http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/wazny en-gb Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:40:21 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/wazny/Morencie-etc-106543243.html “It’s something that happened back home, between me and the reporter. I really don’t want to comment on it. It has nothing to do with my CFL career.” That was the quote from non-import offensive lineman Matt Morencie today, when he was asked what happened with Windsor... Tue, 2 Nov 2010 14:42:27 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/wazny/Pour-Some-Sugar-on-Joey-Elliott-105832893.html The title is actually a line from a friend of mine, after I told him the Bombers were forced to use their third-stringer in Saturday’s game. The reference, of course, is Def Leppard front man Joe Elliott. My friend – much like myself – automatically thought of the British band Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:58:07 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/wazny/Five-Receiver-Set-105485613.html Now that Brock Ralph has been sent to the sidelines and Adarius Bowman is no longer with the Bombers, I decided to look at the receiving numbers put up by the club this season. I have no real motivation to do this – no real point to prove – I’m just a little curious as to what Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:58:08 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/wazny/Tale-of-the-Tape--105348008.html OK. So the Bombers are officially in a position where they no longer control their own destiny. Playoff excitement is now in the hands of others, specifically the B.C. Lions and Edmonton Eskimos. The standings have the Bombers (4-11) a game behind the two West Division clubs (both at 5-10) but in Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:58:08 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/wazny/Grey-Area-UPDATE-105320498.html Bomber DB Jovon Johnson's 2007 Grey Cup ring — the one he picked up with the Saskatchewan Roughriders — has surfaced in an online auction. According to the item description, the ring has 70 diamonds total, with the Riders logo on the face, the name "Johnson 28' on one side and the Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:58:08 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/wazny/Three-down-freshmen-104979004.html The CFL released the names of the outstanding rookies this year and to no one’s surprise, the Bombers have more than their fair share of young talent. Seventeen guys on the Winnipeg roster are true first-year players, trailing only the B.C. Lions (22). In a related story, the Bombers are Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:03:33 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/wazny/Food-For-Thought-104638979.html Rather than use this space to make some poor correlation between the 3-10 Bombers and turkeys, or make any number of references to leftovers, stuffing and any other predictable Thanksgiving Day metaphors, I'm just going to get right to the *meat* of this post. Groan. It’s about the Sat, 9 Oct 2010 16:40:40 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/wazny/If-Buck-is-Throwing-Then-it-Must-be-Thursday-104513959.html Not sure if it was shocking or just plain reckless. Either way, it was interesting to see Buck Pierce throwing a football at Bombers practice today. He was tossing a blue and gold replica ball (one lighter than a regulation pigskin) with OL Glenn January in the south end zone, under the watchful Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:22:30 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/wazny/Quarter-back-track-104456468.html Perhaps I have this wrong, but I just can’t see how starting QB Alex Brink over QB Steven Jyles is anything but the Bombers giving up on the season and throwing Jyles under the bus in the process. Brink, the Washington State grad who has yet to see any real time as a CFL quarterback Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:58:09 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/blogs/wazny/Oh-Thursday-104101043.html That sound of relief you heard from the Polo Park area? The return of QB Steven Jyles to practice. The No. 1 pivot called in sick Tuesday and Wednesday, and his return to the field this morning was a welcome sight for Bombers coaches. Look past the numbers for a second (OK don’t – 63 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:41:03 CDT