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Trying not to turn this into a curling thread... but I thought it was strange that someone from the gine would come to Manitoba to curl... considering the depth here is significantly better than in Sask... but the rest of the team is Manitoban... and I'll always cheer for the Bison at the Scotties/Brier... Mod Edit: This topic was split off from the Bomber Discussion

For some reason the number 160 is in my head... real or conceived? I'm not sure

I've always been a big fan of Jay and Dan... disappointed when they left... I think a part of the problem with their "comedy" is at TSN it happened very organically and you could tell there was a natural rapport... so trying to translate some of their bits to a new market and new culture just didn't go over well... but like @Atomic said, ESPN is still beating up FS1... and like @Jacquie said, they apparently need to be controversial or adversarial to get ratings... which is why they hired former ESPN employees like Colin Cowherd, Skip Bayless (no idea how this clown gets ratings), and Jason Whitlock...

I've always thought Neufeld would be a perfect 6th man because of his versatility... seems unlikely (or at least less likely) to get hurt if he's only playing sparingly... too bad he's being paid like a starter...

My sources* are telling me Hamilton trades OL Brian Simmons to Montreal for DB Ethan Davis... Montreal has 2 imp tackles now... *via CFL instagram.... clearly I don't have sources... I just wanted to sound cool...

I remember checking out OB during TC last year and the guy who makes up TC reports was posting there..., it was pretty awesome...

Well you got me... I went over just to check it out... it seems like Bennie Thompson literally the only poster.... I also can't tell if he's going for the Gerald Broflovski style trolling (as in, trying to get people riled up for fun) or if he's just clueless... entertaining none the less...

I don't think that's too crazy.... just not here...

this post literally made me laugh out loud... I then felt shame for laughing at this... Sorry a little late, just catching up in the thread....

I have no idea what the point of any of these is... but I thoroughly enjoyed all of them!

Not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere but Lawless is reporting Trestman might be interested in Toronto http://www.tsn.ca/trestman-gauging-interest-for-argos-staff-1.678052

I think that in football, unlike most other sports, positions are almost defined by size... if you gave me a list of 5 random football players and just told me their size, I could probably guess their position (or one of 2 positions: like a guys who's 6'3, 260 is likely a rush end while a guy who's 6'5, 310 could be an OG or DT) so while I agree with you (as I've said here many times).... tackling and positioning ate far more important than size... it's easy to understand why someone sees the size and automatically pigeon-holes them into a position... as for Jackson Jeffcoat (my nominee for best name in the CFL)... I don't really care what his size is... he's been a rush end his entire career, so to me he's a rush end, really no reason to speculate other wise...

there's about a zero to negative zero percent chance that Rex Ryan will be coaching in the CFL any time soon... Despite a personality that some people don't like, he is actually a good football coach... and will absolutely get opportunities to work in TV, if not a DC or another HC job soon enough...

I disagree that it is a negative vote of confidence... I think it's smart move knowing that Harris has yet to play 18 games without injury...

Tate to Ottawa is an interesting move... smart play Desjardins to secure some insurance for Harris... a lot of us are eating crow on Desjardins as a GM... I remember how we spoke about him when he was hired... Anyways... I'm curious to know how the Rider fans are spinning this... knowing a decent QB was on the market and they missed out...

first point... I agree, that's technically true.... but you would have to think they would be able to bring in someone with some potential, rather than waste a TC spot on a washed-up NFL vet... second point... I'm not sure how the riders are in a good spot to make a trade... they have a stock-pile of decent to good receivers... but as history has taught us, teams will just wait til someone is released before making a trade...

hmmmm... yes I would agree that Westerman is, in fact, equivalent to Westerman... If I recall correctly previous first rounders were getting in the 80-90k range.... it was talked about a lot last year when Chris Jones tried to single-handedly save the CFL by low-balling St John... I can't get over what a goddamn hero that man is...

“Ricky Williams told me that if he knew about the Canadian Football League early on in his career, he would have played his whole career there.” I thought this quote was interesting... because I actually believe it... Ricky Williams was (and probably still is) a weird dude... he had zero interest in money and possessions... he just wanted to smoke some weed and play some football... he even talked about coming back to the CFL at the tail end of his career b/c he loved it so much...

I always jump in these threads after Rich has cleaned it all up... I miss all the fun!

Looks like we know who's going to play Kyle when they make a movie about the epic slump busting Grey Cup Championship of 2017...

I have no idea... I just remembered him having a beard at some point so I googled his name and found this pic!

oh really... I actually just realized Kyle Walters looks like an every-man version of Tom Hardy... has that ever been mentioned before?

That's exactly what I was think... I think they are ready for Durant for step up and be a regular contributor this year... meanwhile, Addison Richards selected 9 spots ahead of him will be.... anyways I always liked Kohlert and thought he was a reliable guy... the only reason he leaves a bad taste in the mouth is b/c of those two huge volleyball style drops that led directly to ints...

Is this a joke?... this has to be a joke.... I don't know anything about this guy or how much jest is in his posting... but if this is anything other than a joke, this wins the most clueless post in the history of CFL fan forums... there will never be a close second...

Haha this is pretty funny stuff... I don't know how many times I've "won the day" but apparently the last time I did was Nov 28, which according to my calendar, was the day after Grey Cup... so it's official, the final 2016 Grey Cup Standings are: 1) Ottawa 2) Bearpants 3) Calgary