Real football is back, 2014!

[digitaldean]

Hey Upnorth !

Great to see your post man.

I hope your not affected by all the flooding out your way. My country place received some damage from hurricane Arthur but nothing more than downed trees and alot of debrees. Some New Brunswick Power customers will be without power through this weekend. it's amazing the destructive power of nature.

Have a super summer Upnorth ... and "YES" it's good to see the CFL back and all systems going. I havn't as yet heard how the Montreal Alouettes made out Vs the Winnepeg Blue Bombers past night. What a super night here for football. The weather has been awesome since Mae and I arrived in Quebec.

Woody...sorry to say that the Als lost on a last second TD vs. Winnipeg. Just caught tail end of their game on Justin.TV last week.

They got a fumble from Winnipeg on a punt late in game and only mustered a FG out of it. Then the Bombers moved down the field and got the winning TD pass to their FB with less than 30 seconds left. Winnipeg now 3-0. Quite a change on how hapless they were last year.

[Guiness]

O'Shea's got them playing really well in Winnipeg!

[Upnorth]

Edmonton schooled winnipeg last night. I did not expect that at all. It was like Winnipeg thought they were the 2013 craptactular again.
Toronto goes into Ottawa for the first home game in Red Black history. Ill pick Ottawa for the upset
Hamilton goes to Calgary, and Calgary should win (unfortunatly)
Finally Montreal goes to BC, I'll go with BC in a match of equals.

Gods team has the bye week so I understand if this thread doesnt light up this weekend...

[digitaldean]

What was the deal with the Eskimos fan that won $300K in a 50-50 raffle? Do they do this for every game?

[HarveyWallbangers]

Good article from Peter King on the CFL.

Canadian Appreciation

More than a few people said this to me: Saskatchewan is the Green Bay of the CFL—right down to the green colors. Just as Green Bay has tentacles into every state in the union, so too do the Riders in Canada. They consistently have a section or sections of visiting stadiums filled with their fans. It’s a tough crowd at home sometimes too. A couple of years ago, the best back in the league, Jon Cornish of the Stampeders, was getting ridden so hard that he mooned the crowd in section 28, traditionally the area of Mosaic Stadium with the toughest fans.

[MadtownPacker]

Fucking Canadians.

[pbmax]

Joe Buck is trembling in outrage to this day.

I miss rooting against Moss. I don't miss surrendering 137 yds per game to him though.