Put a fork in it, Stevie…

By: Paul Wiecek Posted: 1:00 AM CDT Friday, Oct. 7, 2011

The quotes were lively in Hamilton on Thursday as both the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats opened up about tonight’s contest between the two clubs at Ivor Wynne Stadium. Here’s a further sampling:

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Here’s a further sampling:

“Is a pig pork? Of course we owe them one. They’ve got two wins on us this season. Is a cow beef? Yeah, we owe them one. No question. That’s the name of the game — to win. And they have two wins and we have zero. We can’t let them sweep us.”

— Hamilton defensive end Stevie Baggs, on the importance of winning the third meeting between the teams this season

“He can sure talk, huh?”

— Hamilton defensive tackle and former University of Manitoba Bison Eddie Steele, on Baggs’s oratory abilities

“It’s got to the point where I just kind of humour Stevie. You let him say what he has to say and then you just ignore it and go about your day.”

— Bombers defensive tackle Doug Brown, on Baggs

“When you watch them on film, it’s like there’s 12 brothers out there playing. They really pick each other up when they may have a bad play. And when they do have a good play, they’re always celebrating together. That’s what a defence is supposed to do.”

— Ticats QB Kevin Glenn, on Winnipeg’s Swaggerville defence

— Wiecek