sad part is there could be even more turnovers than there have already been.

no touchdowns either. Man that team keeps finding new and interesting ways to not make plays.

Not all of us are that old, cut us some slack.

She is very over rated as a writer too. SNL improved greatly after she left. I will concede that different people find different things funny, but Fey is more annoying to me than funny.

Scheifele being a #1 defenceman? typo, meant centre obviously Isn't that more on the GM than the coach? yes, but that comment was less related to the coaching and more a general statement. There is the concern that last year was simply the rebound from firing a coach and there will be a let down. The comments on Schiefele and Trouba were simply an analysis of the roster right now. For them to be a good team those guys have to play like top players. I don't know if they can do it for a full year because it is a lot of pressure to put on players so young.

Sunseri had problems with the pressure that Hamilton was bringing, and not many teams put as much pressure on the qb as the Esks do. The only chance the Riders have is if they can establish the ground game early. Or I suppose if the esks decide they want to turn the ball over a million times, but that seems less likely. Ottawa is so bad right now, Montreal should beat them without too much concern.

I've had this argument with Noeller about people like Wiig before. She is a very funny lady, the problem is they basically ran every character she ever came up with into the ground and it just felt forced. They opted to take the easy way out and just throw out one of her characters again for the umpteenth time which was tiresome, but guys like Will Ferrell had the same problem too. As for Amy Poehler, she was funny too in that manic crazy kind of way, but Tina Fey is seriously unfunny and the most over rated comedienne I can think or and Noeller likes to associate Poehler and Fey because of how friendly they are. It's really a guilt by association I think.

Because they're not travelling, they're all people who have moved from Saskatchewan to Alberta for work. The inferiority complex comes because it was started with TSN (Glen Suitor in particular) hyping up the rider fans being the best fans in the league because there was support in the stands after the team was so bad for so long. No one ever praised the Bomber fans for sticking with their team through all the **** we've put up with, this whole "rider fans are the best" became a thing with TSN, and TSN loves to have their manufactured story, then Saskatchewan started to get it's economy in good shape and the entire province started a lot of chest thumping and it coincided with the Riders not sucking so hard anymore and everyone with even a remote tie to Saskatchewan wanted to jump on that bandwagon. There are a lot of Rider fans who act like they have been rider fans forever when the reality is that they weren't there to be counted until the team started to win and TSN started to jerk them off every chance they got.

It's because after Bob Cameron and Jon Ryan Bomber fans have unrealistically high expectations from the punter position. Same with running back, every back since Charles Roberts has had various people bitching that they're not good enough because Charlie was better.

That's because of the limitations of the esks offense. Reilly isn't really sharp enough to run a lot of variations in the passing game.

Injuries all around please.

This is really the thing for me.....we've had some of the league's all-time worst teams over the last decade, and the fans STILL sell the place out. The Riders would be lucky to get 20k with those teams. The difference between Bombers fans and Riders fans, is we have more "die hards", but less "casuals". The Riders have WAY MORE casual fans than any other franchise and maybe even more than some NHL franchises in Canada. They're the ones who buy the merch because it's "cool" to do so right now. They badly need another extended run of Al Ford years to thin out their ranks a little and shut them up but good...Wrong. With a good football team, how many sellouts have you had this season when the Riders weren't in town? Zip.With a bad football team, many sellouts did the Riders have in 2011 when we went 5-13? 5 is the correct answer. That said, no question the Bombers have thousands of diehard fans. The numbers however suggest otherwise when comparing how many of each franchise. Take for example last season, the top 12 attended games throughout the entire season all involved the Riders. This year we have soldout the past 3 home games, were at 99% capacity for game 2 & 3 had had 31K sold for our home opener which took place during a severe flood. Add to that the Riders have helped give Wpg, Vancouver, Edmonton, & soon to be Calgary their biggest home crowds this season. It's ok for you to claim the Bombers have more diehard fans however even though the Numbers aren't in your favour. Cheers. you are using one poor year amongst a group of years where the Riders went on long playoff runs? Come on, use some common sense (asking a lot I know) How many times were the Riders selling out the building in the 90s and early 2000s? That's what people are talking about. One year where there was a power struggle with the ex coach and current coach doesn't represent much of anything. We all know what the Bombers have for attendance now, but we also know how crappy the team has been for the last stretch, that's entirely the point, even during a real ugly stretch the bombers could still fill their stadium. This year obviously they haven't but you aren't taking into account how brutal last year was. Even the die hards had a hard time watching the team last year it was THAT bad. It takes time for the faith to be rebuilt. The RIders on the other hand have been more or less solid - good for the past 10-15 years, go look how many people they would get before that though and you'll see that this massive support you think they have is just a phenomenon that is tied to their recent success.

McKinnon and Thompson for sure. I'm not 100% sold on the other two though. "What's up with that" was good stuff. This year is Thompson's last. apparently those reports weren't true and he might not leave.

and since he hurricanes got to the finals he hasn't accomplished much, that was a long time ago. You can be hopeful that he simply had a bad run, but you also have to admit that he's not a slam dunk either. The Jets are basically relying on Scheifele being a #1 defenceman and Trouba being a top pairing defenseman, that is asking a lot of players so young. If they can handle it then the team should be fine if they can't...

you keep using that word but I don't think you know what it means. Being relied on and being reliable are not the same thing. No one is saying he's not putting up good numbers and no one is taking away from him the things he can do, but the fact is he's also going to drop passes on you that should be caught. That flaw in his game is why he has bounced around several teams. If he keeps gassing easy passes at bad times I have no doubts that Edmonton will get tired of it too.

Don't forget this now : Which was in response to the Riders putting up billboards in Winnipeg....

you going to argue the points I bring up or just try and snipe at me again?

but again you are missing the big picture in favour of stats. Coaches above all else want players they can rely on. A guy who might piss away the biggest play of the game is not someone you can rely on. It's that talent that has gotten more chances than a lesser player would have ever gotten with the problems he has catching, but eventually every coach gets tires of not being able to rely on a player. It's working out for him this year, but will it last? Somehow I doubt that.

So start talking some football. I can't think of a single insightful comment you have ever made.

but if you can't rely on a player what good is he? Yeah he might get you a lot of yards but if you go to him in a key moment and he drops the pass and you lose the game does it really matter that he already had 7 catches and 100 yards?

That's the problem I had with that sketch. Not familiar with the source material so the song parody falls flat because of it. I enjoyed it on some levels because of the government shut down, but song parodies work so much better when you actually know the song that is being parodied.

Riders have had very good late round draft picks the last couple years. Steinheurer, Vonk, Anthony, Moore, Webster, Etc. Those aren't exactly "very good" picks. for NI depth they are, they all made the roster of a 9-3 team coming off a championship.

There's always some worthwhile stuff and a lot of crap, but this past season had a very low good to crap ratio.

Oh course he's a pens fan, he's a young guy and Crosby is the bestest player so obvs he totes cheers for the pens.