Enfin, the Riders have won a game - slaughtered Edmonton 30-20 - broke that horrible winless streak that the ghoulish sportscasters kept tossing out at us long-suffering Rider Priders - and at Commonwealth Stadium, no less!
hey Pipeliner - Bombers did good last night - beat Hamilton. Labour Day Classic at Taylor Field’s looking like a great match-up - two hungry teams coming off wins! See you there.
I grew up in Regina during the George Reed/Ron Lancaster days, and Rider Pride being what it is, I still have a lot of loyalty to the Green Machine (even though I’ve lived in Winnipeg since 1973).
That said, the Bombers are going to kick your green and lilly-white asses come Labour Day. Should be a good game.
Money’s too boring (and I agree, there are possible legal ramifications).
Chocolate sounds interesting, as does liquor. An ad of apology in a local paper is a possibility.
As a side note, when I first wrote “I grew up in Regina during the George Reed/Ron Lancaster days,” I wrote “I grew up in Regina during the Lou Reed/Ron Lancaster days.”
Both pretty cool guys, but hardly interchangeable.
MMMM chocolate…I (possibly) won a bar of my choice on that game, currently I’m in negotiations with the person I bet with to find out if I get the bar or not. Now with the Labour Day classic coming up against the hapless Bombers we can possibly win two games in a row. Yay Riders!
hey, Pipeliner - sorry I didn’t get back to you - got distracted by a few things IRL.
In any event, the Riders have managed to put together a two-game winning streak: Roughriders 38, Blue Bombers 29!! Yay!! - First home win for a year, which is a rather sad statistic, but who cares now? Mind you, the Bombers were threatening in the last quarter - it was a good game.
Next up: B.C.Lions.
Talkinsquirrel: if you want more info, check out this: CFL.
jti: Pretty good game, all in all. I can’t believe the stupid penalties the Bombers kept taking (“Offside - Winnipeg,” “Procedure - Winnipeg,” “Holding - Winnipeg.”) And all the turnovers didn’t help either.
Oh, well. The better team won, I guess. Go Green.
I guess the real question is: was the wager in place before the game or not?
Whoopee!! The Riders took the Lions, 28 to 20! First time the Riders have put together three wins in a row since 1994! Puts the Riders in contention for the third berth in the Eastern Division, and only a couple of points out of the third berth in the West.
At one point the Lions were 3rd and 45, due to a penalty-laden drive - I’ve never seen any team in that position before.
Next up - the Argos in TO, coming off their second win of the season, against Winnipeg. A Rider win could cement the third place berth in the East.
jti: I’m no mathematician, but it seems to me we have about 18 days before the next Bomber/Rider game.
That ought to be time enough to get a wager in place, eh?
I’m still fairly keen on the 1/2 lb. of chocolate idea, but open to suggestions. I have to confess I’m a little leery of having someone from the Internet send me food. (Nothing personal.)
The only problem I have with the chocolate idea is that I don’t know where to get good chocolate if the 'Riders lose. That was the only reason I didn’t get involved in the original wager. Nope I don’t know Kyle.
Keith