TMI: Catching up with Argo Anthony Coombs

What makes someone a viable option to bring with you to a deserted island?

According to Argonauts’ running back Anthony Coombs, it’s having long hair (fantastic reasoning, by the way).

He says he thinks that having long, flowing locks makes them look like a “survivor man” and that they could help him survive in the wilderness. So which teammates made the cut (or non-cut, since they grew their hair out?) and would be best to bring with him?

How does Anthony keep busy while, like the rest of us, he waits for football season to start? (#IsItJuneYet?)

What would he want to do if he wasn’t playing football, what is the one thing he’d eat for the rest of his life and you’ll never guess what song he likes to turn up full blast and sing along to in the car.

Find all of that out and more in this edition of TMI!

Kristina Costabile: Tell me something fans might not know about you.

Anthony Coombs: I’m big into reading, I try to read one to two books a week. Two that I’m currently reading are “The Philosophy Book” and “Guide to Analysing Companies.”

KC: What do you do in your free time?

AC: Other than reading and taking courses (at school), I spend most of my free time just hanging out with friends and family.

KC: Who would you want to be stranded on a deserted island with?

AC: Cam Walker and Curtis Newton (both are Anthony’s teammates). I feel like because they both look like a survivor man (long hair), they might be able to walk the walk and keep us alive in the wilderness.

KC: So by that description, you’d want to be stranded with Bear Woods from Montreal too since he has long hair?

AC: Yeah! Absolutely, I’m sure he’d be good to have.

Potentially what that deserted island crew would look like??

KC: What are three things you would bring with you to that deserted island?

AC: A book, my phone and a charger. But if there are no plugs for the charger I guess I’m out of luck!

KC: What is on your pregame playlist?

AC: There’s the usual like J-Cole but I also like the slow jams. Stuff like Boyz II Men or even Justin Bieber.

KC: If you weren’t a football player what would you be doing?

AC: I think I’d like to be some kind of sports analyst at some point. Or start a podcast talking about something else.

(Editors note: All in favour of Anthony starting a podcast, say I! He’s also had some experience getting in on the panel with our friends over at TSN!)

KC: What is your favourite football memory?

AC: My most fond football memory was when I scored five touchdowns at my first game at running back. I was about eight years old and that was when I fell in love with football.

KC: If you could eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?

AC: It’s tied between Jalapeno and Cheddar Doritos, Cadbury Mini-Eggs or Cream Eggs. (Editors note: he did NOT like the Cream Egg McFlurry from McDonalds though.)

KC: What is your guilty pleasure song?

AC: I like the old school Bieber, like Never Say Never or I like listening to old stuff like Mariah Carey. I blast Fantasy in my car and sing it at the top of my lungs but I make sure I stop at red lights so no one sees me singing!