Posts Tagged ‘Saskatchewan Roughriders’
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
The Edmonton Eskimos quarterback situation just got a whole lot clearer, just not in the way they had hoped.
On Tuesday it was reported that Matt Nichols will be out for the season after sustaining a torn anterior cruciate ligament (better known as an ACL) in his right knee during the Eskimos’ 31-24 loss in a meaningless exhibition game against the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday night at Commonwealth Stadium.
Nichols’ pass on the play that he torn his ACL was intercepted by Roughriders’ defensive back Carlos Thomas, who ran 30 yards for the touchdown.
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Tags: british columbia lions, carlos thomas, Edmonton Eskimos, matt nichols, mike reilly, Saskatchewan Roughriders
Posted in CFL |
Monday, May 6th, 2013
The University of Calgary Dinos might not have won the Vanier Cup this past season, but were the big winners on Monday in the first round of the 2013 Canadian Football League draft.
A total of three Dinos were drafted among the top five selections on Monday. Defensive tackle Linden Gaydosh was drafted first overall by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was followed by the Montreal Alouettes selecting linebacker Mike Edem with the third overall pick and the Alouettes selecting Steven Lumbala with the fifth overall pick.
A poor decision by former Edmonton Eskimos General Manager Eric Tillman is a major reason why Montreal had two first round picks in the 2013 draft today, while the Eskimos had none. On September 12, 2012, the Eskimos traded their first and fourth round pick of this year’s draft with kicker Derek Schiavone for kicker Brody McKnight.
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Tags: brander craighead, brody mcknight, burke dales, Calgary Stampeders, derek schavone, Edmonton Eskimos, eric tillman, grant shaw, hamilton tiger-cats, linden gaydosh, mike edem, montreal alouettes, Saskatchewan Roughriders, steven lumbala, University of Calgary, unversity of texas at el paso
Posted in Amateur Sports, CFL, University Sports |
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
The Calgary Stampeders are turning to a former Edmonton Eskimo to improve their defense.
This week they signed import linebacker Rod Davis from the Montreal Alouettes.
Davis has four years of Canadian Football League experience, three with the Edmonton Eskimos and one with the Alouettes.
During his career he has an impressive 184 tackles, 10 sacks, four forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and eight interceptions.
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Tags: Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Eskimos, hamilton tiger-cats, montreal alouettes, ricky foley, rod davis, Saskatchewan Roughriders, toronto argonauts, yannick carter
Posted in CFL |
Friday, February 15th, 2013
The Edmonton Eskimos have made the first key signing on the opening day of Canadian Football League free agency.
On Friday, the Eskimos signed defensive end Odell Willis from the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Willis has previously played for the Calgary Stampeders, Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers over his first four Canadian Football League seasons.
Willis, who attended the University of West Georgia, was a CFL All-Star in 2011 after he recorded a career high 13 sacks.
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Tags: Edmonton Eskimos, marcus howard, odell willis, Saskatchewan Roughriders
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Saturday, January 26th, 2013
The Edmonton Eskimos are bringing back a big name as their defensive co-ordinator. On Friday, it was confirmed by the Canadian Press that former Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Greg Marshall will be the team’s defensive co-ordinator for the 2013 season.
Marshall has great experience in the CFL as a defensive co-ordinator, winning a Grey Cup with the Edmonton Eskimos in that role in 2003. He has also held the defensive co-ordinator position in Saskatchewan, Hamilton, Ottawa and Winnipeg.
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Tags: doug sams, Edmonton Eskimos, greg marshall, hamilton tiger-cats, Henry Burris, ottawa rough riders, Saskatchewan Roughriders
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Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Geroy Simon (Wikimedia Commons)
In a blockbuster Canadian Football League trade, the Saskatchewan Roughriders have acquired slotback Geroy Simon from the British Columbia Lions on Thursday.
Simon, is the all-time leader in receiving yards with 15,744. The native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania is 37 years of age and is coming to the Roughriders at the end of his Canadian Football Hall of Fame Career.
The 2006 Canadian Football League Most Outstanding Player Award winner, Simon 12 seasons with the Lions after two seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to commence his career.
