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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: CFL (Non-Bombers) off-seas...

Last post by Waffler - Today at 03:38:43 PM

I believe that MLSE is intentionally trying to torpedo the Argos, and also the CFL

I would believe this more if I could think of a single reason the CFL's board of governors would want to fold the league. All I can believe is that Johnston sold them on his TSN connections and his ability to get more tv money and they were willing to agree with anything to get it. I still think it's downhill from here, how much damage gets done remains to be seen.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: CFL (Non-Bombers) off-seas...

Last post by markf - Today at 03:27:03 PM

Until it does!  There was no recourse then, there will be none next time.  Nothing was stopping Johnston then, nothing will stop him next time.  Johnston doesn't give a rats butt about the players, and I don't even think the league.

My guess... Just another paragraph on his resume.

Re NFL in Toronto... no doubt there are people, that would love to do that.

And I can see  Rob Ford paying for a good part of a stadium. With lots of hullabaloo and media support. And online yelling and shouting in favour of it.

I think NFLwould rather go to Mexico City at this point.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: CFL (Non-Bombers) off-seas...

Last post by Blue In BC - Today at 03:06:48 PM

I said it before, and I'll say it again:

I believe that MLSE is intentionally trying to torpedo the Argos, and also the CFL, so they can get an NFL franchise, which MLSE believes will draw all Canadians together to support what they will advertise and promote as "Canada's Team" - just like they did with the Blue Jays and Raptors and Leafs.  The CFL, and the Argos, are an impediment to that goal, and therefore the faster the Argos and CFL are removed, the faster MLSE gets an NFL franchise.

I don't know why some people think that Toronto will ever be on the radar of the NFL. Franchise fee and cost of appropriate stadium are already major cost issues. That will be true whether the CFL exists or doesn't.

The latest estimate of the franchise fee is $2.0 Billion USD. The newest stadium in Las Vegas cost $1.9 Billion USD.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by blue_gold_84 - Today at 02:00:54 PM

It does look like the commish is taking all the heat and blame for the changes, which is literally his job.

That's not the job of a commissioner. The same way it's not his job to ram through arbitrary changes without consultation of the players - at the very least.

The "heat and blame" he's facing are self-inflicted.

Listen, yes. Do whatever a segment of customer base posts online? No.

Welcome to real life. The adults are in charge it seems.

The league didn't bother to engage with its customer base - online or otherwise.

**gestures broadly at basically everything**

You think the adults are in charge in real life...?

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: CFL (Non-Bombers) off-seas...

Last post by VictorRomano - Today at 01:51:03 PM

ohnston doesn't give a rats butt about the players, and I don't even think the league.

I said it before, and I'll say it again:

I believe that MLSE is intentionally trying to torpedo the Argos, and also the CFL, so they can get an NFL franchise, which MLSE believes will draw all Canadians together to support what they will advertise and promote as "Canada's Team" - just like they did with the Blue Jays and Raptors and Leafs.  The CFL, and the Argos, are an impediment to that goal, and therefore the faster the Argos and CFL are removed, the faster MLSE gets an NFL franchise.

#6

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Grey Cup halftime show - ...

Last post by blue_gold_84 - Today at 01:41:29 PM

Green Day is weak life imo, they can't get the crowd going through the music and try to hype up the crowd too much in other ways.  Didn't feel authentic to me.

Weak life...? What does that even mean?

I take it you've never seen Green Day live before.

#7

Offside Forum / Re: Winnipeg Jets Discussion -...

Last post by blue_gold_84 - Today at 01:39:36 PM

Nice to get a win but the Predators are the worst team in the entire league. Those are the games this team should be winning.

November was an ugly, ugly month for the Jets. And now they have to make up a whole lot of ground to get back in the hunt.

#8

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Bomber games on YouTube

Last post by gobombersgo - Today at 10:31:41 AM

I am still adding games from 1992 to 2012 then I'll try to find games I'm missing from the other seasons.

#9

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Bomber games on YouTube

Last post by gobombersgo - Today at 08:25:14 AM

Thanks @Stats Junkie, the Uniform Database will do the trick.

#10

Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Bomber games on YouTube

Last post by Stats Junkie - Today at 06:21:44 AM

While putting this list together I remembered that not all games were televised back in the day.

Some games like Matt Dunigan's 713 yard game were never on TV.

@Stats Junkie or anyone else, would you know if there is list somewhere of games that were never televised?

The best source for that information was https://stats.cfldb.ca/. Sadly, that site suffered a crash in February and the site owner made the decision not to re-set the site to a previous version. Lots of really valuable information was lost forever.

Another really cool CFL resource is Gridiron Uniform Database. You will have to go through season by season to identify which games were televised. The most recent season added to the site (2004) doesn't list which games were televised. That may have been the first season that all regular season games were on TV.