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WINNIPEG -- Buck Pierce will be the starting quarterback going into training camp for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers this season, but oft-injured pivot will have some new backup. jordan france . The Blue Bombers completed their quarterback makeover Monday, signing Max Hall and Chase Clement shortly after releasing Alex Brink. "All of us feel like Buck gives us the best chance to win," Bombers coach Tim Burke said of Pierce. But now Winnipeg has some protection if Pierce goes down. Burke said he views both Hall and Clement as potential starters, and the only backup retained from last season, Justin Goltz, could be the future of the franchise. Burke said the Blue Bombers have been after Hall and Clement for some time, and the chance of becoming a starter was a lure to persuade both to make the trip. "They know Bucks likelihood of injuries so they know theres a chance to step into that role," said Burke. Despite his confidence they have what it takes, Burke conceded they might not be ready on day one. "Obviously, they dont have a lot of CFL experience and there is a learning curve," he said. Hall has seen NFL action and Clement has played in the United Football League and had a cup of coffee in the CFL before -- he was signed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats June 2, 2009, but bolted June 6 after exactly one practice. Hall joined the NFLs Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2010 and played in six games that season, including three starts. He completed 39 of his 78 pass attempts for 370 yards and a touchdown. In his first start, he helped the Cardinals defeat the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, completing 17 of 27 passes for 168 yards in a 30-20 victory. He spent the 2011 season on the injured reserve list after clearing waivers before joining Brigham Young University as a student assistant coach. Before joining the Cardinals, Hall played for three years at Brigham Young and holds the all-time record for wins as a quarterback with 32. He had 11,365 passing yards and 94 touchdowns in his varsity career. Clement spent four years at Rice. He shares the NCAA Division I FBS record for career touchdowns between a quarterback and receiver tandem (51). He is the only quarterback in NCAA history to record at least 300 passing yards and 100 rushing yards in two consecutive games. Clement played for the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League and was MVP of the 2010 UFL Championship game. He said he still had his eyes on the NFL in 2009 when he was signed by Hamilton. "I think where I am now and my approach to the game, you have to learn how to be a pro, theres just a lot of different things Ive learned over the last couple of years, I think Im in a much different place," he said. Brink was the second of last years backups to get cut after Winnipeg parted ways with Joey Elliott late last month. Both Elliott and Brink got shots at starter last season behind Pierce and neither impressed Bomber brass as the team finished out of the playoffs. Brink signed with Winnipeg in 2010 and played in 26 games over the past three seasons, starting seven. He completed 226 of 398 passes for 2,573 yards with 13 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. When Pierce is healthy he can win. He played in 16 games in 2011 and took the team to the Grey Cup in B.C., which they lost. But in 2012 Pierce missed 11 games with a foot injury, concussion and finally a shoulder problem. pas cher air jordan . -- Jacksonville Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey has been hospitalized after feeling ill. pas cher jordan . The brothers chased each other to the finish line on Friday in a race they hope will take both of them to the London Olympics. http://www.officieljordanshop.fr/ . Officer Jillian Russell, a police spokeswoman, says the assault reportedly happened around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday in a room at the Four Seasons Hotel. Police are investigating, and Russell says no one has been charged. air jordan chaussures . Make sure you join us for our TSN Pre-Game shows an hour prior to each game. air jordan . -- Albertas men will be gunning for back-to-back junior curling gold medals, while B.It just couldnt be written any better. With New Jersey up 3-2 in the series, Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final between the Rangers and Devils is on Friday - 18 years to the day that New York captain Mark Messier made his legendary guarantee that his own Rangers - also down 3-2 to the Devils - would win Game 6. "I remember being on the bus, and guys were saying, Hey, did you see what Mess said?" former Rangers defenceman Doug Lidster once told The Sporting News. "We all thought it was him just stating, as a matter of confidence, Hey, were going to win the game. I dont think he came out with cockiness." After the first two periods of Game 6, Messiers words didnt hold much value as the Rangers were down by a score of 2-1. "I remember (coach) Mike Keenan coming around and kind of patting you on the knee, saying, Hey, come on, lets go, lets dig down," Lidster told The Sporting News. "I was thinking, That isnt working for me, Mike. You havent done that all year long. Now that its almost screwed up, youre turning to us and trying to motivate us that way? But you could always look across the room and know Mark was there. Hed have that look in his eye...and then he turned it on. What he did on the ice is history.&quoot; In true storybook fashion, Messier scored a natural hat trick in the third period en route to a 4-2 Rangers win and a Game 7 victory in double overtime two nights later. nike jordan. . "When I was faced with the press the day before the game, I thought what a great idea it would be for the players to wake up the day of the game and find out how much I believed in us and how I thought we could go in there and win that game," Messier said in a Canadian Press interview from 2008. "My oversight was 14 million other New Yorkers and the New Jersey Devils were going to read the same article. I was so focused in, I thought only the 20 players on our team were going to read that paper." Now fast forward to the present day - are current Rangers captain Ryan Callahan and his teammates ready to make any declarations going into their own Game 6? And if no one is willing to give a quote for the New York papers, which Ranger do you think will step up with that Messier-type performance needed to win Game 6? Will it be Callahan? Star sniper Marian Gaborik? How about Brad Richards, Brandon Dubinsky or Brandon Prust? Or will the Devils be the ones stepping up and shutting the Rangers down? As always, its Your Call! ' ' '
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