GA Russell

RIP. To the end I thought of her as Christine Perfect. A great voice.

That's why I'm a fan! I wish every sports fan would give the Canadian league a chance. I have ordered your prize, which should arrive in about a week. Your prize is two CDs, two DVDs and one book. The book should arrive in a separate package. Please let me know when the two packages arrive. I suppose that I should not expect you to like everything, but I hope that something hits the spot! And thanks for playing everybody!

Grey Cup Final Toronto 24....Winnipeg 23 https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/blue-bombers-argonauts-2022-cfl-grey-cup-recap-1.6658338 Chad Kelly, Toronto thwart Winnipeg's bid for Grey Cup hat trick (msn.com) https://www.cfl.ca/games/6296/toronto-argonauts-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#/preview

Final Score Toronto 24....Winnipeg 23 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6296/toronto-argonauts-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#playbyplay So that means the winning pick was Toronto - 45. And out winner is...Big Al! Congratulations Al! Please send me your name and address, and I will order your prize immediately!

At the half, Winnipeg leads 10-7.

It is now six o'clock eastern, and the contest is now closed. Good luck everyone!

Grey Cup Previews & Picks https://3downnation.com/2022/11/20/3downnation-grey-cup-picks-can-the-argos-stop-a-bombers-dynasty/ https://www.sportsnet.ca/cfl/article/grey-cup-preview-what-you-need-to-know-about-blue-bombers-vs-argos/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/video/hanna-lalji-discuss-final-preparations-for-argonauts-blue-bomber~2567344 https://www.cfl.ca/everything-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-the-109th-grey-cup/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/20/grey-cup-109-game-day/

No one has picked Winnipeg - 30 yet. I can easily see the Bombers winning 23-7 or 20-10.

The weatherman predicts that Regina tomorrow will enjoy partly sunny skies, with a high of 29 F, and a low of 6 F. Because the game will be played after sunset, I expect the temperature for the players will be a lot closer to 6 than to 29!

Happy Birthday, Bill!

Here is a summary of today's The Commissioner's State of the League Address. https://3downnation.com/2022/11/18/everything-you-need-to-know-from-cfl-commissioner-randy-ambrosies-state-of-the-league-address/ ***** The union today released its 2022 All-Star team. https://3downnation.com/2022/11/18/cflpa-unveils-all-star-team-as-voted-upon-by-cfl-players/ ***** Next year, all post-season games except the Grey Cup Final will be played on Saturdays. https://3downnation.com/2022/11/18/cfl-playoff-games-to-be-broadcast-on-saturday-in-2023-excluding-grey-cup/ ***** Here are the two teams' final injury reports. https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/16/argos-bombers-injury-report-collaros-sits-out-wed/

Both defenses are pretty good. It wouldn't be a shocker if this is a low-scoring (for the Canadian league) game.

Here is what's left. Winnipeg Anything 30 and under 65 Anything 75 and over Toronto Anything 30 and under Anything 65 and over (except 150) Brooks, you won in 2016 and 2021!

And the winners are... Collaros Mauldin Rourke Bryant Alford Schoen O'Shea https://3downnation.com/2022/11/17/most-outstanding-cfl-unveils-year-end-award-winners/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/17/bombers-dominate-2022-cfl-awards/ https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/canadian-football-league-awards-109th-grey-cup-1.1879909

