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Didn’t realize my wife was posting here. Just one of many from that game. Jefferson with 3 sacks and 2 forced fumbles. Jeffcoat with 2 sacks, forced fumble and a fumble recovery, Medlock with a record tying 6 field goals. Insane performances all around.

Let’s try to pass the time with some random topics and see if any discussion can come up. 1. What is the most memorable dominant individual playoff performance people can think of? Some candidates are Bob Cameron’s 1988 Grey Cup, Greg Battle’s 2 INT Grey Cup in 1990, James Murphy vs the Lions in the 1984 West Final, Michael Richardson’s 200+ yard game in the 1992 East Final. Any others, and what made them so great? 2. What is the best fan sign you have ever seen in the stands? “Riders suck” was brilliant in that it appeared at a Bomber-Argo game, but what other creative signs have you seen? I have 3 that come to mind but will wait for others to chime in.

Me too. Jokes are good. No offence taken. And the latter just takes a lot of practice, but the former is a skill some have and some don’t, no matter the frequency.

I guess the interview on national TV with Tucker Carlson wasn’t quiet enough. And he wants to sue Biden for defamation for labelling him a white supremacist. Funny how he isn’t one himself yet he is in a bunch of pictures standing next them. At some point you are the company you keep.

I’d rather be a cunning linguist than a master debater.

I was born and raised as an east sider at the old stadium. Did a couple of years on the east at the new barn, but switched sides when I landed front row upper deck seats on the 50 yard line. Also, no sun in my eyes now. Probably pretty typical of fans as they age to move to the quiet side I suspect. But I wish I could get the “Gimme a B! Gimme and O!” chant going up then now like Jack did back then. I have the lungs for it, but doubt I could get the whole side to jump in like he could. Was amazing to hear.

Neither. There is a reason he said “sticky” Stala.

That’s because the dumb east siders always start the wave when the Bomber offence is on the field. And the drunken north end Rum Hut guys are too busy trying to hook up with the ladies to watch the game.

So the west side are the corporate Leaf fans, and the east side are……..Rider fans? Which side would you rather be?

My favourite was In the Calgary game day thread when Dru Brown flat out dropped the ball on the 5 yard line, and for a couple of fans it somehow became the fault of the former OC who hasn’t been with the team for two years.

About some things, yes. 😊

Come on, it’s Winnipeg, that is nothing. Neither is this. But if it gets to this point, I might start to become a little apprehensive.

I would argue the “insiders” bit is just as bad, just gossip and unsubstantiated opinion dressed up as “hot takes” from anonymous sources with even less “writing” cred than the regular op ed contributors. Really no different, except that they don’t put their name on the byline like the 3Down staff. And nothing particularly revelatory coming from those “insiders” anyway, from what I have read. I get the feeling the entire op Ed section of the 3Down site is just a copy and paste of various fan site posters, randomly cut up like a glued ransom note with mis-matched letters dressed up to be a single coherent article and a “writer” taking credit for anonymous fan thoughts from various social media sites.

So the “multiple” snubs are in fact 3 players, with 2 being defensive ends AC Leonard (who is not going to get past his drug test cloud this year) and Johnathan Woodard, who got half of his 10 sacks in two early games against the Cats and RBlacks and had a pretty quiet second half so the year, and who were up against Jefferson and Jeffcoat, so really? You are going to bump one of them? The third was their converted safety Purifoy, whose numbers were almost indentical to Brandon Alexander’s, but with less special teams work and a much less powerful secondary overall. Hardly snubs.

So I did some digging. The all-time record for divisional nominations for one team is 17, first set by the 1993 Blue Bombers and tied by the 2009 Montreal Alouettes. The 1981 Tiger Cats, 1989 Eskimos, 1997 Argonauts and 2007 BC Lions all had 15 noms, the next highest number. The record for CFL all-stars in one year is 11 by the 1997 Argo team, followed by the 1984 and 1987 Bomber teams as well as the 1981 and 1989 Eskimo teams and 2009 Als team with 10. The 84 and 87 Bomber teams each had 12 divisional noms, and the 1993 team had 7 CFL all-stars. And for completeness, the 2007 BC team had 9 CFL all-stars, the 1981 Tiger Cats had a shockingly low 3 CFL all-stars given their high number of divisional noms.

Remember when Jovon chirped about being the defensive MOP and how no one should throw his way after a pick against Edmonton - when we were losing the game 35-0 at the time?

Any of Richardson, Sayles, or even Thomas at DT would have been worthy selections, Wilson at LB lost too many games to injury but was solid, and Mike Jones at DB deserved a look as well for his sure tackling. Just a stacked defence this year.

If 15 is not a record, it is awfully close. In the East 10 Ticats, 7 Argos and Als, 3 RedBlacks. Pleasantly surprised to see Demski get some love. He is a real catalyst for this offence but does not have eye-popping numbers, good to see him recognized. Also a good surprise that we got 4 from the o-line. Given Wilder Jrs numbers in Edmonton, whatever we think of his showboating, I thought one Elk might sneak in there. Defensively Darby is the biggest surprise, and the fact that both our first year DBs got selected over more recognizable “name” players, especially the “vaunted” green gang next door. And great to see a plugger like Mike Miller get his due when the “special teams” slot is almost always reserved for a returner.

Because people here are a bunch of assholes, at least that’s what I heard from Lyin’ Guy.

I’m betting that she was laughing, but not for the reason you think.

Let’s not forget that Ottawa needs a new GM too.

Let me settle this argument for everyone: He is not coming up here in time for the Grey Cup run anyway, so whether or not we can get him prepped or if he is better than the current options is irrelevant.

Liegghio.