By: Santino Filoso On Friday night the Redblacks headed to Montreal to avoid becoming the worst team in the CFL in a battle of two 1-7 clubs. Unfortunately, despite it once again being a one score game in the 4th quarter, the Redblacks comedy of errors caught up to them and cost them a win, dropping … Continue reading Redblacks Lose Battle of the 417
Month: August 2014
#TBT: An Interview with Gord Weber
By: Santino Filoso Today we sit down with Ottawa native and former Rough Rider linebacker Gord Weber. Weber was drafted in the 7th round after an award winning CIS career (CIS First Team All Canadian twice) where he was a QQIFC All-Star and the QQIFC Defensive Player of the Year in 1989 with the Ottawa GeeGees. … Continue reading #TBT: An Interview with Gord Weber
REDPLAIDS vs Stamps; Different Jersey, Same Result
By: Santino Filoso On a beautiful Sunday afternoon and wearing two thirds of their new CFL Signature Look uniforms, the Redblacks welcomed the Calgary Stampeders to TD Place for their only matinée game of the season. Despite battling hard all game the Redblacks ultimately lost, dropping their record to 1-7 on the year. Pre-Game: - Continuing to prove that Ottawa … Continue reading REDPLAIDS vs Stamps; Different Jersey, Same Result
#RThoughts on the Redblacks new 3rd jersey
On Monday, August 18th, the Ottawa Redblacks revealed their inaugural third jersey. After a decent amount of speculation and a few fun teasers, here's what we got: Social media was abuzz with reaction and opinion, ranging from love to hate and most points in between. Frankly, reaction was far closer to 50/50 than expected. With … Continue reading #RThoughts on the Redblacks new 3rd jersey
Redblacks Drop Win
By: Santino Filoso Friday was a cold, rainy night, but that didn't stop the Redblacks from putting on a show for yet another sold out crowd at TD Place. The final result wasn't what R-Nation wanted as the visiting Esks eked out a win with a last minute field goal, but fans were treated to an entertaining … Continue reading Redblacks Drop Win
Stampeders School Redblacks
By: Santino Filoso On the heels of last week's embarrassing loss, the Redblacks rolled into Calgary for what was a semi sort of “homecoming” for a number of players and coaches, including Jon Gott (#63), J’Michael Deane (#64), Eric Fraser (#7), Justin Phillips (#44), Chris McCoy (#96), Henry Burris (#1), Don Yanowsky (STC), Mike Gibson (OC) and … Continue reading Stampeders School Redblacks
Game #5; GREENWHITES > REDBLACKS (for one night only)
By: Santino Filoso First they took our name, then they took our watermelons, and on Saturday night they took the air out of our stadium. The GREENWHITES came to town for the second CFL game in TD Place history and quickly moved the game out of reach, dropping the Redblacks to second place in the East … Continue reading Game #5; GREENWHITES > REDBLACKS (for one night only)
A TD Place/Lansdowne review ahead of home game #2
Though it feels like it took forever to get here, on Saturday the Ottawa Redblacks will play Home Game #2 against Saskatchewan in front of a second-consecutive sold out crowd at TD Place. While there was so much to like about the inaugural game experience (winning certainly didn't hurt), there were also more than a … Continue reading A TD Place/Lansdowne review ahead of home game #2
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