CFL Beat

CFL Beat: Your 2025 Season Wrap-Up

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Another season, another end-of-year wrapup. Once again, the Grey Cup surprised and entertained us all, in the best way possible! And best of all, my end-of-year recap was finished before baby's arrival. So glad to be so punctual. Before the recap, we'll lead off with the final round of league

CFL Beat: Week 21

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What a treat it is when the final week of the regular season still results in meaningful, significant football to be played. In this case, we still have several important playoff races to settle! In the East, Hamilton and Montreal are tied with identical 10-7 records, with Hamilton currently holding

CFL Beat: Week 20

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In the second-last week of the season, the West playoff race remains wide open, with just one team having clinched a playoff spot and all four others remaining eligible in the race even now. With the ineptitude of Ottawa and Toronto in the East Division this year, this also opens

CFL Beat: Week 19

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We're headed into the Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend - huzzah for earlier days off! I am looking forward to hopefully having the chance to properly celebrate both Thanksgiving holidays this year, as I believe my brief parental leave should be taking place over the week that American Thanksgiving is happening

CFL Beat: Week 18

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A strange juxtaposition of summer weather and colourful leaves for me this week. I am not used to sweating profusely while raking leaves - something's got to give here. If this is indeed to be one of the final hurrahs of warm weather for the year, it seems only right

CFL Beat: Week 17

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So I had a whole slew of different people message me following the CFL's press conference on Monday afternoon earlier this week, in which they announced a gigantic litany of rule changes that will be gradually phased in over the next few seasons. Specifically, they wanted to know if I

CFL Beat: Week 16

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With just six weeks to go in the regular season, we finally have our first playoff berth clinch of the season - the Riders are officially in! There's plenty of time left for movement from five other playoff teams over the next few weeks. As Lady Maestro and I continue