Official Game Day Thread - Calgary at Winnipeg - July 7, 2023

[Blue In BC]

So BinBC was right and Beeksma slots right in.  Forgive me if I should know these things, but what has Beeksma done for us?  Where did we get him?  Did he play PS?  How did he look?

Still strikes me as a strange choice for that last spot, especially since Briggs can play MIKE.

P.S. We forgot to label Grant as DA on the tweeted chart.  (Though we did label as a DNA.)

We signed Beeksma as a free agent about the same time we signed Exume. He's played a few CFL games but is relatively inexperienced as far as game time. However, he has been in TC's and PR's.

Calgary is making 9 changes to their roster. Some are due to injury status coming and going. Others appear to not fall into that category. In particular they've lost most receivers that started the year. I don't know who their player is that will be moving to LT. I do have a few words for him: Jackson & Willie show. That and DUCK!!

Thomas may have been assigned an OL number but he won't see action on the OL. We have 2 back up Canadian OL active.

[Waffler]

Does anyone know which transit bus number takes the rapid transit from Pembina through Osborne station and finishes downtown?
60? The blue line?
Carol didn?t really know.

Thanks ahead of time.

BLUE
University of Manitoba


has to say University if you are coming from downtown, not St Norbert.

https://winnipegtransit.com/routes/BLUE

[GOLDMEMBER]

BLUE
University of Manitoba


has to say University if you are coming from downtown, not St Norbert.

https://winnipegtransit.com/routes/BLUE

BLUE ok not coming from downtown. The question is I?m heading to Osborne or Downtown after the game. BLUE bus is rapid way there, yes?

[Waffler]

BLUE ok not coming from downtown. The question is I?m heading to Osborne or Downtown after the game. BLUE bus is rapid way there, yes?

Yes, going the opposite way it is called Blue Downtown.

Stop 60103
Northbound University at Chancellor Matheson

Not sure where you want to get off exactly though. 60 might be better. There is little time difference actually, maybe 5 or 10 minutes per trip. Rapid is a misnomer.

[The Zipp]

Seems like a perfect night for football - wind out of the north at 20...temp around 17-20...not too hot and humid.

Let's go!!

[Blue In BC]

Time for the Bombers to give another win to the hometown folks.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Seems like a perfect night for football - wind out of the north at 20...temp around 17-20...not too hot and humid.

Let's go!!

Yes! yes! The GOLD MEMBER will be on hand with bells on with his body guard Virgil.

[The Zipp]

From Bauming:

Dakota Prukop will be the only QB dressed tonight behind Zach Collaros. #Bombers No. 2 Dry Brown has been away from the team this past week for non-injury related reasons.

[GOLDMEMBER]

From Bauming:

Dakota Prukop will be the only QB dressed tonight behind Zach Collaros. #Bombers No. 2 Dry Brown has been away from the team this past week for non-injury related reasons.

I think we have enough on these non injury related absences. Wholey tamoley

[kkc60]

From Bauming:

Dakota Prukop will be the only QB dressed tonight behind Zach Collaros. #Bombers No. 2 Dry Brown has been away from the team this past week for non-injury related reasons.

aaaaand now we see why keeping a 4th QB on the PR is helpful

[LXTSN]

Wild conspiracy theory here, but is it possible that Dru Brown has requested a trade and is sitting out of practices?
I know there are other things with simpler explainations that could cause this DNP but I just wonder if getting the short yardage job taken away caused him to demand a trade?
I give it a 5% chance lol

[bwiser]

Wild conspiracy theory here, but is it possible that Dru Brown has requested a trade and is sitting out of practices?
I know there are other things with simpler explainations that could cause this DNP but I just wonder if getting the short yardage job taken away caused him to demand a trade?
I give it a 5% chance lol

More than likely it is either an illness of a close relative or his partner may be having a baby.

[theaardvark]

Wild conspiracy theory here, but is it possible that Dru Brown has requested a trade and is sitting out of practices?
I know there are other things with simpler explainations that could cause this DNP but I just wonder if getting the short yardage job taken away caused him to demand a trade?
I give it a 5% chance lol

The idea of a CFL backup QB demanding a trade and sitting out because of that is kinda funny.

If he wasn't 100% on board, he'd have been cut and Piggy kept.  Signing Prukop didn't change anything, this returns us to the QB room we had last year, and their roles are exactly the same.

aaaaand now we see why keeping a 4th QB on the PR is helpful

Keeping a QB on the PR is not impossible, but not many QB's worth keeping around will stay for PR money.  Yes, you can pay a PR player whatever you want, but you only have so much $SMS. 

More than likely it is either an illness of a close relative or his partner may be having a baby.

Could be anything, not being on the suspended list means it isn't a legal or immigration issue, most likely a personal issue or even illness.  People still get COVID, and I'm not sure they'd reveal something like that if that is the issue.  If it is a close family member illness/death, we know the team's thoughts about "family first".

[TecnoGenius]

Wild conspiracy theory here, but is it possible that Dru Brown has requested a trade and is sitting out of practices?
I know there are other things with simpler explainations that could cause this DNP but I just wonder if getting the short yardage job taken away caused him to demand a trade?

I'm pretty sure every QB wants to be the #2 "next man up" rather than the #3 "just the SY guy".  I doubt Brown mourns the loss of SY duty.  I'm sure Brown will be back shortly, and still be #2.  It's at the end of this season that Brown will have a big question mark over his head.

See also: Locksley in EDM, who "quit" the day after the "pouting" game.  He thought he was the #2 and got his delicates in a wad when they bypassed him for Doege-coin.  He wasn't mad about losing the SY duty, he was mad at going from #2 to #4.

[blue_gold_84]

Wild conspiracy theory here, but is it possible that Dru Brown has requested a trade and is sitting out of practices?

If that were the case, I'm sure there would be at least a rumour of it somewhere out there.

I think Occam's Razor applies here: it's a personal issue.