Well the Saskatchewan Roughriders found a new way to break my heart. Their usual m.o. is to just be bad all season long and not make the playoffs but losing to the Montreal Alouettes on a last second penalty in the Grey Cup is something new.
Posts Tagged ‘CFL’
The Scandal of Two Tier Health Care in Canada
So the Calgary Flames jumped to the head of the line when it came to H1N1 vaccinations. Are we surprised? It’s long been a practice in Canada where professional and semi-pro athletes get preferential medical treatment. They get a MRI within hours while the rest of us wait months. Elective surgery comes within days while [...]
Meccas of Football
I was watching the Red River Shootout game today (congrats to Texas for winning a great game) and I am always blown away by the sight of the Cotton Bowl. For me the Cotton Bowl just looks like how a football stadium should look. I know L.A.’s Memorial Stadium is much maligned but I love [...]
Contextless Football Thoughts
I was up at the lake this weekend and the little bit of football news I got was through Twitter. It’s always nerve wracking to come home and wonder if your team or teams won. Okay, let’s just admit that Notre Dame will probably be 10-2 heading into a BCS bowl game and we still [...]
Pacman is nothing but consistent
While as a Saskatchewan Roughrider fan, I would have loved to see Pacman Jones wreak havoc with the Winnipeg Bluebomber locker room, I am amazed how he messed this up. Twitter + Ustream = Unemployment. He has messed up in Tennessee, Dallas, and now has flunked out of Winnipeg. From Paul Friesen at the [...]
Jesse Lumsden
I am a big Jesse Lumsden fan but I fear that is career is going to be defined by his injuries rather than his tremendous ability. There is no definitive timeline for Jesse Lumsden’s return to the playing field, but it will definitely not be for the next 10 weeks. Said to be facing season-ending [...]
Getting CFL Tickets Online Should Not Be This Tough
I am trying to purchase some Saskatchewan Roughrider tickets for this summer. I go online, get sent over to Tickets.com which is like a giant ticket buying black hole. You have to enter in a Captcha every time you want to look for a ticket or change your amount of tickets everywhere on the [...]
The Most Depressing NFL Christmas Gift List
I wept at points while reading this column by Bill Simmons. When Neil O’Donnell was dragging down the Jets in the mid-’90s, my buddy Geoff and I were roommates in Boston. We had spent two solid seasons imitating O’Donnell’s thick New York accent from the news conference after he signed with them ("I was brought [...]
Saskatchewan beats the Eskimos in a close game
55-9. Saskatchewan scored seven touchdowns, including a 54-yard fumble return by linebacker Kitwana Jones, to move into second place in the Canadian Football League’s West Division ahead of B.C., which hosted Toronto later on Saturday. It wasn’t all good news But Saskatchewan isn’t without its problems. First and foremost, head coach Ken Miller is probably [...]
This is our league
A pretty good video from the CFL that explains why Canadians love three down football. Here is a 90 second version.
Roughriders win again. Now 5-0 for the first time since 1934.
According to the CBC, Running back Wes Cates scored his eighth touchdown of the campaign with three minutes left in regulation to allow the Roughriders to improve to 5-0, their best start to a season since 1934. Toronto fell to 2-3, but remains in a tie with the Montreal Alouettes for first place in the [...]
