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I, for one, am disappointed in Rod Pedersen leaving. I would often listen to the sports cage out here in Saskatoon. Pedersen was fiercely loyal to the Riders and a true "homer". He wore his emotions on his sleeve. I would text him as a Bomber fan and he'd get riled up. It was always in good fun and he said so too. I appreciated his honesty with alcoholism too. I will miss him. I wish you all the best, Rod!!

The Liberals have killed pipelines. Alberta's lost about 20,000 oil-related jobs. Now...back to football please.

Arash Madani claims this kind of stuff (athletes, team reps having "false" accounts) happens all the time.

Merry Christmas to all!!

There'd be a lot of wealthy Bomber fans then...

IMHO Rod Hill was the best DB the Bombers ever had. He may be the best at that position to ever play in the CFL. I've said this a number of times but...he was so good, that when the Bombers had Less Browne playing on the other corner (Less Browne is the CFL's all time INT leader), QB's rarely threw to Hill's side. I remember the day the Bombers signed Rod Hill...Cal Murphy was in a state of ephoria.

That's your opinion, I'll leave it at that.

If MOS was wise, he would give Streveler even more playing time next year (not counting the games Nichols was hurt). We could then slide Streveler into the starting role in 2020.

Yeah, but if you're Matthews, where would you sign? Calgary to catch passes from one of the most prolific passers in modern day CFL history, or Winnipeg who has Matt Nichols, who throws short passes, hands off to Harris and locks down on Adams? (And by the way, I like Nichols...but just saying).

Regarding bringing Trestman here to coach... ...if you think O Shea is stubborn and sticks with his guy (Matt Nichols)...Trestman is this times 2...

Or put another way... time wounds all heals

And yet not once during the game did I see Lapo run the ball, pass the ball, or make any blocks. I know your point is that Lapo called a bad game...I don't know if he did or didn't. But on a number of plays I could see open receivers which Nichols didn't see. Nichols gets locked in easily, especially when he scrambles...that's just what you get with Nichols.

Westwood and Bauming were saying this a.m. that they expect Wolitarsky to play slotback next season. I could see him having a big year there (a la Gerald Wilcox).

So we make Streveler the starter in 2019. Then what happens when he bolts for the NFL (as Walby and Westwood predict) in 2020? Hmmm. Honestly we will need to move on from Nichols at some point...whether that is now (not likely) or for 2020 or 2021 or 2022 I don't know. It is likely the Bombers will keep Nichols and incorporate Streveler into the offense even more in 2019. IF...and that is a big IF, BLM goes to the NFL next year, the West is wide open. Here's hoping Calgary loses the Grey Cup (3 peat) and then BLM leaves.

Pretty good season guys. Not sure what changes we will make in the off season. I just hope our changes don't result in a big slide next year...i.e. Jeff Reinbold, Mike kelly

Go Bombers! Hope we can get out to a quick lead.

This! Boy, Tom Clements and the boys laid a lickin' on the Riders that day! Also, wasn't it Troy Kopp who had that famous comeback (something like 2 TDs in the final moments) circa 2000?? Wasn't that against the Riders? I was going nuts at the end of that one!

I went to Mosaic for the first time on Sunday. It was nice. Beautiful even. I think IGF's roof covers a bit more of the stands. I felt it was comparable to IGF. Probably depends on which fan you are (Bombers or Riders) that would determine which stadium you prefer. IGF stadium announcer is way better. The Rider fans honestly were respectful to me and my buddy. A couple of fans even shook our hands afterwards and wished us luck. Oh yeah, one more thing...IGF was definitely louder - although I haven't been at Mosaic for a LDC game yet - but IGF crowd is louder.

Ray is done. Good grief, the guy is old and broken. BLM apparently has lots of NFL interest. Let's say he goes. Reilly likely stays in Edmonton. Ottawa will try to re-sign Harris The rest of the potential free agent QB's :Colllaros, Glenn, Lulay, Jennings, Bridge etc. well, you take your chances

Nichols had a good game. It's simple. When you run the ball more (which you should do in cold/poor weather) you pass the ball less. We had about 200 yards running. In addition to this, we had our back up QB in there for a good 10 plays.

I've heard Maas is a very understanding coach. Any player, any time, can come with a problem into his office and Maas will say, "I'm all ears, man."

probably by half-time

Agreed. However, Walby and Westwood think Streveler is gone to the NFL after next season.

Kevin Glenn doesn't even get to play one down all season?

Well...we'll let that action go this time. But in the future...only do tasks in which you don't have to take your eyes off the game. For example, I fold laundry...