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Always. I supply the keg.

And repeated by Glen Suitor. You will now burst into flames.

He literally stole that from Rod Black. Old joke.

According to this site, each player on the winning team for $16,000, the MVP got another $10,000, and the outstanding Canadian got $5,000. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.totalsportal.com/others/grey-cup-prize-money/ No indication that CFL award winners or all star team members get extra cash from the league.

Neither did the Argos. Or apparently the Elks since he did not take one snap once he went there. If you are rejected in favour of a guy with a dead arm, rejected by a team despite being the only QB to beat the best team in the league when they weren’t playing scrubs, and can’t get a start on the worst team in the league , then there must be something severely toxic about you beyond your passing abilities. LaPo clearly bet his season on a healthy Nichols and got burned big time, and the GM had zero back-up plans for all the personnel losses. As an aside, that insider analysis was written by a writer who doesn’t even live in North America, much less Ottawa.

So with 13,000 season ticket holders, wonder how they will do this? And what of those who aren’t season members but have tickets already for individual games?

One of my favourite Maurice speeches: https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/jets-maurice-defends-winnipeg-sharks-ripped-city/

Here is Maurice’s presser. The man has more class in his little finger than all of the haters and armchair coaches on Twitter screaming for his head the last 3 years combined. https://www.tsn.ca/paul-maurice-resigns-head-coach-winnipeg-jets-1.1736180

That ties the record for most CFL all-stars from one team.

Wonder if it is one of those “you can resign or we can fire you” things. I guess we will find out now if he was the problem or if it was the players all along.

Well we know it wasn’t Fajardo. He would have missed the TV and hit the bar itself.

Was the training camp guy a pretend Mike Kelly? “See you at the Wave!” 🤣

No, no misunderstanding from me. I compiled all of his claims of grandeur in case it wasn’t clear how ridiculous he was getting. Then I re-compiled them with the not-so-hidden message “Full of ****” acronym since he thought my first post was too subtle. MOBomber then wrote his version of his own accomplishments as satire (I own 9 cars, married Miss Universe) which I think is the post you found good and meant to compliment. For those that asked, if we want to re-live the nuttiness, here is the link to that topic (although I am loathe to resurrect a dead thread most times). https://www.morningbigblue.com/community/topic/12887-tsn-new-look-bomber-banner-issue/

I think it was MOBomberfan’s retort that you liked so much on Polar Bear’s rankings. Made his own list of “achievements”. Brilliant.

Polar bear was that renegade poster (*cough* troll *cough*). If this is the post you mean, I’m glad you liked it, but credit to the whole board for drawing out his lies. It takes a village. On 2021-08-07 at 10:36 PM, PolarBear said: lol my god people here enjoy arguing. As do you apparently. For those scoring at home, in 12 hours we have learned from his own posts on various topics that Polar Bear: 1. Knows how to hack into live feeds of American networks to get free streaming of sports programming 2. Is a 20 year vet of Ebola and SARS research in a virology lab 3. Is connected to many major US broadcasters and therefore has insider rankings of most of not all sports play by play guys and their reputations within the industry 4. Has relatives at HNIC and therefore has access to management hiring memos 5. Spent time in New York in a top secret COVID lab under government control operating under a cone of silence unable to share his findings with the public 6. Is ostensibly a computer graphics specialist who knows how to debug in game productions 7. Has a trusted working relationship with a number of the Blue Bomber players and has the inside track on the injury situation with the club and because of his concern about the amount of arguing on a fan site, I can only assume - 8. Is an ebony pot having a conversation with a kettle 2021-08-08 at 1:56 AM, TrueBlue4eversaid: I’ll add that to the list. - Free streaming via network hacking - Undercover COVID lab tech - Long time Ebola scientist - Linked in with US broadcasters - On top of computer graphics - Family to HNIC staffers - Superior knowledge of US economy - Host of Bomber team parties - Immune or anti-masker - Trusted with neighbour’s injury status

Nice to meet you, brother! Honestly, they are decent folks 363 days a year, but the two days Bombers and Riders play they crank it up. The funny thing is the husband is a die hard Bomber fan, his wife and her sister and mom were all from Sask., so the best fights are between them - I just sit back and watch for the most part while they bicker. But he borrowed my Bomber Grey Cup champions season ticket car decal this past year and put it on her car (which has Rider plates on it) and she drove around for a week before she noticed anything. 😂

More my wife’s friends, and she let me go to Grey Cup alone and buy an expensive Bomber fan ring, so the sacrifices we make to keep a happy marriage. But I hear you. I like to think of it as charity. Suffer on earth to reign in heaven kind of thing.

