Apr
The CFL Draft for dummies manual
Courtesy TSN.ca: All that casual fans really need to know about the 2008 Canadian Football League Draft is that it takes place on Wednesday, April 30th and you can see it live on TSN.ca. For those who want to sound like real draft junkies to impress the opposite sex at parties, keep reading. Getting Territorial [...]
Apr
Coming to the CFL unlikely for Jesse Newman
Courtesy Regina Leader Post: Leo Blanchard is an unlikely story himself, an Edmonton kid who never played football in high school but later developed into a two-time CFL all-star and a five-time Grey Cup champion. Yet the former Edmonton Eskimo offensive lineman believes that Jesse Newman’s road to the CFL is even more implausible. Newman’s [...]
Apr
Draft prospect heading south
Courtesy TSN.ca: University of Sherbrooke wide receiver Samuel Giguere, one of the top prospects for Wednesday’s CFL Draft, has signed with the Indianapolis Colts. ”I’m really happy to be a member of the Colts,” Giguere told The Canadian Press. ”I was really nervous all weekend and I’m just glad to finally know where I’ll be [...]
Mar
Doug Brown talks prospects
Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press: For as long as there have been two professional football leagues in North America, coaches, players and fans have argued over what makes the American NCAA football recruit, for the most part, a superior entity to his Canadian collegiate counterpart. Now that the CFL evaluation camp wrapped up on Sunday in [...]
Mar
Barker will be watched closely at evaluation camp
Courtesy Hamilton Spectator: The name is Dylan Barker. Don’t rule out the possibility that he could be the next star of the Hamilton Tiger-Cat defence. Tabbie GM Bob O’Billovich is already raving about the 21-year-old University of Saskatchewan free safety, who is expected to garner much interest at the Canadian Football League evaluation camp March [...]
