The Crappy Honker Award
by H.F. Salisbury In the great tradition of recognizing “Cactus” Jack Wells and the Happy Honker Award given out on C-Job radio here in Winnipeg, I present for you yet another installment of the Against the Toronto Argonauts, we have several potential Crappy award winners. It could have been almost any Bomber who “played” in the first quarter of Friday night’s game after all, NOBODY showed up and the Blue spotted the Double Blue a 9 – 0 lead. Blame it on Serna for missing a field goal… nope, too easy. Perhaps one of the Bombers who coughed up the ball for a turnover? All solid candidates for the award. However…. Picture it, the start of the 4th quarter, Winnipeg battled back to a 27 – 24 lead, Serna lines up to kick a 45 yard field goal and I remember thinking… Well, up by six with momentum would be good, at the very least a single to make it a lead by more than a field goal. But no, not today. Serna missed and the ball was run back 117 yards. I say it again… 117 YARDS!!!! For those of you new to CFL football, you need to know the field is only 110 yards long between the end zones. Using higher math, that means seven yards deep in his own end zone, Chad Owens burned all Bomber Special Teams Members for a touchdown. For those counting, that’s three runbacks all for majors in two games(?!?!?). That my friends is putrid. Congratulations to the Winnipeg Blue Bomber Special Teams coverage squad. Your “performance” has earned this week’s Crappy Honker Award and was instrumental in costing us a win against a division rival.Happy Crappy Honker Award given to an individual(s) for a fantastic unforgivable performance directly related to the continued floundering of our once beloved Winnipeg Blue Bombers. This award is handed out after every Winnipeg Blue Bomber loss.
