MATT DUNIGAN OR ROGER DALTREY? WHO ARE YOU?
For a while now, I’ve been banging my head against the wall – I’m onto my third hockey helmet – trying to figure out who former CFL great QB and current TSN analyst Matt Dunigan looks like. And then bang! It hit me. Make that, I hit it (good thing because the helmet cracked again). [...]
Alouettes Win Grey Cup In Dramatic Fashion
That was some ending to the 97th Grey Cup, eh? Heck, it was so crazy it even got a mention on ESPN’S Around the Horn. A record six million viewers on TSN/RDS clicked in to catch the game and they were treated to a great football battle.
The Montreal Alouettes, the best team in the CFL [...]
The Alouettes And Roughriders Meet In Grey Cup
The CFL has confirmed its final two guests for the 97th Grey Cup. The 16-3 Montreal Alouettes will take on the 11-7-1 Saskatchewan Roughriders at McMahon Stadium in Calgary (Hi Lina).
Both teams took advantage of the home field edge they earned as the Als reached the finals by crushing the cross over BC Lions 56-18. [...]
Stats Corner: Forgotten Stampeders Were Perfect In 1948
A couple of years back, the New England Patriots came within whiskers of becoming the second team in NFL history to go undefeated after the ‘72 Miami Dolphins. The Pats from Boston had to settle for going 18-1 with their only loss coming where it counts and hurts most: In the Super Bowl against the [...]
Alouettes Great QB Sam Etcheverry Dies
Sam “The Rifle” Etcheverry, who wasn’t just a-very good quarterback but a great one with the Montreal Alouettes, died of cancer in late August at the age of 79.
Born in New Mexico and of Basque heritage, Etcheverry played for the Als from 1952 to 1960 and had a two-year stint in the NFL with the [...]
Quick Tidbits: CFL Says No To Pac Man; Heatley Still In Limbo; Alouettes Suck Out West
By Beaker
My how they fall.
You know you’ve hit rock bottom when the CFL – once home to Lawrence Phillips and Ricky Williams – decide you’re bad news enough to not be signed. That was the case when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, upon further character review, opted against bringing the violent head case with a criminal [...]
NFL Conference Finals Set
A few experts suggested the Arizona Cardinals stay home and not bother going to Carolina to take on the Panthers.
The prevailing belief was the Card could throw like demons but not much else. They couldn’t run the ball. Nor were they much of a defensive outfit. They have done all these things.
So much for the [...]
Montreal Sports Media Marooned By Jealousy
I know Montreal has become a second-string sports city, but it doesn’t justify the consistent stream of parochial comments from its sports media; print or radio.
It never ceases to me how much time and energy we waste belittling and poking fun at Toronto. I don’t get it. If I was a sports editor (I play [...]
Stats Corner: How Clubs Have Done In The CFL Since 1996
I haven’t done a stats corner in a while.
So…
Let’s bring closure to the CFL season.
In an earlier post I was hard on the Montreal Alouettes calling them chokers. In this one I’ll bring some perspective by pointing out the success this franchise has enjoyed since its return to the league in 1996.
The Als are far [...]
Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes Choke – Again
Montreal football fans and Atlanta baseball fans are kindred spirits. The both have witnessed their teams produce fantastic regular season teams and both have seen their teams come up short in championship games.
Following their lost to the Calgary Stampeders in the 96th Grey Cup before a sell-out home crows in Montreal, the Als are now [...]
