GA Russell Posted April 14, 2008 Author Report Posted April 14, 2008 Mike Vanderjagt is trying out with the Broncos this week. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home ***** Ticats LB Jamacia Jackson was found dead today in his girlfriend's apartment. No word yet on the cause of death. He was 26. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home Quote
GA Russell Posted April 20, 2008 Author Report Posted April 20, 2008 The Argos cut Rocky Butler. http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Football/article/413816 ***** Tom Higgins has been named the league's new Director of Officiating. I think he'll do a good job, but I expect him to get back into coaching before too long. http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&...y&nid=23488 ***** Adriano Belli is trying out for Canadian Idol! http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Football/article/414478 ***** The coroner ruled that Jamacia Jackson died from an enlarged heart with an irregular heartbeat. http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Football/article/414945 ***** Damon Allen is preparing to play another season. I can't see how the Argos would have room for him, with both Kerry Joseph and Michael Bishop ahead of him. Maybe somebody else will pick him up. http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Football/article/415747 ***** Dan Ralphs says that the Als were more than $100k over the salary cap, and will therefore lost their first draft pick (number 4 overall). http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Mon...5326491-cp.html ***** The Roughriders released their annual report today, and said that they enjoyed a record profit of $1,737,377. Here is a detailed article about their figures: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Sas...5333736-cp.html Quote
GA Russell Posted April 30, 2008 Author Report Posted April 30, 2008 (edited) The Argos have signed former Arizona Cardinal Pro Bowl receiver David Boston. http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=235384&...os=topStory_cfl ***** Moncton is building a $27 million dollar stadium that may one day be available for a CFL team. http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/new...e3-d084721cb8bf ***** Calgary was awarded the 2009 Grey Cup game. Won't this be the 100th anniversary of the first one? A couple of years were missed during World War II, so Toronto is sheduled to get the 100th game (I think in 2012). But as I recall the first game was in 1909. Go Varsity! http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Cal...373776-sun.html ***** Here's a report on the Ticats' off-season so far: http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/359045 ***** Here's a pre-draft summary: http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/duane_forde/?id=235765 ***** Here are summaries of the defensive and offensive prospects in the draft: http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?fid=11457&a...=topRelated_cfl http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?fid=11452&a...=topRelated_cfl Edited April 30, 2008 by GA Russell Quote
GA Russell Posted April 30, 2008 Author Report Posted April 30, 2008 Here's David Naylor's report on each pick of the first two rounds of today's draft: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...ory/GlobeSports Quote
GA Russell Posted May 3, 2008 Author Report Posted May 3, 2008 I was over at Wikipedia today reading about the proposed United Football League which may have a team in Raleigh, and the links took me to the CFL. You might enjoy seeing what they have to say about the league and the history of Canadian football. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Football_League Quote
GA Russell Posted May 6, 2008 Author Report Posted May 6, 2008 Don Matthews has become associated with the group which has been granted the conditional expansion franchise in Ottawa! http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home Quote
