Eskimos
Sep
Edmonton: Hall defends Daley
Courtesy Edmonton Journal: Edmonton Eskimos head coach Richie Hall freely admits his team’s terrible defensive numbers don’t lie, but they apparently don’t add up to a problem for co-ordinator Jim Daley. Because Hall diverted criticism away from Daley and on to the players when answering media questions Tuesday about Daley’s responsibility for those awful stats. [...]
Sep
Riders ready for back to back with Eskimos
Courtesy Montreal Gazette: The Saskatchewan Roughriders embark on their second straight back-to-back series when the team hosts the Edmonton Eskimos on Sunday. “Back-to-backs are tough and it’s hard to win both games,” Riders centre Jeremy O’Day said Monday after touching down at the Regina International Airport. “There isn’t any advantage playing the same team because [...]
Sep
Esks sign speedy Eric Ware
Courtesy Edmonton Journal: Speedy wide receiver Eric Ware, released near the end of training camp in mid-June, is back with the Edmonton Eskimos. The import free agent was signed on Monday. The former Central Arkansas standout and college teammate of Eskimo kick-returner Tristan Jackson was injured early in training camp and never really had a [...]
Sep
Esks prepare payback
Courtesy Edmonton Journal: On a short Canadian Football League work week, there really isn’t too much a team can change. “How about the score,” chimed in injured Edmonton Eskimos running back Calvin McCarty, as he nestled into his locker-room stall next to Maurice Mann on Thursday. There is that. And although McCarty will not see [...]
Sep
Esks fire OC Worman
Courtesy Vancouver Province: Rick Worman is out as the Edmonton Eskimos’ offensive co-ordinator. “I felt a move was necessary because of philosophical differences in the direction we were taking with our offence,” Eskimos head coach Richie Hall said in a news release. “I thank Rick for his contributions and wish him the best in the [...]
Sep
Battle of Alberta centres around QB
Courtesy Calgary Herald: Henry Burris doesn’t often dwell on the past. Bad pass? Bad decision? Suck it up and move on. But there’s something about last year’s Labour Day Classic, an ugly 37-16 loss to the Edmonton Eskimos, that still sticks in the Calgary Stampeders quarterback’s craw. He left that game just before halftime with [...]
Sep
Should the Esks get to host the Classic?
Courtesy Edmonton Journal: The Labour Day Classic is woven into the Calgary Stampeders’ home schedule as much as it is the very fabric of the Alberta rivalry and Canadian Football League history. So let’s change it up already. Seriously. The CFL has already embraced rules changes proposed by fans prior to this season, so there [...]
Sep
Mo Lloyd sounds off on Pacman Jones
Courtesy Edmonton Journal: Outspoken Edmonton Eskimos linebacker Maurice Lloyd went off on Adam(Pacman) Jones on Thursday, criticizing the former National Football League player who was rumoured to be heading to Winnipeg before the Blue Bombers thought twice. Lloyd took offence at Jones’s recent Internet rant where he bungled the name of the league and talked [...]
Sep
Edmonton: More than just a kicker
Courtesy Edmonton Journal: There are pure kickers in pro football and then there are athletes whose job description happens to be kicker. Noel Prefontaine of the Edmonton Eskimos is firmly in the latter category. In an age of athletic specialization, Prefontaine is a passionate, all-around football player trapped inside a kicker’s body, so he expresses [...]
Sep
Esks cut Buhl
Courtesy Edmonton Journal: The Edmonton Eskimos coaching staff had seen enough of cornerback Jonte Buhl, apparently. Dramatic comeback victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats or not; last-minute, game-clinching interception by Buhl or not; the 27-year-old, four-year veteran was released on Tuesday, along with defensive lineman Mike Newkirk. Since joining the Eskimos in 2006, Buhl had played [...]
