I better blog again before I take off on holidays for two weeks.

What a thrill it was to introduce my two sons, 16 and 13, to Gordie Howe when he was in Saskatoon last week. Gordie as always was a treat to visit with. I had never met his son Marty until last week. A fine gentleman as well. It's hard to believe Mr. Hockey is 80. Grown men become little kids when they are around Gordie Howe. It was great of Gordie, Marty and Mike Babcock to help out Garry Peters with his Kidsport efforts at Dakota Dunes. It was great.

The 5 and 0 Riders will just not quit. Team depth is amazing, and look no furthern than the quarterback position to back that statment up. Steven Jyles did an admirable job of filling when when Darian Durant fractured his ribs. There are two areas of this Rider team that aren't getting enough credit. 1) Defense. They don't have a huge sack total, yet they don't blow coverages and they seldom take penalties. That's why they are as successful as they are. 2) Special team. Jamie Boreham is pinning opposing teams deep. Making the other team worko on a long field has been amazing.

I will be away from my phone and the internet for the week of August 4th and for the week of  August 1th. I'm back on the 18th of August.