CFL Beat: Season Wrap-Up

The Maestro - December 2, 2016December 2, 2016

Well, it finally happened. Forty years in the making, back in the same old stomping grounds as the last one. Both games with incredibly dramatic conclusions which will stick in the minds of fans watching for many years to come. It was a long, long time coming, and a ridiculously

CFL Beat: Playoffs – Grey Cup

The Maestro - November 25, 2016November 25, 2016

This week is a very special edition of the CFL Beat, as I give a Boots On The Ground report of being in attendance live at the East Final, where were it not for the copious amount of clothing I was wearing, could very well have frozen my own balls

CFL Beat: Playoffs – Division Finals

The Maestro - November 18, 2016November 18, 2016

The playoffs press on - both games last weekend were absolute barn-burners, and even if you're only just starting to pay attention now to the CFL season (which, if that's the case, what the hell? Have I just been shouting into the abyss about this for six months now??), this

CFL Beat: Playoffs – Division Semifinals

The Maestro - November 11, 2016November 11, 2016

The playoffs are upon us! With three weekends left in the CFL calendar year, just five games remain to sort out the Grey Cup. With Ottawa and Calgary waiting in the wings to host their respective division finals next weekend, there's two semifinals taking place on Sunday with plenty of

CFL Beat: Week 20

The Maestro - November 4, 2016November 3, 2016

Just one week remains in the 2016 CFL regular season! With a win against the Blue Bombers, Ottawa has now locked up the East Division title for the second year in a row, but there's still some intrigue left in the West, where the order for second, third, and the

CFL Beat: Week 19

The Maestro - October 28, 2016October 28, 2016

With just eight games left in the CFL regular season, the playoff race is now mostly set, save for one big question mark: who wins the East division title? With Ottawa having just a half-game lead over Hamilton, this remains a very, very tight race, though both the REDBLACKS and

CFL Beat: Week 18

The Maestro - October 21, 2016October 19, 2016

Three weeks left to go in the regular season, and a few questions still remain about the playoff picture in the East Division; Edmonton will be crossing over, but will Toronto manage to turn it around in time and somehow magically overtake Hamilton for the final spot up for grabs?

CFL Beat: Week 17

The Maestro - October 14, 2016October 14, 2016

With just four weeks left in the regular season, the October 12th trade deadline has now passed for teams still in the thick of the playoff race. In the West, all three playoff berths have been awarded, and the frontrunner Calgary Stampeders have clinched the division, a first-round bye, and home-field

CFL Beat: Week 16

The Maestro - October 7, 2016October 7, 2016

It's Thanksgiving long weekend! Well, the proper Thanksgiving weekend, if you ask me. Not too cold, not too commercial, and football has arranged itself nicely around my eating schedule for the weekend in not one, but two leagues! In between a long-running turkey coma and the usual NFL RedZone Sunday

CFL Beat: Week 15

The Maestro - September 30, 2016September 30, 2016

With all the tragedy of the previous week, including the loss of both Jose Fernandez and Arnold Palmer on the same day, a third incident from Sunday, September 25th received a lot of attention north of the border, but might not have made the rounds as much on ESPN and

CFL Beat: Week 14

The Maestro - September 23, 2016September 23, 2016

With almost every team having now played 12 games in the season, we are now into the home stretch of the CFL season! Based on how terrible the East Division has been so far, come time for the playoffs, we may see the Crossover Rule invoked for the first time

CFL Beat: Week 13

The Maestro - September 14, 2016September 14, 2016

In case Week 1 of the NFL season hasn't been exciting enough for you, (looking at you, readership segment that enjoys smoking meth then jumping out of cargo planes without parachutes), there's always... BLOCKBUSTER MIDSEASON CFL TRADES! Oh yes, folks, there were two big deals made on Sunday, September 11th,