Originally Posted by gs34doc

Mornin Woods one and all....Things not lookin very good down in the proposed area for WS-17!!!!!!

Originally Posted by gs34doc

Yeah, but we'll cover that whole area.while riding.

Originally Posted by ultracan

Here ya go Greg...


When we announced we were looking for a team name, we heard from the universe. We had lots of suggestions.

At an event we had at the Grey Cup, at Real Sports in Toronto, a guy said: 'What about Red and Blacks?' I said Red and Blacks is a bit wordy, how about just RedBlacks? It was one of those casual conversations that was relatively unremarkable.


We started to narrow in on RedBlacks. Red stands for desire, black stands for power. One of the things I did not know, in the mid- to late-1870s, when the Rough Riders started, one of the thoughts is they were named after the Roosevelt Rough Riders. They took the red and black colours from this regiment. I believe those colours influenced the colours of every Ottawa sports team since. I thought, what a tribute to Ottawa sports history -- even if you think about the guards on the Hill with their red and black colouring. It's just so synonymous with Ottawa history.

Originally Posted by gs34doc

Hafta get hold of my bud over in Maryville and see what's goin on.

Originally Posted by QC

I had googled it but didn't see this. That makes some sense. Thanks!