tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63954862024-03-05T01:19:47.351-08:00Twelve men on the FieldThree downs, a bigger ball, wider field and a lot more entertainment!
The world of Canadian Football.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1446125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-89600215628110143762021-08-18T18:33:00.007-07:002021-08-18T18:52:50.921-07:00Leader of the Pride ... BC Lions introduce new ownership as Amar Doman brings industrial experience to franchise<p><br /></p> <iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="314" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBCLions%2Fvideos%2F836893530271612%2F&show_text=false&width=560&t=0" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="525"></iframe><p>From a lumber baron, provincial industrialist and British Columbia philanthropist; to the latest CFL owner of a storied British Columbia franchise. </p><p>That's the path that brought Amar Doman to the Surrey practice facility today, a Wednesday morning press conference called to announce the transfer of the franchise to the Doman collection of enterprises from that of the estate of David Braley.</p><p><a href="https://www.tsn.ca/bc-lions-owner-david-braley-dies-at-79-1.1543841"><span style="color: red;"><b>Mr. Braley who passed away in 2020</b></span></a>, had long been the financial white knight for the Lions franchise a long time and devoted member of the CFL infrastructure since 1987. Owner of three franchises during his tenure and serving as an interim commissioner at one point, Braley was the glue that kept the league solvent in some of its most dire days. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2166ZO60szL5KJnKWKBxf01Jh2UZcpOIH1ztpMhOcMvtYPmV0obMJ0rPbUwlzIP0vdt0TewFghqRpXKgrJLcF2o9iPlh9zJ6rUlHFQicdyCNuoiwrEjknqoLJ40yvQ7yHzn1/s310/Unknown.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="310" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2166ZO60szL5KJnKWKBxf01Jh2UZcpOIH1ztpMhOcMvtYPmV0obMJ0rPbUwlzIP0vdt0TewFghqRpXKgrJLcF2o9iPlh9zJ6rUlHFQicdyCNuoiwrEjknqoLJ40yvQ7yHzn1/s0/Unknown.png" width="310" /></a></div><br />In the case of the Lions, he took over a team in 1997 that had struggled to find local ownership and was suffering a malaise in the sports market which had embraced soccer's Whitecaps and as always stayed true to the NHL's Canucks.<p></p><p>Still, Braley to his credit never wavered in his commitment to the Lions and the community and that's a debt that was never paid back by the football fans of the province.</p><p>With his passing, the search to bring the ownership base back to British Columbia accelerated and today, the new face from the ownership box was introduced. </p><p>The day one which was steeped with hopes that with a new generation of British Columbians at the helm, the team will once again become the focus for the province's sports fans that marked much of its time in the provincial spotlight in decades past.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEzpXAgRoYbcynPhPO5lDk841uA2h4rj8mi9w8JAj4nyIfGjo9iyz7TyG9IcLFATXAIF_ZixY_c8F9HNdypJl5BPuaIf6HSEc4wLdqQpaEKniVBxeV7DEzZGkPpoUdiRHPubF/s521/Amar-Headshot-Colour-BW-Export-for-Web2.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="351" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEzpXAgRoYbcynPhPO5lDk841uA2h4rj8mi9w8JAj4nyIfGjo9iyz7TyG9IcLFATXAIF_ZixY_c8F9HNdypJl5BPuaIf6HSEc4wLdqQpaEKniVBxeV7DEzZGkPpoUdiRHPubF/w135-h200/Amar-Headshot-Colour-BW-Export-for-Web2.jpeg" width="135" /></a></div><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b><i> “The Lions are part of the fabric of this great province. I’m honoured to take on this role because of our team’s history. But I’m motivated, most of all, by the future I see ahead for this franchise. I am extremely excited to get started.”</i></b></span><br /><p></p><p>The new owner will get to take in his first home game on Thursday when the Lions welcome the Edmonton Elks, the night at BC Place the first time that a Lions team has played at home in over 650 days, with high anticipation for the first large scale event in the province since COVID arrived and delivered a lost season.</p><p>Today Mr. Doman was saying all the right things that a football fan would want to hear, a commitment to an iconic sports team and league, setting a change for the future that brings a sense of optimism through some challenging times.</p><p>Commissioner Ambrosie spoke of the uncertainty that not only the Lions but the CFL faced in the last two years, and how today's announcement offers a sense of certainty for the BC franchise and the league, something that will be built on the foundation put in place by the former owner who was in the thoughts of many on the day.</p><p><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b><i> “The support and patience shown by David’s estate, led by Grant, the hard work of Lions’ President Rick LeLacheur and the Lions’ staff, and the dedication of the players, coaches and the entire football operation, especially as we all navigated the challenges presented by the pandemic, are all a testament to David’s legacy and his vision for the future.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b><i>Now, the future has arrived in the person of Amar Doman. We look forward to working with him to move this great franchise forward and to help us build the Canadian Football League of the future.”</i></b></span><br /></p><p>Still, the new owner will bring a businessman's view of the team's future, taking a blue print from the range of corporate interests that he is involved with and shifting elements towards the football team operations. </p><p><span style="color: red;"><b><i>In the end however, it is a business decision and part of the deal now is on the fans to return to BC Place Stadium in numbers that make Doman's investment one that brings a return that benefits both him and the fans and a sport that still remains part of the Canadian fabric.</i></b></span></p><p>The prospects look good, but as is always the case, time will tell how it all works out.</p><p>More on today's announcement <a href="https://www.bclions.com/2021/08/18/breaking-amar-doman-becomes-new-owner-bc-lions/"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>is available here</b></span></a>.</p><p>Some further background on the new Leos owner <a href="https://www.bclions.com/amar-s-doman-owner/"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>can be reviewed here</b></span></a>.</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-27535610219633720102021-08-08T18:31:00.001-07:002021-08-08T18:31:33.708-07:00Frantic Finishes chart the path of Week One action in CFL Return<p><br /> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Ttp2y4__rA" title="YouTube video player" width="525"></iframe></p><p>The CFL is back, and if you needed a quick refresher on what makes the CFL a full sixty minute experience, three of the four first week games provided more than enough action to keep those watching on TSN fixed to their couches and Easy Chairs.</p><p>After a lost season owing to COVID, the first game since November 24th of 2019, kicked off the return weekend with a Grey Cup rematch between the Blue Bombers and Tiger Cats, with the Blue and Gold showing little rust as they sent the Tabbies on their way with a first loss of the season.</p><p>The season opener, result one that really wasn't in much peril as the Bombers made the most of their opportunities with little push back from Hamilton making for a thirteen point bulge on the scoreboard for the home side, <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://www.cfl.ca/games/6134/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/"><b>the Bombers taking their first victory for 2021 by a score of 19-6</b></a>.</span></p><p>The rest of the weekend however, offered up some close contests, though for the most part that came out of two games in one, with the home side taking charge in the first half, then looking to hold off a strong push from the visitors, once successful, twice not.</p><p>Friday gave us the Lions and Riders, with Saskatchewan fans once again showcasing why a trip into Regina makes for a challenging experience. With starter Mike Reilly sidelined at the start, the Riders cruised to a 32-9 half time lead that seemed insurmountable, though the Leos Canadian understudy Nathan Rourke showed some flashes of what could come as the league looks for a marquee Canadian QB to chart the future.</p><p>Reilly was inserted into the game at half time, and while clearly featuring little range to his arm, he fashioned a comeback making good use of his receivers on short patterns, the Leos pushing the Riders hard in the final half coming up just short of a remarkable comeback, <a href="https://www.cfl.ca/games/6135/bc-lions-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>falling to Saskatchewan by a score of 33-29</b></span></a>.</p><p>The first of the Saturday Double headers, saw the Double Blue from Toronto show a fourth quarter surge to take their first two points of the year, that after a pretty tightly contested first half that saw the Stamps head to half time with a two point lead. The second half however saw the Stamps start to falter, the Argos making the most of their opportunities with eleven points in the final frame <a href="https://www.cfl.ca/games/6136/toronto-argonauts-vs-calgary-stampeders/"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>to claim the 23 to 20 victory</b></span></a>.</p><p>The game a bit of work out for two of the CFL's top QB's in McLeod Bethel-Thopmson and Bo Levi Mitchell, who both had strong efforts in their CFL return.</p><p>The RedBlacks/Elks (careful folks old habits are hard to break) wrap to the weekend provided a defensive battle for the most part, the field goal teams playing a large role, a Pick Six in the final quarter making for the most exciting play of the day, securing the RedBlacks victory. </p><p>Though not after a late game surge by Edmonton that almost took the victory, coming up just one yard short as the clock expired, <a href="https://www.cfl.ca/games/6137/ottawa-redblacks-vs-edmonton-elks/"><b><span style="color: red;">the clock securing the 16 -12 </span><span style="color: black;">victory for Ottawa</span></b></a>.</p><p>While at times sloppy as would be expected with little in the way of exhibition games to work out the timing, the games still provided for their own cadence and after a year away from Canadian ball, we'll take the opening week and go along with the learning curve in the weeks to come.</p><p>Things for the most part couldn't have gone much better, the finishes for the most part providing for the excitement that often marks a November playoff matchup, heralding more of the same as we travel through the upcoming months and our rendezvous at Grey Cup in December. </p><p>There will still be some twists and turns before we reach what should be a much anticipated and iconic Canadian moment, COVID may still rise up and take a swipe at all the planning, the CFLPA has also served some notice that they're not really on board with the CFL's latest COVID planning on game day play should the virus wreak a bit more havoc.</p><p>Those however are housekeeping issues, that will sort themselves out, for most of us it's just fun to have Three Down Football back and on we go to week Two, which starts on Thursday when the Lions continue on with their prairie experience, taking on the Stamps at McMahon.</p><p>Til they tee it up in four days, we'll keep an eye on how the reviews come in for week one.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-26468820489824179582021-08-07T22:33:00.004-07:002021-08-18T19:23:43.529-07:00CFL Schedule 2021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg397lpGm9OprvAJ1ntJSPtCyMc6pCBPuijExJgH_WAzC4Ooku9fXFF5MC_qhNsPykAqHMF1nydMWOrj2cJwR9Ib9VnymxyUkbVeVECoGoc8ibojo3OCsirkMkZlqyt_ZN6gnuk/s620/Screen+Shot+2021-08-07+at+9.37.53+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="620" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg397lpGm9OprvAJ1ntJSPtCyMc6pCBPuijExJgH_WAzC4Ooku9fXFF5MC_qhNsPykAqHMF1nydMWOrj2cJwR9Ib9VnymxyUkbVeVECoGoc8ibojo3OCsirkMkZlqyt_ZN6gnuk/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-08-07+at+9.37.53+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><br />Below is our archive of scores from the 2021 season, tracked on a week to week basis.<br /><br />The full <a href="https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/2021/"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL schedule can be found here</b></span></a>. <br /><br />TSN hosts all of this years CFL broadcasts in Canada, while ESPN will be broadcasting CFL action on a number of platforms in the USA and worldwide.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tsn.ca/cfl"><span style="color: red;"><b>TSN Website</b></span></a><br /><a href="https://www.espn.com/search/_/q/CFL"><span style="color: red;"><b>ESPN Website</b></span></a><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Regular Season</b></span><br /><br /><br />🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈<br /><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Week Three</b></span><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>Thursday, August 19</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Edmonton Elks at British Columbia Lions 7 PM PST</span></div><div>Game Recap</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>Friday, August 20 </b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Montreal Alouettes at Calgary Stampeders 6:30 PST</span></div><div>Game Recap</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>Saturday, August 21</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Toronto Argonauts 1 PM PST</span></div><div>Game Recap </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ottawa RedBlacks at Saskatchewan Roughriders 4 PM PST</span></div><div>Game Recap</div><div><br /></div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: red;"><i>Bye Week -- Hamilton Tiger Cats</i></b><br /><div><br /></div><div>🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈<br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><b>Week Two</b></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Saturday August 14</b></span><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hamilton Tiger Cats 8 at <b>Saskatchewan Roughriders 30</b></span></div><div><a href="https://www.cfl.ca/games/6141/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/?_ga=2.161337790.2016635416.1629209956-1226445463.1629209956#preview"><span style="color: red;"><b>Game Recap</b></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Montreal Alouettes 30 </b>at Edmonton Elks 13</span></div><div><a href="https://www.cfl.ca/games/6138/bc-lions-vs-calgary-stampeders/?_ga=2.121630859.2016635416.1629209956-1226445463.1629209956#preview"><span style="color: red;"><b>Game Recap</b></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>Friday, August 13</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Toronto Argonauts 7 at <b>Winnipeg Blue Bombers 20</b></span><br /><a href="https://www.cfl.ca/games/6139/toronto-argonauts-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/?_ga=2.161337790.2016635416.1629209956-1226445463.1629209956#preview"><span style="color: red;"><b>Game Recap</b></span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>Thursday, August 12</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>British Columbia Lions 15</b> at Calgary Stampeders 9</span></div><div><a href="https://www.cfl.ca/games/6138/bc-lions-vs-calgary-stampeders/?