Rider Fans – Losing Their Minds

 
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have announced a sell-out of tonight’s preseason tilt against the Calgary Stampeders. Yes, I’ll say that again for clairification – A SELL-OUT. 28,800 fans in the seats. WTF? Rider fans are hard up for football. People are obviously itching to see:

Kent Austin in a hat.
Drew Tate turning the Gatorade to wine.
Eric Tillman’s [...]

Get It On eBay: Remember The Andrew Grigg Era?

 
It is easy to appreciate good art and in this case, I really appreciate this piece. The lithograph depicts a bunch of retired Ti-Cats (two of which were forced). They are from left to right, Paul Osbaldiston, Mike Morreale, Andrew Grigg and Rob Hitchcock . If you are a die hard and I mean die hard [...]

A New Pitch In Winnipeg?

 
Remember that splashy new stadium proposed by deep pockets David Asper? Well the people of Winnipeg have just got one step closer to a new park. The team’s board of directors voted to sign a letter of intent with Asper’s Creswin Properties Ltd. The Free Press has more on this as does cfl.ca. I don’t like [...]

Lions at Esks RECAP

Panic in B.C. (not really) as the team falls to 0-2 in the preseason losing 18-12 to the Eskies. Da links:

Hi-lites. Stats.
Those are the Eskimos we’re used to.
Tyler Ebell “is the real deal.” You’ve been warned.
All hail Stefan.
Is Mookie extinct?
The Antico Roadshow.
More on the “position battles” in B.C. Zzzz.
“We played like s—.”- reigning CFL MOP Geroy Simon.
Fans [...]

Argos – Als RECAP

The Montreal Alouettes beat the Toronto Argonauts 36-24in their pre-season re-match. Here are the post game links:

Gone in six seconds.
Some STATS there  and Highlights here.
Wild and wacky league.
Mike McMahon starting QB for the 2007 Argos?
If not McMahon, get ready for a QB carousel.
Who is Larry Smith gonna cheer for.
Expansion in Montreal?

Hardware(From this day forward RFTW [...]