***Official CFL 2018 Thread***

[alpha_omega]

Ok, so i am flipping channels last night and see that it's opening night of the CFL. It wasn't the greatest thing in the world, but other than the multiple lightning delays, it was mildly entertaining. And...there were some familiar names such as Weston Dressler and Justin Medlock.

Anyway...got me to thinking that i have never seen a thread dedicated to CFL...so we should have one. I am betting most won't care...and after finding out the games are on ESPN2, probably even less will care...but here it is anyway, eh.

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[TLO]

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[Pablo]

CFL, the only thing that could force me to switch the channel to women's sports.

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CFL, the only thing that could force me to switch the channel to women's sports.

Yep, that's about what i expected.

[carcosa]

Why does it matter that games are on ESPN 2

[banecat]

Why does it matter that games are on ESPN 2

Because it'll interrupt lawn mower races

[SuperBowl4]

The CFL is actually pretty good. Game on now. Toronto vs. Saskatchewan

[alpha_omega]

Why does it matter that games are on ESPN 2

It really doesn’t...the TSN broadcast is decent.

[ChiefsCountry]

It really doesn’t...the TSN broadcast is decent.

Well TSN is owned by ESPN....

[KChiefs1]

The CFL is actually pretty good. Game on now. Toronto vs. Saskatchewan



When does Johnny Football play?

[Willie Lanier]

Why?

[SuperBowl4]

When does Johnny Football play?He is a backup.

[alpha_omega]

When does Johnny Football play?

He is a backup.

He sure is getting some screen time though.

[KCUnited]

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[alpha_omega]

Ha. Didn’t know Jerry Glanville was still in football.
DC Hamilton.

[Titty Meat]

Still better than baseball

[carcosa]

This guy is gonna wake up with a double hangover!!!

https://deadspin.com/a-regular-reminder-that-being-an-idiot-on-the-field-can-1826896545

[SuperBowl4]

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS VS. OTTAWA REDBLACKS TONIGHT THURSDAY JUNE 21 6:30 PM KC TIME

[banecat]

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS VS. OTTAWA REDBLACKS TONIGHT THURSDAY JUNE 21 6:30 PM KC TIME

Whatever happened to the other Roughrider franchise?

[SuperBowl4]

Former Atlanta Falcons NFL head coach June Jones says Johnny Manziel should be playing in the NFL. Johnny Football is currently a backup for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to starter Jeremiah Masoli. JJ thinks JM will get another shot at the NFL in two years.

[SuperBowl4]

Whatever happened to the other Roughrider franchise?The Ottawa Rough Riders folded in 1996 The CFL had two teams with the same name but there was a difference. One had a space between rough and rider.

[Titty Meat]

Manziel is much better than Chad Henne

[SuperBowl4]

Friday Night Football Tonight! ESPN2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. Montreal Alouettes 7 PM EST

[banecat]

The Ottawa Rough Riders folded in 1996 The CFL had two teams with the same name but there was a difference. One had a space between rough and rider.

Thanks. Still awesome, and a lot better than whatever the f**k a Redblack is

[alpha_omega]

Another familiar name, Mike Sherman, HC Alouettes.

[SuperBowl4]

Montreal should make a trade for Johnny Manziel

[alpha_omega]

Montreal should make a trade for Johnny Manziel

They apparently need to do something. I had to turn it at 37-7.

[alpha_omega]

Argos and Eskimos coming up shortly.

[chiefs1111]

Go Eskimos

[alpha_omega]

It’s a close game going into the 4th.

Man....that end zone is huge.

[SuperBowl4]

JOHNNY FOOTBALL has been traded to the Montreal Alouettes!

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

JOHNNY FOOTBALL has been traded to the Montreal Alouettes!

Those poor suckers who purchased his jersey of his previous team. ROFL

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

Another familiar name, Mike Sherman, HC Alouettes.

Screw him. As a Brett Favre fan, I watched him ruined some prime years. Terrible coach.

[Discuss Thrower]

Go Calgary?

[alpha_omega]

Screw him. As a Brett Favre fan, I watched him ruined some prime years. Terrible coach.

For sure. In last nights game he went for it on his own 30 early in the 3rd (with his #2 QB in the game). He was lucky it only turned in to 3.

[banecat]

Screw him. As a Brett Favre fan, I watched him ruined some prime years. Terrible coach.

F**k Favre. As a packer fan, I watched him ruin too many playoff games. But a lot of fun to watch until Holmgren left, and there was no longer anyone around to keep him in line

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

F**k Favre. As a packer fan, I watched him ruin too many playoff games. But a lot of fun to watch until Holmgren left, and there was no longer anyone around to keep him in line

I like you despite being your Brewers fandom but you are crossing a line. :cuss:
Favre carried trash coaches and defenses in those years. Remember 4th and 26. McCarthy blew the 2007 Championship game with terrible play calling. Why not use Ryan Grant more in freezing weather?