_ga=2.121630859.2016635416.1629209956-1226445463.1629209956#preview"><span style="color: red;"><b>Game Recap</b></span></a><br /><br /><b style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: red;"><i>Bye Week -- Ottawa RedBlacks</i></b></div><div><span style="color: red;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span>🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈<br /><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>Week One</b></span><br /><br /><b><span style="color: red;">Saturday, August 7</span></b><br /><div><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Ottawa Redblacks 16</b> at Edmonton Elks 12</span><br /><a href="https://www.cfl.ca/games/6137/ottawa-redblacks-vs-edmonton-elks/"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL Recap</b></span></a><br /><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Toronto Argonauts 23 at <b>Calgary Stampeders 20</b></span><br /><a href="https://www.cfl.ca/games/6136/toronto-argonauts-vs-calgary-stampeders/"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL Recap</b></span></a><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Friday, August 6</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">BC Lions 29 at <b>Saskatchewan Roughriders 33</b></span><br /><a href="https://www.cfl.ca/games/6135/bc-lions-vs-saskatchewan-roughriders/"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL Recap</b></span></a></p><p><span style="color: red;"><b>Thursday, August 5</b></span><br /><br /><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hamilton Tiger Cats 6 at </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19</span><br /><a href="https://www.cfl.ca/games/6134/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/"><span style="color: red;">CFL Recap</span></a></b></span></p><div><br /><span style="color: red;"><b><i>Bye Week -- Montreal Alouettes</i></b></span><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-48884199832018916462021-08-07T22:30:00.016-07:002021-08-17T07:36:18.485-07:00CFL Attendance 2021<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dwLz8qxFQyPKTCSGyEgUxWeCYlcn5d7fEus9RPqVOujxcf_c1_vfY0AFCFXRqpY6NHt4Bq0K-uGcT_49s_XVyvs2BORAnqaX2PauhNmdiac1IZxuHl95YaUNBeiSpna4xsx9/s1980/Screen+Shot+2021-08-07+at+10.49.22+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1980" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dwLz8qxFQyPKTCSGyEgUxWeCYlcn5d7fEus9RPqVOujxcf_c1_vfY0AFCFXRqpY6NHt4Bq0K-uGcT_49s_XVyvs2BORAnqaX2PauhNmdiac1IZxuHl95YaUNBeiSpna4xsx9/w400-h225/Screen+Shot+2021-08-07+at+10.49.22+PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b style="color: red;"><br /></b><p></p><p><b style="color: red;">Overall Attendance Leaders</b></p><span style="color: red;"><b>(Regular Season Only -- Average of Attendance)</b></span><br /><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">Montreal </span></b><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">Ottawa </span></b><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">Toronto </span></b><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">Hamilton </span></b><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">Winnipeg -- </span></b><b style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: red;">25,760</b><br /><span><b style="color: blue;">Saskatchewan</b> -- <span style="color: red;"><b>29,233</b></span></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Edmonton</b></span> -- <span style="color: red;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>27,709</b></span></span><div><span style="color: blue;"><b>Calgary</b></span> -- <b style="caret-color: rgb(255, 0, 0); color: red;">22,475</b> <br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>British Columbia</b></span> <br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>League Average as of August 14, 2021</b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>26,294</b></span><br /><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Team by Team</b></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b>Week by Week</b></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Montreal Alouettes</b></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Ottawa RedBlacks </b></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><div><br /></div><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Toronto Argonauts</b></span><br /><br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Hamilton Tiger Cats</b></span><br /><br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">Winnipeg Blue Bombers </span></b><br /><br />August 13 --<span style="color: red;"><b> 22,143</b></span><br />August 5 -- <span style="color: red;"><b>29,376</b></span><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Saskatchewan Roughriders</b></span><br /><br />August 14 -- <span style="color: red;"><b>27,076</b></span><br /><div>August 6 -- <span style="color: red;"><b>33,350</b></span><div><br /></div><div><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Edmonton Elks</b></span><br /><br />August 14 -- <span style="color: red;"><b>25,116</b></span></div><div>August 7 -- <span style="color: red;"><b>30,302</b></span><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Calgary Stampeders</b></span><br /><br />August 12 -- <span style="color: red;"><b>21,029</b></span></div><div>August 7 -- <span style="color: red;"><b>23,921</b></span><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>British Columbia Lions</b></span><br /><br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-42355672282543432332021-08-07T22:26:00.002-07:002021-08-07T22:26:13.256-07:00CFL 2021 ... Welcome Back old Friend<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgN9YxkixptDEvLQY4VZALNiRLDRo36DUBxhkGDRZJajv0_QjiUJol4ZbdDMRqEQ1Dv9-VrinCW_V7DgeQ7tAlxLncGNZK9ijUH7XMN6T8kry0SA4IjZt_ETktuoUpzkSCzRV_/s620/Screen+Shot+2021-08-07+at+9.37.53+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="620" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgN9YxkixptDEvLQY4VZALNiRLDRo36DUBxhkGDRZJajv0_QjiUJol4ZbdDMRqEQ1Dv9-VrinCW_V7DgeQ7tAlxLncGNZK9ijUH7XMN6T8kry0SA4IjZt_ETktuoUpzkSCzRV_/w400-h134/Screen+Shot+2021-08-07+at+9.37.53+PM.png" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p>After a far too long sabbatical, Canadians had a chance to catch up with an old friend this weekend, with the return of Canadian football to four fields as the 2021 season kicked off an unusual year, but one welcomed into the homes of football fans across the nation.</p><p>Having put this blog into hibernation for a lengthy period of time, we've caught some CFL fever and are just glad that the league survived the last year that we felt it time to give this venture a reboot and share some enthusiasm for our unique Canadian tradition.</p><p>As we move forward into this start of the season, we'll rebuild some of our archive pages and introduce new features, as we look to revise our work and celebrate the game that has shaped many of our memories over the years.</p><p>There are so many things to catch up on, and so many new faces to take note of that it will take some time time to get up to speed, but we're hopeful of building the blog back to hosting some original material to track this season all the way through the sweltering summer to the frigid days of Mid December that bring us the Grey Cup, the 108th edition to take place in Hamilton.</p><p>There's something about having been denied something for a lengthy period of time, to give one cause to remember how much you enjoyed it. With a year lost to reflect on the key moments of the past and the impact that the CFL has had on this nation for over a century.</p><p>The league which at times is venture that at times seems on thin ice, but one that remains a social compact for many of its communities and reminder of the importance it has held through the decades. </p><p>Having come through the last year of uncertainty, it remains a symbol of normalcy for a nation that is looking for the familiar themes of the past.</p><p>As Joni Mitchell might put it ...</p><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i> Don't it always seem to go </i></b></span><div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>That you don't know what you've got till it's gone</i></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Hopes remain high at least for this author, that we'll never have to know ... </div><div><br /></div><div>Bring on a season of thrills, Canadians are more than ready to follow along!<br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span><b></b></span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-78736741374433154222017-01-07T02:08:00.002-08:002017-01-07T02:08:37.790-08:00CFL Arrivals 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A look at some of the off season signing by CFL clubs as they look to fill holes, upgrade at positions or bring in some untapped talent for the 2017 season.<br />
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December 22 -- <a href="http://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/alouettes-sign-db-maiko-zepeda-rusher-jean-samuel-blanc"><span style="color: blue;">Alouettes sign Maïko Zepeda, rusher Jean-Samuel Blanc</span></a><br />
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January 4 -- <a href="http://leaderpost.com/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders/roughriders-sign-international-running-back-daniel-thomas"><span style="color: blue;">Riders sign former Dolphins running back Daniel Thomas</span></a><br />
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With the New Year, some of the stars of 2016 will be testing the waters of the NFL, with auditions and roster signings making for a good portion of the early news for the CFL in 2017.<br />
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Below we will track the departures to the NFL from all nine CFL squads.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Montreal</b></span><br />
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January 6 -- <a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/2017/01/06/richards-determined-to-make-nfl-dream-come-true-with-panthers"><span style="color: blue;">Richards determined to make NFL dream come true with Panthers</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Toronto</b></span><br />
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December 13 -- <a href="http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/7018580-another-ticat-gets-tryout-with-saints/"><span style="color: blue;">Another Ticat gets tryout with Saints</span></a><br />
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January 5 -- <a href="http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/football/cfl/edmonton-eskimos/eskimos-release-walker-to-sign-futures-contract-with-tampa-bay?__lsa=47a2-bf8d"><span style="color: blue;">Eskimos release Walker to sign futures contract with Tampa Bay</span></a><br />
January 3 -- <a href="http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/football/cfl/edmonton-eskimos/release-and-catch-eskimos-cut-lacey-free-to-sign-futures-contract-with-dolphins?__lsa=47a2-bf8d"><span style="color: blue;">Release and catch: Eskimos cut Lacey free to sign futures contract with Dolphins</span></a><br />
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January 4 -- <a href="http://vancouversun.com/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions/b-c-lions-adam-bighill-marches-to-the-new-orleans-saints"><span style="color: blue;">B.C. Lions' Adam Bighill marches to the New Orleans Saints</span></a><br />
January 3 -- <a href="http://vancouversun.com/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions/with-nfl-looming-lions-set-richie-leone-loose"><span style="color: blue;">With NFL looming, Lions set Richie Leone loose</span></a><br />
December 9 -- <a href="http://theprovince.com/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions/adam-bighill-chasing-nfl-work-but-has-to-sign-by-jan-27-or-returns-to-b-c-lions"><span style="color: blue;">Adam Bighill chasing NFL work, but has to sign by Jan. 27 or returns to B.C. Lions</span></a><br />
December 8 -- <a href="http://www.theprovince.com/sports/lions+release+star+adam+bighill+pursue+opportunities/12502511/story.html"><span style="color: blue;">B.C. Lions release LB Adam Bighill so he can pursue NFL opportunities</span></a><br />
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While fans of the CFL settle in for the long winter, counting down the days until the first of the training camps and then the launch of the 2017 season, CFL GM's, coaches and scouts have been facing a hectic few weeks as the US college Bowl season gets underway.<br />
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With the Christmas and New Year's period now a long running festival of football, the traditional Bowl Games of the past have at times tended to get lost in the shuffle and more importantly the growing list of bowl games makes for a lengthy list of potential prospects for CFL teams to explore.<br />
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As well as keeping an eye on talent for future CFL rosters, fans can also follow the path of a number of <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Canadians playing in NCAA football this year</i></b></span>.<br />
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Those playing in the Bowl games <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>are listed below</i></b></span>, you can find their biographies under the Game Summary.<br />
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Below we'll track the results of the Bowl Madness of the last few weeks and should we stumble across any CFL related notes that are tied into the games we'll share those as well.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>January 9</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>College Football National Championship Presented by AT & T</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Alabama vs Clemson</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>December 31</b></span><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Alabama 24</b><span style="color: red;"> vs Washington 7</span><br />
<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2016/12/31/washington-alabama"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Game Summary</b></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.gohuskies.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2327"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Brayden Lenius</i></b></span></a>, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>WR, (Washington) North Vancouver, BC</i></span><br />
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<b style="color: red;">Clemson 31</b><span style="color: red;"> vs Ohio State 0</span><br />
<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2016/12/31/ohio-st-clemson"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Game Summary</b></span></a><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Non Playoff Related Bowl Games</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>January 2</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Outback Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Florida 30</b> vs Iowa 3</span><br />
<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2017/01/02/florida-iowa"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Game Summary</b></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.hawkeyesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6051"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Faith Ekakitie</i></b></span></a>, <span style="color: #e06666;"><i>DT, (Iowa) Brampton, Ontario</i></span><br />
<a href="http://www.hawkeyesports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6398"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Alaric Jackson</i></b></span></a>, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>OL, (Iowa) Windsor, Ontario</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Western Michigan 24 </b>vs Wisconsin 16</span><br />
<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2017/01/02/western-mich-wisconsin"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Game Summary</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>USC 52 </b>vs Penn State 49</span><br />
<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2017/01/02/southern-california-penn-st"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Game Summary</b></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/daniel_joseph_1019734.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Daniel Joseph</i></b></span></a>,<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i> DE, (Penn State) Brampton, Ontario</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>All State Sugar Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Oklahoma 35</b> vs Auburn 19 </span><br />
<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2017/01/02/auburn-oklahoma"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Game Summary</b></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209874519&DB_OEM_ID=31000"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Neville Gallimore</i></b></span></a>, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>DL, (Oklahoma) St. Catherine's, Ontario</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>December 31 </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>LSU 29 </b>vs Louisville 9</span><br />
<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2016/12/31/lsu-louisville"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Game Summary</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>TaxSlayer Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Georgia Tech 33</b> vs Kentucky 18</span><br />
<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2016/12/31/georgia-tech-kentucky"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Game Summary</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>December 30</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>AutoZone Liberty Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Georgia 31</b> vs TCU 23</span><br />
<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2016/12/30/georgia-tcu"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Game Summary</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Hyundai Sun Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Stanford 25</b> vs North Carolina 23</span><br />
<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2016/12/30/stanford-north-carolina"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Game Summary</b></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.gostanford.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7693"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Wesley Annan</i></b></span></a>, <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">DT, (Stanford) Whitby, Ontario</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Tennessee 38 </b>vs Nebraska 24</span><br />
<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2016/12/30/nebraska-tennessee"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Game Summary</b></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/jonathan_kongbo_1017050.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Jonathan Kongbo</i></b></span></a>, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>DL, (Tennessee) Surrey, BC.</i></span><br />
