Monday, February 27, 2023
Flashback to the Proposals for the CFL/XFL Alliance
Sunday, February 26, 2023
It's a Tecmo Bowl World
It is because of guys like Rick that football Twitter does not suck, for he, like me, is clearly a 12-year-old at heart, and in this world, we need so much more of that. The real-world sucks, but when we can escape back to our childhood fandom, even for a few hours, we can reset ourselves by revisiting the joys of youth. Such is the magic of Tecmo Bowl, for it allows us all, for free through PC emulation, to be a kid, or in my case, a 21-year-old college student, all over again.
Friday, February 24, 2023
XFL Infowars- The Battle For Your Mind Has Begun
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Thursday, February 16, 2023
Here Comes the Long Bomb- Toronto & Montreal to the XFL
L’émission Spéciale Blue Light des Alouettes de Montréal
Attention aux acheteurs de Kmart. La vente des Alouettes de Montréal a maintenant commencé. L’offre de départ, c’est un dollar Canadien!
This lone hat represents all that is wrong with the CFL, for it was the only one I could find in the entire city during my vacation there in November 2022. |
Free agency began on the same day, ironically, that the news of the owners of the former Baltimore Stallions had given back the keys of the front office and ownership to Randy and the league office, As noted by the Ottawa Sun, "You have to admire Randy Ambrosie’s sense of comedic timing..."
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
And Here We Go, Again...
Dear Jaded Spring Football Fan,
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Sunday, June 6, 2021
It is Still "Our League"
(Originally published on March 15, 2021) As one of those few Americans who follows the CFL religiously but also lives in a country where anything not "NFL" is deemed inferior, the last week in Canadian football news has been, by all accounts, a very surreal one. It began with the death of a beloved player and one who unfortunately, due to my lack of access to the Canadian airwaves 40 years ago, I never got to see play. The remembrance of him reminded me of the days after Walter Payton's untimely death here in the home of American pro football, Chicago (sorry Canton, but that is a fact). We as fans both north and south love our heroes of the past. However, it abruptly turned when news broke about where the Canadian pro game is heading.
"It Was More Than Just a Game...."
So, as you take a look at the two videos below you may be thinking, this isn't CFL or for that matter even football related. Oh dear reader, rest assured this is not click bait, but rather an ode to what it is that makes all of us root for our leagues and teams, the passion of being a fan. As a Cubs fan from my earliest days (1977 to be exact is when baseball became part of my world) I think I know a few things about being not just a fan, but a long suffering one. I am also a die hard Arizona Cardinals fan, as well as a Bears and Sox fan, and like with many of the women who I have dated, I know disappointment. However, that is not not why I am writing this, but rather to remind you, the reader, that whenever someone questions you on your CFL or XFL loyalty and passion, tell them to go stuff themselves, for they don't know what a true fan is if they are questioning your passion or loyalty for leagues and teams that many have neither heard or or care about.