Week 8 in the Canadian Football League starts tomorrow when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats visit the Ottawa Redblacks for a little Wednesday night football. The game between two East Division foes also signifies that we’re just past the midway point of the 14-game season, which led me to wonder who would be up for some individual …
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Worst Case Scenario
On Sunday, the worst fears were realized for the CFL and its players and fans, when news broke that the federal government denied the league a $30-million loan for the operation of the 2020 season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Realism vs. Optimism
With each passing day that goes by, I get more and more worried.
Could the season really be in jeopardy?
With the announcement on Tuesday that the CFL is delaying the start of training camp due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it's looking more and more like the start of the 2020 CFL season could easily be delayed.
I dub thee Year of the Backup
Last week, Zach Collaros was traded back to where it all started, bringing his football story full circle. He won a Grey Cup in 2012 with the Toronto Argonauts as a backup to the GOAT, Ricky Ray, who just hung up his cleats. In a year that has seen starting QBs dropping like flies and …
Where are the fans?
There is a growing concern in the CFL so far in 2019 with attendance being down and continuing to drop league-wide through the first quarter of the season. Attendance has been a hot topic since week two and while many disregarded it as being too early to judge, especially after a week three jump in …
Green, white, black and blue
This is a different Roughriders team and it has proven, at least through four games, that even though they are still capable of staying close, the defense will not be able to carry the team anymore. Others have to step up. Their game against the Stamps on Saturday has shown us how far this team …
CFL week three preview and predictions
A busy week is ahead of us in the CFL with eight of the nine teams in action.