<a href="http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=206284446&DB_OEM_ID=100"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>David Knevel, </b>OL</i></span></a>, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>(Nebraska) Brantford, Ontario</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Air Force 45</b> vs South Alabama 21</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Capital One Orange Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Florida State 33</b> vs Michigan 32</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Birmingham Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>South Florida 46</b> vs South Carolina 39</span> <span style="color: blue;"><b>(OT)</b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2016/12/29/south-fla-south-carolina"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Game Summary</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Belk Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Virginia Tech 35</b> vs Arkansas 24</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Valero Alamo Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Oklahoma State 38</b> vs Colorado 6</span><br />
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<i><a href="http://www.okstate.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3361&path=football"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Amen Ogbonbbemiga</b></span></a>, <span style="color: #cc0000;">LB, (Oklahoma State) Calgary, Alberta</span></i><br />
<a href="http://www.okstate.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3363&path=football"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Shane Richards</i></b></span></a>, <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">OL, (Oklahoma State) Calgary, Alberta</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>December 28 </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Russell Athletic Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Miami 31</b> vs West Virginia 14</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Foster Farms Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Utah 26 </b>vs Indiana 24</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Northwestern 31</b> vs Pittsburgh 24</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Kansas State 33</b> vs Texas A & M 28</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>December 27</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Wake Forest 34</b> vs Temple 26</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Army 38</b> vs North Texas 31</span> <span style="color: blue;"><b>(OT)</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>National Funding Holiday Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Minnesota 17</b> vs Washington State 12</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/jonathan_femi_cole_950236.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Jonathan Femi-Cole</i></b></span></a>, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>RB, (Minnesota) Vaughn, Ontario</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Motel 6 Cactus Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Baylor 31</b> vs Boise State 12</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>December 26</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>St. Petersburg Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Mississippi State 17</b> vs Miami of Ohio 16</span><br />
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<a href="http://hailstate.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3127"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Justin Senior</i></b></span></a>, <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">OL, (Mississippi State) Montreal, Quebec</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Quick Lane Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Boston College 36</b> vs Maryland 30</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Camping World Independence Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>North Carolina State 41</b> vs Vanderbilt 17</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>December 24</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Hawai'i Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Hawai'a 52</b> vs Middle Tennessee 35</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>December 23</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Louisiana Tech 48</b> vs Navy 45</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Popeyes Bahamas Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Old Dominion 24 </b>vs Eastern Michigan 20</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Dollar General Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Troy 28</b> vs Ohio 23</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/maleek_irons_885138.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Maleek Irons</i></b></span></a>, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>RB, (Ohio) Chilliwack, BC</i></span><br />
<a href="http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/matt_seymour_999092.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Matt Seymour</i></b></span></a>, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>WR, (Ohio) New Westminster, BC</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>December 22</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Famous Idaho Potato Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Idaho 64</b> vs Colorado State 50</span><br />
<a href="http://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2016/12/22/idaho-colorado-st"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Game Summary</b></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.govandals.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1663"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>Mason Woods</i></b></span></a>, <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">OL, (Idaho) Port Coquitlam, BC</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>December 21</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Brigham Young University 24</b> vs Wyoming 21</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>December 20</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Boca Raton Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Western Kentucky 51</b> vs Memphis 31</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>December 19</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Miami Beach Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Tulsa 55</b> vs Central Michigan 10</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><a href="http://www.cmuchippewas.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/keegan_markgraf_1022569.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Keegan Markgraf</b></span></a>, LS, (Central Michigan) Hamilton, Ontario</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>December 17</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Grambling 10</b> vs North Carolina Central 9</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Gildan New Mexico Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>New Mexico 23</b> vs USTA 20</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Las Vegas Bowl Presented by Geico</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>San Diego State 34</b> vs Houston 10</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/alex_fontana_1016845.html"><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Alex Fontana</b></span></i></a>, <i>OL, (Houston) Toronto, Ontario</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Raycom Media Camellia Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Appalachian State 31</b> vs Toledo 28</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>AutoNation Cure Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Arkansas State 31</b> vs UCF 13</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>R and L Carriers New Orleans Bowl</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><b>Southern Mississippi 28</b> vs Louisiana-Lafayette 21</span><br />
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Notes from Bowl Season of interest to CFL fans<br />
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December 31 -- <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/cfl/rose-bowl-safety-inherited-cfl-standout-grandfathers-skills-but-lessons-learned-offer-a-different-future"><span style="color: red;">Rose Bowl Safety inherited CFL standout grandfather's skills, but lessons learned offer a different future</span></a><br />
December 26 -- <a href="http://3downnation.com/2016/12/26/cfl-guide-post-christmas-ncaa-bowl-games/"><span style="color: red;">CFL guide to post-Christmas NCAA Bowl games</span></a><br />
December 20 -- <a href="http://www.npr.org/2016/12/20/506337176/college-football-players-sit-out-bowl-games-in-anticipation-of-nfl-draft"><span style="color: red;">College Football Players Sit out Bowl Games in Anticipation of NFL Draft</span></a><br />
December 20 -- <a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/surprised-ncaa-players-are-skipping-bowl-games-it-was-bound-to-happen-in-a-system-that-exploits-athletes-for-profit"><span style="color: red;">Surprised NCAA players are skipping bowl games? It was bound to happen in a system that exploits athletes for profit</span></a><br />
December 20 -- <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/college-football-are-the-lesser-bowl-games-getting-flushed-away-1482192506"><span style="color: red;">Are the lesser Bowl Games getting Flushed Away?</span></a><br />
December 16 -- <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/espn-college-football-bowl-games-2016-12"><span style="color: red;">The real reason there are so many bowl games in college football - ESPN</span></a><br />
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Having stumbled across the soundtrack above to relaunch our efforts to track the CFL, we offer up some cautious optimism that as we dust off our blue print and turn our attention back to our favourite league of pigskin, we can hold to a regular schedule of updates for the 2017 CFL season.<br />
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And while we'll admit that owing to any number of reasons, some of our past attempts ended up sidelined by the Labour Day break, we look to building a site that will maintain itself to a fashion on those days where our blogging plans go astray.<br />
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Hope as they say springs eternal, and the reality is that only time will tell if our ambition can put some pace into our delivery ... but considering we still have folks checking our archives on a daily basis, there still appears to be some interest in how we chronicled our observations of the past on the CFL.<br />
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We launch the site this first week of a brand new year, and with it being the season of resolutions, we'll put one aside to seek to make a steady diet of CFL information a part of our blue print for 2017.<br />
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Over the holiday period we've been tossing around a few ideas on how best to relaunch our blog and as they come on stream, we think that they'll make for a helpful guide to the off season work in the CFL and provide some enthusiasm for the 2017 campaign.<br />
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With the US Bowl season in the final stages of the US season, we are putting the finishing touches on a recap of the results of the last two weeks and any notes related to the CFL that may come out of the month long festival of football in the USA.<br />
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We also have noticed a surge of video offerings on Canadian University players over the last few months, so one of our plans is an archive of sorts of some of those contributions with an eye on the CFL college draft for 2017.<br />
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As well, our early plans include the creation of dedicated pages for each CFL team with links to media items and other sources of information in the lead up to the 2017 season. You can wander through some of those past segments from our right hand column area to get an indication as to where we hope to take the blog as we get back into the swing of it all.<br />
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With a range of other blog properties to maintain, we don't guarantee a daily contribution to the themes of the CFL, though as we get closer to kick off we do anticipate that our pace will pick up and the blog will begin to expand on some of its offerings heading to the start of the year.<br />
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One thing that won't change will be the volume of work that will make use of our right hand column features where we will once again keep the file pages updated on a regular basis, while looking for new items to add to that roll call of CFL information.<br />
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We invite you to check back from time to time to see how it's all coming together.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-52087043898324598622015-11-29T03:23:00.004-08:002015-11-29T03:24:45.017-08:00RedBlacks and Eskimos ready to bring curtain down on 2015 CFL season<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The hoopla, awards and Grey Cup week commitments now behind them, Sunday brings the focus back to the field at the 103rd edition of the nation's November celebration of the Canadian game.<br />
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The Ottawa Redblacks the storyline of the season looking to write that final chapter in a story that was one of the more positive of themes for a CFL season that offered a few concerns for those that have a strong attachment to the three down game.<br />
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Issues of attendance for some cities has provided for the customary bit of reflection as to the state of the nine team league, a dip in television ratings as well noted by more than a few, though some terrible play by the teams most mentioned perhaps had something to do with the slippage in both areas.<br />
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An epidemic of Quarterback injuries left teams scrambling from week to week to revisit offensive plans to fit replacement pivots, a situation which gave those following at the need to research pretty well every week, sometimes looking up to their screens to proclaim ... who the heck is that?<br />
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One of the main stories was the fact that the residents of the nations largest market for the most part were left unaware to their own team this year, owing to any number of reasons that left the Toronto Argonauts to be CFL Bedouins, wandering from city to city seeking a few fans and a little respect.<br />
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They are issues that will be examined we imagine as part of the season review, but should make for a task that can wait for 24 hours. <br />
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Today is Grey Cup Sunday, there is but one question to ask on this day, can the RedBlacks make a remarkable run through November last one more game, or will the Edmonton Eskimos a team with their own pretty impressive back story this year return a championship title to Northern Alberta.<br />
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You go back a few decades in the CFL history books and the concept of an Ottawa - Edmonton championship game would be an expected match up, the two cities fixtures in championship games that remain vivid for fans who can rattle off the participants on the field from memory, heart breaking moments still to be mourned, levels of excitement and success for others to be relived.<br />
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This final Sunday of November, will bring new additions to those reports, tales of exploits yet to be written at Grey Cup 103.<br />
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There are of course the sub plots, the return of Ottawa to the championship in only its second season of rebirth and the timeless nature of Henry Burris who has taken this squad and brought them along for a most fascinating ride. A coach in Rick Campbell with famous CFL bloodlines about to face the team that his father made a perennial champion. And the work ethic of the RedBlacks defensive unit, a group that brings back memories for the long starved fans of the days of the Capital Punishment units of the seventies and eighties. A time when a trip to Ottawa meant a win wasn't guaranteed and a toll would be claimed from the turf at Lansdowne Park, the personality of the team and their dedication to task quickly found favour with the fans, who having been burned by owners of the past have been quick to embrace the RedBlacks, a team that has brought a new attitude and work ethic to town.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofE4r_bKM1cq9UVgH260RgpI21AUkrk5lZwAY6p-mfUgQ3fS7R_e2McwRNKP9ohB1gN0DOJKzeLC5PADgH2Y9GGRzLdZnmj57c4Gt6o8m3kYrVaEVFBlHfLrqYJKbbL7u9eZa/s1600/Eskimos.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiofE4r_bKM1cq9UVgH260RgpI21AUkrk5lZwAY6p-mfUgQ3fS7R_e2McwRNKP9ohB1gN0DOJKzeLC5PADgH2Y9GGRzLdZnmj57c4Gt6o8m3kYrVaEVFBlHfLrqYJKbbL7u9eZa/s1600/Eskimos.jpeg" /></a>The Eskimos offer their own stories for today's finale, a team which has responded so well to head coach Chris Jones, the turnaround from the dark years of but two seasons ago replaced by a team that has resembled the machines of the glory years. The key feature a defensive unit that shows no weaknesses, holding the opposition in check. A team with depth in many positions, the most important at the Quarterback position, with starter Mike Reilly injured and out until late August, it fell to James Franklin to hold the fort, a process which delivered valuable playing time and key game time experience. When a healthy Reilly returned by Labour Day, the energy level for Edmonton built with each week, his performance against the former Champs last week an indication that he and his offence are on mission, with only sixty minutes left to see that blue print through for the year.<br />
