So have I been overrating the Montreal Alouettes just a little bit this season? Probably. Listen, the team has won back-to-back Grey Cups and for the past decade have been the best team in the CFL. Can you really blame me? Before their Labour Day game against Hamilton I was on the TEAM 990 in

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With the confetti cleaned up in BC Place and the 2011 season behind us, it’s time to look ahead to 2012 and talk about bowling. Don’t worry, it will make sense by the end, I hope. But first we have so many off-season issues to deal with. Alright you won the Grey Cup in impressive

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When it comes to putting together the power rankings and deciding where to slot two evenly matched teams I always try to think “right now.” As in “right now if these two teams met who do I think would win?” I look at how a particular team has been playing the past month and try

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I think we can all agree; this is the craziest CFL season in recent memory. This is a year of confusion, 18 weeks of parity, the season of I have no idea what is going on?! So naturally this is the year for the B.C. Lions. I spend Sunday night going over my weekly rankings,

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Let’s talk about hate. Not the evil personal kind, not the one where you would get in trouble from your parents for saying you “hated” someone. I’m talking about “sports hate”. The kind of emotion that drives ratings through the roof and brings over the casual fan. Hate sells. Better than watching a great team

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Allow me a moment to get a little political – I promise it will lead back to football. One of the most glaring problems I have always had with politics in North America is the complete lack of options. You either have to be a Democrat/Liberal or a Republican/Conservative, in Canada obviously there is one

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Let’s talk about hate. Not the evil personal kind, not the one where you would get in trouble from your parents for saying you “hated” someone. I’m talking about “sports hate”. The kind of emotion that drives ratings through the roof and brings over the casual fan. Hate sells. Better than watching a great team

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With the confetti cleaned up in BC Place and the 2011 season behind us, it’s time to look ahead to 2012 and talk about bowling. Don’t worry, it will make sense by the end, I hope. But first we have so many off-season issues to deal with. Alright you won the Grey Cup in impressive

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The opening line for the Grey Cup has the B.C. Lions as a seven point favourite, which is fair. Now before you start accusing me of writing yet another gushing column about the B.C. Lions, remember that the line is set to attract as much wagering as possible, it is not meant to condemn one

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The great thing about watching football is that there is so much range in terms of how you choose to consume it. You can immerse yourself eye brows deep in analysis; breaking down the minutia of offensive line play to your heart’s content. Or, if you don’t have the time, you can just break it

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