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48-Hour Primer: OTT vs WPG

October 27, 2016 | Ed Tait
His numbers are right there for everyone to see in the black and white of the 2016 CFL Guide and Records Book, page 26. Henry Burris, now 41 years old, takes up most of the type on that page and ...

48-Hour Primer: WPG at BC

October 12, 2016 | Ed Tait
One was cast adrift in March, only to resurface in August. The other was one of those transactions just prior to training camp that draws an indifferent shrug of the shoulders to anyone who ...

48-Hour Primer: WPG vs BC

October 6, 2016 | Ed Tait
He’s a big-time target who has a habit of pulling in touchdowns passes – 15 of them in 26 Canadian Football League games, to be exact. And so, the main question many have posed about receiver ...

48-Hour Primer: WPG at CGY

September 22, 2016 | Ed Tait
They are reminded daily to live only in the moment. It’s one of Mike O’Shea’s commandments as to how he wants his Winnipeg Blue Bombers to approach each week. Don’t fixate on what’s in the ...

48-Hour Primer: WPG vs TOR

September 15, 2016 | Ed Tait
Tony Burnett stood there in the south end zone of Investors Group Field and, while several of his Winnipeg Blue Bombers teammates were being interviewed all around him, paused for a moment to ...

48-Hour Primer: WPG vs SSK

September 8, 2016 | Ed Tait
It’s been awhile, although given what’s happened in the interim, it’s doubtful any introductions will really be necessary. Yes, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will be home for Saturday’s Banjo Bowl ...

48-Hour Primer: WPG at MTL

August 24, 2016 | Ed Tait
They can come at an offence like a tsunami, wiping out any fancy-schmancy X’s and O’s by simply overwhelming the line of scrimmage and scaring the spit out of quarterbacks. In short; solving, ...

48-Hour Primer: WPG at TOR

August 10, 2016 | Ed Tait
The storylines and angles have consistently popped up each and every week for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers this season. And they go something like this: Haven’t won in Edmonton since the days of ...

48-Hour Primer: WPG vs HAM

August 1, 2016 | Ed Tait
It can be complicated. Man, can football ever be complicated. Coaches spend hours drawing up Xs and Os and then hours more teaching schemes and techniques to the kid who can barely snap up his ...

48-Hour Primer: WPG at EDM

July 26, 2016 | Ed Tait
It’s too easy – and way too simplistic – to frame this as ‘Matt Nichols’ moment’. Oh sure, when the veteran quarterback leads the Winnipeg Blue Bombers onto the field at Commonwealth ...

48 Hour Primer: WPG vs CGY

July 19, 2016 | Ed Tait
Just over Weston Dressler’s left shoulder stands Drew Willy, and once again, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback is staring into a row of cameras and reporters. The days change for the Bombers’ ...

48-hour Primer: WPG vs EDM

July 12, 2016 | Ed Tait
It wasn’t all that long ago that Winnipeg was the most-hated stop in the entire Canadian Football League, and served as an absolute black hole for any team that stepped between the white ...

48-Hour Primer: WPG at HAM

July 5, 2016 | Ed Tait
The throng of cameras and media types gathered around Paul LaPolice first, then Richie Hall. And as is customary daily, Mike O’Shea slipped behind the podium in the media room at Investors Group ...
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