Courtesy of Sportsology.com and The 20-Yard End Zone By Footloose It was an interesting week in the CFL. Things started Thursday night in Winnipeg on Milt Stegall Night. After a lightning delay of more than two hours, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers stormed out of the gate and took a 34-0 halftime lead on the Hamilton … Continue reading Delays, Controversy and a Winner
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Putting the Carter incident to bed (hopefully)
A lot has been said in mainstream and social media about the Duron Carter incident over the last week. Some of it reasonable, far too much of it not. I'm not interested in re-hashing each element of the incident or perform a Zapruder film-like dissection of the various TSN broadcast angles. In my estimation, it … Continue reading Putting the Carter incident to bed (hopefully)
#TBT: An Interview with Mike Vilimek
By: Santino Filoso Vancouver born and raised, today’s guest, Mike Vilimek, played RB and LB in high school before going on to set school records at Simon Fraser University. Drafted with the second of two 1st round picks the Renegades held in the 2002 CFL draft, Vilimek played for 3 years in Ottawa before signing with … Continue reading #TBT: An Interview with Mike Vilimek
The Maas Effect; Argos Loss = Redblacks Gain
By: Santino Filoso Christmas came early for R-Nation, as yesterday afternoon the Ottawa Redblacks announced the addition of Bryan Chiu to their coaching staff. The 40 year old Chiu becomes the Redblacks first true offensive line coach, as last season former offensive co-ordinator Mike Gibson coached the offensive line in addition to calling plays. Chiu, a 13 … Continue reading The Maas Effect; Argos Loss = Redblacks Gain
Redblacks Recap: Ottawa Wins Even if the Redblacks Lose
By: Santino Filoso On an emotional Friday night, and on the first big gathering since Wednesday’s shooting, Ottawa came together as a community to begin healing through the power of sports. The Redblacks played an inspired game, buoyed by the energy and emotion of an 8th straight sell out crowd at TD Place but unfortunately still … Continue reading Redblacks Recap: Ottawa Wins Even if the Redblacks Lose
Ranking the CFL’s Signature Looks
By: Santino Filoso Sig·na·ture (ˈsignəCHər,-ˌCHo͝or/) noun a person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification The CFL in conjunction with Reebok recently released a brand new line of 3rd jerseys. This new "Signature Look" line has been mainly met with scorn and criticism even though they're not all bad. In fact, we here … Continue reading Ranking the CFL’s Signature Looks
Redblacks Lose Battle of the 417
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
Ottawa Paints Montreal Redblack
By: Santino Filoso On Friday night the Redblacks closed out their pre-season and made the short trip over to Montreal to resume a rivalry that had been on hold for 3156 days. 72 players had one last chance to impress coaches and beat out the competition in hopes of surviving the final round of training camp cuts … Continue reading Ottawa Paints Montreal Redblack
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