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Are your legs ok?... I'm a little concerned about all these massive leaps you're taking...

Thanks for the great stories/memories @SpeedFlex27... also, I'm impressed with your staunch memory... I barely remember what I did Friday night...

Dammit Tracker, I'm not supposed to be tearing up while reading the around the league thread... seriously though, my condolences and it sounds like you made peace with your past which is great to hear... It looked like about 3.5-4 yards when I paused the Russ Hobson video... but hey, it's pre-season for the refs too! I think some disagreement between the GM and HC is important... if they agreed on everything, all the time, I might question their mindset...

straight up released?... bolded my three surprises (based on reports and history)... Apodaca - thought he'd stick around on the PR... though that is still an option... Lowder - I had heard he was having a decent camp... plus a TD in the game... Frederick - started half (ish) games at field side corner last year... I guess it was his spot to lose... and he did just that...

the CFL website had a 1 min recap that featured a Matt Nichols quote on screen for about 10 sec of it... pretty pathetic from the league... this was a pretty nice recap/highlight package for a pre-season game.... thanks for posting...

Were you at the game? (I'm obviously just assuming you live in Regina)

I think everyone is shocked that celebrities gave their kids normal names...

no, no... save it for July 1...

This is such a dumb argument... of course, every team would be better if they stayed perfectly healthy all season... but the reality is injuries are guaranteed to happen, so build some depth and fight through it... with the exception of losing your entire starting line-up, a really good team will continue to win even with injuries....

interesting point... not that you were trying to start this debate... but what is the better sum of parts?.... 2 dominant* import DTs with Hurl (or Miles) at MLB or a better import MLB with the Canadian rotating in at DT... If the D-line can mitigate runners getting to the next level, it reduces the need for a major thumper at MLB... just some food for thought/conversation... *to be determined

deleted... answered my own question!

I'd have to agree... IMO 2013 Riders = 2007 Bombers... the only difference, of course, being the Rider didn't lose their starting QB and won the game... I feel kind of feel bad that I laughed at this... I've seen guys pull up lame in beer leagues... but c'mon, you're supposed to be a professional athlete... Have you met @SpeedFlex27?

I took him into consideration too... they were only a few picks apart...

Point 1.... Denmark, this guy just keeps impressing... hard to imagine we released him last year... and so did Sask... Point 2... Derek Jones... looking like he might be the steal of the 2014 draft... not saying he's a super star, but any time you can get a productive player in the 4th round... that's a great pick...

guys, the answer is simple... we get Milt Stegall his Canadian citizenship... and he enters the league as a new National player... problem solved for the next few years...

I remember one year when an unknown guy named Mo Leggett was the TC MVP... that's worked out pretty well so far!... I think if he keeps this up, they find some way to keep him...

I agree it would be funny to see some people do a 180 on that... but we all know that was never happening.... Walters and O'Shea have made it clear from day one they are targeting good people that are good football players... I don't think he is deserving of praise for this... but I'm wondering if the board or someone higher up has given him a talking to... time to clean up this PR disaster that has been the last 1.5 years in Riderville...

I want to support conservatives because I feel like they are our best hope to be socially progressive with conservative fiscal policy... which is exactly the kind of party I would support... but he says he is pro-life and anti-gay marriage... which tells me he is anti-basic human rights... the plus is that he says he doesn't plan on bringing up these issues if in power... I'll have to wait to learn more about this fellow before passing too much judgement...

Knox was highly touted coming into camp last year... possibly the front runner to win the MLB job... but he got hurt and didn't get a chance to win it (insert Cal Murphy quote here)...

this post wins the thread! Another coup!!!

Does anyone know someone named Lion Woods?... because if so, you should warm him something bad is probably going to happen to him soon...

Another observation from camp yesterday was the noticeable physical presence of Tom Miles... that guy looks like a lumberjack, a la the Montreal/Hamilton receiver whose name is currently slipping mind (the guy Rod Black has a crush on)... he looks bigger (in a good way) and faster than Hurl...

Even if all those teams got significantly better... I would still argue just making the playoffs isn't good enough....

THB I think it's a decent trade for the Riders.... BIG IF.... if Dyakowski has another good year left in him... they have an abundance of import WRs and are likely to have a cut some anyways... so there's no harm in getting value for one of them....

I was there yesterday from about 10am-11:30... nothing spectacular to note, a few of the other posters have mostly covered it... one newby that stood out to me, mostly cuz of his hard work and enthusiasm was DB # 17 Brian Walker... no idea if he's a real player or not but he certainly seems like a Mike O'Shea type guy... FWIW (not much, in my opinion) this was the "starting" line-up in the first 12-on-12 session... O: Bryant - Bond - Goossen - Chungh - Hardrick (shocking!!) Nichols - Harris (another shocker) Adams - Dressler - Denmark - Sheppard - JFG (might be slightly off of who was where) D: Westerman - Thomas - Nevis - Okp Wild - Hurl - Leggett (hoping Hurl was just there b/c he is the most experienced) Randle - Heath - Loffler - Johnson - Fredrick