Eastern and Western Finals Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/14/extraordinary-performances-in-the-plays-of-the-week/ ***** The league has announced the finalists for the CFL Awards. https://3downnation.com/2022/11/01/zach-collaros-eugene-lewis-headline-cfl-divisional-award-winners/ I think the winners will be... Player - Zach Collaros Defensive Player - Shawn Lemon Canadian - Nathan Rourke Offensive Lineman - Stanley Bryant Special Teams Player - Mario Alford Rookie - Dalton Schoen Coach - Mike O'Shea I think that Lemon and Rourke will get the sentimental vote. I would have voted for Mauldin and Gittens. ***** Manitoba and Saskatchewan are adjacent, and the Bombers and the Riders are each other's arch-rivals. Mike O'Shea is hoping the Manitobans will travel to Regina. Ryan Dinwiddie is hoping the Reginans will choose to root against the Bombers. https://3downnation.com/2022/11/14/mike-oshea-wants-bombers-fans-to-travel-to-regina-to-turn-grey-cup-into-home-crowd/ https://3downnation.com/2022/11/16/ryan-dinwiddie-hopes-rider-nation-will-cheer-for-toronto-argonauts-in-109th-grey-cup/ ***** Bo Levi Mitchell is set to become a free agent in February. Calgary has traded his rights to Hamilton for two draft picks. https://3downnation.com/2022/11/14/official-calgary-stampeders-trade-qb-bo-levi-mitchell-to-hamilton-tiger-cats-for-two-cfl-draft-picks/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/bo-levi-mitchell-trade-tiger-cats-stampeders-cfl-1.6651098 ***** BC's 2023 free agents https://3downnation.com/2022/11/15/bryan-burnham-headlines-b-c-lions-free-agent-list/ ***** Here is more about the Mud Bowl. I hope you have looked at the film clip I linked to in the Contest thread. https://3downnation.com/2022/11/15/mud-and-guts-a-history-of-toronto-and-winnipeg-meeting-in-the-grey-cup/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-blue-bombers-toronto-argonauts-grey-cup-cfl-1.6650626 ***** The league has announced the 2022 All-Star team. https://3downnation.com/2022/11/15/calgary-stampeders-lead-the-way-with-eight-cfl-all-star-selections/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/bo-levi-mitchell-trade-tiger-cats-stampeders-cfl-1.6651098 ***** This is Ja'Gared Davis's sixth year in the CFL, and he has played in the Grey Cup Final every year! https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/ja-gared-davis-toronto-argonauts-grey-cup-1.1879182 ***** Grey Cup Analyses and Picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2022/11/17/cfl-beat-174/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/17/weekly-predictor-putting-the-win-in-winnipeg/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/15/head-to-head-who-has-the-edge-in-the-109th-grey-cup/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/17/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-109th-grey-cup-picks/ ***** If you haven't already, go play the Grey Cup Contest!

Chuck, most of my posts are for the purpose of contributing to the board. I am a fan of the Canadian league, not an employee. This thread gets 100-200 views each time I post. I have no idea who the viewers are. If I am bringing Canadian league fans to the board, great! There is one press agent who sends me a promo cd of each of her artists. The other press releases I post are without compensation.

OK, I think I have found the answers. I think I need a new mouse. Toward the upper right, there is the magnifying glass with a plus sign in it. Click on that, and you can change the size of the font. Somehow, I got the volume slide over the mute button to appear, but I haven't yet been able to move it.

Two things have come up in the past week. I'm hoping someone here knows how to correct these problems. 1) The volume has been reduced to near-zero. How do I increase the volume? 2) The page has become tiny. How do I increase the size of the text? Thanks!

Episode 32 https://artpepper.bandcamp.com/track/straight-life-audiocast-episode-32

I'm really enjoying this one. Recommended!

