Saskatchewan Roughriders Notes 2009

From this spot we log all items of interest about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for the 2009 season.
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From web page information, to radio links, news service sites, Twelve men archive items and any other forms of content we'll list it here, a quick reference spot for Rider fans wherever they may be.
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Roughriders home page
Roughriders schedule
Roughriders roster
Roughriders coaching staff
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Radio broadcast outlet:
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620 CKRM
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Newspaper links:
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Regina Leader Post
Canada.com
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Other Links:
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Wikipedia
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Bloggers:
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RodPederson.com
Riderpride
Rider Rumblings
Bleeding Green on the East side
Riderfans
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From the twelvemanblog:
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July 23-- From the land of Friday Night Lights, to one with Friday Night Football
July 22-- Ready to raise a roof in Regina

Winnipeg Blue Bombers Notes 2009

From this spot we log all items of interest about the Winnipeg Blue Bombers for the 2009 season.
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From web page information, to radio links, news service sites, Twelve men archive items and any other forms of content we'll list it here, a quick reference spot for Bomber fans wherever they may be.
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Blue Bombers home page
Blue Bombers schedule
Blue Bombers roster
Blue Bombers coaching staff
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Radio broadcast outlet:
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CJOB 68 Winnipeg
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Newspaper links:
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Sun
Canada.com
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Other Links:
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Wikipedia
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Bloggers:
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Our Bombers
The Bomber Insiders
Doug Brown
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From the twelveman blog
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July 25-- Printers, Bishop on the Bombers speed dial?

Hamilton Tiger Cat Notes 2009

From this spot we log all items of interest about the Hamilton Tiger Cats for the 2009 season.

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From web page information, to radio links, news service sites, Twelve men archive items and any other forms of content we'll list it here, a quick reference spot for Tiger Cat fans wherever they may be.

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Tiger Cats Home page

Tiger Cats schedule

Tiger Cats roster

Tiger Cats coaching staff

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Radio broadcast outlet:

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900 CHML Hamilton

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Newspaper links:

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Hamilton Spectator

Canada.com

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Other Links:

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Wikipedia

Twitter

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Bloggers:

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Tazeworld

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Items from the Twelve Man Blog

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July 29-- Arland dons his Tigers stripes

Toronto Argonaut Notes 2009

From this spot we log all items of interest about the Toronto Argonauts for the 2009 season.

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From web page information, to radio links, news service sites, Twelve men archive items and any other forms of content we'll list it here, a quick reference spot for Argonaut fans wherever they may be.
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Argonauts Home page
Argonauts schedule
Argonauts roster
Argonauts coaching staff
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Radio broadcast outlet:
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The Fan 590 Toronto
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Newspaper links:
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Toronto Star
Toronto Sun
Globe and Mail
National Post
Canada.com
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Other Links:
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Wikidpedia
Twitter
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Bloggers:
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Boatmen Blog
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From the Twelvemenblog:
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July 29-- Arland dons his Tigers stripes
Jun 22-- Mr. Braley's Bank machine

Montreal Alouette Notes 2009

From this spot we log all items of interest about the Montreal Alouettes for the 2009 season.

From web page information, to radio links, news service sites, Twelve men archive items and any other forms of content we'll list it here, a quick reference spot for Alouette fans wherever they may be.

Alouettes Home page English

Alouettes Home page French

Alouettes schedule

Alouettes roster

Alouettes coaching staff

Radio broadcast outlet:

CJAD Montreal (English)

CKAC Montreal (Francais)

Newspaper links:

Montreal Gazette (English)

Canada.com (English)

Le Journal de Montreal (Francais)

La Presse (Francais)

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Wikipedia

Facebook

Twitter

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Bloggers:

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The Snap

Section W

The Final Snap -- June 2009

We look for the one quote of the day from the CFL that defines an interesting event or personality.

June 30-- "I honestly feel I'm ready for this"
June 29-- "I like it because it's a long season and a long game"
June 28-- It's smart to get guys fresh and you can catch defences off-balance
June 27-- "When we started training camp, we expected Reggie to be on the team"
June 26-- "You play the game to be the starter and it's a dream come true. I feel like I'm ready and that's the main thing"
June 25-- "It's up to him. If he has a better offer than I made him, then he has a tremendous offer. We have limitations"
June 24-- "Coach Kelly told us over and over again, 'Make the coaches' job hard"
June 23-- "I'm a long way from home and it's another outlet to keep up with people"
June 22-- "We have a great battle at linebacker going on"
June 21-- "Define old?"
June 20-- "At that time where the organization was, I thought I'd never be back"
June 19-- "I want to be a Rider by any means necessary"
June 18-- "It's always a competition, for starters or backups or No. 3s"
June 17-- “Watching him, he reminded me of (Tennessee Titans’) Vince Young with his athletic ability,”

The Opening kickoff -- June 2009

We highlight three key stories of the day with our opening kickoff feature...

