All Time Leading Special Teams Tackler in
@GoElks
Team History
@UNC_BearsFB
Alumnus๐ป
@UNC_Bears
Athletics Hall of Fame & Father of 5 Incredible Humans
Love lip reading the handshake line in
@NHL
playoff hockey:
Kopitar: *smiles and reaches for Edmonton Oilers goalie Mike Smithโs hand*
โYou old bastard!โ
@EdmontonOilers
@LAKings
In the โ66
@CFL
season, Ottawa played
@MTLAlouettes
twice in Montreal. During 1 of those games, some kids broke into the Ott locker room and stole several home jerseys. My dadโs
#76
jersey was among them. Today (57 yrs later) the jersey arrived home. *Worn by my son.
#cfl
#family
We're proud to unveil our new Indigenous logo, which was created by Conrad Plews โ a local Metis artist of Cree background.
Our new logo debuts August 10th for our Indigenous Celebration game vs. Winnipeg.
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#OurTeamOurCity
#GoElks
#CFL
Rock bottom is beyond even this. The
#elks
are legit flirting with disaster. Defence may win championships, but offence sells tickets. Zero points scored equals no fans. No fans equals no money. No money in a gate-driven league equals no team. Dangerous game of chicken.
My old man, the late Jay Roberts (Tight End,
#76
) catching the first TD pass from the great Russ Jackson for the Ottawa Rough Riders against the Green Riders in the 1969 Grey Cup
@REDBLACKS
@CFL
#GreyCup
Before anybody gets too excited about
@Elks
news today consider this:
This is the same EE board that met secretly in Jasper without Hugh Campbell in the early-to-mid 2000โs to filibuster him out of the organization. Same board that hired Tillman,Hired Rhodes. Iโll hedge my bets
I once left
#TheGreyCup
overnight in the back seat my unlocked Toyota Tercel in โ93. Woke up the next day wondering where Iโd left it. Searched my entire house to no avail. Last place I checked was my car๐ฌ. Celebrated โfindingโ it again by eating
@countchocula
out of it.
@CFL
My prediction is
The EE will have a tough 6 months
Likely putting in an interim CEO while doing an extensive search for 3 months
Just replaying history
The individuals that hired Rhodes, Presson, Victor doing the same thing again????
Come on
Time to give someone else a try
Damn.
This woman used to make me hustle!
Shona was the backbone of the Edmonton Football Clubโs community engagement/ Stay In School program for many decades.
Once, Always.
B.O.N.E.
@elks
@CFL
Love that the most important hire in
@elks
franchise history, team president
@victorcui
is wildly overqualified! Welcome to the fold Victor!
#BONE
#CFL
My youngest son had a wonderful time today at Chuba Hubbardโs Football Camp today at Foote Field! Thanks for making one young man a football fan for life! Next up, ordering a Chuba Hubbard Carolina Panthers jersey!
@Hubbard_RMN
@Panthers
@NFLCanada
#sherwoodparkrams
Reunited with an old friend: My 1997 away game worn EE game jersey. Thanks to โฆ
@Coach1Jim
โฉ and his son Chase! My youngest son now has it proudly hung up in his room!
#RadicallyCanadian
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@elks
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@CFL
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You know whatโs wild?
The
@CFL
West is so pedestrian this year that the
@GoElks
could win their next three games and be right in the mix for a playoff spot.
#Believe
#Elks
announce a partnership with
@UABearsFootball
on a doubleheader afternoon on Oct 15 on The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium. Bears will play a Canada West Conference game at Noon followed by the Elks and Argos at 5pm. First time since 1994 the Bears will play at CWS.
Great win by the
@OTT_RedBlacks
. They came out firing and they outplayed the
@GoElks
in every facet of the game. Elks devoid of identity in all three phases right now. I think itโs going to be a long season. Still love my green and gold but man- theyโre making it hard.
#cfl
Jim Hopson guided the
@sskroughriders
toward unprecedented prosperity while Wade Miller has done the same for the
@Wpg_BlueBombers
I firmly believe there are individuals right here in Edmonton with a similar skill set. Rod Connop, Trent Brown and Sean Fleming come to mind.
#elks
Former EE football linebacker great Tom Towns had 11 career special teams tackles in 7 Grey Cup games. Good enough for 2nd all time in the
@CFL
for most career Grey Cup game special teams tackles.
#BONE
Read
#NotWithoutMyTeammates
to the gr1 & gr2 classes at the Tevie Miller /Alberta School for the Deaf Oct 17. Felt like a room full of tiny Jeds staring back up at me. After- The kids presented me with touching โThank Youโ cards. Not gonna lie, made my throat catch.
@GoElks
@CFL
Didnโt the Montreal head coach JUST get fired for putting up with undisciplined conduct from his players? Whatโs going on with the Riders these days??! Wow!
