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In 1996 I swore off NHL hockey, never picked a new team never even watched a game until the Jets returned. Completely lost passion for the NHL. Even now that the Jets are back I watch may 5-6 games a year and playoffs. I was a Jets 1.0 fanatic. It broke my heart and to this day there is still a big hole left that just hasn't returned. However, I did find solace in amateur hockey and the Moose. Many an evening spent going to Stonewall or Ile Des Chenes to watch Sr. Hockey even. Honestly. something about being in those small town barns made me love the sport of hockey more, and professional hockey less. Nothing like a rink burger, and admission for less than 20 bucks and drink all the shnapps your flask can hold. lol. Go to the small town bar after the game and the whole arena shows up. It's awesome.

That's what my wife says to me....go figure.

I think a lot of people underestimate the power of sports to effect our mental health. Mostly because I think most don't understand what it means to be a true sports fanatic. In, and of itself, it walks a fine line between healthy and unhealthy mental health and requires careful management and certainly cognizance. I have seen many people, even on these forums, go kaflooey when they don't strike the right balance between healthy and unhealthy obsession. Certainly, a very meaningful event like a championship lost is something that can be very troubling and requires fellow fanatics to reach out to each other to make sure we are all OK. I don't know if it helps, but for the past 3 years I have prepared myself all week prior to the game in the event of a loss. It helps to come to terms with it if you acknowledge the possibility your team may not be successful, and prepare yourself mentally for how you will cope with that beforehand. Maybe, that won't work for everyone...but it helped me on Sunday. I found myself at peace. I had prepared myself reminders that this season should not be weighed by one championship game by putting little reminders for myself around the house that we were 15-3 and just witnessed one of the greatest Bomber seasons ever. Worked for me anyway.

If that ball is for Ellingson than Prukop did not have his eyes downfield at all because I am not sure how he could even see Ellingson without noticing Bailey is there as well. If it's for Ellingson it is a VERY poor throw based on what his eyes should have been telling him.

The coverage that Ellingson drags into the play has no effect on the play whatsoever imo. It was a throw to Bailey, and it's underthrown to the wrong shoulder. The fact that there is another receiver and DB in the area might have effected his options on the play, but the throw itself was a poor one that is intercepted even if Ellingson is nowhere around.

I thought the same initially, but after watching it numerous times, I have come to realize that the Argos were in man coverage, and that the throw was to Bailey's inside shoulder and that is where Richardson was the whole time. The only way this play has a chance is of Prukop goes for Ellingson instead, or throws it way more outside than he did to keep Bailey between the ball and receiver because this was not a read issue. There is nothing that Prukop should not have seen in the read. It was a poorly placed throw that gave his receiver no chance. Where Ellingson is, and his DB, are irrelevant....the throw was to Bailey. In short, Bailey had no realistic shot at the ball....so yes that is a poorly thrown ball.

Had the Bombers lost in 2019 Grey Cup, I had already made the decision to step back as a Bomber fan to protect my mental health, so I fully sympathize and understand what it can do to a fan. It's why I joined the forum and logged tens of thousands of posts in the first place, it was therapeutic to know that there were others out there willing to talk, discuss, argue football with that were just as committed as me. I found solace on these boards during our down times, and learned a long time ago that these losses are more than just football to many of us. The last three years helped me prepare for this loss, because I know what this team is capable of and I was able to shrug it off more easily. I am sure once the offseason starts rolling things will get easier for all of us as we still have a crap load to be excited for. This team is not done.

I don't even think they mean that. It just means he has not started any contract talks with the Bombers yet and won't entertain a lowball offer.

Yes, they tried to extend him earlier this season and could not. The important caveat to this is that they tried to do so before the option in the contract. Teams and NAT draft picks are locked into a salary scale on the first two years of the contract per the CBA, as this portion of the contract contains no options until the 3rd season. TBurg just does not have a clue what the OPTION year means to any contract. He really needs to read more than one paragraph of the CBA.

No kidding. A word he is entirely disregarding in both context, and in the CBA definition.

If he's smart he would block all their agents phone number...but he isn't.

I have gone to several LDCs and always had a great time, in a normally priced hotel room, with taxi and food availability. Come Grey Cup that whole city goes kaflooey and tries to cash in and it ruins the event. I have had the pleasure of attending a Grey Cup in every CFL city and Regina is the only place this happens....and that'sTWICE now even after all the criticism they got last time.