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When you reach the final game of the season you want the two best teams to be the one's standing, both Edmonton and Ottawa have earned their way into the Grey Cup the best way, through hard work and a commitment to their work.<br />
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No one will argue the point today that the representatives of the East and West don't deserve their place on the field when the anthem is played.<br />
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Whichever team claims Lord Grey's Cup at the sound of the final gun, one thing will be certain, both teams will have left all they had to offer on Winnipeg's near frozen field, neither has travelled this far into the 103rd season to take a day off now.<br />
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Some background on today's match up can be found below:<br />
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<a href="http://cfl.ca/article/preview-103rd-grey-cup-presented-by-shaw"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL.ca Preview</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/prediction-time-cflca-writers-make-grey-cup-picks"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL Writers Picks</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/video/index/id/120541"><span style="color: red;"><b>Keys to the Game</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/game-breakers-grey-cup-players-to-watch-103"><span style="color: red;"><b>Players to Watch</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Ottawa</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/11/28/loggers-banned-after-esks-raise-stink"><span style="color: red;">Loggers banned after Esks raise stink</span></a><br />
<a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/football/cfl-to-redblacks-chainsaw-team-youre-cut"><span style="color: red;">CFL to Redblacks chainsaw team: You're cut</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/11/28/winterpeg-painted-redblack-on-eve-of-grey-cup"><span style="color: red;">Winterpeg painted RedBlack on eve of Grey Cup</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/11/28/redblacks-looking-to-set-the-world-on-fire-against-eskimos-in-103rd-grey-cup"><span style="color: red;">RedBlacks looking to 'set the world on fire' against Eskimos in 103rd Grey Cup</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/11/28/no-respect-nothing-new-for-ottawa-redblacks"><span style="color: red;">No Respect? Nothing new for Ottawa RedBlacks</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/11/28/finally-a-grey-cup-to-get-excited-about"><span style="color: red;">Finally, a Grey Cup to get excited about</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/11/26/for-some-ottawa-football-fans-it-really-has-been-a-lifetime-since-last-grey-cup-win"><span style="color: red;">For some Ottawa football fans, it really has been a lifetime since last Grey Cup win</span></a><br />
<a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/football/cfl/take-advantage-of-opportunity-redblacks-tell-themselves"><span style="color: red;">'Take advantage' of opportunity Redblacks tell themselves</span></a><br />
<a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/football/cfl/pressures-on-a-grey-cup-football-story"><span style="color: red;">Pressure's on" The story of the Grey Cup football</span></a><br />
<a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/football/cfl/ottawa-redblacks-fans-huddle-up-at-the-jam-packed-pregame-party"><span style="color: red;">Ottawa Redblacks fans huddle up the jammed pregame party</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Edmonton</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/11/27/eskimos-mike-reilly-could-match-getty-and-warren-moon-grey-cup-success"><span style="color: #38761d;">Eskimos Mike Reilly could match Getty and Warren Moon Grey Cup success</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/11/28/jones-will-the-grey-cup-be-much-of-a-game"><span style="color: #38761d;">Will the Grey Cup be much of a game?</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/11/28/eskimos-slipping-under-the-radar-amid-redblacks-fanfare"><span style="color: #38761d;">Eskimos slipping under the radar amid RedBlacks fanfare</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/11/28/edmonton-eskimos-fans-invade-winnipeg-for-the-103rd-grey-cup"><span style="color: #38761d;">Edmonton Eskimos invade Winnipeg for the 103rd Grey Cup</span></a><br />
<a href="http://edmontonjournal.com/business/capital-ideas/spirit-of-edmonton-hospitality-room-always-the-best-party-at-grey-cup"><span style="color: #38761d;">Spirit of Edmonton Hospitality room 'always the best party at Grey Cup'</span></a><br />
<a href="http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/football/cfl/edmonton-eskimos/eskimos-qb-reilly-creates-relationships-with-receivers-on-and-off-the-field"><span style="color: #38761d;">Eskimos QB Reilly creates relationships with receivers on and off the field</span></a><br />
<a href="http://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/john-mackinnon-eskimos-back-in-grey-cup-after-a-decade-away-want-to-contend-for-years-to-come"><span style="color: #38761d;">Eskimos back in Grey Cup after a decade away, want to contend for years to come</span></a><br />
<a href="http://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/paula-simons-eskimos-part-of-edmontons-history-not-its-future"><span style="color: #38761d;">Eskimos part of Edmonton's history, not its future</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>National</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/cfl/grey-cup-could-be-life-changing-for-ottawa-redblacks-offensive-coordinator-jason-maas"><span style="color: blue;">Grey Cup could be life-chafing for Ottawa RedBlacks offensive coordinator Jason Maas</span></a><br />
<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/cfl/edmonton-eskimos-qb-mike-reilly-looks-to-add-second-grey-cup-to-resume-which-includes-engineering-degree"><span style="color: blue;">Edmonton Eskimos QB Mike Reilly looks to add second Grey Cup to resume which includes engineering degree</span></a><br />
<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/cfl/ottawa-redblacks-henry-burris-knows-no-guarantees-heading-into-grey-cup-weekend"><span style="color: blue;">Redblacks' Henry Burris knows no guarantees head into Grey Cup weekend</span></a><br />
<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/cfl/ottawa-redblacks-coach-rick-campbell-almost-out-of-fathers-long-shadow"><span style="color: blue;">Redblacks coach Rick Campbell almost out of father's long shadow</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/cfl-kickers-chris-milo-and-sean-whytes-nomadic-journeys-to-the-grey-cup/article27520877/"><span style="color: blue;">CFL kickers Chris Milo and Sean Whyte's nomadic journeys to the Grey Cup</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/kelly-the-grey-cup-is-small-quaint-and-distinctly-canadian/article27519799/"><span style="color: blue;">The Grey Cup is small, quaint and distinctly Canadian</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/team-commitment-co-operation-a-recipe-for-ottawa-redblacks-success/article27519829/"><span style="color: blue;">Team commitment, co-operation a recipe for Ottawa RedBlacks success</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/henry-burris-cuts-from-previous-cfl-teams-has-driven-his-mvp-season/article27518300/"><span style="color: blue;">Henry Burris' cuts from previous CFL teams has driven his MVP season</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/redblacks-defensive-coach-mark-nelson-knows-old-school-football/article27504649/"><span style="color: blue;">Redblacks' defensive coach Mark Nelson knows old-school football</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/eskimo-defence-may-get-the-headlines-but-redblacks-shouldnt-be-overlooked/article27495361/"><span style="color: blue;">Eskimo defence may get the headlines but RedBlacks shouldn't be overlooked</span></a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-58444924215745960552015-11-28T13:00:00.000-08:002015-11-28T16:23:45.352-08:00And the winner is ...<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Henry Burris was a double award<br />winner at Thursday night's<br />SHAW CFL Awards</b></span></td></tr>
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The CFL recognized excellence from 2015 on Thursday evening, handing out the SHAW CFL Awards at the annual ceremony this year held at the Club Regent Event Centre in Winnipeg.<br />
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The event, which signals the start of the real countdown to Grey Cup Sunday featured 11 different presentations and by the evening's end it became a familiar refrain to hear ... <span style="color: red;"><i><b>representing the Ottawa RedBlacks is ....</b></i></span><br />
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The remarkable second season for the reborn entry for the nation's capital was recognized frequently at the awards podium on Thursday, as RedBlacks accepted five trophies on the night, with <span style="color: red;"><b><i>Quarterback Henry Burris</i></b></span> making two trips to the stage.<br />
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Burris, the team leader and most amazing story for 2015 was honoured as the League's <b><span style="color: blue;">Most Outstanding Player</span></b>, the second time in his career that the has been awarded that trophy, he also received the <b><span style="color: blue;">Tom Pate Memorial Award</span></b> which is awarded to the player who displays qualities that distinguish him from his peers.<br />
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The RedBlacks also were honoured for the work of <span style="color: red;"><b><i>SirVincent Rogers</i></b></span> who claimed the <b><span style="color: blue;">Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman</span></b> award and <span style="color: red;"><b><i>Brad Sinopli</i></b></span>, who provided the RedBlacks with big play after big play through the season, was recognized as the <b><span style="color: blue;">Most Outstanding Canadian</span></b>.<br />
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Rounding out the RedBlack night was head coach <span style="color: red;"><b><i>Rick Campbell</i></b></span>, and there surely is no more deserving candidate for the <b><span style="color: blue;">Coach of the Year</span></b> award, with Campbell having led his team from expansion to Grey Cup finalists in but two seasons of play.<br />
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Thursday's awards show may provide a bit more motivation for the Edmonton Eskimos, the Esks only received one award on Thursday as receiver <span style="color: red;"><b><i>Derel Walker</i></b></span> claimed the <b><span style="color: blue;">Outstanding Rookie</span></b> award for 2015.<br />
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Other award winners on the night include the Tiger-Cats <span style="color: red;"><b><i>Brandon Banks</i></b></span>, the explosive receiver and kick return specialist for the Cats received the <b><span style="color: blue;">Most Outstanding Special Teams</span></b> player award, while the <b><span style="color: blue;">Commissioner's Award</span></b> also honoured a player with ties to the Cats organization, with <span style="color: red;"><b><i>Berine Custis</i></b></span>, one of the trail blazers in the fifties was honoured for his contribution to the game. <br />
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The <span style="color: blue;"><b>Most Outstanding Defensive player</b></span> of the year award went to <span style="color: red;"><b><i>Adam Bighill</i></b></span>, a standout on the BC Lions roster this year during a year off challenge for the west coast team.<br />
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The <span style="color: blue;"><b>Jake Gadaur Veteran's Award</b></span> was presented to the Montreal Alouettes Offensive Tackle <span style="color: red;"><b><i>Jeff Perrett</i></b></span>, who used his own story of struggles with alcoholism, to raise awareness across Canada on the impact that addiction can have on families and to stress that help is available.<br />
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And <span style="color: red;"><b>Bob Iriving</b></span>, the longtime CFL broadcaster in Winnipeg and walking encyclopedia of Canadian football history, was recognized for his contribution to the game. Irving was awarded the <span style="color: blue;"><b>Hugh Campbell Distinguished Leadership Award</b></span>.<br />
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You can <a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/best-in-class-players-collect-2015-shaw-cfl-awards#gaudaur"><span style="color: red;"><b>learn more about the CFL Awards here</b></span></a>.<br />
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The re-broadcast of the Thursday presentation can be viewed below:<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-11949913403659661512015-11-21T23:00:00.000-08:002015-11-22T02:14:10.128-08:00The Finals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Grey Cup berths are on the line as familiar foes renew acquaintances in the CFL divisional finals on Sunday.<br />
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The Ottawa RedBlacks, a team that looked every much of an expansion team but 365 days ago, have shown that with the right plan, the right draft and a lot of belief impressive results can be found and surprises can become the narrative to CFL seasons.<br />
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Led by the CFL's elder statesman Henry Burris, the RedBlacks surged through the final two months of the season, taking advantage of the depleted line ups of their rivals, while putting together weekly game plans that not only found success, but built confidence as the season rolled on.<br />
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With some impressive victories over Hamilton in back to back games at the end of the season, Ottawa vaulted into first in the East and a chance to rest up during Semi Final Sunday, confident that whichever squad prevailed last week, they would be prepared in seven days time.<br />
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As fate would deliver, the Ti Cats are the ones that had to book the flight to Ottawa, one more chance for Hamilton to reverse the bad karma of November and take the step that many expected at the start of the season of a trip to Winnipeg for the Grey Cup.<br />
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Yet, it's the RedBlacks in the favourites role, having show no fear or intimidation of the Cats through the year, the Eastern Final offers Ottawa the opportunity to make 2015 the benchmark kind of year for teams looking to rebuild (in the case of Ottawa just building).<br />
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They kick it off at 1 PM and TD Place Stadium will be sold out, football truly back in the nation's capital, with hopes and wishes of one more game to come riding on each and every down.<br />
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In the West, it's yet another chapter in the Battle for Alberta, a series that slipped a few notches on the intensity level for a few years as the Eskimos retooled, but now is back full on, with the Esks the team to beat, built on an explosive offence and one of the toughest of defences in the league.<br />
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Calgary stumbled a few times through the 2015 campaign, injuries provide part of those tribulations, inconsistent play as well making a rare arrival in the foothills city. Still, a Grey Cup champion is always a team to be wary of and the Eskimos know exactly what will be in store for them as Calgary takes to the field at Commonwealth.<br />
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The match up more than anything a showcase of coaches as Chris Jones who has turned the Esks around in remarkable fashion faces one of the foundation blocks of coaching these days in the Stamps John Hufnagel.<br />
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Hufnagels teams come prepared, and with two top echelon QB's calling the signals on Sunday, the result by game's end should be significantly different than when the two teams last met in a playoff matchup with a Grey Cup trip in the balance.<br />
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Both Eastern and Western Finals offer up no shortage of plot lines and many match ups to follow.<br />
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When you get to the Final Four of any sport, you want the teams that have been hungry all year and dedicated to their goal to be the ones teeing it up and kicking off, this year, there are no surprises really, Ottawa announced early on that they were making a charge, while the three others in this weekends games the most likely of entrants when the league rolled out the 2015 season.<br />