GA Russell Posted May 10, 2008 Author Report Posted May 10, 2008 The Eskimos have cut Tim Cheatwood. I guess that's the end of the line for him. http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news...19-8fce58db9bfc ***** Former Detroit Lion Charles Rogers, the #2 pick in the 2003 NFL draft, is close to signing with the Alouettes. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home ***** Bryan Randall, who was a big star QB for Virginia Tech, is close to signing with the Bombers. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/to...p-4758754c.html ***** Julian Radlein has retired. As I recall, he was very impressive as a rookie, but he never stood out after that. Since he was a running back, I wonder if injuries slowed him down. http://www.thespec.com/Sports/Local%20Sports/article/365788 ***** Here's a brief article quoting an anonymous CFL executive who says that Calgary, BC and Winnipeg had the best drafts. http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/spo...2f-a84c91b7008e Quote
GA Russell Posted May 17, 2008 Author Report Posted May 17, 2008 Matt Dunigan will host a cooking show on the Food Network. http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Football/article/423907 ***** Mike Maurer has retired. http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news...c3-4a26b1cfc7f9 ***** The Spectator has begun a series of pre-season analyses. First up is the Saskatchewan Roughriders: http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/369989 Quote
GA Russell Posted May 24, 2008 Author Report Posted May 24, 2008 Here's the Spectator's pre-season analysis of the Eskimos: http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/372435 ***** Here's the Spectator's pre-season analysis of the Argos: http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/373732 Quote
GA Russell Posted May 25, 2008 Author Report Posted May 25, 2008 After a slow news week, there are a couple of interesting items today. The first is that the Als have hired Joe Paopao as a consultant. That tells me that he will be waiting in the wings if their new head coach with no Canadian rules experience gets off to a slow start. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home ***** The second item is about the NFL in Toronto. I don't need to go through all that you know about how 20,000 of the NFL "season" tickets have been allotted to Argo season ticket holders. The remaining NFL tickets will go into a lottery. Over 100,000 have applied for the lottery tickets. But since it didn't cost anything to apply for the lottery tickets, that 100,000 figure may not indicate the amount of interest in the tickets that the press would have you believe. It could be 100,000 people who have no interest in going to a Buffalo Bills game but who figured that a lot of other people would, so they applied (at no cost and no risk) hoping to flip the tickets at a profit. Well, the deadline for the 20,000 allotted to the Argos was yesterday. And the Argos sold only 14,000 season tickets. Now you know that not all of the Argos ticket holders are interested in the NFL games. And you also know that the NFL tickets are priced (averaging $150. each) to appeal to people for whom money is no object. That is to say, if a corporation wanted the NFL tickets, it would buy Argos tickets and be assured of getting good NFL seats. But the corporations didn't do that. So that makes me wonder what the market in Toronto will be for the Buffalo Bills games. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Tor...649471-sun.html Quote
GA Russell Posted May 27, 2008 Author Report Posted May 27, 2008 Kirk Penton grades each team's off-season, not considering the draft: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/200...663721-sun.html ***** Damon Allen is expected to announce his retirement tomorrow. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Tor...5682831-ca.html ***** Milt Stegall had knee surgery, and will miss training camp. The Bombers released Juran Bolden. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home ***** The Als have signed former Cincinnati Bengal (and Florida State star) Peter Warrick. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Mon...5685156-cp.html ***** The Stampeders traded Duncan O'Mahony to the Eskimos, who then released Rob Pikula. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Edm...5674101-cp.html Quote
GA Russell Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Posted May 30, 2008 Here's what the oddsmakers see to be the final won-lost records for the regular season. The Argos and the Lions are picked to win the most games, and the Als are picked to win the fewest. http://www.cappersmall.com/press/articles/...-Wins-5847.html Quote