Yep...and once you got there it would also be how do I eat a couple times a day without spending 4 hours a day in line for a crap restaurant. In 2013 I gave up and lived off a menu of 7Eleven hot dogs so that I could avoid it. Just a crying shame that the hotels out there chose to ruin another Regina Grey Cup, they did it in 2013 when they let that bus guy book every room in the city and scalp them. They cried foul over that and then turned around and turned into the scalpers themselves., I hope a crap load of hotels had last minute cancellations and got stuck with empty rooms because of their greed.

Ellingson is at the age where it is probably time for us to move on from him. Either go get Kenny, or find a young hungry receiver through recruitment or FA.

Hell, if they could even beat us once there, but that ain't happening any time soon even though they are somehow predicting the Bombers demise because we lost a game. lmao. We are the winningest franchise in the CFL for the past 5 years...but one stinker in a Grey Cup is going to undo it all and all our good players are going to exodus now according to their warped logic. Planning the parade over at Riderfans...lmao.

And your point is what exactly. End of the day Winnipegers attended., That's the bottom line. We didn't sulk and stay home. There would have easily been another 5k in Bomber fans if they had hotels and infrastructure to accommodate. Just bush league putting this event in a tiny city like Regina. Keep acting like the broken clock you are Migs. It's laughable. By far. An embarrassment.

It's not cold or miserable mid May to June in Winnipeg? I'm only in my 50s but the weather in mid May to June is actually really nice, and infinitely better than late October and November. May and June actually have very little average precipitation or days with rain on average than July. It's August and September that are historically our driest months.

Baloney. I am sure the concourses had SOME fans but it's pure apologist bs to suggest that the 15000 ppl who were not in the seats were in the concourse. It's packed in there at 3 or 4k. Been to IG West a number of times so I have seen first hand that when the concourses are packed and when you go out into the bowl you can't notice the empty seats.

It was pathetic for sure. I will say this as well though, it makes a pretty compelling case for moving the season up a month and having this game in October though. I am not offering even a smidgen of an excuse for what happened yesterday to the attendance because every other stadium would have been full or close to it, but I think attendance would have been much better with nicer weather and so would the on field product.

I simply do not understand why we were utilizing Prukop so much in the passing game? Especially in the red zone. My only thought on that is ZC's ankle was a lot worse than anyone, including himself, was letting on and the decision was made earlier in the week to give Prukop a healthy dose of reps to help keep ZC's ankle holding up the entire game. Otherwise it makes no sense, Mr. Prukop is responsible for throwing into double coverage. He was given the option to make that throw but I highly doubt the play design was to throw into double coverage if it was there. He either didn't make the right read, or went for it despite what his eyes were telling him. Either way that decision is on him and him alone. No play has only one option for the QB, and the option that is picked is solely determined by the QB read.

Yet, you never bothered to read what an option year is in the CBA. HINT: It has it's own separate section in the CBA from what you keep highlighting ad nauseum.

You need to drop more than that. Mauldin is going to be way more money that Jeffcoat, and Oakman is likely to get a pretty hefty raise as well.

I gotta be honest, I'm OK with running it back for the most part. We may need to say goodbye to a veteran or two to shore up some areas of need like the DL (just not enough quality depth) but overall it's hard not to like a 15-3 team... even if they lost the big game...there are very few areas of need. We just need a couple small tweeks here and there. I have a feeling that Neufeld may hang them up, but Dobson is ready imo and if Drew comes back we are all set.

Yep on the 40. Would have needed 75 yards in the air to make sure it was through the end zone and not playable. FG was the right decision.

Let me just vent a little about how poor it looked that half the stadium was empty. Regina has no business ever hosting this game again. We have been told ad nauseum that Saskatchewan is the heart beat of the CFL. BALONEY. They couldn't even be bothered to show up to a game in their own back yard. Sad effort Rider fans! Terrible look on you and a black eye for the league. I get it that your team wasn't in it, and that selling your tickets to someone who might want to attend from out of town was tough because you don't have the accommodations and infrastructure to properly host the game but you guys should be cognizant of that. If your team is ever to host a Grey Cup again, get off your asses and attend the game and quit acting like a bunch of sucky babies.