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Some great football would seem to be in store over the six or so hours of Canadian Football on Sunday, when the lights come down late Sunday evening, two deserving squads will be making plans for Grey Cup in Winnipeg, whichever of the four making that trek will be full value for the trip ahead.<br />
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Below, is our archive for the Eastern and Western Finals.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Sunday, November 22</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Hamilton Tiger Cats at Ottawa RedBlacks</span><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">( 1 PM ET, 10 AM PT ) </span></b><b style="color: red;">TSN</b><br />
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<a href="http://cfl.ca/article/preview-redblacks-host-ticats-in-eastern-final"><span style="color: red;"><b>Game Preview</b></span></a><br />
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-- <a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/11/21/redblacks-qb-henry-burris-two-wins-away-from-cfl-history"><span style="color: blue;">Burris two wins away from CFL history</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/videos/4625458952001"><span style="color: blue;">RedBlacks predict dogfight with Tiger Cats</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/6124985-for-ticats-time-to-respond-again/"><span style="color: blue;">For Ticats, time to respond again</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/6128953-cfl-east-final-ticats-simoni-says-let-justin-make-the-call/"><span style="color: blue;">Ticats' Simoni says, let Justin make the call</span></a><br />
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Game Reviews:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Highlights</span><br />
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<b style="color: #38761d;"><br /></b><span style="color: red;"><b>Sunday, November 22</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Calgary Stampeders at Edmonton Eskimos</span><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">( 2:30 MT, 1:30 PT, 4:30 ET) </span></b><b style="color: red;">TSN</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/preview-esks-stamps-set-to-determine-best-in-west"><span style="color: red;"><b>Game Preview</b></span></a><br />
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-- <a href="http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/11/21/jones-edmonton-eskimos-rarin-to-go-for-cfl-west-final-against-calgary-stampeders"><span style="color: blue;">Eskimos rarin' to go for CFL West Final against Calgary Stampeders</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/11/21/cfl-west-final-between-edmonton-eskimos-and-calgary-stampeders-features-leading-receivers"><span style="color: blue;">CFL West Final between Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders features leading receivers</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/alberta+rivals+face+sunday+western+final/11535589/story.html"><span style="color: blue;">Alberta rivals face off in Western Final</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://calgaryherald.com/sports/football/cfl/calgary-stampeders/johnson-stamps-esks-ready-to-rock-in-the-west-final"><span style="color: blue;">Stamps-Esks ready to rock in the West Final</span></a><br />
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Game Reviews:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Highlights</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-11926842896111591892015-11-14T23:00:00.000-08:002015-11-22T02:11:58.720-08:00Semi-Final Sunday, November 15, 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The road to Winnipeg at the end of the month begins Sunday as the Divisional semi-finals kick off the CFL's playoff season on two fronts<br />
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The Toronto Argonauts look to keep their strong season long performance on the road (as if they had a choice on that path) in place as they head to the Hammer and another instalment of one of the league's most hard hitting rivalries.<br />
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Toronto takes on the Tiger Cats in the early game of Semi-Final Sunday, a battle of teams that have struggled over the final few weeks, with both watching the Ottawa RedBlacks sprint by them in the October push towards the playoffs.<br />
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Both squads have had to deal with a number of key injuries at the starting QB position, the Argos finally getting Ricky Ray back into the lineup as the season was closing, how he adjusts to the sudden shift from idle to full throttle will probably tell the story as to whether the Argos move forward. Should Ray not find his rhythm, or the Cats begin to pull away, the key to the game could be if head coach Scott Milanovich sticks with his long time starter or turns to Trevor Harris, the more than able back up in who carried the Argos for the bulk of the season.<br />
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The Cats will be tossing the ball to Jeremiah Masoli, with head coach Kent Austin only making that decision on Friday afternoon, giving one of the Cats depth players his first start of the year and only his second bit of game action.<br />
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The always snarling Ti Cat defence will also have a pivotal role in the semi final, ready to pounce on any opportunity to make the Argos pay the price for any incursion on the Cats side of the 55 yard line, looking to shut down the Toronto offence, aided by the what should be the usual cast of characters that make Tim Horton's Field one of the toughest stops on the CFL tour.<br />
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In the West, the Stamps and Lions will renew what has been a fairly interesting tango over the last few years, Calgary hols favourite status for the second half of the Semi-final Sunday doubleheader, a strong offensive squad that can put points on the board quickly and without mercy.<br />
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Defensively, the Stamps have found home field to be a helpful aspect of their game, leading the league in points allowed per game while defending the turf of McMahon Stadium.<br />
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The Lions have been an enigma for much of the season, occasional indications that they were finally hitting a groove, would suddenly give way to bouts of giving games away, mental mistakes and undisciplined play at times undermining much of what they had hoped to achieve through the season.<br />
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The Leos head into Sunday turning to rookie QB Jonathan Jennings and that's a start that's well deserved, for it was mostly through Jennings that British Columbia even remained in the playoff conversation this year.<br />
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He's had an accelerated curve through the season, whether he can take things to one more level given that short amount of time as the go to guy will provide us with an idea if the Lions ambitions beyond this weekend will come to pass.<br />
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If they are looking for omens, BC can take some incentive from another British Columbia based football team, <a href="http://blogs.theprovince.com/2015/11/14/hardy-cup-heroes-coach-nill-left-speechless-after-underdog-ubc-stuns-undefeated-no-1-calgary/"><span style="color: red;"><b>on Saturday the UBC Thunderbirds went into McMahon Stadium and wrenched a playoff victory from the U of C Dinos</b></span></a>, an impressive performance that left the top ranks Dinos somewhat shocked by games end.<br />
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One day later, the Lions will be hoping to deliver the same kind of feeling to Calgary's professional team as well.<br />
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Below, is our archive for Semi Final Sunday.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Toronto Argonauts 22 at <b>Hamilton Tiger Cats 25</b></span><br />
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-- <a href="http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/6117949-ticats-vs-argos-preview-qb-ray-gets-start-with-shaky-shoulder/"><span style="color: blue;">QB Ray gets start with shaky shoulder</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/6117874-it-s-unanimous-ticats-qb-masoli-is-ready/"><span style="color: blue;">It's unanimous: TiCats QB Masoli is ready</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2015/11/14/argos-owens-challenges-teammates-to-step-up-in-east-semifinal"><span style="color: blue;">Argos' Owens challenges teammates to step up in East Semifinal</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2015/11/13/argos-in-guessing-game-with-orlondo-steinauers-defence"><span style="color: blue;">Argos in guessing game with Orlando Steinauer's defence</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/masoli-rallies-ticats-to-last-second-win-over-argos"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/statsGame/id/13013"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">British Columbia Lions 9 at <b>Calgary Stampeders 35</b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">( 26,306 ) </span></b><br />
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-- <a href="http://calgaryherald.com/sports/football/cfl/calgary-stampeders/rogers-ready-to-continue-his-show-for-stamps-in-post-season"><span style="color: blue;">Rogers ready to continue his show for Stamps in post-season</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://calgaryherald.com/sports/football/cfl/calgary-stampeders/heart-of-the-defence-simpson-back-in-the-groove"><span style="color: blue;">Heart of the defence Simpson back in the groove</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.theprovince.com/sports/football/bc-lions/lions+know+what+expect+with+jerome+messam/11518333/story.html"><span style="color: blue;">BC Lions know what to expect with massive Messam</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.theprovince.com/sports/willes+lions+confident+even+everyone+going+count/11518101/story.html"><span style="color: blue;">Lions confident, even if 'everyone is going to count us out'</span></a><br />
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Game Reviews:<br />
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<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/off-to-the-races-stamps-handle-lions-in-western-semi"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/statsGame/id/13011"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/video/index/id/119919"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Highlights</span></a><br />
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The RedBlacks brought their regular season to a successful finish, taking down the Hamilton Tiger Cats to claim first place overall in the CFL East, earning a bye for Ottawa into the CFL East Division final and securing two of three spots on the weekly honours list in the process.<br />
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Not surprisingly, considering the year he has had, Henry Burris once again took the first place finish of the last week, this sixth time he has been placed among the list of three, twice as Top Performer, the most recent placement coming after he threw six career high touchdown passes, amassing a total of 358 yards going 28 for 37 on his overall passing game.<br />
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Greg Ellingson, also of the RedBlacks benefited from a few of those Burris tosses, collecting 152 yards, with three touchdowns against the Cats.<br />
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John Bowman brought some positive news to a generally crummy year for the Alouettes, earning his first Top performer honours for the week, based on three sacks in the Als final game of the year against Saskatchewan.<br />
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No results from the fan voting for week number seven have been released as of yet.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>The CFL's Shaw Top Performers for Week Twenty</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>1st</b></span> --</span> <a href="http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/91"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Henry Burris</b></span></a><span style="color: blue;"><b> </b></span>-- QB -- Ottawa RedBlacks -- <span style="color: red;"><b>100 points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>2nd</b></span> -- <a href="http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/6247"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Greg Ellingson</b></span></a><span style="color: blue;"><b> </b></span> -- WR -- Ottawa RedBlacks -- <span style="color: red;"><b>50 Points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>3rd</b></span> -- <span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/1715"><span style="color: blue;"><b>John Bowman</b></span></a></span><span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span><b style="color: blue;">--</b> DE -- Montreal Alouettes -- <span style="color: red;"><b>25 points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Fan Vote</b></span> -- <span style="color: blue;"><b>Ballot Results not released yet</b></span>--<span style="color: red;"><b>10 Points</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/top-performers"><span style="color: blue;"><b>CFL.ca review of the Players of the Week</b></span></a><br />
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<b><a href="http://twelvemenonthefield.blogspot.ca/2015/07/cfl-players-of-week-archive-2015.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Twelve Men on the Field Archive of the Shaw Top Performers Listings for the 2014 season</span></a></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-66650065633858046932015-11-06T12:04:00.000-08:002015-11-22T02:24:47.809-08:00CFL Week Twenty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finalizing the eastern division playoff situation is all that remains for the final week of the CFL's regular season, with Ottawa and Hamilton both still in the conversation for first place overall and home field advantage at playoff time.<br />
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Toronto launches the final weekend of play hosting the Blue Bombers tonight at Rogers Centre, their final appearance in the home that this year never was.<br />
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The Argos move over to BMO field for the start of 2016, hoping that the new environment will bring back the once loyal legions that supported the team<br />
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The outcome Friday won't make any difference for the Double Blue and their playoff future, with a road trip on the agenda for November 15th, the only thing to finalize whether its Northeast or southwest that they will travel.<br />
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Ottawa will be looking to make sure that the Argo travel planners charter a bus for Hamilton as the RedBlacks take on the Ticats tomorrow at TD Place field in the nation's capital, an Ottawa win secures first place and a bye into the Eastern final, a significant achievement for the still new franchise.<br />
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As for Argos, they probably won't be too concerned about the need to make it road trip journey for a berth in the 2015 Grey Cup, it's not like they've spent much time in Toronto this year in the first place and the road has been a pretty successful place for the team through much of 2015.<br />
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Saturday also features the Lions and Stamps at BC Place, a preview of sorts of what will be the Western Semi Final match up next Sunday in Calgary, though we suspect that the back up talent will get most of the play on Saturday night, while the two teams rest up their starters for the real drama eight days away.<br />
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Sunday finds the Alouettes and Riders bringing their seasons to an end, as the two teams not invited to the CFL's playoff dance meet up to bring the regular season schedule to an end.<br />
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Below, is our archive for week number Twenty<br />
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Check back regularly through the weekend for updated material.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Friday, November 6</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Winnipeg Blue Bombers 11 at <b>Toronto Argonauts 21</b></span></div>
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-- <a href="http://www.thestar.com/sports/argos/2015/11/05/swayze-waters-back-for-argos-final-game-at-rogers-centre.html"><span style="color: blue;">Swayze Waters back for Argos' final game at Rogers Centre</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.winnipegsun.com/2015/11/05/bombers-jamaal-westerman-cleans-up-at-cfl-awards"><span style="color: blue;">Blue Bombers bright spot Western takes hat trick of award nominations</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/argos-snap-skid-and-spoil-davis-debut-with-victory"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/statsGame/id/13003"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Saturday, November 7</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Hamilton Tiger Cats 28 at <b>Ottawa RedBlacks 44</b></span><br />