June 30-- Ticats continue to prove the exception to the rule
June 30-- Stories to follow as CFL season kicks off
June 30-- A steely resolve to beat the drought
June 29-- 10 Questions on eve of Alouettes' Grey Cup march
June 29-- Eskimos’ Lumsden returns after food poisoning
June 29-- Plenty of storylines as the CFL enters another season
June 28-- Argos' newcomer enjoying wide-open CFL fields
June 28-- We hope looks ARE deceiving
June 28-- On the defensive
June 27-- Tabbies coach dreaming big
June 27-- Eskimos coach seeks return to glory days
June 27-- Argos pin hopes on Andrus
June 26-- Four quarterbacks survive cut
June 26-- Ex-Al Payton `showed he can still outrun people:' Andrus
June 26-- Thunder struck
June 25-- Burris signs four-year contract extension in Calgary
June 25-- Bellefeuille breaks it to them gently
June 25-- Reckoning day for Als' hopefuls
June 24-- Quarterbacks hunt for stable ground in Argos' win
June 24-- Tristan Jackson lights the fuse for Edmonton
June 24-- Riders finish CFL pre-season winless
June 23-- Alouettes finish pre-season undefeated
June 23-- Lumsden hopes to be Edmonton's running man
June 23-- Lions secondary takes criticism in stride
June 22-- Argos defence looks to channel past
June 22-- Stampeders release veteran linebacker Armour
June 22-- Kelly going with young RBs in Montreal
June 21-- Riders' Shologan gets into 'CFL shape'
June 21-- Coach's grin says it all about Walls
June 21-- Andrus learning intricacies of CFL
June 20-- Draft picks bound to pay off eventually for Ticats
June 20-- It's one for all on B.C. defence
June 20-- Blue swing axe; 'good group' remains
June 19-- Argo legend Krol dead at 89
June 19-- Cats brass upbeat in wake of defeat
June 19-- Stampeders lose Smith, Cornish to injuries
June 18-- Cats can't overcome early errors
June 18-- Lions' Lulay shows his stuff against Stamps
June 18-- Buono in sight of milestone
June 17-- Lions owner helped rescue ailing Argos
June 17-- New look Bombers down Ticats 32-22
June 17-- Argo coach preaching preparation

Pre season 2009

The training camps have been busy these last few weeks, but the real hitting and evaluations begin tonight, the CFL offers up all eight teams in action tonight for their first taste of real time action.

There are only two weeks of pre-season games to follow, taking us up to the regular season kick off of Canada Day, July 1st.

How the pre season worked out will be tracked below.

Wed June 17-- Montreal 37 at Toronto 24 Game Notes (18,241)
Wed June 17-- Hamilton 22 at Winnipeg 32 Game Notes (27,742)
Wed June 17-- Saskatchewan 12 at Edmonton 45 Game Notes (34,793)
Wed June 17-- British Columbia 30 at Calgary 37 Game Notes (25,463)

Tues June 23-- Winnipeg 27 at Montreal 31 Game Notes (20,202)
Tues June 23-- Toronto 27 at Hamilton 17 Game Notes (16,225)
Tues June 23-- Calgary 27 at Saskatchewan 19 Game Notes (29,107)
Tues June 23-- Edmonton 31 at British Columbia 19 Game Notes (23,217)

A new year beckons

Well we've taken a sabbatical from our efforts for a number of months now, the end of last year not quite completed as events overtook the format of the blog.

So with a few new ideas and hopeful spirit, we'll give the 2009 season a shot.

We'll try to contribute more regularly and perhaps streamline things a bit to reduce the workload so as to provide for a more reliable review of the events in Canadian Football.

We'll be busy the next few weeks cleaning up the various features, updating the schedules and such, removing and adding different things, all to try and have things up and running fine by the opening kick off coming up on opening day.

At any rate, that's the hope, we'll see how it all shakes out by November eh!