The Lions received wide receiver Justin Harper and a third round draft pick in the 2014 Canadian College Draft in return.
It is interesting that Simon follows in the footsteps of slotback Jason Clermont, who was released by the Lions near the end of his career in 2008, and spent three seasons with Saskatchewan before retiring.
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Tags: british columbia lions, geroy simon, Saskatchewan Roughriders
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Monday, December 17th, 2012
Kent Austin (Dean Shareski, Wikimedia Commons)
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats simply didn’t take very long to find a head coach. On Monday, less than a week after firing George Cortez, brought Kent Austin back to the Canadian Football League.
Austin had spent the last two years as the head coach at Cornell University. His stock skyrocketed after leading the Saskatchewan Roughriders to the 2007 Grey Cup Championship. With not a lot of significant talent, the Roughriders defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23-19 for their third Grey Cup in franchise history.
Prior to spending two years at Cornell, Austin went to the NCAA as the offensive co-ordinator at the University of Mississippi, the same university he quarterbacked in the early 1980′s.
The move by the Tiger-Cats to fire George Cortez should not come as a huge surprise because of how horrible Hamilton was defensively last season.
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Tags: hamilton tiger-cats, kent austin, Saskatchewan Roughriders
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Monday, November 12th, 2012
In one of the most dramatic finishes in Canadian Football League history, the Calgary Stampeders defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders Sunday night in the western division semi-final at McMahon Stadium 36-30.
Trailing 29-23 with a minute and a second left, the Roughriders moved ahead on a 24 yard pass from Darian Durant to former Edmonton Eskimo Greg Carr which put Saskatchewan up 30-29.
But the Stampeders weren’t done. With only 39 seconds left, Drew Tate found Romby Bryant wide open down the sideline for a 68 yard touchdown pass to put Calgary up 35-30. (Tate had an unsuccessful two point conversion).
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Tags: Calgary Stampeders, darian durant, drew tate, greg carr, jon cornish, keon raymond, maurice price, rene paredes, romby bryant, Saskatchewan Roughriders
Posted in CFL |
Saturday, November 10th, 2012
I will be watching four kinds of football this weekend–the professional and collegiate variety from both sides of the border.
Obviously the biggest games are the Canadian Football League’s divisional semi-finals.
In the East, the Toronto Argonauts are hosting the Edmonton Eskimos (Sunday, 11am, TSN) in a game that is featuring former Eskimo Ricky Ray, now at quarterback for Toronto. The Eskimos finished the season at 7-11 and the Argonauts at 9-9. However Edmonton did beat Toronto in both meetings this year, 19-15 on June 30 and 26-17 on August 27.
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Tags: a.j. mccarron, bernie bickerstaff, Calgary Stampeders, chicago bears, cincinnati bengals, collin klein, dallas cowboys, Edmonton Eskimos, eric dzwilewski, houston texans, jon cornish, kory sheets, kyle quinlan, los angeles lakers, new york giants, philadelphia 76ers, philadelphia eagles, Ricky Ray, rob farquharson, robyn gayle, rosannagh maclennan, sacramento kings, Saskatchewan Roughriders, texas a&m university aggies, texas christian university horned frogs, toronto argonauts, Toronto Raptors, university of alabama crimson tide, university of calgary dinos, university of guelph gryphons, university of kansas state wildcats, university of mcmaster mauraders, unversity of regina rams
Posted in Amateur Sports, CFL, NBA, NFL, University Sports |
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
According to Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun, FAN 960 morning host Dean Molberg has been suspended until the end of the 2012 Canadian Football League season (the Grey Cup) for making a very inappropriate comment on Wednesday.
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Tags: Calgary Stampeders, dean molberg, Saskatchewan Roughriders
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Thursday, November 8th, 2012
It appears the Edmonton Eskimos are going with experience over youth Sunday for the Eastern Semi-Final against the Toronto Argonauts.
Today the team announced that Kerry Joseph, who has struggled mightily while playing on the road in recent weeks for the Eskimos will get the start over Matt Nichols.
Just how bad has Joseph been on the road? He has been 0-4 as the Eskimos starter since Labour Day away from Commonwealth Stadium, and has not shown any strong connection with any of his wide receivers.