#CFL
#Riders
ONCE UPON A TIME I took the CFL's greatest kick returner, Gizmo Williams up to the arctic with me to do some school talks at some remote arctic communities... While on the drive along the frozen Mackenzie River from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk we decided to stop for pictures where the
Cracked me up how many times Kai Locksley would go down during the game with a seemingly season-ending injury only to see him heroically sprinting back into the game from the sidelines moments laterโฆ
I think that wayyy deep down in Locksleyโs soul he may really be a kicker
#elks
I hope they bring him back too. As
@elks
alumni many of us felt as though weโd collectively been locked out of our own house with
@DRockEsks
being gone. It didnโt feel good at all.
Just finished chatting with new Elks CEO Viktor Cui. He says he is open to bringing back Dwayne Mandrusiak to complete his 50th season in some capacity with the team. Understandably wants to do his due diligence first, but feels history and loyalty are incredibly important.
Agree. There are many guys on the team right now that have hit the pavement all off season and in season to engage with the community in an effort to bring a new generation of fans into the fold.
Back at Commonwealth Stadium for Edmonton Elks Kids Camp! The organization still does great things for the community, we just need better results on Game Day. Go Elks.
#TheElksHerd
#GoElks
#CFL
#YEG
#JoinTheHerd
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Good luck tonight to all of those
@GoElks
rookies trying to make the club tonight vs
@Wpg_BlueBombers
in Winnipeg! Play EVERY DOWN like your hairโs on๐ฅ !
@Dave_CHED
@SeanWhyte6
Massive loss for the
@elks
imo. Heโll always be my all time franchise favourite for clutch kicker. Nobody else even comes remotely close in my eyes! All the best to you in your playing career Sean- will miss seeing you around town!
@m_dan25
Thank you and your beautiful for sharing him with the rest of us- we are all better for having the opportunity to get to know him and his love for the
@EdmontonOilers
Godspeed Ben!
Consoling line mate Bennie Goods who was overcome with emotion when the final Grey Cup whistle blew. We became immortal in that moment. Championship Teams walk together forever.
@CFL
@elks
#GreyCup
Photo credit: Terry Elniski
@Lowetide
When
@grantfuhr
was traded to the Maple Leafs he flew on the same flight the Eskimos did as we were heading out to play the TiCats- he sat next to me during the flight and we chatted about all sorts of things. I was star-struck! Fuhr is truly a gem of a human being!
#class
Liquor Store Clerk: Iโm gonna need to see some age verification.
Me: I never, ever missed the playoffs when I played for Edmonton. Liquor Store Clerk: Enjoy your purchase.
Liquor store clerk: Iโm gonna need to see some age verification.
Me: I was in the knothole gang at Clarke Stadium.
Liquor store clerk: Enjoy your purchase.
Now officially on vacation from work til January 2nd. Gonna hit the mountains and do some snowboarding with the fam, catch up on my reading and maybe do a little bit of writing! Happy Holidays!
#TimeOff
@DanielByTheLake
Yes. The Way disappeared completely the day
@DRockEsks
was ruthlessly cast aside after being a trendsetter in the
@CFL
for 49 years. Weezy WAS The Rudder.
@TheTurfDistrict
Not only that- but no points and NO RED ZONE ENTRIES in either game! Do you even know how phenomenally difficult that is to manage? I mean, this is so historically bad- people arenโt getting how exceedingly rare that is. Youโll never see this happen again in your lifetime.
@JasonGregor
โHaving put Ed in the role four years agoโฆ. What he did to build a contender, which was always his consistent objective on the field, was second to none. Yes, we did win a Grey Cup, but itโs not enough.โ -Len Rhodes (April, 2017)
@GreyCupBound
@CFLfanUK
@CFL
@MTLAlouettes
Gentleman from Quebec randomly messaged me out of the blue, said that his friend was one of the kids that was in the locker room that day in โ66. The man felt strongly that the jersey should go to back to my fatherโs family. He mailed it out to Edmonton and the rest is history!
@CraigBaird
I left
#TheGreyCup
overnight in the back seat my unlocked Toyota Tercel in โ93. Woke up the next day wondering where Iโd left it. Searched my entire house to no avail. Last place I checked was my car. ๐ฌ. Celebrated โfindingโ it again by eating
@countchocula
out of it.
@CFL
I have great admiration for the way Wade Miller has built the
@Wpg_BlueBombers
into a flagship
@CFL
franchise.
The man was a great special teams warrior on the field, and a Hall of Fame team builder off of the field. Nothing but respect!
That time I threw a โฆ
@calstampeders
โฉ player (The great Marvin Colemanโs) shoe forty yards downfield after tackling him on kickoff and I didnโt get flagged for it. ๐ฌ Thatโs the Battle of Alberta for ya! ๐คทโโ๏ธ โฆ
@GoElks
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If you are a football person please join the challenge of posting a football photo. Just one picture, no description. Please copy the text in your status, post a picture, and look at some great memories/pictures.
Prob a good thing that the
@CFL
has yet to announce the halftime entertainment act since the odds are great that the league would end up announcing the wrong band. Better to just have *insert performance artist(s) name here* show up and wing it on game day
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