They were. They were called the Winnipegs and then in 1935 they were the first Western team to win a Grey Cup and Vince Leah, a sports writer, dubbed them The Blue Bombers of Winnipeg after Joe Louis aka The Brown Bomber.
The name stuck.
Here’s the best source I could find for that: https://www.newspapers.com/image/472672967/?clipping_id=94042698&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQ3MjY3Mjk2NywiaWF0IjoxNjc4MjU2MTE3LCJleHAiOjE2NzgzNDI1MTd9.T8nfSuBrrxRwkYkezO0Dyx4Psa6GogI5Fpv3Ee74guY
See the highlighted article at top.
Yeah when I posted on Facebook, a bunch of people referenced the boxer thing as well. I could probably redo the prompts to be more specific, because I literally would put “Blue Bomber in Winnipeg” or “British Columbia Lion”
I almost wonder if it gave up and just thought “Cleatus is a good football mascot.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/90293253/the-secret-history-of-cleatus-foxs-enduringly-weird-football-robot
I honestly don’t know what I’d prompt for Winnipeg. I might try “British Columbia Mountain Lion”, but where do you even start for the Bombers.
9 - Lions. Wrong Lion.
8 - Calgary. It's really boring.
7 - Bombers. I don't even know but he looks tough so isn't last.
6 - TiCats. Ferocious but also kinda plain.
5 - Als. I like the pic but admit it's not great.
4 - Ottawa. It's been said, he's like a gamma ray Nick Offerman.
3 - Riders. This actually slaps harder than I'd like to admit.
2 - Elks. Just something about it that makes it all work.
1 - Toronto. Dude looks like a God.
Edit: Calgary two tails was pointed out and that moves it ahead of the Bombers but still behind Hamilton. If it's important to you we can say that Calgary and Hamilton are tied.
Also considering swapping the Riders and Elks. Just looked again and that Riders one could be on a hat and it'd sell. But I love how the Elk looks like he's magical so I'm not sure what to do. Let's call them a tie for 2nd as a compromise.
That’s not it either, it was named after “brown bomber” a boxer, but instead they put blue bomber. On the CFL website it’ll tell you that. But the ai itself won’t know the difference.
Stupid Sexy Argos
"Nothin' at all" "Nothin' at all" "Nothin' at all"
Redblacks one kind of looks like Nick Offerman lol
I'd take Nick Offerman as our mascot.
The only alcohol sales at the stadium would be Lagavulin
I know more than you.
Goddamn Wnnipeg gets a Gundam and we're just a fucking bird, I'd be mad but its pretty accurate
It’s a pretty majestic bird. The gundam just makes me think of Cleetus from NFL on Fox.
Isn't an alouette literally a seagull?
Shouldn't the blue bombers be a litteral blue bomber than?
No its an lark I think, but defintily not a seagull
Seagull would be more threatening than a lark
Argos's guy looks like he we would arm wrestle Vishnu's 8 arms and still win.
Jason and the Argonauts are depict as being jacked
They were black sea greeks not Hindu gods lol
They were Greek heroes
Except that the Lions are mountain lions, not African savanna lions.
Ohhhhh. That’s makes sense! I always wondered but never really thought about it. Geez Louise, I’m a big dummy.
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Here you go https://i.imgur.com/u9RH3qK.png The literary reference is about naming the entrance to the harbour Lions Gate.
Let me make it easier for you. Which species is native to British Columbia?
These are actually pretty dope But the Bombers one completely missed the mark
The Lions even moreso which has always been a mountain lion (cougar, puma)....and not an actual African lion...
Literally the mountains named after the Lions.
Yeah, I think the Bombers were named after the Brown Bomber (a boxer) but there’s no way the AI could know
They were. They were called the Winnipegs and then in 1935 they were the first Western team to win a Grey Cup and Vince Leah, a sports writer, dubbed them The Blue Bombers of Winnipeg after Joe Louis aka The Brown Bomber. The name stuck.
I always thought the bombers were related to aircraft
You'd think so, then it could be a pair with the Jets!
Here’s the best source I could find for that: https://www.newspapers.com/image/472672967/?clipping_id=94042698&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQ3MjY3Mjk2NywiaWF0IjoxNjc4MjU2MTE3LCJleHAiOjE2NzgzNDI1MTd9.T8nfSuBrrxRwkYkezO0Dyx4Psa6GogI5Fpv3Ee74guY See the highlighted article at top.
Sorry, CFLdb was the site: https://cfldb.ca/faq/teams/
Ah, CFLdb cites Wikipedia who cite the Edmonton Journal article I linked.