I have lake friends out in Lake of the Woods area who are Rider fans. Every Labour Day we put on a block party, so no chance to travel to Regina for the big game. But every Sunday our house hosts the Labour Day classic on TV. Half Bomber fans, half Rider fans. And every year have to hear about how bad the Bombers record was on Labour Day. Last year when they walked in in their green, trash talking, I just quietly pulled out a replica Grey Cup and put it in front of the TV. They didn’t say a word after that. A life well lived is truly the best revenge.

She’s a Rider fan, that statement’s a given.

Best response to that: “Well, at least one of us will get to celebrate another championship in the next 30 years, then”.

Maybe when Bauer challenged him he went to Canadinns and stood by the polar bear statue with Bauer’s number on it (“Big Blue”) and got tired of waiting for Lyle to make the first move, so he gave up. 😂 A guy called “Nate from Cleveland” called in to Bob Irving’s Grey Cup postgame show on Sunday. Wondered if it might be him? One last thought, his penchant for trying to give players nicknames that no one else would adopt. The whole “Bobo” man-crush thing was kind of weird (was it Matt Sheridan he tried to attach that moniker to, or Dave Black, or someone else?).

Don’t know about legendary, but jetkou was memorable, if for nothing else other than his posts that were almost not readable due to the spelling errors. I understood that he was almost blind and had to lean in real close to the computer, hence all the wrongly spelled words. Even his handle was misspelled, it was supposed to be JetQue because he was a Nordiques fan IIRC. Morris a.k.a. Nasty Nate a.k.a. Lyle E Style was a real character. Had some unwavering opinions on Lyle Bauer that basically ate him up inside. Lots of personalities then and now, and lots of good talk and strong opinions and debate here. Can get heated at times, but it is all in good fun (I hope!). Fantastic place to come and engage, thanks to all who contribute and keep it lively, I appreciate it greatly as well.

Thanks so much for this video. Castillo will be one of the most important pieces to retain next year. Is he a free agent again?

I think the myth of Gabriel plays a lot into it. He was “the guy” in the league at that point, best player, Canadian to boot. Everyone in the entire stadium knew the pass was going to go to him and only him before the snap, it was the only chance Ottawa had to pull the game out, and there he is wide open beating a certain double or triple coverage. Imagine if in 2007 Dinwiddie’s final INT is instead a pass over the top to Stegall who gets behind cover to win the game in the final 20 seconds. A legendary finish by a legendary player, even if the play itself looks routine, the timing of it makes it special. That’s what I always remember hearing about that play from those who anoint it as great. Another example is Paul Henderson. Really a garbage goal from a stylistic perspective, but an all-time great moment in sports history.

Exactly my memories as well. Have had season tickets for 40 years now and have never quit on the team, but was most depressed during the Reinbold years and most frustrated in the Mack years. After 2013 was in the Bomber Store and saw a ticket rep who asked what I thought about the new stadium and I went off on how frustrated I was with the product on the field and how the team was driven into the ground. He said “Yeah. So, are you renewing your tickets?” like nothing I just said resonated. I answered “Well I am, but I’m starting to feel like a sucker giving you guys my money every year”. His sheepish grin and shrug to that comment reinforced how little that regime cared about the fans and how bad that culture was. If Wade Miller was not in place and Mack not gone I may have cancelled on the spot. Fortunately, two weeks later Walters was bumped up to GM and two weeks after that O’Shea was brought in. Wade’s culture shift has meant everything as his attitude permeates through how the club operates. Loyalty, respect, character, and most importantly accountability matter again. Without the wins that may not mean much, but it is the foundation upon which long-term success is built. In hindsight Dave Ritchie’s re-build was more flash in the pan, this feels more like a dynasty in the making. Not without it’s bumps, people were still calling for O’Shea’s head (and Hall’s, and LaPo’s) as recently as halftime of the 2019 West semi-final. LaPo and Matt Nichols are two polarizing figures on this board, but their arrival really kick-started the upward trajectory once they replaced Bellefuille and Willy. We not only became contenders with them but crossed the goal line and became champions with them on board. I am indebted to them for their part in where this team is today. And I thank Mike O’Shea and Kyle Walters for displaying their loyalty to them when the “can’t win with them, get rid of them” noise built. Thrilled at not only the championships but the state of this franchise now, a team to be admired and one you can feel truly good to be a fan of, proud but humble, respect their opponents but never fear them, genuinely care for each other and their fans, a first class operation with no egos or boasting or trash talking, any troubles are addressed quickly and professionally and do not blow up into long term scandals. Love what this team now represents. Thanks gentlemen.