Football in the Family

Make a slideshow

Ban Joe "Mack" Bowl

I've never written a Banjo Bowl blog before.  [Say that 10 times fast!]

At this time last year, Andy Fantuz was returning from the Chicago Bears.  We fired Greg Marshall and Ken Miller returned to coaching.  We were losing big time.  We were 1-7.  Everyone was in turmoil.  Fans were enraged.  

Last year the Winnipeg Blue Bombers under coach Paul LaPolice were pretty good.  They were 7-1.  They made fun of us.  I remember seeing Odell Willis with his Mayor tee shirt on and it made me angry.

Oh how the tables have turned.

I think every Rider fan has been wishing for a good old fashioned beat down.  I know I've wanted for a game where we were just purely dominant.  It finally happened in the 52-0 thrashing over the Blue Bombers in the Labour Day Classic.  I've become a big Odell Willis fan.  There's nothing better than when he hoists Weston Dressler like a rag doll when a touchdown is scored.  Finally, it feels like the team is firing on all cylinders.

Would I love to see another beating at this Sunday's Banjo Bowl?  Of course I would!  Yet, I can't help but feel just a tiny bit sorry for the Bombers.  Their team is turned upside down.  Their coaching staff appears in chaos.  And their General Manager?  Joe Mack?  Well, let's just say that Bomber fans want him fired so badly they've coined this weekends rematch the "Ban Joe Mack Bowl."

But don't get me wrong.  Even though I feel bad for them.....I don't feel bad enough to let them win.