CFL Multimedia

A list of the books, DVD's and other items that chronicle the CFL.

Books:

Legends of Autumn
Bigger Balls
A Passing Game
All My Heart: The Pinball Clemons Story
The Grey Cup a Complete History
Thrown to the Lions: The BC Lions in Empire Stadium
Canadian Football: The View from the Helmet
Flutie
Robokicker: An odyssey through the CFL
Crimes and Punishment: Life as a CFL Official
The Waterboy
Goin Deep: The Life and Times of a CFL Quarterback

DVDS:

CFL Traditions

Don't shoot til you see the whites of their eyes, NFL invasion plans 2009

The Buffalo Bills began their toe dipping exercise into Southern Ontario in 2008, we'll follow the progress of that plan into this season as well.

Whether it's the early precursor of a full fledged NFL invasion of Toronto, or just the uneasy arrangement that continues on as it has with a select number of games in the Toronto market remains to be seen.

It's a controversial topic which splits football fans down the middle it seems, we'll relay what we find below.

Archive of items from 2009

Archive of items from 2008

The Expansion Grapevine 2009

As the season moves forward we'll examine and record any thoughts of expansion in the CFL, an always popular topic, but one which seems to run into no shortage of problems when it gets down to actually moving forward with the project.

We will list our items below.

Archive for 2009

Archive from 2008

NFL Invasion plans 2008 Archive

We follow some of the hype and thoughts of the tentative moves into the Canadian marketplace of the NFL. Our efforts in 2008 were a little scattered, but we hope to be more dedicated to the project this season.

Archive of NFL items on Canadian interest

Expansion Grapevine

We track the items from 2008 about hopeful plans for expansion of the CFL in the future.

Archive on items from 2008

Opening kickoff archives for 2008

We hold our past entries from the Opening kick off for 2008 here.

November
October
September
August
July
June

Week Sixteen

With the Thanksgiving weekend upon us, the CFL's stage is almost set for the rush for positioning for the playoffs in November.

Week sixteen offers up some interesting match ups which could go a long way to deciding first from fourth in both divisions.

Friday, October 10-- Toronto @ Winnipeg (7:30 ET, 6:30 CT, 4:30 PT)
Friday, October 10-- Edmonton @ BC (7:30 PT, 8:30 MT, 10:30 ET)
Monday, October 13-- Hamilton @ Montreal (1:00 ET, 10:00 AM PT)
Monday, October 14-- Saskatchewan @ Calgary (2:30 MT, 1:30 PT, 4:30 ET)

All Games on TSN

Week Fifteen

The beer won't flow as fast in Saskatchewan and the games don't get any easier for Toronto, just a few of the sub plots to week fifteen of the CFL schedule.

Friday,October 3-- BC 24 @ Toronto 20 (28,273)
Friday, October 3-- Calgary 34 @ Saskatchewan 37 (30,945)
Saturday, October 4-- Montreal 38 @ Hamilton 44 (20,423)
Saturday, October 4-- Winnipeg 22 @ Edmonton 36 (40,453)

ALL GAMES ON TSN

The Finals snaps of October 2008

October 3-- ''I'm sure there's going to be a lot of people getting knocked around"
October 2-- "I believe the responsibility of protecting our players is one of the most important responsibilities I have"
October 1-- "It's up to me, based on how I feel"

The Opening kickoffs of October

The weather begins to change in October and so do the fortunes of more than one CFL team, with the final weeks of the 2008 season getting closer, the playoff positioning becomes all important.

We'll keep track of October's main events here.

October 3-- Roughriders tame Stamps
October 3-- Lions hold off Argos
October 3-- Als seeking sacks
October 2-- Joseph wary of Lions defence
October 2-- Buono succeeds on own terms
October 2-- Argos' Dorsey confident he will return
October 1-- Powerless to protect
October 1-- Cobourne, Wake CFL's best of week
October 1-- CFL: Labour of love?

Players of the Week for week Thirteen

Among the best of the league this week were:

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Anthony Calvillo-- QB -- Montreal Alouettes
Runner up-- Unanimous Selection

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Jermaine McElveen-- DE-- Montreal Alouettes
Runners up-- Unanimous Selection

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Paul McCallum-- K/P-- BC Lions
Runners up-- Dominique Dorsey, Toronto

CANADIAN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Stu Foord-- RB -- Saskatchewan Roughriders
Runner up-- Ben Cahoon, Montreal; Javier Glatt, BC Lions