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-- <a href="http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/6084245-bighill-knox-both-receive-three-nominations-for-cfl-individual-honours/"><span style="color: blue;">Bighill, Knox both receive three nominations for CFL individual honours</span></a><br />
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-- <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/football/cfl/redblacks-notebook-tailback-william-powell-back-at-practice"><span style="color: blue;">Tailback William Powell back at practice</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/sophomore-surge-redblacks-claim-east-crown"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/statsGame/id/13005"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/video/index/id/119409"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Highlights</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Saturday, November 7</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Calgary Stampeders 28</b> at British Columbia Lions 7</span><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">( 22,900 ) </span></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/statsGame/id/13007"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Saskatchewan Roughriders 30</b> at Montreal Alouettes 24</span><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">( 20,511 ) </span></b><br />
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<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/thrilling-finale-riders-storm-back-for-ot-win-over-als"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/statsGame/id/13009"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/video/index/id/119481"><span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Highlights</span></a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-11904684409598422352015-11-05T17:56:00.000-08:002015-11-05T17:56:11.506-08:00CFL Top Performers for October<br />
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Henry Burris picked in October where he left off in September, rattling off victory after victory for the Ottawa RedBlacks and claiming spot after spot in the weekly award listings. Such was the work of the Riders QB that once again he has claimed the top spot for the monthly overview, with 1,724 yards through the air and a completion percentage of 73 percent, a mark which included six TD completions. Though the 2015 season Burris has led the league in passing with 5,335 yards, tossed 20 touchdown passes and held to the 70 per cent range through much of the year when it comes to completion rates on the season.<br />
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Another QB who has had a fairly good year has been Mike Reilly, who once back in the line up after recovering from injury hasn't looked back as he and the Eskimos tore up the West Division this season, with October the exclamation mark on the year thanks to a 5-0 record. Through the month, Reilly threw for 1,579 yards and nine TD completions, securing first place in the West and a home playoff date in three weeks time.<br />
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One of Reilly's favourite targets claims the third and final spot of the month, with Adarius Bowman providing some of the heavy artillery in an impressive Eskimo arsenal. On the month Bowman accumulated 558 receiving yards on 37 receptions, picked up a pair of TD's during the Eskimos undefeated march through October.<br />
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All three players will have their bonus points added to the <a href="http://twelvemenonthefield.blogspot.ca/2015/07/cfl-players-of-week-archive-2015.html"><span style="color: red;"><b>Top Performers listings</b></span></a> through to the end of the season.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>The CFL's Shaw Top Performers for September</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>1st</b></span> --</span> <b><a href="http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/91"><span style="color: blue;">Henry Burris</span></a></b><span style="color: blue;"> </span> -- QB -- Ottawa RedBlacks -- <span style="color: red;"><b>200 points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>2nd</b></span> -- <a href="http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/3881"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Mike Reilly</b></span></a> -- QB -- Edmonton Eskimos -- <span style="color: red;"><b>100 Points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>3rd</b></span> -- <span style="color: blue;"><b> <a href="http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/1595"><span style="color: blue;">Adarius Bowman</span></a></b><b> --</b></span> SB -- Edmonton Eskimos -- <span style="color: red;"><b>50 points</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/top-performers#month"><span style="color: blue;"><b>CFL.ca review of the Players of the Month</b></span></a><br />
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<b><a href="http://twelvemenonthefield.blogspot.ca/2015/07/cfl-players-of-week-archive-2015.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Twelve Men on the Field Archive of the Shaw Top Performers Listings for the 2014 season</span></a></b><br />
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The Eskimos not only are ruling on the field these days, but when it comes to the Shaw Top Performers, there's a pretty good chance that when you glance over the weekly listings you'll find an Eskimo or two on the page.<br />
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Such is the case this week, with the Esks claiming two of three spots in the weekly rankings.<br />
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Leading off with Wide Receiver Derel Walker, who claims the top spot this week thanks to three touchdown passes over the weekend against the Montreal Alouettes, his three TD's doubled his output on the year to six, while the 128 yards on 10 catches moved him to the 1100 yard total for the season. With Esks holding the bye for the final week of the season, Walker puts the wrap on his regular season numbers with 89 receptions.<br />
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Defence has been one of the keys to the rise of the RedBlacks this season and last weekend Shawn Lemon provided some of the evidence for the ability of the Ottawa defence to shut down opponents. Lemon picked up a pair of sacks on the way to the RedBlacks 12-6 victory over the TiCats, marking the fifth QB sack of the year for one of the leaders of the Ottawa defensive unit<br />
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Eskimos QB Mike Reilly replays last week as he rounds out the three selections on the week, passing for 308 yards in the win over Montreal, while completing 29 of his 35 passes, three of them for majors to the previously mentioned Derel Walker on the way to the Esks victory over the Als.<br />
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No results from the fan voting for week number seven have been released as of yet.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>The CFL's Shaw Top Performers for Week Seventeen</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>1st</b></span> --</span> <b><a href="http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/7871"><span style="color: blue;">Derel Walker</span></a></b><span style="color: blue;"><b> </b></span>-- WR -- Edmonton Eskimos -- <span style="color: red;"><b>100 points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>2nd</b></span> -- <span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/4047"><span style="color: blue;">Shawn Lemon</span></a> </b></span> -- DL -- Ottawa RedBlacks -- <span style="color: red;"><b>50 Points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>3rd</b></span> -- <span style="color: blue;"><b> </b><a href="http://cfl.ca/roster/show?id=3881"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Mike Reilly</b></span></a></span><span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span><b style="color: blue;">--</b> QB -- Edmonton Eskimos -- <span style="color: red;"><b>25 points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Fan Vote</b></span> -- <span style="color: blue;"><b>Ballot Results not released yet</b></span>--<span style="color: red;"><b>10 Points</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/top-performers"><span style="color: blue;"><b>CFL.ca review of the Players of the Week</b></span></a><br />
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<b><a href="http://twelvemenonthefield.blogspot.ca/2015/07/cfl-players-of-week-archive-2015.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Twelve Men on the Field Archive of the Shaw Top Performers Listings for the 2014 season</span></a></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-44454841231122290182015-10-30T14:36:00.003-07:002015-10-30T15:05:46.762-07:00When the Argos say they play for each other; they really mean that they play for each other<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2015 by any measure has been perhaps the most baffling season ever for the Double Blue, a year that has seen the team collectively use up more Air Mile reward numbers than most Canadians use on an extended summer vacation.<br />
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Owing to any number of reasons, availability of their usual home the Rogers Centre became problematic for the Argos for much of the season, starting with the Pan Am games which saw Toronto punted from the stadium for the start of the season, a moment in CFL time thad delivered the Argos to Northern Alberta as the home team for Fort McMurray<br />
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Then came the fall and the Major League baseball run of the Blue Jays which found the Double Blue dispatched to Ottawa once and twice to Hamilton for home games through October.<br />
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Such has been the state of their season, that the Argos probably should have adopted the theme from <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TC02dxybw4"><span style="color: red;">Where in the World is Carmen San diego as their official team song</span></a></b> for the year.<br />
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All in all, if gate receipts were to be the measure of the team this year, the financial books probably are smeared in red, an incidental account somewhere in the back pages of the Bell/MLSE reports.<br />
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The average attendance numbers for the Argos for 2015 to be forever marked by a string of asterisks dotted across the road maps of the nation.<br />
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<a href="http://twelvemenonthefield.blogspot.ca/2015/07/cfl-attendance-tracker-2015.html"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Our attendance tracker</b></span></a> will give you a glimpse into the state of the home by way of the road trip attendance figures for 2015, where the term lots of good seats available has never been more true.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>As seen from a recent TSN broadcast, Argos (home) games<br />in Hamilton and elsewhere haven't really packed the stadiums</b></span></td></tr>
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On the field though, the Argos seem to have taken the challenge of the endless road trip of 2015 as one of those US against the WORLD scenarios, rattling off win after impressive win, all of them while using their back up quarterback Tervor Harris at the helm, while Ricky Ray convalesced through the majority of the season.<br />
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Tonight, (<span style="color: blue;"><i>providing they can remember how to find the stadium</i></span>) the Argos reintroduce themselves to their Rogers Centre locker room, with a 7 PM match up with the British Columbia Lions, it marks the first time that they've had to make their way downtown since September 11th.<br />
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And for the first time in months, with the exception of news out of the Leafs camp, the Argos will have the news cycle to themselves, the Blue Jays now done for the year (with the off season drama perhaps to capture a bit of media attention for sure).<br />
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Toronto FC (<span style="color: red;"><i>the less than enthusiastic partner in the new digs for next year</i></span>), has seen their season come to a conclusion as well.<br />
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So for the next two, three, maybe four more weeks if all goes well, perhaps the Argos can carve out some space and attention from the various media outlets of the Big Smoke.<br />
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They play their final regular season home game next week with Winnipeg coming to town and that milestone for the year gives us a thought, that the Argos perhaps may want to offer up a salute to their less than helpful landlords at the Rogers Centre as well.<br />
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Considering some of the anger that seems to be percolating towards Rogers Communications with the departure of the Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos over the last few days. Maybe the Argos should provide the opportunity for Toronto sports fans of all persuasions, football, hockey, soccer and baseball to provide AA a proper and grateful send off from Toronto fans.<br />
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<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/anthopoulos-bafflingly-allowed-to-leave-jays-in-search-of-right-fit/article27040359/?cmpid=rss1&click=sf_globe"><span style="color: blue;">Anthopoulos bafflingly allowed to leave Jays in search of ‘right fit’</span></a><br />
<a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/mlb/alex-anthopoulos-toronto-blue-jays-departure-a-failure-by-ownership-and-not-a-surprising-one"><span style="color: blue;">Alex Anthopoulos' Toronto Blue Jays departure a failure by ownership, and not a surprising one</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/2015/10/29/blue-jays-ownership-responsible-for-this-ridiculous-ending-arthur.html"><span style="color: blue;">Blue Jays ownership responsible for this ridiculous ending</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.thestar.com/sports/blue_jays_baseball_blog/2015/10/-to-say-alex-anthopoulos-rejected-an-extension-from-blue-jays-is-ridiculous-griffin.html"><span style="color: blue;">To say Alex Anthopoulos rejected an extension from Blue Jays is ridiculous</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2015/10/29/jays-not-getting-anthopoulos-to-re-sign-is-shameful"><span style="color: blue;">Rogers not getting AA to re-sign is shameful</span></a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>From Twitter: A fairly accurate perception as to how<br />Toronto residents may be feeling about Rogers these days</b></span></td></tr>
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We say, bring AA into the Argo tent for the night, hold an Alex Anthopoulos thank you celebration at half time during next weeks regular season ender.<br />
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We have a feeling it might bring in the largest crowd in years and in the end make for the most effective way say thanks to their landlord, bidding Rogers adieu as they make their migration to BMO field for 2016.<br />
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Can you hear the chants now, I think I can, that ever popular call of <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><b>ARGOOOOOOS</b></i></span> replaced with something along the lines of ... <span style="color: red;"><b><i>Rogers S ....</i></b></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-70779402066257299742015-10-30T11:02:00.000-07:002015-11-22T02:15:37.157-08:00CFL Week Nineteen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Playoff placements are on the line as the CFL heads into its final two weeks of the 2015 season. As teams battle it out for first place byes into the playoffs and others seek to claim a spot at the bottom of the playoff entry list, perhaps by way of a cross over berth in the case of the Montreal Alouettes.<br />
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The weekend begins with something unusual, a Toronto Argonaut home game that actually, really will take place that might be familiar to the Double Blue, with the Argos playing host to the British Columbia Lions at the Rogers Centre.<br />
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One hopes that the Argo players can remember how to get to that distant memory of a stadium, having been punted out of their digs a number of times through the year for a range of reasons. <br />
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However, with Blue Jays now finished with the baseball thing for the year, barring some other mysterious request from Rogers Centre management, the Argos should finish out the season of the extended road trip at home. Bonus points for them if they can claim First place overall, as it would mean one more home date in downtown Toronto, pending Rogers approval we imagine.<br />
