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Brad Sinopoli and Greg Ellingson became friends when the two receivers joined the Ottawa Redblacks as free agents in the 2015 CFL off-season.

Both gained more than 1,000 yards receiving in 2015 — their first season with the Redblacks.

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They started hanging out together and became known as The Buds. And here we go, with the first of a series of weekly Q and A sessions with your favourite Redblacks.

How did you become friends?

Sinopoli: People think he’s Canadian so that’s good. We have very similar personalities.

Ellingson: We’re very similar. We like to take it easy and laugh a lot. He’s got 10 acres of land he’s renting. I stayed for a couple of days after mini camp. I went to hang out, next thing you know we’re chopping down trees and building a tree fort. We put a hammock on top of it.

How did The Buds name stick?

Sinopoli: I started saying ‘Bud’ around the American guys and they started making fun of me because it was so Canadian. I wasn’t going to stop saying it so then they started saying it and it caught on like wildfire. It’s kind of crazy how far its come.

Ellingson: I think Brad called me Bud first. It’s a Canadian thing. Every time I came into the locker room, he called me Bud, I called him Bud. It kind of spread and I guess now we’re known as The Buds.