2025 @CFL hot stove league

[GA Russell]

Buck Pierce's right knee is sprained, so he will miss this week's game against the Eskimos. Stephen Jyles will start in his place.

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Winnipeg/2010/07/18/14750646.html

[GA Russell]

I found the NFL Network schedule:

Canadian Football League Schedule on NFL Network

July 1: Montreal @ Saskatchewan 7:00 PM ET

July 10 Calgary @ Hamilton 1:00 PM ET

July 17 Edmonton @ Saskatchewan 4:00 PM ET

July 24 Edmonton @ Winnipeg 6:30 PM ET

July 31 Hamilton @ Saskatchewan 6:30 PM ET

Sept. 10 Calgary @ Edmonton 9:00 PM ET

Sept. 17 Calgary @ Saskatchewan 9:00 PM ET

Sept. 24 Montreal @ Winnipeg 8:00 PM ET

Oct. 1 Montreal @ Calgary 9:00 PM ET

Oct. 8 Edmonton @ Hamilton 7:30 PM ET

Oct. 15 Hamilton @ Toronto 7:30 PM ET

Oct. 22 Montreal @ Hamilton 7:00 PM ET

Oct. 29 Montreal @ Toronto 7:00 PM ET

Nov. 5 Calgary @ Winnipeg 8:00 PM ET

[GA Russell]

Matt Flowers West Report

http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4327849

[GA Russell]

Matt Flowers East Report

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=/cfl/news/AJN4328015.htm

[GA Russell]

Casey Printers hurt his knee last week. Travis Lulay will start this week against the Argos. Jarious Jackson is now apparently the third string QB and will play behind Lulay.

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=328093

Edited July 21, 2010 by GA Russell

[GA Russell]

Gregg Xenakes Week 4 picks

http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4328172

[GA Russell]

David Naylor Week 4 picks

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/cfl-week-4/article1648026/

[GA Russell]

The owner of the Ottawa expansion franchise does not expect the team to be called the Rough Riders. Saskatchewan wants to veto the idea.

Who cares what Sask thinks? The Ottawa Rough Riders were founded in 1876.

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Ottawa/2010/07/21/14785301.html

[GA Russell]

Edmonton has placed Kamau Peterson on the nine-game injured list with a torn achilles tendon.

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=328220

[GA Russell]

Montreal Alouettes 37....Hamilton Tiger-Cats 14

http://scoreboards.c.../final/W844.htm

Despite the score, the Ticat defence played tough. They forced the Als to attempt 8 FGs, and Duval made 7 of them.

Edited July 23, 2010 by GA Russell

[GA Russell]

Toronto Argonauts 24....British Columbia Lions 20

http://scoreboards.canoe.ca/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=CFL/scores/final/W845.htm

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Games/2010/07/23/14811386.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/interception-rallies-argos-past-lions/article1650541/

For the second week in a row, the Argos snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. The Lions led for most of the game, but Byron Parker ran back an interception for a TD with 2:36 left to give the Argos the lead.

Travis Lulay was very sharp in the first half but cooled off in the second. He wasn't helped by Emmanuel Arceneaux, who dropped a pass that would have gone for a TD and probably iced the game for the Lions.

[GA Russell]

Winnipeg Blue Bombers 47....Edmonton Eskimos 21

http://scoreboards.c.../final/W846.htm

http://slam.canoe.ca...4/14816866.html

http://www.theglobea...article1650946/

Jyles had a good day, presumably his best as a pro. If the Eskimos can't beat the last place Bombers playing without their starting QB, who can they beat?

This is the first time since 1965 that the Eskimos have lost their first four games. The Esks have yet to score in the fourth quarter this season.

As far as how the game went, the Bombers scored the first 26 points. Edmonton then scored the next 14, and with the momentum shift it looked like Winnipeg's lead might be in jeopardy. But it was all Winnipeg after that.

*****

Calgary Stampeders 40....Saskatchewan Roughriders 20

http://www.theglobea...article1651036/

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Games/2010/07/25/14819141.html

It was tied 7-7 at the half, but it was all Stampeders in the second half.

