Divine Intervention?

The Winnipeg Free Press has the picture of the playoffs, a smiling Dalai Lama holding some Blue Bomber gear that he has just autographed.

Would be Bomber owner David Asper, was invited to a dinner in Ottawa in honour of the Dalai Lama and accompanied him on the flight to Ottawa, using his charms and sharpie pen to get perhaps the most famous autograph to ever end up on a piece of Blue Bomber equipment.

Victory to the Blue Bombers, is the inscription that the Dalai Lama scribbled onto the helmet in Tibetan, a sentiment that no doubt more than a few Manitoban's may find common ground with.

Where this leaves the Alouettes in the great booster club debate remains to be seen, perhaps a quickly placed call to the Vatican might provide some comfort for the team as they prepare for Sunday's eastern semi final, though it's doubtful that working on a Sunday will gain them much favour with His Holiness.

The above post first appeared on my Twelve men on the field blog, my look at the happenings in the Canadian Football League.