Who will Johnny Manziel become? Namath of Leaf?

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:59 am Manziel an Alouette!

Has now been on 22% of the CFL's teams.

Has dressed for all four regular season games, but hasn’t played.

THe Alouettes have been hot garbage. Gets reunited to the coach that recruited him in college, maybe can light a fire under their asses. That said, Go Ti-Cats.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:17 am

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:14 am
Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:59 am Manziel an Alouette!

Has now been on 22% of the CFL's teams.

Has dressed for all four regular season games, but hasn’t played.

THe Alouettes have been hot garbage. Gets reunited to the coach that recruited him in college, maybe can light a fire under their asses. That said, Go Ti-Cats.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:28 am

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 11:14 am
Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:59 am Manziel an Alouette!

Has now been on 22% of the CFL's teams.

Has dressed for all four regular season games, but hasn’t played.

THe Alouettes have been hot garbage. Gets reunited to the coach that recruited him in college, maybe can light a fire under their asses. That said, Go Ti-Cats.

yup and their crappy starting QB got hurt last game so they have no choice. Also attendance is down and in Montreal, they have folded twice before so they're a little nervous about it.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:43 pm

Starting on Friday, game on ESPN2.

Post by **brian** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:44 pm

It turns out I'm now a Roughriders fan and I have the Golden Knights to blame/thank, so life is weird sometimes.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:30 pm

brian wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:44 pm It turns out I'm now a Roughriders fan and I have the Golden Knights to blame/thank, so life is weird sometimes.

They wear watermelon husks on their heads.

Post by **brian** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:34 pm

I like watermelon. Not a deal breaker.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:36 pm

Said more in wonderment... they love their Roughriders.

Living in a city where the CFL team is maybe the 6th most popular team, I find that incredible.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:39 pm

Yeah, I read up on that story, it's kind of cute. Couple of guys up there rallying support for adopting Vegas as their province's NHL team, and to their credit, Vegas played along and recognized them.

I have a Saskatchewan Roughriders' t-shirt I wear sometimes. Gets lots of funny looks around here.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:41 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:36 pm Said more in wonderment... they love their Roughriders.

Living in a city where the CFL team is maybe the 6th most popular team, I find that incredible.

No pro baseball, no pro basketball, no pro hockey in the province. Of course they love their CFL team. Same thing happens all over the US in cities where there is only one major sports franchise.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:49 pm

Oh I know. When the Grey Cup is in Toronto, it's kind of cute and sad at the same time when the fans from the west try to get party atmosphere going when they are downtown.

Listen, if you are going to cheer for one CFL team, the Roughies are the way to go.

On a side note, in my mind there's really only one good CFL logo.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:54 pm

Go Baltimore Stallions!

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Aug 01, 2018 7:58 am

Even better

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 8:06 pm

Manziel's 1st half stats from his first start - 9/16 90 yds 0TD 4INT

Comedy gold!

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 8:40 pm

Namath of Maple Leaf

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 9:00 pm

Rex wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 8:40 pm Namath of Maple Leaf

That’s some quality work.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 9:42 am

ESPN has a big piece on the Jimmy Haslam experience today

With the second first-round pick, Farmer was targeting Oregon State receiver Brandin Cooks. But then Manziel started to slide and Haslam wanted Manziel. Some of the football guys in the room wanted to wait and pick Bridgewater in the second round. But the team had soured on Bridgewater after his interview dinner and workout with team brass; something about Bridgewater's handshake rubbed Haslam the wrong way, he told team executives. Manziel texted Browns quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains during the draft, begging the team to pick him, and Loggains forwarded the texts to Haslam. Farmer knew whom the owner wanted, so he made a decision that felt like a concession and traded up to draft him, despite significant concerns about Manziel's skill set and hard partying at Texas A&M. Haslam celebrated, but those in the room could tell Farmer was frustrated. After months of planning, he'd given away his two first-rounders to his coach and owner.

And this was good:

Marketing executives wanted employees to see how fans were engaging with the Browns on social media, so they projected the Browns feed onto a giant wall at the facility. It was like broadcasting talk radio over the entire building, and one day in particular, it was worse than that. One of the marketing staffers entered a search for #dp -- for Dawg Pound. The problem was, that hashtag carried a few different meanings, one of which triggered an array of porn to be broadcast onto a wall for the entire office to see for more than 20 minutes, until a tech employee killed the feed.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:15 am

I know a dude who became a semi-popular Browns fan meme over that pick.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:20 am

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:15 am I know a dude who became a semi-popular Browns fan meme over that pick.

Nah, AB was already a semi-popular Browns fan meme at that point.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:35 am

rass wrote: ↑Thu Jan 24, 2019 9:42 am ESPN has a big piece on the Jimmy Haslam experience today

So he gets a police escort from the stadium?

These owners are like royalty...

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:46 am

To be far to AB, I don't recall him ever embarrassing himself over Manziel.

Tim Couch however...

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Jan 24, 2019 10:47 am

Tim Couch got a raw deal!

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:13 pm

Post by **brian** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:14 pm

Come on, AAF! Make this happen!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:18 pm

A fairly ominous quote from the Als' G.M.

“We are disappointed by this turn of events. Johnny was provided a great deal of support by our organization, in collaboration with the CFL, but he has been unable to abide by the terms of his agreement,” said General Manager Kavis Reed in a statement. “We worked with the league and presented alternatives to Johnny, who was unwilling to proceed.”

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:44 pm

Somebody else follows the CFL on twitter?