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When I drive between Calgary & Winnipeg stopping at Moosomin is never an option. I divide the trip into 4 segments... Calgary to Medicine Hat, stop for gas as it's the cheapest before Saskatchewan. Medicine Hat to Swift Current, stop for a quick bite along the highway.... McDonalds or A & W. Swift Current to Regina, stop at the Husky Station for gas before heading out of town... Regina to Brandon. Stop for a quick fill along the highway... then Brandon to Winnipeg. Vice versa the other way. Dividing up the drive like that is a helluva lot better than thinking 14 hours OMFG it's going to be Hell... Each segment is 2 1/2 to 3 hours... I'm more or less the same, but we cut out Swifty....usually the Hat to Regina in a single shot. I'm a big "Get Where I'm Going As Fast As I Can" kinda guy....no unnecessary stops.....

It's strange, because last year I thought our ST was outstanding....

I still remember attending a job fair in 1989 and Sylvia Kuzyk was just sitting in the CKY booth with no one around her, so a friend and I went over and talked to her, though we were kind of in awe of talking to a celebrity who was on TV! Anyway, she told us that if we went to Red River college and took broadcasting, we had a chance to be broadcasters one day, and follow in the steps of their latest new young broadcasting star who she said had potential to one day be a national broadcaster. That man's name was of course, Rod Black. Of course during those days there was also Clay Young, who took to the meaning of wearing a wife beater a little too far and is now banished to Thunder Bay, forever. And Peter Young, a confident brash up and comer that is rumoured to have worn shorts while behind the desk. Neither of these were related to Angus Young, who definitely wore shorts while working and Malcolm Young, both have gone onto very lengthy and successful careers. Malcolm, sadly, suffers from dementia, has a one room spot in a personal care facility in his homeland, will never work again, but still has more of a brain than Clay Young. I'm just waiting for Throw Long to chime in on the Wells family. Beauregard regularly wore his hockey gear under the desk so that as soon as he was done, could bolt to his beer league game...

Was Lenny Walls that actually started it, believe it or not...back around 2010 or maybe earlier.....

Chamblin also saying both Smith and Demski to see time this week...

faaaaaack....Leggett leaves practice limping and is now not available to the media, as per team regs (injured players not avail to media)..... bad news all around.

Bob Irving @BobIrvingCJOB Moe leggett leaves bomber practice late. Might be limping. Teague Sherman at safety. Bob Irving @BobIrvingCJOB Devin Tyler getting lots of first team reps at right tackle for bombers-- likely to play in Edmonton.

Yeah, Don was a nice man. Before I job shadowed him, I called him at work out of the blue to ask if I could job shadow him for a day & he immediately agreed. All the guys on the 24 Hours set were nice. I don't recall seeing a lot of egos on that show the day I was there. I never liked Harris & his monotone delivery & know it all attitude, "I'm smarter than anyone else" on air persona. He had one really good curling season 20 years ago & unfortunately he parlayed that into a curling broadcast career. Wasn't even a good season. Fluked his way through the Oly Trials (they've since put measures in place to keep things like this from happening...) and picked up a Bronze (!!!) at Olys when there were basically no other countries worth a damn competing at that time....awful.

Well, more so because of injury, but still.......

I was extremely fortunate to do a one-week internship thing with TSN at the end of broadcast school, in 2002, when the Scotties were in Brandon. Did a variety of things, but was a gopher sometimes for the on-air crew. Hung out next to the booth while the broadcasts were on. In those days, TSN broadcast the week, and CBC picked up the weekend. It was Wittman, dumbass Mike Harris and Joan McKusker working the CBC 'casts, and they'd show up in the VIP/Broadcasters area on the Thursday during the day. It's a long story, but Wittman was a big time practical joker and because I was there in the vicinity, he had me aid and abet a rather elaborate joke on McKusker that actually worked out slamming Harris more than anything. It was glorious and proved to me just how much of a treat Don Wittman is.....a genuinely wonderful man.

also, looks like Thad Gibson in at DE for Peach this week......... via our intrepid print reporters at practice on Twitter....(Bauming, Penton, etc.)

...with Knuckles/Bob Cameron a VERRRRY close second.....

To this day, Walby and Wittman are my favourite CFL broadcast crew of all time...

fwiw, Picard back at C today.....took a Vet Day....

...and Penton's had us in 7th.....tough to get a read on anything this year.

I wish we had a single sportscaster in this country with the professionalism and gravitas that Don Wittman had. He's gotta be rolling over in his grave when the chuckle heads on TSN turn Sports Centre into a comedy routine. Ridiculous. Man, that call of the Bailey 96 Gold still gives me chills.....and the call of Jennifer Jones "in-off to win" in 2005. Great calls from the greatest sportscaster....

I have 3 strikes now, so I'm not sure if I'm still in this, but I'll take Andrew Harris if so....

a guy behind me at McMahon was talking about this. I hadn't heard the rumour yet, but apparently Lapo's been contacted and told to sit tight....barring a monster comeback by the Riders on the season, Lapo's packing his bags...

the constant screaming from Edmonds is awful...can't stand it.

Also of note, sounds like Cam Marshall and Johnny Adams had quite the dust up at practice that took awhile to break up. Kinda glad to see nobody's happy and joking around about losing on the weekend....

...First off, thought it a bit odd that they came home for the week, rather than staying in AB, but I suppose flying was cheaper than hotels etc for the week and practicing at home rather than at McMahon and Commonwealth during the week might be tougher. At any rate.......some news here that'll make the Peach haters happy..... Paul Wiecek ✔ @PaulWiecek OShea says Picard was sick today and Daniels is day to day with a lower body injury; Peach is out this week and Turner will be out again #bn

and the Riders have way more of those type of fans than any other team, by a mile. Good for them, because that helps the bottom line a TON, but man do I ever hate bandwagon fans because they're the loudest while being the most ignorant.

Yup...plenty on Ticketmaster and even a few on StubHub....

Odell Willis is a moron, on the field. Always has been, and it's why he was sent packing from here in the first place. Above all else, I want smart athletes...

Lol Bob Cole....1993 called...