For much as Joe Buck and the NFL blow Rodgers, he only won his Super Bowl because of an elite defense. Hasn't done much in the playoffs lately. And he is terrible at comebacks.

Favre saved Green Bay from being a forgotten frozen tundra.

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

For sure. In last nights game he went for it on his own 30 early in the 3rd (with his #2 QB in the game). He was lucky it only turned in to 3.

Then he went to Texas A&M and did nothing. I don't understand why teams keep hiring him. Football nepotism.

[Rasputin]

Casey Prrinters could make chicken salad in the CFL whereas NFL he only made chicken shit

Ehe

[Rasputin]

Three pages before a Casey Printers reference :shake:

[banecat]

I like you despite being your Brewers fandom but you are crossing a line. :cuss:
Favre carried trash coaches and defenses in those years. Remember 4th and 26. McCarthy blew the 2007 Championship game with terrible play calling. Why not use Ryan Grant more in freezing weather?

For much as Joe Buck and the NFL blow Rodgers, he only won his Super Bowl because of an elite defense. Hasn't done much in the playoffs lately. And he is terrible at comebacks.

Favre saved Green Bay from being a forgotten frozen tundra.

All true

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

All true

My apologies for the outburst. I have been a huge Favre fan since I was four. But I missed the Super Bowl runs so I suffered through the heartbreaking defeats, 4th and 26, the Moss mooning, the 07 and 09 NFC Championship games etc. That last game gutted me as a fan. Such rigged bullshit. I stopped watching/following the NFL until I learned about Carr during his senior year at Fresno. Rest is history.

He was my first hero and since I grew up in Steelers country I always had to be on the defense from entitled Steelers fans who couldn't fathom why I didn't worship their team.

He will always be my hero. Damn, he deserved one more Super Bowl win and the worst part when he made his final two runs the undefeated Patriots and the Hurricane Katrina storylines stole the spotlight. Unlike Lewis and Manning, he didn't have the national media cheering him on for one last title. And when his teams lost it was all his fault according to the hack sportswriters. Not McCarthy's poor play calling or Peterson's multiple fumbles or the Saints' illegal bounty hunting. It was all his fault. They never like that Brett did his own thing. He was too country and uncouth for them.

Ah football. I will never be intently into it as I did when I watched Favre.

[banecat]

My apologies for the outburst. I have been a huge Favre fan since I was four. But I missed the Super Bowl runs so I suffered through the heartbreaking defeats, 4th and 26, the Moss mooning, the 07 and 09 NFC Championship games etc. That last game gutted me as a fan. Such rigged bullshit. I stopped watching/following the NFL until I learned about Carr during his senior year at Fresno. Rest is history.

He was my first hero and since I grew up in Steelers country I always had to be on the defense from entitled Steelers fans who couldn't fathom why I didn't worship their team.

He will always be my hero. Damn, he deserved one more Super Bowl win and the worst part when he made his final two runs the undefeated Patriots and the Hurricane Katrina storylines stole the spotlight. Unlike Lewis and Manning, he didn't have the national media cheering him on for one last title. And when his teams lost it was all his fault according to the hack sportswriters. Not McCarthy's poor play calling or Peterson's multiple fumbles or the Saints' illegal bounty hunting. It was all his fault. They never like that Brett did his own thing. He was too country and uncouth for them.

Ah football. I will never be intently into it as I did when I watched Favre.

No problem. He did have to shoulder the blame in a team sport which is bullshit. I can still hear Joe Buck going on and on about Moss. I'm not going to go into that debacle in St. Louis with all of the interceptions. The last few years of all of the retirement talk did get old, but that's about it when I really think about it

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

No problem. He did have to shoulder the blame in a team sport which is bullshit. I can still hear Joe Buck going on and on about Moss. I'm not going to go into that debacle in St. Louis with all of the interceptions. The last few years of all of the retirement talk did get old, but that's about it when I really think about it

All quarterbacks do and it is dumb. But the funny thing is for some quarterbacks they receive all the praise and escape the blame. Damn media.

I remember that debacle. Great St. Louis team. The only positive was that Favre went down swinging trying to get back into it instead of throwing five yard safe passes.

That was aggravating but I blame the media for asking him in the first place years before it was a yearly occurrence for him to decide. They complained about his retirement while reaping the profits. For 2010, I think he wanted to stay retired then his Vikings teammates flew down to beg him to return and it is tough to say no to friends. But the magic was gone.

[ottawa_chiefs_fan]

Johnny Manziel in Montreal. What could go wrong?

[SuperBowl4]

Johhny Football to start this Friday vs. his old team!

[alpha_omega]

Johhny Football to start this Friday vs. his old team!

Johnny Manziel says he feels ‘very blessed’ to get first CFL start for Alouettes

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Johnny Manziel will take a major step in his attempt at career revitalization Friday night, when he will start for the Montreal Alouettes at home against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. It will be his first appearance in a professional football game since December 2015, when he took his final snaps for the Cleveland Browns before the NFL franchise cut him months later after numerous off-field incidents.

