I just want to talk about football this year

(Photo courtesy http://rodpedersen.blogspot.com/ )


Hello Riderfans

Recently Rod suggested I join the world of blogdom (is that a word?) and at first I was hesitant as; A) It will be hard to keep up with the quality and frequency of his, and B) I am not that good at putting my thoughts to paper, or in this case computer. I am more of a verbal kind of guy but... I am going to give this a shot, and see how it goes. Don't expect a ton of updates, or a great amount of infinite wisdom, but do expect my thoughts and opinions on the Riders, the CFL, and maybe a few other things. If that sounds fair then here we go!

I am sure those of you that have been listening to me over the last few years have come to realize, I am not big on talking about the off-field goings on when it comes to the Riders. I prefer to stick to football, whether it be a good game, a bad game, what happened at practice, player moves, or football in general that is what I prefer. I don't want to talk about court dates, unless it's to discuss how many there will be for those fans being drunk and disorderly following the Riders Grey Cup win in 07. I don't want to talk about sexual exploits, unless its how the team got screwed by the ref's. I don't want to talk about what happened to people's dogs, unless it's about the half time show featuring the agility dogs (I love the dogs, keep the dogs) And, last and not least, I don't want to talk about black and white, I want to talk about Green and White.

Are all of these other things news per say or topics of discussion? Sure… I don't deny that, but I much prefer just to talk about football, and you know what? That's what I am going to continue to do on the Touchdown Club and Roundtable... Sound fair?

While I am here, I really need to thank Rod Pederson for what he has done for me. This will be my fourth season with CKRM and I have loved every minute of it. If it was not for him giving a relatively unknown a shot that good Friday in 2004, I would still be talking about the Riders all the time, I just would not get a chance to discuss them with as many great fans as I do, and I really want to thank him for that.

2007 is going to be a great year, with ups and downs I'm sure. But I have a feeling it really is going to be interesting either way. I want to thank all of you for listening and I hope you continue to do so. I'm sure we won't all agree on everything, but that’s a good thing I think. And as I have stated before, the way I run my shows everyone gets an opinion (including me) and in the end we all get to talk about football.

There are three things beside family and friends that I have a passion for:
1. The Riders
2. Racing (maybe another day we will get into that discussion)
3. Music

And with 3 in mind, I will leave you with a lyric from one of my many favourite songs. Lets see who the first person is to leave a comment, and correctly guess what the song is at the end of each blog (no prizes, sorry) I will have to talk to Wisers or Joey's Only and see if I can come up with one. No cheating by Googling the lyrics, play fair.

“You keep on saying you'll be mine for a while
You're lookin' fancy and I like your style”

( a pretty easy one to start with)