bigg jay

According to his bio, he stopped doing the Pats games in 2010.

I'm pretty sure the CFL has had to issue more apologies to us than any other team, due to blown calls. We've definitely been pissed off about it but we never threw a temper tantrum and blamed it on a conspiracy theory. Seems like someone needs to learn to lose with some class.

He received a Grey Cup ring from the club after the 2007 Grey Cup so I would say he's part of the team (whether they pay him directly or not).

The way kicking had been going for other teams earlier in the season I thought for sure we'd be able to get something for him... maybe we waited too long or asked too much?

You are correct.

Tennant to start on Sunday? Seems rather fast to have him as a starter... unless I'm misinterpreting that tweet?

At 6'1, 220lbs, Smith wasn't in the same league as Sellers or Messam when it comes to size. Both those guys were taller (6'3) and significantly heavier (275 for Sellers & 265 for Messam). Players like Sellers or Messam aren't a dying breed, just a rare one. They are freaks of nature that don't come around often and when they do, they usually end up down south.

Tennant was cut by Jones but drafted by Taman.

You might think different if Etch has any say.

Andrew Harris

Judges often see fights very differently just based on where they are sitting. 3 completely different angles means, depending on where the action, your view can be perfect or it can mean you don't see jack. Rule of thumb for judges is if you don't see it, it didn't happen so splits like that in fairly close fights arent super uncommon.

This. He is a columnist who writes terrible opinion pieces. Fwiw, i've met him at a few non-Rider related events and he still comes off as a d-bag even when he's not worrying about conspiracies.

No Joe always said half guard. Randy was well known for preferring it because of the control it gave him on his opponents hips. He would mention couture when a fighter decided to hang out in half guard rather than try to pass to side control because that's what randy did.

Messam

Couture prefers half guard actually.

If you had been a fan of the Hip you could have been one of 40ish people who saw Nirvana open for them back in 1989! Saw this on Twitter and thought it was neat.

Messam

And we won't have to wait until like 3am to watch it live!

Balor looks like he might agree with this. He posted a congrats message to Kenny, saying he's not just carrying the torch for the Bullet club but he's raising the bar. I wonder what Jim Cornette thinks of Kenny now?

Of the 2, the match with Naito was better (imo) but both were great. I liked Kenny using some of Balor, Styles, & Ibushi's moves against Goto though, it was a nice nod to the former leaders of Bullet Club and his former partner. He's cut promos in Japanese before so it wasn't a shock to me, maybe just people who haven't followed him that closely?

Oh my god, they killed Kenny! **said in a Joey Styles voice** I finished watching his last 2 matches of the G1 and they were fantastic (especially 2 semi-finals with Naito). Now he has to stayed undefeated until January!

Over how many seasons?

"And that’s when, as fate would have it, then Bombers GM Brendan Taman pulled off one of the greatest trades in club history by dealing their first-round pick in 2002 (Jon Oosterhuis, who would end up playing his entire career with the Bombers) and a third-round pick in 2003 for Brown." http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/football/bombers/Two-of-Bombers-best-inducted-into-Canadian-Football-Hall-of-Fame-355939041.html

No gaijin has ever won the G1 before so it'll be interesting to see if Omega goes over.