Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press:

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have made him no promises other than a plane ticket and a hotel room during training camp.

But Bryan Randall knows this much about the Bombers and their offer to come north to the CFL: Unlike his last few gigs — he’s bounced from the Atlanta Falcons to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the Pittsburgh Steelers to the Tennessee Something-or-others in the ill-fated All-American Football League that folded before kicking off — this opportunity is as good as it gets in pro football.

Translation? He won’t just be another arm in an NFL camp and, even better, the team he’s about to sign with has been around for 77 years, not 77 minutes.

“It’s pretty close to being done,” said Randall when reached by the Free Press in Virginia on Wednesday. “I’ve been talking with (Bomber GM) Brendan (Taman) about getting something done so I can come up there this year.

“There’s just a couple of things to work out but, hopefully, it can get done as soon as (Thursday). For me, the sooner the better. All I want to do is get back on the field and play. I love playing football and I’m really at a point in time right now where I just can’t wait to get back out there and play again.”

One of the most beloved players in Virginia Tech history, the 6-foot-1, 218-pound Randall has been seeking a football home since his senior season with the Hokies — a campaign in which he was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Year and became the school’s career passing leader. It was Atlanta first, then the Bucs and finally the Steelers before he hooked up with the AAFL.

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