GA Russell Posted May 31, 2008 Author Report Posted May 31, 2008 News! On the eve of the teams opening their camps tomorrow, the Argos have signed Mike Vanderjagt, and traded Noel Prefontaine to the Eskimos. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home Quote
GA Russell Posted June 1, 2008 Author Report Posted June 1, 2008 The Ticats have released Jason Armstead. I have always felt that he was overrated, but the move was made because he refused to sign a a contract extension that called for a paycut. The Riders traded Armstead to the Ticats for Corey Holmes. Now both of them have been cut for money reasons. http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/new...9a-60bbf1fce5d8 ***** Here's the Spectator's pre-season analysis of the Lions: http://www.thespec.com/Sports/article/375592 ***** Here's the Spectator's analysis of the Ticats: http://www.thespec.com/Sports/Local%20Sports/article/376080 ***** Now that they have Noel Prefontaine, the Eskimos have released Duncan O'Mahony, whom they obtained just the other day. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Edm...5734681-cp.html Quote
GA Russell Posted June 1, 2008 Author Report Posted June 1, 2008 Training camps opened today. In the past, I have started a new thread for the season itself (as opposed to the off-season hot stove league). However, at this point this thread has 3,285 views. I suspect that many of those views are from CFL fans who are not jazz fans or members of the board. Maybe they have bookmarked the thread. So to keep these folks coming to the board (and maybe viewing our jazz-related threads as well), I have decided to rename the thread rather than start a new one. Quote
GA Russell Posted June 2, 2008 Author Report Posted June 2, 2008 Here's a list of free agents available to be signed (if they haven't in reality retired like Steve Christie). http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/feature/?fid=143 Quote
GA Russell Posted June 4, 2008 Author Report Posted June 4, 2008 The Ticats have signed Florida QB Chris Leak. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Ham...5761556-cp.html ***** Here's a Winnipeg Free Press look at the situation around the league as training camps open: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/fo...p-4770457c.html Quote
GA Russell Posted June 5, 2008 Author Report Posted June 5, 2008 Two news items from the Alouettes: Peter Warrick flunked his physical. Bad knee. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home They signed Jason Armstead. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home The Warrick article also says that David Boston was suspended by the Argos because of a foot injury. He may be back in mid-season. Quote
GA Russell Posted June 7, 2008 Author Report Posted June 7, 2008 Jim McKay has died. I remember well his calling the first CFL game I ever saw, the 1962 Grey Cup game (the famous Fog Bowl). His attempt to see through the fog to tell what was going on made the game more interesting than it probably was. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...portsOther/home Quote
GA Russell Posted June 12, 2008 Author Report Posted June 12, 2008 (edited) The Argos looked very strong at RB having acquired Tyler Ebell. But now he has ruptured his achilles tendon and is out for the year. His career may be over. http://www.thestar.com/Sports/Football/article/438266 ***** The Als have a prospect named Corey Jenkins trying out for middle LB. He was a first round pick of the Red Sox in 1995, and spent four years in the minors. He then went to college and was drafted by the Dolphins in 2003. http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news...e5-03693b231e85 ***** The Eskimos cut DB Stanford Samuels. http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news...0a-f107f070a023 ***** The league broke off talks with the NFL regarding extending their past agreements. I'm not sure what the league has to offer the NFL. The provision to allow players to skip their option year to jump to the NFL was written into the latest contract with the CFL players union, so that bargaining chip is gone. With the NFL horning in on Toronto, it looks like the NFL doesn't care what the CFL thinks or does. ***** Corey Holmes is threatening to retire. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home edit for typos Edited June 12, 2008 by GA Russell Quote
