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2 hours ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

, but I suppose I have reached the age where I realize that yelling at the TV is never going to change the call, 
 

https://www.tsn.ca/Must-See/video/must-see-banks-incredible-52-yard-td-grab~2477796

 

Amateur. I yelled at the tv and Bede missed the p.a. 

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    Amateur. I yelled at the tv and Bede missed the p.a. 

comment_575350

As for the commentators rooting for Toronto, they are in the business of selling a story, selling excitement, so they will cheer on an underdog or a comeback, not because they hate your team but because they want to keep the audience engaged and invested until the clock hits zero. Again probably not a popular take for many who have expressed their consistent disdain for the TSN broadcast. But I’m pretty confident Rod Smith and Duane Ford don’t care who wins or loses, nor do the refs unless they are betting on the outcome (and I don’t think an Argo-Bomber game is seeing such action as to make it worth the effort). But fans will fan, so to each their own. And I can only speak for myself, but I suppose I have reached the age where I realize that yelling at the TV is never going to change the call, whether that makes me less of a fan or just closer to a Zen state of enlightenment is for others to decide. Namaste. 

 

This I agree with.

comment_575398
3 hours ago, Tracker said:

As for the commentators rooting for Toronto, they are in the business of selling a story, selling excitement, so they will cheer on an underdog or a comeback, not because they hate your team but because they want to keep the audience engaged and invested until the clock hits zero. Again probably not a popular take for many who have expressed their consistent disdain for the TSN broadcast. But I’m pretty confident Rod Smith and Duane Ford don’t care who wins or loses, nor do the refs unless they are betting on the outcome (and I don’t think an Argo-Bomber game is seeing such action as to make it worth the effort). But fans will fan, so to each their own. And I can only speak for myself, but I suppose I have reached the age where I realize that yelling at the TV is never going to change the call, whether that makes me less of a fan or just closer to a Zen state of enlightenment is for others to decide. Namaste. 

 

This I agree with.

I am grateful anytime the commentators don't spend much of the 4th Q ignoring the play below and yapping on about anything and everything that pops into their heads, as if the football game isn't the sole reason we are tuned into to their broadcast.  I guess that may have been a Rod Black specialty.

comment_575435
1 hour ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Imagine dropping your stack of cards on the way to submit your assignment.

I don't have have to imagine it. My buddy, thinking he was being funny, kicked more than a box of cards out from under my arm. Cards everywhere! Not only that, we only got 10 compiles to get it right before we had to hand in the results. I lost 2 just getting it back in order. Still got 100%.

comment_575459

When I started at Brandon U in the fall of '98, the only place you had internet access was in the basement of the building in the "computer lab", and you just basically used it to check email, 'cause that was mostly all any of us did at the time. I'm an old man, but I really do miss the days pre-mobile internet. I'm as obsessed with checking my phone every 5 seconds as anyone else...and I hate it. Death to mobile internet...

comment_575463
9 minutes ago, Noeller said:

When I started at Brandon U in the fall of '98, the only place you had internet access was in the basement of the building in the "computer lab", and you just basically used it to check email, 'cause that was mostly all any of us did at the time. I'm an old man, but I really do miss the days pre-mobile internet. I'm as obsessed with checking my phone every 5 seconds as anyone else...and I hate it. Death to mobile internet...

Not a problem for me! This is legit my current cell phone. Right now, at this moment in time, July 6 2022:

LG B470 3G Flip Phone with Camera and Bluetooth, Carrier branded, Unlocked  : Amazon.ca: Electronics

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