Noeller

I mean, you either ******* care about the team legitimately or you don't.............

21 years experience.........They really need to hire me to host these damn things.... Just throwing that out there, Ed and Darren!

and last year was the first time we've really questioned him, so it's possible that he was playing through an injury or something and last year was just an aberration... it's at least POSSIBLE that next year he's back to being absolutely dominant again.

Some thoughts from the legend....

this is cool.. they did this one year (2018??) when they used to have that offseason CFL Week event...

Could also be lots already done and just waiting to be announced...

this was what Gretzky always said.... the players don't care if you're going to call things super tight, or you're going to let everything go... but be consistent about it so they know. Nothing they hate more than never knowing what is or isn't going to get called.

I hate blaming refs... That lazy fandom.... But **** that was brutal. Habs not getting called on the pick on Ehlers then Ehlers getting called on the ensuing "trip" (butter sawft with 30 seconds remaining).... Weak sauce.

Just because Kola could be a starter elsewhere doesn't mean he should be one here..... this is the best OL in the league. Of course he'd be a starter elsewhere... other teams are ****.

personally hoping Disney/Marvel uses this horrible event to totally reboot. Get away from all the multiversal nonsense that was far too confusing for a lot of people, and get back to more street level stuff. Excited for Echo/Daredevil... looks really good. Hoping they deliver on the promise of the trailer(s)...

I mean none of us really knows about OL play, but from a purely fan standpoint, if I was guessing, it would be: Stan/Yoshi Neufeld Eli Dobson/Gray Kola

Jaques Martin and Daniel Alfredsson taking over...

Neufeld was his usual steady self. No issues with him coming back at the right price. Kola you have to let go to FA. Eli needs to be in that spot in '24. Let Dobson duke it out with Gray for LG.

*edit* Joey beat me by a half second...

Regardless of his comments afterwards, I hate that he's American trained for the most part and all the media hype (Farhan and Naylor mostly) talking like he's a CIS guy. If Forde was given equal hype, I'd be less pissy about it. I'm FAR more interested in the guy that's born here trained here and played all his football as 3 down. Rourke played a LOT of 4 down before the CFL and never really wanted to be here. I sincerely hope Rourke stays down there and never comes back. I'll gladly beat the drum for Forde and any other CIS QB to be a full time starter in the CFL.

The attendance is "fine"... It only seats 15 and change. It's not like it's the ******* Forum and it's 13k in a 21k barn.... It's manageable and as the team proves it's for real, people will return. This next week, with the O-6 teams and being wek before Christmas, should do decent box.

I really feel like this is all Bowness... it's what he did in Dallas, too. The guys have figured out the system and are executing it properly. They have a really good goaltender, which helps a ton. Full commitment from everyone to play 200 feet, sacrifice the body to block shots, get sticks in the lanes... this is what happens. The "issue" is trying to get goals, but they've been getting that done, too (and not just from the top line... plenty of secondary scoring)... and that's how you end up where they are. It's a lot of fun to watch, for sure...

Less Rourke talk, more Forde talk..... Tell me about the Canadian born, raised, trained, CIS-graduated QBs that wanna be here...

Ahhhhh teamsters.....

not that it's any better, but just for the record, it wasn't Ball that said it... it was Madani on Ball's "Sports Cage" show. also:

this is all I'm saying....... .... though not the first time, AH33 would make an odd decision. Also, maybe I'm mis-remembering, but I thought Harris wasn't just coaching with the Nanaimo team, but was part of the ownership group, and was going to be President/HC. But it's been a minute since I read about that whole situation, so who knows if maybe something changed. Also, in other CFL news....

Yessir... Wife and I watched the first 3 eps tonight. It's not high quality TV (won't be winning any Emmys ) but it's entertaining comfort food TV. Good action and I'm into the story.

New Reacher season dropped and final chapter of The Crown tomorrow.... Great time for TV!

Again, he was supposed to be running the Nanaimo junior program this year. President and HC..... Did that just go away??

... I thought he was going full time to that Nanaimo Jr team.....??