CFL Beat: Week 12

The Maestro - September 9, 2016September 9, 2016

It was a busy weekend of drinking for just about everyone last week; a beautiful Labour Day on the eastern part of the continent and some time up at the lake didn't allow me to watch the games live, but fortunately I had time on Monday to sit down and

CFL Beat: Week 11

The Maestro - September 2, 2016September 2, 2016

With the closure of Week 10, we are officially halfway through the CFL regular season! If you haven't been paying attention thus far, that's fine; the old diehards, such as Gord from Shaunavon, SK, Mitch from Yarmouth, NS, and Gord from Orillia, ON, all swear that "the real CFL season

CFL Beat: Week 10

The Maestro - August 25, 2016August 24, 2016

After a tough start to the season, my matchup-picking abilities seem to be stabilizing, at long last - one more week of 3-1 and I'll be back at .500 for the year. And as many diehard CFL fans say, "the real season only starts after Labour Day." With Week 10

CFL Beat: Week 9

The Maestro - August 19, 2016August 18, 2016

So, a cool thing I learned this week: CFL officials will be working NFL preseason games for the first time ever as of Thursday, August 18th, as part of a new joint officials development program between both leagues. NFL officials have worked CFL games so far this season as Side

CFL Beat: Week 8

The Maestro - August 11, 2016August 11, 2016

So after the Hall of Fame Game debacle earlier this week, I guess I was wrong - real football's return was premature. At any rate, maybe it will give you pause to pay more attention to this week's matchups in the meantime, even with preseason games finally beginning tonight! I

CFL Beat: Week 7

The Maestro - August 4, 2016August 4, 2016

Real football is back at last! And by "real football", I of course mean the fact that NFL training camps have returned after much anticipation. I'm expecting the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to be knocking on my door to investigate me for treasonous statements any second... though realistically, since CSIS

CFL Beat: Week 6

The Maestro - July 28, 2016July 27, 2016

People are angry! Republicans! Democrats! Politicians in general! Anger is no stranger to the CFL either, with multiple teams' fanbases currently experiencing the anguish of injured and/or shitty quarterbacks. It was a rough, rough week for injuries across the league. Who's still alive and healthy to play? Who's not quite?

CFL Beat: Week 5

The Maestro - July 21, 2016July 20, 2016

Sports are nowhere near as much of a shitshow as the Republican National Convention is this week. Thank you, Cleveland, for containing almost all of the backwards dipshittery of this continent to a few square miles on the banks of the Cuyahoga. On that note, I still feel like the

CFL Beat: Week 4

The Maestro - July 13, 2016July 14, 2016

Thank you, scheduling dicks of the CFL, for spreading out games over four days this week instead of giving me the doubleheaders I so desperately crave. When a game ends at like 9 or 9:30 EST, what the fuck are you supposed to do? Get drunk to SportsCentre? Absolutely not.

CFL Beat: Week 3

The Maestro - July 7, 2016July 5, 2016

I have tickets to the REDBLACKS home opener this Friday, and I have to say that I really, really miss live football. It's gonna be really nice to get back in the swing of things so that I can be practised up properly for the fall. Anyways, enough yammering! WEEK 2

CFL Beat: Week 2

The Maestro - June 29, 2016June 28, 2016

It's a strange week for football scheduling up here, as Friday marks Canada Day and the start of a long weekend; all games for Week 2 are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, necessitating a need to push up this week's roundup! Honestly, it's probably just as well, as I'll be

CFL Beat: Week 1

The Maestro - June 24, 2016June 24, 2016

It's here! It's here! It's finally here! Professional football! Yes, it's not the NFL but I am rejoicing all the same that I finally have something to tide me over until September arrives. Once again, I'll be recapping the games from previous weeks, and previewing the current week's coming games