“It’s good to be back in here,” Manziel told reporters Tuesday. “I felt like the thing I’ve been missing, even over the course of this year and a couple years, is reps. And as you guys have seen the last couple days, a chance to get with the 1s and get some reps is what I feel like I really need and what I’ve talked to a lot of people about.

“So I feel very blessed to be in this position, to be back in a situation where I’m starting again. It’s good. It’s a quick turnaround. But at the same time, I’m excited for the opportunity.”

The Alouettes acquired Manziel from the Tiger-Cats in a trade on July 22. Hamilton had signed the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner to a two-year contract in May but traded him after incumbent quarterback Jeremiah Masoli got off to a strong start to the CFL season. It quickly became apparent that Montreal Coach Mike Sherman intended to get Manziel onto the field as quickly as possible, with his team struggling to a 1-5 start.

“We didn’t trade for Johnny to have him sit on the bench. Obviously he’s come here to get reps; to become the best player he can become. We started that process today,” Sherman said Monday, per the Montreal Gazette, about whether Manziel would replace incumbent starter Vernon Adams Jr. “You’ve all probably figured it out yourselves. At the same time, when you have two players [fairly equal], you probably wait until game time to make that announcement. It doesn’t make sense to do it any sooner.”

Montreal has burned through four quarterbacks already this season, with Drew Willy, Matt Shiltz and Jeff Mathews all getting injured — the Alouettes’ offensive line has allowed 23 sacks through six games — and Adams mostly ineffective in Thursday night’s 44-23 home loss to the Edmonton Eskimos. During the game, fans chanted “Johnny! Johnny! Johnny!” and “We want Johnny!” Some of them already had purchased Manziel jerseys.

On Monday, the day Manziel began taking first-team snaps in practice, Adams expressed his extreme displeasure with that reaction.

“Yes, it hurt me to hear that. I have nothing more to say or to give to the supporters of Montreal. Never again,” Adams told La Presse, per TSN’s translation. “Their behavior was very disrespectful. It was not like I was playing badly. I do not want them to ask me for anything, not even a small piece of equipment.”

“I do not care what the situation is. It was a lack of respect and it affected me,” Adams continued. “I tried anyways to make plays on the field. But that’s fine. In the future, I’ll treat the fans as they treated me. That’s all.”

Adams’s frustration may stem from the fact that Manziel is about to cost him his second CFL job. The Tiger-Cats released Adams in June, ostensibly because they had signed Manziel to a two-year contract. Adams then signed with the Alouettes as a free agent, only to watch the team trade for Manziel. But before Thursday night’s game, he seemed to accept the fact that he would soon become the team’s backup, offering up much more measured comments than the “never again” diatribe he delivered after the loss.

“Everybody knows Johnny didn’t come here to sit. They didn’t pay him just to sit. I understand he’s coming here to play,” Adams said. “As of right now, the Alouettes are [1-5]. I’m worried about winning a game. I’m not worried about what Johnny’s doing.

“Coach gave me the start. I’m going to come out here, do my best, lead this team, be efficient on second down and just have fun. When I have fun, I play my best.”

Manziel, who was not made available to reporters, apparently still has some work to do to get up to speed, though he said he was “getting there”:

“I think there’s some good things; there’s some good flashes,” he said. “Football’s a game of inches and little things and little mishaps that can make a play go awry. So we’re just trying to clean up the little detail things that I think we’re missing here that we’ll get on top of and hopefully be able to go out and perform. But I’m still learning it as we go, and I feel fortunate enough to be going against a defense that I’ve seen more than any other defense since I’ve been in the CFL.”

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[SuperBowl4]

I was at ARROWHEAD for one of Johnny Footballs last games in the NFL. He almost led the BROWNS to a comeback win and was driving downfield in a hurry up offense. I remember him throwing his helmet to the ground as time ran out. Ill be watching Friday night to see how he plays.

[alpha_omega]

.... Ill be watching Friday night to see how he plays.

Assuming life doesn't get in the way.....i'll be watching as well.

I have enjoyed the CFL over the last few weeks, but with the season approaching, my interest will quickly dwindle. Maybe this will help keep my attention for a bit.

[SuperBowl4]

Johhny Football returns! TONIGHT! :clap:

[chiefs1111]

Manziel picked on first pass attempt

[alpha_omega]

Forgot this was on....its 28-0 already. Wow.

[chiefs1111]

4 interceptions in the first half for Manziel

[MarkDavis'Haircut]

I forgot to DVR the game. Haha

[SuperBowl4]

4 interceptions in the first half for Manzielgive him time

[PunkinDrublic]

4 interceptions in the first half for Manziel

One of them was tipped. The other three were really bad throws.

[FD]

4 interceptions in the first half for Manziel

Remember how some folks wanted to use our first round pick on this guy? What a disaster.

[carcosa]

Manziel's first Canadian touchdown!

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[alpha_omega]

Bump for 2019. ESPN2 at 8CT

Montreal at Edmonton