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A surprisingly weak number reserved for many back-up QBs and DBs, but one iconic photo makes today’s choice an easy one. Kicker Alexis Serna being consoled by coach Richard Harris after a tough game.

Oops, did not notice the typo. Thanks for the the catch, have corrected it. Stupid auto carrot.

Kyrie Wilson getting excited for the three peat kickoff in 19 days.

D-I-c-k Huffman

By that logic, the lowest paid player would always make more than the best paid coach. It’s got nothing to do with risk, the players are the faces that sell the game. People pay to watch Connor McDavid do magical things on the ice, not watch the brilliant coaching moves of Darryl Sutter behind the bench. Kids clamour for player autographs, not coach’s.

Madison Cawthorn does not seem to be taking his loss well. open the link to the Daily Beast article to get the full crazy.

OK, Darryl Sutter just went up another notch in my books.

That they exponentially increase in levels of suckitude with each sequel in a blatant George Lucas/Disney cash grab. Just a hunch.

Here’s the senior class final exam question. Get it right and you are hired as the Rough Riders special teams coordinator.

https://www.grey cup festival.ca/109th-grey-cup-tickets/ The 109th Grey Cup tickets will go on sale to the remaining 8 team’s season ticket holders on May 26th, 2022. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on June 14th, 2022. They corrected the website this morning, albeit only in the last two hours or so. It’s Saskatchewan, this would qualify as Operation Warp Speed for them.

And then came to Winnipeg for grades two through twelve? I kid! I kid! Actually, that would be the accelerated program for grade one graduation in Riderville. Anything under 5 years and you get a “my kid is an honour student” bumper sticker for your tractor.

Especially for the fan base who will be hosting the game at the new time. Anticipate chaos.

Were you planning a road trip?

Let’s face it, this whole “nationalized Canadian” thing is just a way for the owners to slowly reduce/eliminate the Canadian ratio rules over the next few years. I suspect the owners want cleaner language than what they agreed to (as evidenced by their original offer) as their ultimate goal is to not overpay for a higher demand Canadian player in place of an American who is likely more skilled and would come cheaper due to supply. The CFLPA needs the appearance of fighting to protect the Canadian jobs so they ask for a hybrid 51/49 model to give the illusion of fighting for all members, when the rumour is that Americans are bothered by seeing Canadians get more pay based on their passport and not necessarily their skill set, and this agreement in effect starts squeezing them out. So both sides agreed to this messy arrangement to play the long game. This is the second CBA that has allowed the “nationalized Canadian” and last time the Tiger-Cats exploited the loophole to start a Canadian for one play and then let them “get injured “ and replace them with an American. Despite getting busted for it I don’t think they had any severe consequences for it (paid an undisclosed fine).

Well their ticket office does not open until 10:00 am so you might want to check back then in case Chelsea is mistaken.

Gotta say that whoever runs the Blue Bomber Twitter account is always a step ahead of the pack.

Before you launch into the “Mickey Mouse” league stuff, just remember that when Dallas hosted the Super Bowl they sold the same seat multiple times and left a few hundred fans standing in a tunnel with only a partial view of the Jumbotron and no actual field sight line as their game-day “solution”, and this for tickets priced at thousands of dollars. Take a breath, you will get your access soon enough.

Perry Tuttle. To my knowledge, one of only two Winnipeg Blue Bomber players to ever make the cover of Sports Illustrated.

The other question is how the 49% of snaps will be calculated. If it is total plays in a game, then a defensive player may be able to play almost every defensive snap if you count the team’s offensive snaps in their number. If it is only the defensive plays for the defensive players and offensive snaps for the offensive players, then how are kicking plays defined? Lots of strange loopholes to be exploited.

Blue Bombers’ vet Americans who would currently qualify as a “nationalized Canadian”: B. Alexander, A. Bighill, S. Bryant, Z. Collaros (although QB may have it’s own designation), G. Ellington, J. Hardrick, J. Jeffcoat, W. Jefferson, N. Taylor, K. Wilson Also possibly M. Maston, D. Prokop, and J .Saunders depending on how the league views players under contract who missed a season on the injured list or the pandemic lost year.

5 goals on 17 shots through 2 periods. Colorado will wipe the floor with either team if tonight is any indication.