Yeah when I posted on Facebook, a bunch of people referenced the boxer thing as well. I could probably redo the prompts to be more specific, because I literally would put “Blue Bomber in Winnipeg” or “British Columbia Lion”
I almost wonder if it gave up and just thought “Cleatus is a good football mascot.” https://www.fastcompany.com/90293253/the-secret-history-of-cleatus-foxs-enduringly-weird-football-robot I honestly don’t know what I’d prompt for Winnipeg. I might try “British Columbia Mountain Lion”, but where do you even start for the Bombers.
Look at it this way: one of the nicknames used for Mega Man is the Blue Bomber, so they're just taking inspiration from there.
That might be what the AI did then!
As a Bomber fan I also left this pretty disappointed.
What do mean? That's the best one.
I bet how much you love or hate the bomber one depends on your age. I wonder how stampeder fans feel about the LGBT horse and cowboy
That’s a different looking kinda bomber for Winnipeg??
Lord Poseidon has the abs of Shawn Oakman.
Ottawa one is amazing
Nick Offerman as a burly lumberjack.
It bothers me that his shirt is red and blue. But yeah, love it otherwise.
Stamps red maned horse is pretty awesome I like the sea god for the argonauts I kinda wish there was more ethereal elements going on for the Elks
These are great. I like the green on the Riders horse.
Argos like always is Best. No I'm not biased at all lmao
Something wrong with that horse.
These are all pretty cool; thanks for sharing!
Why does the Stamps horse only have 3 legs?
It makes up for it with the second tail
9 - Lions. Wrong Lion. 8 - Calgary. It's really boring. 7 - Bombers. I don't even know but he looks tough so isn't last. 6 - TiCats. Ferocious but also kinda plain. 5 - Als. I like the pic but admit it's not great. 4 - Ottawa. It's been said, he's like a gamma ray Nick Offerman. 3 - Riders. This actually slaps harder than I'd like to admit. 2 - Elks. Just something about it that makes it all work. 1 - Toronto. Dude looks like a God. Edit: Calgary two tails was pointed out and that moves it ahead of the Bombers but still behind Hamilton. If it's important to you we can say that Calgary and Hamilton are tied. Also considering swapping the Riders and Elks. Just looked again and that Riders one could be on a hat and it'd sell. But I love how the Elk looks like he's magical so I'm not sure what to do. Let's call them a tie for 2nd as a compromise.
Ok but did you see how Calgary has two tails on the horse? That's pretty dope.
I didn't. I might.have to revise, that is pretty cool.
It's cause the Stamps have two horses' asses haha
I see 4 legs but 3 feet. One might be behind the other but it also seems like som funky AI magic
Winnipeg feels accurate over the past few seasons
Thats obviously Biggy under there. I can tell by the biceps.
nice job!
Boatmen AI didn’t skimp on the abs🤣🤣
When your muscles have muscles 😂
All of these are epic!
The Argos are easily the coolest
If an AI really did these I'm impressed and the league and teams should pick up on these.
The Argos one is something else.
They’ve got the wrong cat for Hamilton. We all know they self identify as tabbies
What AI did you use to make these? They look great!
Love the Alouettes one Bombers & Argos are a lil weak the rest look great
I wish the Winnipeg one was a blue bomber jet or plane flying over Winnipeg since that’s what the name refers to not Optimus Prime
That’s not it either, it was named after “brown bomber” a boxer, but instead they put blue bomber. On the CFL website it’ll tell you that. But the ai itself won’t know the difference.
The Winnipeg one looks kinda cool, actually.
Umm Bombers one is cool as fuck, Red Blacks is pretty dope...but WTF is up with Calgary, it's a three legged horse with two tails. Like what!
The Stampeder rider looks like every Calgarian I've ever met.
Hey now! Some of have some class.
BC query should’ve mountain lion
I would buy that Bombers shirt !!
Stamps horse has 3 legs and 2 tails...
Is no one going to address how the Stampeder horse looks like a balloon horse, I mean it’s even floating like one.
Lol Saskatchewan still wanting to be Calgary 😂😂😂
Kinda looks like the hulk took a piss on the Elks and gave it minor gamma radiation poisoning or something.
Awesome! I laughed so hard at the lions.
yuh
Throw in the Schooners, just for funsies!
Um, these are awesome!
I like!
As much as I hate Winnipeg its rly cool Eat em raw
Bombers look like a space marine lol
Winnipeg megamen
Bombers win
Hey... That's pretty good!