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Saturday brings a double header with the Saskatchewan Roughriders winding down their year of woe with a match up in Calgary with the Stamps, with the Riders looking perhaps to play the role of Stampeder spoiler, leaving the path clear for Edmonton to claim the top spot in the West.<br />
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The night cap match up brings the Ottawa RedBlacks into Hamilton, with Ottawa seeking to keep pace with their eastern cousins and make the final week of the season one that could deliver no shortage of drama.<br />
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Sunday finds the Alouettes in Edmonton with what should be a must win situation, should they have any hopes of making a run for a crossover spot in the 2015 playoff derby.<br />
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Below, is our archive for week number Nineteen<br />
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Check back regularly through the weekend for updated material.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Friday, October 30 </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>British Columbia Lions 27</b> at Toronto Argonauts 25</span></div>
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-- <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2015/10/26/ricky-ray-could-be-argos-ultimate-x-factor"><span style="color: blue;">Ricky Ray could be Argos' ultimate X factor</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/football/lions/rookie+unlikely+mirror+matchup/11478772/story.html"><span style="color: blue;">Rookie, vet an unlikley mirror matchup</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Game Reviews:</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/one-step-closer-jennings-lions-fend-off-argonauts"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL.ca Game Recap</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/statsGame/id/12995"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL.ca Stats Review</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/video/index/id/118999"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL.ca Highlights</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Saturday, October 31 </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Saskatchewan 19 at <b>Calgary 42</b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">( 31,591 ) </span><span style="color: red;"><b>TSN</b></span></div>
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-- <a href="http://calgaryherald.com/sports/football/cfl/calgary-stampeders/stamps-realize-a-sputtering-team-is-a-dangerous-beast"><span style="color: blue;">Stamps realize a sputtering team is a dangerous beast</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/overpowering-offence-stamps-prove-too-much-for-riders"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL.ca Game Recap</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/statsGame/id/12997"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL.ca Stats Review</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/video/index/id/119053"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL.ca Highlights</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Ottawa RedBlacks 12 at Hamilton Tiger Cats 6</span><br />
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-- <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/football/cfl/redblacks-henry-burris-should-sit-this-one-out"><span style="color: blue;">RedBlacks' Henry Burris should sit this one out</span></a><br />
-- <a href="http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/6064268-ticats-page-faces-stiff-test-in-first-cfl-start/"><span style="color: blue;">Ticats' Paige faces stiff test in first CFL start</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/striking-first-redblacks-grind-out-win-over-ticats"><b>CFL.ca Game Recap</b></a></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/statsGame/id/12999"><b>CFL.ca Stats Review</b></a></span><br />
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<b style="color: #38761d;"><br /></b><span style="color: red;"><b>Sunday, November 1</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Montreal 22 at Edmonton 40</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">-- </span><a href="http://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/alouettes-need-win-against-eskimos-or-will-miss-playoffs-for-first-time"><span style="color: blue;">Alouettes need win against Eskimos or will miss playoffs for first time</span></a><br />
<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/football/cfl/edmonton-eskimos/eskimos-story"><span style="color: blue;">Winning Sunday most important: but Eskimos also have cool numbers to play for</span></a></span><br />
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Game Reviews:<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/walk-ing-on-sunshine-esks-officially-best-in-the-west"><b>CFL.ca Game Recap</b></a></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/statsGame/id/13001"><b>CFL.ca Stats Review</b></a></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.cfl.ca/video/index/id/119093"><b>CFL.ca Highlights</b></a></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-20710777290244798192015-10-29T23:00:00.000-07:002015-10-30T01:04:27.615-07:00Shaw Top Performer Week Eighteen<br />
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It was repeat weekend for two out of the three Shaw Top Performers for Week Eighteen.<br />
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Picking up where he left off a week ago, Eskimos Slot Back Adarius Bowman picked up his second consecutive first place finish, on the strength of a 200 plus yard game over the Riders. Bowman collected 13 receptions during the game, accumulated 208 yards and scored a TD in the Eskimos 35-24 victory over Saskatchewan. The back to back first place finishes compliment his first place award from Week 12.<br />
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Henry Burris once again had a stellar weekend leading the RedBlacks to a 27-20 victory over Winnipeg keeping Ottawa nipping at the heels of the Argos and TiCats in the very competitive eastern division. Burris passed for 412 yards, the fifth time this year he has topped the 400 plus mark. On the way to the RedBlack win Burris tossed the ball 43 times, completing 29 of his passes for a 67.4 percentage, of the 29 one provided Ottawa with six points marking his only aerial TD of the day, though he did plunge into the end zone on a push from scrimmage for another major.<br />
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Eskimos QB Mike Reilly rounds out the three selections on the week, passing for 377 yards, while completing 29 of his 39 passes, three of them for majors on the way to the Esks victory over Saskatchewan.<br />
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No results from the fan voting for week number seven have been released as of yet.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>The CFL's Shaw Top Performers for Week Seventeen</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>1st</b></span> --</span> <a href="http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/1595"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Adarius Bowman</b></span></a><span style="color: blue;"><b> </b></span>-- SB -- Edmonton Eskimos -- <span style="color: red;"><b>100 points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>2nd</b></span> -- <a href="http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/91"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Henry Burris</b></span></a> -- QB -- Ottawa RedBlacks -- <span style="color: red;"><b>50 Points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>3rd</b></span> -- <span style="color: blue;"><b> </b><a href="http://cfl.ca/roster/show?id=3881"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Mike Reilly</b></span></a></span><span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span><b style="color: blue;">--</b> QB -- Edmonton Eskimos -- <span style="color: red;"><b>25 points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Fan Vote</b></span> -- <span style="color: blue;"><b>Ballot Results not released yet</b></span>--<span style="color: red;"><b>10 Points</b></span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/top-performers"><span style="color: blue;">CFL.ca review of the Players of the Week</span></a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://twelvemenonthefield.blogspot.ca/2015/07/cfl-players-of-week-archive-2015.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Twelve Men on the Field Archive of the Shaw Top Performers Listings for the 2014 season</span></a></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-78833453365959320852015-10-23T13:10:00.000-07:002015-10-23T16:12:45.121-07:00CFL Week Eighteen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With only three weeks remaining in the 2015 Regular season, those teams with playoff ambitions will be looking to secure their placement in the November sweepstakes to take them to Grey Cup Sunday.<br />
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With Saskatchewan already eliminated and the Eskimos, Stamps,Tiger Cats, Argos and RedBlacks all having clinched, the final playoff spot has become a marathon to the end of the season it seems between British Columbia, Winnipeg and Montreal.<br />
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And as we head into week eighteen, someone is going to slip behind by the time Sunday morning comes around<br />
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The week gets underway with a home game for the Argos, and much as it has been this year, that means that Toronto is playing somewhere else outside of the Six, with trek down the highway to Hamilton tonight as the Argos host the Alouettes at Tim Horton's field. With an eye still towards catching the Ti Cats for first place in the east, the Alouettes will have their hands full as they seek to keep their playoff hopes alive, looking to Kevin Glenn to have learned just a little bit more in the last week to spur the offence on.<br />
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Friday featured a double header with the under performing BC Lions playing host to the Tiger Cats, two teams that appear headed in opposite directions of late, withe the Cats overcoming the loss of starter Zach Collaros, while the Leos see hopeful signs from their QB's, but then inexplicably let victories slip away, a trend that BC is running out of time to correct.<br />
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Saturday also provides us with two match ups with the Ottawa RedBlacks heading to Winnipeg, the Bombers one of those three teams on the cross over bubble, seeking to secure third in the West to make the prospect of an Alouette jump across borders an unlikely event. For Ottawa, all eyes will be on QB Henry Burris who has had a remarkable season and looks to be close to setting even more records in his long and exciting CFL career.<br />
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The wrap up to the weekend probably looked pretty good when they drew up the schedule, the Riders and Eskimos, two teams that many expected would have break out years in the CFL. And as the season has shown, the Break Out was all in Edmonton, while it seems now that it's Break Up season in Saskatchewan. The finale to week Seventeen of much more value to the Eskimos than the Riders, as the Green and Gold look to solidify a hold on the top spot in the CFL West and overall standings in the league as well.<br />
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Below, is our archive for week number Seventeen.<br />
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Check back regularly through the weekend for updated material.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Friday, October 23 </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Montreal Alouettes at Toronto Argonauts (at Tim Horton's Field)</span></div>
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<a href="http://cfl.ca/article/preview-als-argos-both-looking-to-make-ground"><span style="color: red;"><b>Game Preview</b></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/nhl/montreal-canadiens/jack-todd-alouettes-gmcoach-popp-is-running-out-of-fingers-to-point"><span style="color: blue;">Alouettes GM/coach is running out of fingers to point</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2015/10/22/samoan-fonoti-stepping-in-for-argonauts"><span style="color: blue;">Samoan Fonoti stepping in for Argonauts</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Game Reviews:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Highlights</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Friday, October 24 </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Hamilton Tiger Cats at British Columbia Lions</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">( 7 PM PT - 10 ET ) </span><span style="color: red;"><b>TSN</b></span></div>
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<b><a href="http://cfl.ca/article/preview-lions-thinking-playoffs-vs-gable-ticats"><span style="color: red;">Game Preview</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/5974195-ticats-game-day-it-s-the-battle-of-the-rookie-qbs-in-b-c-/"><span style="color: blue;">It's the battle of the rookie QB's in B. C.</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://www.theprovince.com/sports/football/bc-lions/throw+book+lions+coach+jeff+tedford/11460634/story.html"><span style="color: blue;">Don't throw the book at Lions' coach Jeff Tedford yet</span></a></span></div>
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Game Reviews:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Highlights</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Saturday, October 24</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Ottawa RedBlacks at Winnipeg Blue Bombers</span><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">( 3 PM ET, 4 ET, 1 PT) </span><span style="color: red;">TSN</span></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://cfl.ca/article/preview-bombers-aim-to-start-fast-vs-redblacks"><span style="color: red;">Game Preview</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/football/cfl/brad-sinopoli-a-great-catch-for-redblacks-so-far"><span style="color: blue;">Brad Sinopoli a great catch for RedBlacks so far</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://www.winnipegsun.com/2015/10/22/oshea-says-bryant-will-be-ready-for-bombers"><span style="color: blue;">O'Shea says Bryant will be ready for Bombers</span></a></span><br />
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Game Reviews:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Highlights</span><br />
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<b style="color: #38761d;"><br /></b><span style="color: red;"><b>Saturday, October 24</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Edmonton at Saskatchewan</span><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">(5 PM ST/MT, 7 ET, 4 PT) </span><span style="color: red;">TSN</span></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/preview-esks-visit-riders-going-for-seven-straight-wins"><span style="color: red;">Game Preview</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/10/22/eskimos-lb-jc-sherritt-back-from-injury-and-eager-to-play-saturday"><span style="color: blue;">Eskimos LB JC Sherritt back from injury and eager to play Saturday</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/football/roughriders-football/eskimos+provide+tough+test/11463194/story.html"><span style="color: blue;">Eskimos provide though test for Roughriders</span></a></span><br />
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Game Reviews:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Highlights</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-27919567478817202532015-10-23T12:01:00.000-07:002015-10-23T15:46:34.175-07:00Shaw Top Performers week Seventeen<br />
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A Receiver, a QB and a DB clam their spots this week with the Shaw Top Performers listings for Week Seventeen.<br />
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With a career game to save to the archives, the Eskimos Adarius Bowman claims the top spot of the week, his 11 receptions for 198 yards and a touchdown part of the story of the Eskimos come from behind victory over the BC Lions. Bowman made his mark in the second quarter grabbing a 69 yard pass from Mike Reilly that made for Bowman's six TD reception on the year. Week Seventeen marks the second time that the Eskimo receiver has been ranked as a Top Performer, having claimed the title in Week 12 as well.<br />
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Another remarkable outing for Ottawa RedBlacks QB Henry Burris gives him the second placement of the week, as the RedBlacks field general threw for 370 yards and a TD, completing 34 of his 43 pass attempts in a victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The long time CFL QB is having one of the best seasons of his career, set to streak by the 5,000 yard mark before this season is done, perhaps even before this upcoming weekend is finished. His success on week Seventeen is the fourth time this season he's been tapped as a Top Performer.<br />
