Archive for August, 2006

CFL Mid-season Review

Thursday, August 24th, 2006 by Jon

The completion of Week 10 culminated the first half of the CFL season last weekend. Half-way points are a good time to review what has happened and re-evaluate the prospects for the second half.
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CFL Pool Preview Report – Week 11

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 by Jon

A last second field goal flub helped us get last week off to a good start, finish above .500 for the week and approach the magical 50% overall mark. For this week’s Lock of the Week, we will guarantee the Eskimos will not win in Week 11. The rest of our picks follow.

Our Record Last Week: 2-1 (66.7%)
Our Record Overall: 18-19 (48.6%)
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Previews or Guess Work?

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 by Jon

This season Overtime Central has made weekly CFL previews a staple, attempting to provide a source of information for visitors regarding the upcoming week’s games. This is meant to help everyone, from casual player to dedicated CFL watcher. Unfortunately the accuracy and content of the previews is lacking due the difficulty in acquiring information on CFL rosters.
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Notebook – August 21, 2006

Monday, August 21st, 2006 by Jon

Many tidbits to cover in today’s notebook. Our CFL news covers firings, stadiums, potential owners and a scoring drought. We also throw a baseball and hockey story in there.
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CFL Pool Preview Report – Week 10

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 by Jon

Whew! A last play field goal gave us our second above .500 week this year. We get back to business with a three game week to try to pull our overall record above break even as well.

Our Record Last Week: 3-1
Our Record Overall: 16-18
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OC Jottings

No jottings in the last 7 days. Here is a random jotting.

  • December 13, 2006
    Rumour: CFL TV Deal Close → The long-rumoured exclusive CFL TSN/CTV deal is close if the “no comment” replies mean anything. Not much new information – $15 million a year for all TV, Internet and mobile rights. While this is a raise from the last deal, new media rights were never bundled in previous deals. Can $1.875 million per team (in an 8-team league, $1.67 million per team in a 9-team league or $1.5 million per team in a 10-team league) really bring the profits the private owners want? The money does not start to flow until 2008. #
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