GA Russell Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Posted June 13, 2008 Former Argos head coach John Rauch passed away Tuesday. His obituary is featured on the LA Times website because he had great success coaching the Oakland Raiders. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-...,0,403627.story ***** The CFL exhibition season has begun tonight. I've been listening to the Ticats play the Bombers, and the Bombers are leading 8-6 at the half. I'll post the websites to listen to the games after I have checked them all out. Quote
GA Russell Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Posted June 13, 2008 Toronto Argonauts 34....Montreal Alouettes 34 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...5863271-cp.html ***** Hamilton Tiger-Cats 12....Winnipeg Blue Bombers 10 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...5862791-cp.html ***** In regard to the radio websites, I learned last night that the four eastern teams have the same websites as last year. I'll plan to check out the four western teams tonight. Sirius is broadcasting the BC-Sask game tonight at 9 pm eastern. Quote
GA Russell Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Posted June 13, 2008 Let's see if I can copy the schedule so that it is readable: http://www.cfl.ca/schedule/year/2008/time_zone/0 Click on the Game Date for more details Game Date Away - Home - Time Pre-Season A 1 Thu Jun 12 Toronto 34 Montreal 34 07:00 PM 0 Loading... 2 Thu Jun 12 Winnipeg 10 Hamilton 12 07:00 PM 15,231 Loading... 3 Fri Jun 13 BC 0 Saskatchewan 0 09:00 PM 0 Loading... 4 Fri Jun 13 Edmonton 0 Calgary 0 09:00 PM 0 Loading... Pre-Season B 5 Thu Jun 19 Hamilton 0 Toronto 0 07:00 PM 0 Loading... 6 Thu Jun 19 Montreal 0 Winnipeg 0 08:00 PM 0 Loading... 7 Thu Jun 19 Saskatchewan 0 Edmonton 0 09:00 PM 0 Loading... 8 Thu Jun 19 Calgary 0 BC 0 10:00 PM 0 Loading... Week 1 9 Thu Jun 26 Montreal 0 Hamilton 0 07:00 PM 0 Loading... 10 Thu Jun 26 BC 0 Calgary 0 10:00 PM 0 Loading... 11 Fri Jun 27 Toronto 0 Winnipeg 0 08:00 PM 0 Loading... 12 Sat Jun 28 Edmonton 0 Saskatchewan 0 07:30 PM 0 Loading... 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Week 15 61 Fri Oct 03 BC 0 Toronto 0 07:00 PM 0 Loading... 62 Fri Oct 03 Calgary 0 Saskatchewan 0 10:00 PM 0 Loading... 63 Sat Oct 04 Montreal 0 Hamilton 0 04:00 PM 0 Loading... 64 Sat Oct 04 Winnipeg 0 Edmonton 0 07:00 PM 0 Loading... Week 16 65 Fri Oct 10 Toronto 0 Winnipeg 0 07:30 PM 0 Loading... 66 Fri Oct 10 Edmonton 0 BC 0 10:30 PM 0 Loading... 67 Mon Oct 13 Hamilton 0 Montreal 0 01:00 PM 0 Loading... 68 Mon Oct 13 Saskatchewan 0 Calgary 0 04:30 PM 0 Loading... Week 17 69 Fri Oct 17 BC 0 Edmonton 0 09:00 PM 0 Loading... 70 Sat Oct 18 Montreal 0 Toronto 0 03:00 PM 0 Loading... 71 Sat Oct 18 Winnipeg 0 Calgary 0 06:30 PM 0 Loading... 72 Sun Oct 19 Hamilton 0 Saskatchewan 0 03:00 PM 0 Loading... Week 18 73 Fri Oct 24 Calgary 0 Hamilton 0 07:30 PM 0 Loading... 74 Sat Oct 25 Edmonton 0 Saskatchewan 0 06:30 PM 0 Loading... 75 Sat Oct 25 Toronto 0 BC 0 10:00 PM 0 Loading... 76 Sun Oct 26 Winnipeg 0 Montreal 0 01:00 PM 0 Loading... Week 19 77 Thu Oct 30 Saskatchewan 0 Toronto 0 07:30 PM 0 Loading... 78 Fri Oct 31 Montreal 0 Edmonton 0 09:00 PM 0 Loading... 79 Sat Nov 01 Hamilton 0 Winnipeg 0 02:00 PM 0 Loading... 80 Sat Nov 01 BC 0 Calgary 0 05:00 PM 0 Loading... Grey Cup Playoffs Semi-Finals 81 TBA N/A 0 N/A 0 TBA 0 Loading... 82 TBA N/A 0 N/A 0 TBA 0 Loading... Grey Cup Playoffs Finals 83 TBA N/A 0 N/A 0 TBA 0 Loading... 84 TBA N/A 0 N/A 0 TBA 0 Loading... Grey Cup Championship 85 TBA N/A 0 N/A 0 TBA 0 Quote
GA Russell Posted June 14, 2008 Author Report Posted June 14, 2008 Calgary Stampeders 39....Edmonton Eskimos 14 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...5874346-cp.html ***** Saskatchewan Roughriders 33....British Columbia Lions 13 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Gam...5874776-cp.html I always enjoy listening to the Riders games because they have a unique flavor - most of the sponsors are agricultural products, such as tractors and combines, the wheat pool and hybrid canola seed. Perhaps there are US college teams with similar situations but I am unaware of them. I imagine that many of the Sirius subscribers who heard last night's Sask broadcast got a kick out of that. Quote
GA Russell Posted June 15, 2008 Author Report Posted June 15, 2008 The Bombers cut Troy Westwood today. Some guys are just unable to retire with dignity. Well, he had a great career. http://www.globesports.com/servlet/story/R...tsFootball/home Quote
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