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The defence gets its due this week as well, as the Stampeders Defensive Back Brandon Smith claims the third spot of the listings. Smith snared two picks in the Stamps 27-15 win over the Argos, adding to his totals on the year that have second on the Stamps roster in interceptions at 3.<br />
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No results from the fan voting for week number seven have been released as of yet.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>The CFL's Shaw Top Performers for Week Seventeen</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>1st</b></span> --</span> <a href="http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/1595"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Adarius Bowman</b></span></a><span style="color: blue;"><b> </b></span>-- SB -- Edmonton Eskimos -- <span style="color: red;"><b>100 points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>2nd</b></span> -- <a href="http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/91"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Henry Burris</b></span></a> -- QB -- Ottawa RedBlacks -- <span style="color: red;"><b>50 Points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>3rd</b></span> -- <span style="color: blue;"><b> </b><a href="http://www.cfl.ca/roster/show/id/2993"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Brandon Smith</b></span></a></span><span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span><b style="color: blue;">--</b> DR -- Calgary Stampeders -- <span style="color: red;"><b>25 points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Fan Vote</b></span> -- <span style="color: blue;"><b>Ballot Results not released yet</b></span>--<span style="color: red;"><b>10 Points</b></span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/top-performers"><span style="color: blue;">CFL.ca review of the Players of the Week</span></a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://twelvemenonthefield.blogspot.ca/2015/07/cfl-players-of-week-archive-2015.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Twelve Men on the Field Archive of the Shaw Top Performers Listings for the 2014 season</span></a></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-51076424389441015352015-10-16T11:26:00.002-07:002015-10-17T00:01:26.012-07:00CFL Week Seventeen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The playoff push is on with but four weeks to go in the 2015 CFL season, a jockeying for positions that could mean the difference between home field advantage and long trek into enemy territory in a winner takes all showdown.<br />
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Two teams looking to secure their spot in the playoff rotation take to the field in the week seventeen opener, as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers head into Ottawa and a Friday Night Football match up with the Ottawa RedBlacks.<br />
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The team from the nations capital is currently trying to keep pace with the division leading TiCats and Argos, but two points behind the division leaders heading into the weekend. Winnipeg on the other hand are holding onto their dreams of a playoff berth by their finger nails tied with BC for the final spot and watching as the Alouettes look to secure a cross over berth for the CFL Semis.<br />
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Saturday afternoon finds the Argos back on the road for a home game, bounced once again from their Rogers Stadium home owing to the Blue Jays ALCS Division series, the Boatmen will be hoping that enough of their fans make the drive down the QEW to see Tim Horton's field where they will host the Stampeders in what should be a CFL thriller for the weekend.<br />
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The night cap on Saturday takes us out to Edmonton, where the Eskimos who currently hold the edge over Calgary for bragging rights in the West will look to add to the misery of the Lions season, which has seen missed opportunities slip through their fingers a number of times in 2015. Currently locked into a third and final spot in the West, the Lions have seemingly done all they can of late to make sure that they have to fight to the very last game should they wish to have any post season plans this year.<br />
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The weekend wraps up in Montreal, where Kevin Glenn, recently acquired and taking a crash course in Alouette offensive plans will look to keep Montreal's playoff hopes alive as the Als take on the TiCats at Molson Stadium. Week seventeen might provide a bit more of a challenge for the Cats, as Jeff Matthews who has taken over the helm of the Cats offence faces down a team that is still focused on a playoff spot, with a motivated Alouette defence no doubt looking to make this weekend a test for the rookie QB.<br />
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Below, is our archive for week number Seventeen.<br />
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Check back regularly through the weekend for updated material.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Friday, October 16 </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Winnipeg 24 at <b>Ottawa 27</b></span></div>
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<b><a href="http://cfl.ca/article/preview-bombers-redblacks-both-in-need-of-wins"><span style="color: red;">Game Preview</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/10/14/lots-on-line-for-ottawa-redblacks-winnipeg-blue-bombers"><span style="color: blue;">Lots on the line for Ottawa RedBlacks, Winnipeg Blue Bombers</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://www.winnipegsun.com/2015/10/15/bitter-jovon-johnson-wants-to-make-lives-living-hell-for-the-winnipeg-blue-bombers"><span style="color: blue;">Bitter Jovon Johnson wants to make lives living hell for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Game Reviews:</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/capital-clinch-ottawa-earns-playoff-spot-with-win-over-bombers"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL.ca Game Recap</b></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/statistics/statsGame/id/12979"><span style="color: red;"><b>CFL.ca Stats Review</b></span></a><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Highlights</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red;"><b>Saturday, October 17 </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Calgary at Toronto (<i>At Tim Horton's Field in Hamilton</i>)</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">( 4PM ET, 2 PM MT, 1 PM PT ) </span><span style="color: red;"><b>TSN</b></span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.cfl.ca/video/index/id/118191"><span style="color: red;">Game Preview</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://calgaryherald.com/sports/football/cfl/calgary-stampeders/new-stamps-running-back-messam-hopes-move-to-calgary-is-a-home-run"><span style="color: blue;">New Stamps Running back Messam hopes move to Calgary is a home run</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2015/10/14/argos-coach-scott-milanovich-backing-qb-trevor-harris"><span style="color: blue;">Argos coach Scott Millanovich backing QB Trevor Harris</span></a></span></div>
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Game Reviews:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Highlights</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Saturday, October 17</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">British Columbia at Edmonton</span><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">(5 PM MT, 4 PT, 7 ET) </span><span style="color: red;">TSN</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Game Preview</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/football/lions/lions+face+tough+decision+jennings+lulay/11432379/story.html"><span style="color: blue;">Lions face a tough decision: Jennings or Lulay</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/football/cfl/edmonton-eskimos/eskimos-defence-on-target-for-one-of-cfls-all-time-best-seasons"><span style="color: blue;">Eskimos defence on target for one of CFL's all time best seasons</span></a></span><br />
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Game Reviews:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Highlights</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Monday, October 18</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Hamilton at Montreal</span><br />
<b><span style="color: blue; font-style: italic;">(1 PM ET, 10 AM PT) </span><span style="color: red;">TSN</span></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.cfl.ca/video/index/id/117891"><span style="color: red;">Game Preview</span></a></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/qb-glenn-gets-crash-course-on-alouettes-system"><span style="color: blue;">QB Glenn gets crash course on Alouettes' system</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">-- <a href="http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/5960181-tiger-cats-get-ready-to-face-kevin-glenn-again/"><span style="color: blue;">Tiger Cats ready to face Kevin Glenn, again</span></a></span><br />
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Game Reviews:<br />
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<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Game Recap</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Stats Review</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">CFL.ca Highlights</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-56808571865541315292015-10-16T10:26:00.002-07:002015-10-16T10:26:50.118-07:00Bold move by Als, may just extend season<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Pretty well everyone expected Kevin Glenn to be on the move somewhere, the Riders season extinguished and the team clearly looking to retool and add some youth had one major chip to use in these final weeks of the 2015 season, a veteran QB with a few teams in need of same.<br />
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The favourite heading out of last weekend appeared to be the Hamilton Tiger Cats the conventional wisdom being that they Cats would be looking to strike a deal with Saskatchewan to bring a CFL veteran into the fold to take them down the playoff stretch.<br />
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Instead, the Alouettes were quickest on the telephone, snaring Glenn for this season and next all for but a fifth round pick to Saskatchewan and a contract extension for Glenn.<br />
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He will bring a steady hand to an Alouettes offence that has stumbled over the last few weeks, the young talent at the QB position wilting a bit as the pressure of a potential playoff miss began to take its toll.<br />
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Still, Glenn can't do it all on his own, the struggles in Montreal have been more of a systemic kind of thing, the early season turmoil of the firing of head coach Tom Higgins, the saga of Michael Sam, all of it seeming to shift the sands under their feet right out of the gate.<br />
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Receivers will have to catch, runners gallop and the offensive line will have to provide more consistent protection than that which has been seen through the year to this point.<br />
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Yet with one flash of a pen, suddenly, the Als are back in the hunt for the last playoff position and if they should find success there, who knows how they may run the table into late November.<br />
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A salvage mission which may turn into a playoff run and no one in Montreal probably saw that happening but a few weeks ago.<br />
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Some background on the deal below:<br />
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<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/montreal-alouettes-acquire-qb-kevin-glenn-from-roughriders/article26819480/"><span style="color: red;">Montreal Alouettes acquire QB Kevin Glenn from Roughriders</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.cfl.ca/article/als-acquire-kevin-glenn-in-trade-with-riders"><span style="color: red;">At the Deadline: Als acquire Kevin Glenn in trade with Riders</span></a><br />
<a href="http://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/als-have-acquired-veteran-qb-kevin-glenn"><span style="color: red;">Alouettes deal for veteran QB Kevin Glenn</span></a><br />
<a href="http://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/kevin-glenn-becomes-alouettes-last-best-hope-at-quarterback"><span style="color: red;">Kevin Glenn becomes Alouettes' last best hope at quarterback</span></a><br />
<a href="http://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/qb-glenn-gets-crash-course-on-alouettes-system"><span style="color: red;">QB Glenn gets crash course on Alouettes' system</span></a><br />
<a href="http://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/alouettes-expect-offensive-boost-with-glenn-at-helm"><span style="color: red;">Alouettes expect offensive boost with Glenn at helm</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/football/roughriders-football/roughriders+kevin+glenn+traded/11437313/story.html"><span style="color: red;">Saskatchewan Roughriders trade Kevin Glenn, Jerome Messam</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/vanstone+trading+riders+kevin+glenn+right+move+concerned+video/11437903/story.html"><span style="color: red;">Trading Rider's Kevin Glenn was the right move for all concerned</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.leaderpost.com/sports/football/roughriders-football/kevin+glenn+grateful+time+spent/11439357/story.html"><span style="color: red;">Glenn grateful for time spent in Saskatchewan</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395486.post-26246989957681950142015-10-16T10:15:00.000-07:002015-10-16T10:41:20.502-07:00Shaw Performers, Week Sixteen<br />
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Two QB's and a receiver dominate the Shaw Top Performers listings for Week Sixteen.<br />
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With a completion rate of close to 73 percent and 367 yards through the air last week, Toronto's Trevor Harris picked up the top spot, with the panel quite impressed with his work against Ottawa last Tuesday night. 2015 has been quite the breakout year for the Argo, leading the CFL in Touchdowns at 31, collecting some 3,782 yard through the air and holding his pass completion rate in the seventies all year.<br />
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Pressed into duty following the injury to Zach Collaros, the Ticats Jeff Mathews is giving head coach Kent Austin opportunity to take a deep breath. Friday night, Mathews had an impressive showing against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, throwing 22 of 33 passes for 385 yards and three touchdowns and directing the Cats offence with confidence throughout the game.<br />
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Even though his team came up short on the weekend, Emmanuel Arceneaux held up his part of the bargain, hauling in a season high eight receptions for 151 yards and a pair of touchdowns, six of those eight catches were for 13 or more yards, with three taking him 25 yards or more down the field. <br />
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No results from the fan voting for week number seven have been released as of yet.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>The CFL's Shaw Top Performers for Week Sixteen</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>1st</b></span> --</span> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/4827"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Trevor Harris</b></span></a><b> </b></span>-- QB -- Toronto Argonauts -- <span style="color: red;"><b>100 points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>2nd</b></span> -- <a href="http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/7655"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Jeff Matthews</b></span></a> -- QB -- Hamilton Tiger Cats -- <span style="color: red;"><b>50 Points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>3rd</b></span> -- <span style="color: blue;"><b> <a href="http://cfl.ca/roster/show/id/3803"><span style="color: blue;">Emmanuel Arcenaux</span></a></b></span><span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;"> </span><b style="color: blue;">--</b> WR -- BC Lions -- <span style="color: red;"><b>25 points</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Fan Vote</b></span> -- <span style="color: blue;"><b>Ballot Results not released yet</b></span>--<span style="color: red;"><b>10 Points</b></span><br />
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<b><a href="http://cfl.ca/article/top-performers"><span style="color: blue;">CFL.ca review of the Players of the Week</span></a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://twelvemenonthefield.blogspot.ca/2015/07/cfl-players-of-week-archive-2015.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Twelve Men on the Field Archive of the Shaw Top Performers Listings for the 2014 season</span></a></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0