The Riders were the last of the unbeatens.

Edited July 25, 2010 by GA Russell

[GA Russell]

Sandy Beveridge got a job offer he couldn't turn down, so he has retired.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/ticats-safety-sandy-beveridge-retires/article1652284/

*****

Here is an article that answers the Jarious Jackson question. It says that he is nursing a shoulder injury.

It also says that the Lions have signed a fellow named Mike Reilly who threw a TD pass in 46 consecutive Div. II games.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/lions-add-quarterback-reilly-to-roster/article1652095/

[GA Russell]

Vultures are circling round the Eskimos. Expect heads to roll.

http://www.theglobea...article1652546/

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Edmonton/2010/07/26/14834371.html

Edited July 27, 2010 by GA Russell

[GA Russell]

Matt Flowers West Report

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=/cfl/news/AJN4329649.htm

[GA Russell]

Matt Flowers East Report

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=/cfl/news/AJN4330077.htm

*****

Gregg Xenakes Week 5 picks

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=/cfl/news/AJN4329961.htm

[danasgoodstuff]

Saw the Calgary v. SK game, the last half anyway in the Bar in Saskatoon while watching my brother's friend play 'dueling pianos'. The Riders stunk, but it was small potatoes next to my dad dying that week...

[GA Russell]

I'm very sorry to learn of your loss, DGS. I'll say a prayer for him tonight.

[GA Russell]

Allan Maki Week 5 picks

http://www.theglobea...article1655411/

Edited July 29, 2010 by GA Russell

[GA Russell]

Montreal Alouettes 41....Toronto Argonauts 10

http://scoreboards.canoe.ca/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=CFL/scores/final/W848.htm

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/cobourne-carries-als-past-argos/article1656774/

The Als took control in the second quarter when the Argos had a 10-7 lead.

[GA Russell]

Edmonton Eskimos 28....British Columbia Lions 25

http://scoreboards.canoe.ca/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=CFL/scores/final/W849.htm

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/eskimos-dump-lions-for-first-win/article1658411/

Good game between two bad teams. The game was stopped with three minutes to go in the first half because of lightning.

Paul McCallum's consecutive FG streak was stopped at 24.

[GA Russell]

The Eskimos fired Danny Maciocia this afternoon.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/eskimos-can-maciocia/article1658639/

[GA Russell]

Darian Durant played his college ball at Chapel Hill, and there is a terrific Sports Section front page article about him and the Riders in this morning's News & Observer.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/08/01/607421/durant-finds-a-home-in-canada.html

*****

Saskatchewan Roughriders 37....Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24

http://scoreboards.canoe.ca/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=cfl/scores/final/recap.aspx?id=850

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/riders-topple-tiger-cats/article1658776/

The Ticats led 14-13 at the half. As always, Rider coach Ken Miller gave a brief interview before going into the locker room. He said that they had figured out how to defend against the Ticats, and he showed complete confidence that the Riders would win the game. And he was right!

Luca Congi kicked 7 FGs. The league record is 8 (Dave Ridgway). This is the second consecutive week that a kicker has kicked 7 FGs against the Ticats. That tells me that the Ticat defense is bending but not breaking.

Arland Bruce tied the league record for 16 catches in a game.

*****

Calgary Stampeders 23....Winnipeg Blue Bombers 20

http://scoreboards.canoe.ca/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=cfl/scores/final/recap.aspx?id=851

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/rambo-rumbles-stamps-to-win/article1658863/

This was a late game, and I had to go to bed. Looks like I missed a good one.

I went to sleep after Ken-Yon Rambo, playing in his first game in over a year, scored the game's first TD late in the first quarter.

[GA Russell]

The Bombers today cut Ike Charlton.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/blue-bombers-release-ike-charlton/article1659761/

[danasgoodstuff]

I'm very sorry to learn of your loss, DGS. I'll say a prayer for him tonight.

Thank you. Left SK on the 29th, got home yesterday. Can anyone think of another pro sports (if that's what the CFL is) where a team represents the whoole province/state/whatever as the Riders do?