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The Snap August 4, 2017

San Diego Fan & His Son Pledge Allegiance To A New Team, The Winnipeg Blue Bombers

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A resident of San Diego, Scott Mortland and his son Gregory had season tickets to the San Diego Padres and Chargers and has been a loyal supporter of all sports teams related to the city, including the American Hockey League’s Gulls and even the El Paso Chihuahuas – the Padres Triple-A affiliate in west Texas.  However, their football team, the Chargers will be moving from San Diego to LA and so, it was time for the duo to pick a new football team… that team is now the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Who they not only chose, but came to Winnipeg to see a game in person!

Ed Tait, Director of Digital Content for the Bombers wrote a piece that profiles Scott & Gregroy’s journey to discover the Bombers as their new team.  Here is an expert from that piece:

“I had had enough of the NFL and I figured my next option was the CFL and with only nine teams, it seemed to make it easy to choose one to support,” said Mortland. “And then I saw the old Winnipeg Blue Bomber logo with the lightning bolt and it was game over. The Chargers secondary nickname was the Bolts and here is this logo in front of me with the bolt and the logo and I thought, ‘Oh my God, this is it.’

“And when I went on the website and saw how involved the team was in the community with ‘Harris’ Heroes’ to ‘Medlocks Kicks for Kids’ to the connection with the indigenous community… I realize all teams do that, but it began with the bolt for me.”

“I looked at the roster and saw that Chris Randle went to Utah State – my niece went there on a basketball scholarship, and Tristan Okpalaugo went to Fresno State with Derek Carr and was nominated for the Bulsworth Trophy (awarded annually to the top player who began his career as a walk-on).

“As I was looking more and more into it I just thought, ‘This is my team.’”

You can read the full article from Ed here.

Scott himself has also penned a piece for the Bombers on their story.  That can be read on bluebombers.com HERE.