The CFL’s Board of Governors meet via teleconference on Monday. The group will be discussing a 2021 season that would be 16 weeks in length stretching from August 5 to the December 12 Grey Cup in Hamilton with teams playing a shortened 14-game season. While the board is likely to approve this, whether or not […]
The CFL’s board of governors are reportedly ready to meet June 14 with a decision being made on starting the season August 5. The report from TSN’s Dave Naylor says if the date is approved, a schedule will soon follow. In April, plans were announced for a shortened 14-game season with the Grey Cup being […]
Edmonton’s CFL team has a new name. The club will now be known as the Elks with the official announcement coming Tuesday morning at Commonwealth Stadium. Edmonton’s CFL franchise dropped the name Eskimos last year. That name had been used since the team was founded in 1949. It followed a similar decision by the NFL’s […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced the signing of two members of their 2021 draft class Monday. Alain Cimankanda went in the fourth round with the 35th overall pick. The defensive lineman from the University of Guelph had 81 tackles in his three seasons with the Gryphons with 26 of those tackles going for a loss. The […]
The Riders first-round pick from last week’s draft is getting a look in the NFL. TSN CFL insider Farhan Lalji reports that Nelson Lokombo and 5th-round pick Logan Bandy will work out with the Washington Football Team on Thursday. The Riders chose Lokombo 2nd overall in last week’s draft. His play with the Saskatchewan Huskies […]
2020 was a great year for Rams and Huskies in the CFL Draft. 2021 was almost as good. In all, CFL teams chose five Rams and Huskies (plus one former Ram) in the 2021 Draft. Rams teammates went to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the middle of the draft, five picks apart. There was linebacker […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have gone to the University of Saskatchewan for the second straight year with their first pick in the CFL draft. On Tuesday night, the Riders took defensive back Nelson Lokombo with the second overall pick in the 2021 CFL draft. Lokombo is a player that the team feels could play any position […]
It’s like the day before Christmas for CFL GMs like Jeremy O’Day. But unlike any other Christmas, O’Day hasn’t gotten to play with the toys he got last year. The CFL Draft goes Tuesday at 5:00 pm. The 2020 CFL season not being played makes it a unique year for the draft. “It’s our second […]
Kyle Borsa eagerly awaits the CFL draft. The University of Regina running back had his football career put on hold at the end of the 2018 season after he was suspended for a doping violation. It is something Borsa isn’t hiding from as he says he bought an over-the-counter supplement at a Regina store without […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced the signing of American wide receiver Tevin Jones on Tuesday. Jones spent five years in the NFL, bouncing from the Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Dallas Cowboys, where he saw the field in five games, registering four receptions and 61 yards. The 28-year-old from Mississippi played NCAA […]