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Tags: Edmonton Eskimos, Fred Stamps, kavis reed, kerry joseph, matt nichols, Saskatchewan Roughriders, toronto argonauts
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Jon Cornish (Wikimedia Commons)
According to the Canadian Press, Calgary Stampeders’ running back Jon Cornish has been nominated for the Canadian Football League’s most outstanding player award.
Cornish, who will represent the Western Division, led the Canadian Football League this season with 1457 rushing yards and tied Kory Sheets of the Saskatchewan Roughriders for the CFL lead in rushing touchdowns with 11. Cornish also set a record for most rushing yards in a season by a Canadian and became the first Canadian to lead the CFL in rushing yards since Orville Lee of the Ottawa Rough Riders in 1988.
Cornish, a native of New Westminster, British Columbia, is up against Toronto Argonauts wide receiver Chad Owens, who set a CFL single season record for most all-purpose yards in 2012.
The last Calgary Stampeder to win the most outstanding player award was quarterback Henry Burris in 2010.
Cornish has also been nominated for top Canadian, where he is up against Montreal Alouette linebacker Shea Emery of Richmond, British Columbia.
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Tags: british columbia lions, Calgary Stampeders, chad owens, chris matthews, chris williams, Edmonton Eskimos, j.c. sherritt, jabar westerman, jon cornish, josh bourke, jovan olafioye, kory sheets, montreal alouettes, orville lee, ottawa rough riders, Saskatchewan Roughriders, shea emery, tim brown, toronto argonauts, winnipeg blue bombers
Posted in CFL |
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Hugh Charles (Wikimedia Commons)
The Edmonton Eskimos backfield just got crowded again. On Tuesday the Eskimos announced that running back Hugh Charles was cleared to play in the Eastern Division semi-final game against the Toronto Argonauts at Rogers Centre Sunday.
Charles injured his knee in the Eskimos’ 39-19 loss to the British Columbia Lions on October 19.
Charles, who is in his second year in Edmonton after being traded from the Saskatchewan Roughriders last year, led the Eskimos with 887 yards rushing and six rushing touchdowns this season.
Now Eskimos head coach will have to decide between Charles, who is 100% according to the medical staff, Jerome Messam, who led the Eskimos in rushing last year and won the Most Outstanding Canadian award, and Cory Boyd, who had a solid game last week versus Calgary (66 yards rushing and a touchdown) and led the CFL in rushing yards when he was released by the Toronto Argonauts this past August.
Who would you start at running back if you were Kavis Reed? Let us know at www.anysportanytime.ca.
Tags: cory boyd, Edmonton Eskimos, hugh charles, jerome messam, kavis reed, Saskatchewan Roughriders, toronto argonauts
Posted in CFL |
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
The Calgary Stampeders have decided to give Drew Tate the start at quarterback Sunday when the Stampeders host the Saskatchewan Roughriders at McMahon Stadium in the Western Division Semi-Final.
Tate will be making his second career playoff start and will try to do better than he did in 2011. In last year’s western semi-final, he only completed five of ten passes for 99 yards and an interception before being replaced by Henry Burris. The Eskimos came out victorious 33-19.
Tate began the season as the Stampeders’ starting quarterback, and led them to a 38-10 win over the Montreal Alouettes in the season opener at McMahon Stadium. But then in the Stampeders’ second game of the season, Tate dislocated his shoulder and he missed 14 games.
Kevin Glenn was the starting quarterback for the majority of the season and did an admirable job in guiding the Stampeders to one of the best teams in the CFL this season.
Over the last two weeks, Tate and Kevin Glenn have shared duties, leading Calgary to wins over the British Columbia Lions and Edmonton Eskimos.
The Stampeders enter the first game of the playoffs as the favourite, having posted a 12-6 record, while Saskatchewan was only 8-10. However, the fact that Tate hasn’t played a complete game since Canada Day and a significant percentage of the crowd at McMahon Stadium will be wearing green over red, may give the Roughriders a slight edge.
Tags: Calgary Stampeders, drew tate, Saskatchewan Roughriders
Posted in CFL |
The Edmonton Eskimos quarterback situation just got a whole lot clearer, just not in the way they had hoped.
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