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Wonder if CBC would ever use Gem to stream stuff. The only other streamer I could think of would be Disney Plus... As Disney owns ESPN, which I believe still owns TSN....

I came across a post on FB, showing a screenshot of a Tweet.... Apparently Lalji was on a podcast and said that the finishing touches for the new broadcast arrangement are being done now, and he wouldn't be surprised if there was a secondary broadcaster to go along with TSN. Said TSN will be involved for sure, but that he wouldn't be surprised if there's another. Not sure if that means traditional or a streamer, but it's interesting anyhow... If anyone is still on the nazi app, the user CFL News posted a YouTube link along with the quote...

I'm not sure if this is better or worse....

Doug Brown isn't just the best DT of his generation, he's arguably the best DT of all time, any nationality.

The upgrade from Jake to Jake is almost unbelievable.... ....thoughts and prayers for health across our roster, but for Ceresna in particular. He's had some recent injury trouble but hopefully will be free and clear all year.

Ya I thought I remembered reading a stat a few years back about how, despite their attendance figures, the Argos games on TSN actually had big audience numbers. People in the GTA watch the games, they just don't go to them...

This is the key. Nobody on this board is the target demo because they've already got us for life (bastards...) But how do you get more of the passive fans on board? The guys who kinda watch CFL but mostly watch NFL...? Try some weird **** and see how it goes.

What I keep coming back to is "they try them out and see how it goes... But I can also see a day where it doesn't work, and Johnson is still fighting for him, even though it's clearly not working (or made it worse), then they toss him, hire someone else, and go back to how it was." Nothing here is irreparable... They can always go back to be the old ways down the road.

I don't understand how he has the bandwidth to do what he does with K9 Pet Rescue AND everything that's required of a professional athlete AND be a partner/son/brother/etc.... some dude are just wired differently.

Not sure if anyone's watching Brady's Must Love Dogs show but holy jeeze is this well done. They really show the ups and downs of dog rescuing and fostering. So much great Bombers and Manitoba content.

As a curling fan I'm quit used to th we playoffs. Pretty sure 1 and 2 can play twice. That's the point of the second chance in Page Playoffs. Unless this is some kinda weird hybrid model.

Way faster....

Sigh.......

So between last night's first pick and today's first pick, did we take the new Kongbo and Hansen?

I've been thinking about it and while I don't think these are necessarily GREAT changes, they don't bother me as much as losing the 55 and moving the goal post back.

Ya I've always been the one beating the drum that "Kyle, Osh and Wade are in lock step" and when they show the war room on draft night, you used to always see Wade in there with them. It's also fair to say that were taking a one minute clip and reading too much into that.... But man, it's a convincing one minute. As mentioned, I think it's fair to say that there's input from all people involved... But no question that it's "Kyle's Show" on draft night. Nice to see that he doesn't appear to be making unilateral decisions... Asked for everyone's input before "making the call".

Ya he really seems like a taller version of Bettman....

Not saying coaches have zero say.... But by watching that clip, it was very much Kyle's show. He's running ****. It was definitely very interesting to see him THAT animated about a guy... It changed my tune a bit re: Dante, to "let's at least give this a shot and see"... But anyone who thinks the Bombers had a bad draft and want to blame that on Osh because of biases, I'm convinced that's just totally wrong. Walters was very much in charge last night.

I mean, we don't have to agree with it, but you've gotta love the passion. And based on that video, they weren't necessarily trading up to get THAT guy... They just wanted to be able to pick at 10, and then they went around the room and everyone gave input on who they thought they should take at 10, and it SEEMED (based on that video) that the scouts were REALLY enamoured with the big TE/FB....

I just watched this (definitely NOT on Twitter...) and laughed my ass off. Not sure they're converting him to OL but they seriously traded up to get a giant, mean blocking back...

So what's the deal with Britton? Edit - Here's the 3DN report on him, ranked 16th of all RECs: . Benjamin Britton, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alta.) "A complete wild card, Britton was a Canada West all-star for the Dinos in 2024 after posting 42 receptions for 661 yards, but stepped away from the team last season. He has since indicated that he would like to return to the sport, though scouts differ on how seriously they take those claims. In a draft that is light on size at the receiver position, a six-foot-three, 220-pound target with his level of production can’t be counted out entirely, and a team could gamble on a comeback at the end of the draft"

Interesting that we took a CIS kicker with our last pick. No idea if he'll ever be something but worth bringing to camp.

That's what I was thinking... The panel feels genuinely confused by many of the picks. The GMs are on a totally different page from the prognosticators...

Because the price to move up to #1 would have been way higher than the price to move up in the second round......??