It's that time of year again! It's time for the annual Grey Cup contest. Past winners have included Noj (twice), indestructible, Bright Moments, brownie, paul secor, Soulstation1, danasgoodstuff, B. Clugston (twice), ejp626 (twice), BFrank (twice) and kh1958. ***** The rules: 1) Pick the winning team. 2) Pick the number of total points scored by both teams (aka the tiebreaker). Since approximately half of us will pick the winning team, picking the total points is necessary to win the contest. Your total points prediction must be a number which is a multiple of five (5). The winning tiebreaker will be the one closest to the correct answer. If two are equally close, the winner will be the lower pick. If two people pick the same thing, the first to make the pick will be the winner. ***** The prize: 1) If you live in the US, your prize will be a bundle of jazz CDs and jazz books! 2) If you live in Canada, your prize will be a book about the Canadian league! 3) If you live anywhere else, your prize will be a $20 Amazon gift card! ***** The contest deadline: Sunday Nov. 20, 6:00 pm eastern ***** The Grey Cup Final: The Grey Cup is awarded to the world champion of what I think is the greatest game in the world, Canadian rules football. That is to say, the champion of the Canadian Football League. The Grey Cup was first awarded in 1909. They have played for it every year since then, except three years because of World War One and 2020 because of the covid virus. Therefore, this year's game will be the 109th Grey Cup Final. Fans from throughout Canada will attend the game in Regina, Saskatchewan. It should be cold! This year's game will see the Eastern champion Toronto Argonauts face the Western champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers. This will be the first time these two teams have met in the Grey Cup Final since the legendary 1950 Mud Bowl. https://www.cfl.ca/1950/11/25/1950-grey-cup/ Winnipeg has won the past two Grey Cups. They were consistently the best team this year, but (unlike last year) they did not seem dominant. Every week they were just good enough to win. They finished 15-3. Toronto was inconsistent throughout the year, but they were the best in the East, and deserved to finish in first place at 11-7. Regina, the home of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, is a western city, and I expect nearly everyone in attendance to be rooting for the Bombers. ***** The game will be carried live in the US on ESPN2, starting at 6:00 pm eastern Sunday. ESPN2 will also carry the pre-game show at 5:30. You can listen to the game here: http://www.tsn.ca/radio (To listen to the game, you will need Windows Media Player which you can download for free. So you might want to plan ahead if you don't already have it.) ***** Good luck everyone! ***** Here's my pick: I'm going to do you a favor. Because the Bombers were the best team the entire year, I'm going to go with the Argos. TORONTO - 50

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Good analyses and picks https://3downnation.com/2022/11/13/3downnation-cfl-picks-can-nathan-rourke-prevail-in-duel-with-the-bombers-dynasty/ ***** Eastern and Western Finals results Toronto 34....Montreal 27 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6294/montreal-alouettes-vs-toronto-argonauts/#/videos https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/toronto-argonauts-montreal-alouettes-eastern-final-recap-nov-13-1.6650161 https://3downnation.com/2022/11/13/andrew-harris-return-powers-toronto-argonauts-to-grey-cup-berth/ ***** Winnipeg 28....BC 20 https://www.cfl.ca/games/6295/bc-lions-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#videos https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions-winnipeg-blue-bombers-west-division-final-recap-nov-13-1.6650154 https://3downnation.com/2022/11/13/blue-bombers-run-to-third-straight-grey-cup-appearance-in-win-over-b-c-lions-nine-other-thoughts/

Semi-Finals Plays of the Week https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/07/playoff-level-plays-in-the-timbermart-plays-of-the-week/ ***** QB Index https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/09/qb-index-the-perks-of-a-strong-qb-room/ ***** Finals Checking Down https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/09/checking-down-news-and-notes-from-the-division-finals/ ***** Analyses & Picks https://doorfliesopen.com/2022/11/10/cfl-beat-173/ https://www.cfl.ca/everything-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-the-division-finals/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/08/weekly-predictor-believing-in-the-bombers-2/ https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/10/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-division-final-picks/ ***** Calgary's 2023 free agents https://3downnation.com/2022/11/09/the-calgary-stampeders-potential-free-agent-list/ ***** Sask's 2023 free agents https://3downnation.com/2022/11/02/the-saskatchewan-roughriders-potential-2023-free-agent-list/ ***** Ottawa's Plays of the Year https://3downnation.com/2022/11/12/the-best-plays-from-the-ottawa-redblacks-2022-season/ ***** East and West All-Star teams https://3downnation.com/2022/11/02/lets-try-this-again-cfl-re-releases-east-and-west-division-all-star-selections-with-19-corrections/ ***** Vancouver has been awarded the 2024 Grey Cup Final. https://3downnation.com/2022/11/03/vancouver-to-host-111th-grey-cup-in-2024/

Thank you hopkins and Dan for that interesting discussion!