Tag: Football
It’s not always clear to know when a sports team hits rock bottom, to know the exact game or exact situation where a team has reached the lowest ebb in its history - it can often be in the eye of the beholder. But in the case of the Edmonton Elks, it’s clear as day. … Continue reading Where Do the Elks Go From Here?
New Head Coach, same results at home for the Ottawa REDBLACKS. Falling 26-15 to the Calgary Stampeders at their Home Opener, they have lost 14 straight at home with their last home win being a 34-24 win vs Edmonton Elks on September 28th 2021. There is plenty of options for this weeks Down in Distance … Continue reading Down in Distance – REDBLACKS Week 2
Was it 2022 or the first game of 2023? All REDBLACKS fans know is that game one of the 2023 season vs the Montreal Alouettes was a lot like any of the games played between 2019-2022. Let's not waste much time and jump right into this, in Down and Distance, there will be three thoughts … Continue reading Down and Distance – Ottawa Redblacks Week 1
The Canadian Football League is at an intriguing point in its history. Perhaps more than any other time, the dream of a tenth team seems more likely than ever. The question now is, where? Do we know the division, the East division, the question is either Halifax, Nova Scotia, or Quebec City, Quebec. The correct … Continue reading Halifax or Quebec? Choosing the Next CFL Expansion site
In January 2023, BC Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke signed for the NFL team the Jacksonville Jaguars. It is a Road that has been traveled before, a quarterback in the CFL impresses in Canada and garners enough attention down south to make a career in the NFL. It doesn’t always end in success, but the blueprint … Continue reading Nathan Rourke and Five Notable Quarterbacks To Move From the CFL To NFL
After the success in recent years that has come from the CFL’s annual Touchdown Atlantic game, rumblings and rumors have began circling that the league indeed wants to explore a similar format to bring the CFL to other Canadian cities. The idea would be that one team moves one home game to another relatively nearby … Continue reading Where Each CFL Team Could Host Their Own Local ‘Touchdown Atlantic’
It wasn’t a vintage season for the division as a whole, but for the first time since 2017, an East division team won the Grey Cup. The Toronto Argonauts shocked the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the final and yet going forward, they’ll have questions that need to be answered. Alongside them, their rivals the Montreal … Continue reading One Question For Each CFL East Division Team to Answer Going into 2023
On December 2nd 2022, British Columbia’s college football rivalry returns after a twelve years hiatus, as the University of British Columbia will face Simon Fraser University at Terry Fox Field in Burnaby. As well as being a contest for British Columbia supremacy, this rivalry is also a rivalry that transcends governing sports bodies and even … Continue reading Canadian Sports Rivalries – UBC Thunderbirds vs Simon Fraser Red Leafs
With all four conferences back in action, the top ten ranking has returned for week eight! There were some surprising results, previous top ten entries Alberta and Sherbrooke lost to the previously winless Calgary and McGill respectively, and elite teams like Western and Queen’s played in closer games than was expected. We’re well into the … Continue reading Top Ten U Sports Football Teams – Week 8
It’s January 2022, and the provincial government of Quebec will be meeting with the National Hockey League to discuss the possibility of bringing a professional hockey team back to the city of Quebec for the first time since 1995. In a time whern just seven percent of NHL players are from Quebec, part of the … Continue reading Canadian Sports Rivalries – Montreal Vs Quebec City
