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See, I dunno...I absolutely loved it. I consider myself proud to be a true, "hardened" Manitoban. I'm proud of that weather and that makes me EXCITED to get together with 30+k friends and scream and yell and drink some Haze Bombs and watch Rourke get ******* crippled (not really) on Sunday afternoon. I get that it's maybe not helping the passive fans who want Sunny and +20, but **** it, I loved that clip.... it was like a rallying cry.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS!!

It's a little bit too complicated for me to go that route yet. The thing I love most about my Roku TV is all the apps on the desktop that are easy to access. Once I can access my life sports right from the desktop of my TV with one click, then I'll be ready to go that route. But not until it's that easy. I live in a tiny town that happens to have the 2nd fastest internet in North America (a ridiculous, yet true, stat....crazy fibre optic ****) so I'll be ready when the tech is ready.

a combo of CBC and TSN (or Sportsnet?? or all 3??) would be pretty neat. But Streaming is really the elephant in the room. We talk about various TV networks..... but how much does streaming play into all of this? I think once streaming of live sports becomes more accessible (it's already getting there in the US.....Canada won't be far behind) it's going to really change the game. Just determining how many eyeballs were on a given game is going to be really difficult, I think...... though I'm sure there's monitoring tech that I'm not even aware of....... but it changes how you go about approaching advertisers. And WHICH advertisers.....if you'll pardon the pun, it's just a whole new ball game.

I always liked adapting the Bane quote from Dark Knight Rises: Oh, you think cold is your ally. But you merely adopted the cold; I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn't feel the warmth until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BOILING.

Yet another really great piece from Our Man Tait, and some awesome quotes from the fellas (Nicky D, Biggie, Osh....)

everyone thinks they have a plan until they get punched in the mouth....

Super long work day today, heavy dog ******* tomorrow, then flight out at Noon Friday. Can't ******* wait to get home!! #FortHew #DefendTheFort

You love to hear it.....

My very first thought was "well, Booch is gonna love this......" lol.

We also played nearly twice as many games this year, which makes it tough to compare overall numbers.

Texas Two Step all day long!!

staying with a buddy this weekend, when we fly into Wpg, and we plan on watching both the last two WF's..... that Duke "catch" is gonna make me sick to my stomach all over again. The Nick Taylor knockdown, without taking a PI, however......

or is it vice versa?

I'll never forget the ball that Demski tossed up for an INT to start that game last year....he just reacted weird. IIRC, he kinda jumped when he didn't need to jump and it bounced off his chest and up in the air for one of those Gapper jagoffs to catch. I remember thinking "if he'd just stood there and waited and caught it, all would be well". They remember all of that very well, and it won't happen again this year.

"Haze Bomb" Anti-freeze FTW!!

someone here (Mike maybe?) said that was apparently a reason. That he was huddled by the heater throughout playoff games last year. Players who play in BC are soft as soft can be. Sun and Cloud Mix, High -7 for Sunday, and possible windchill....? That's cold enough, for sure. Not sure about you guys, but we'll be in full ice fishing gear for that one, just to be sure. I would think they're probably not out on the ocean in that weather in Vancouver....

Honestly, I think the Lions are kidding...they know that people are going to laugh at them playing around in the ocean rather than practicing in the cold to get ready. They're trying to show they're in on the joke. But seriously......they're going to be in for a rude awakening come Sunday because they just don't have any way to prepare for the weather unless they come to Winnipeg early to prep, which obviously they won't be doing...

LOL! Wow I just laughed really hard out loud...

Lions getting ready for the Winnipeg weather......ha ha

well there was a quote from Macciocia either late last week or yesterday that he was planning on not coaching next year, but said that ownership would play into that decision. But apparent, at least according to him, he doesn't WANT to coach next year.....so he says.