Archive for August, 2007

2007 August Segment Winners Announced

Friday, August 31st, 2007 by Jon

The winners of the August segment for the CFL contests were announced earlier today.

  • The August segment winner of the 2007 CFL Pool is Davin Bulldogs, coached by Brent Gessner, with 59 points.
  • The August segment winner of the 2007 CFL Hi-Lo Challenge is Davin Bulldogs (no relation), coached by Brent Gessner (same guy), with 38 points.
  • The August segment winner of the 2007 CFL Start ‘em, Sit ‘em Draft is CFL4ever, coached by Bill Maguire, with 3341 points. (Three monthly wins in a row and you are banned for a year, Bill.)

Prizes this month will be announced shortly (see update below). Winners should get in touch with me to claim their prize. Thanks to all participants and good luck the rest of the way.

Update: August winners will receive $5 Blockbuster Video gift cards.

CFL Shocker!

Sunday, August 19th, 2007 by Jon

This is a quick post to address a couple CFL events the past 24 hours. A Hamilton-Saskatchewan trade needs some analysing and the CBC needs to make explanations for its lack of CFL coverage once again.
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2007 July Segment Winners Announced

Friday, August 17th, 2007 by Jon

Finally! I have made a decision regarding monthly prizes for all contests this year. Thanks to everyone for their input. The decision is we will have different prizes each month. For the month of July the prizes will be $5 movie gift certificates.

Now on to the ceremony.

  • The July segment winner of the 2007 CFL Pool is BigMc_is_back, coached by Grant McKinnon, with 119 points.
  • The July segment winner of the 2007 CFL Hi-Lo Challenge is Vote Quimby, coached by Jim Fedyk, with 72 points.
  • The July segment winner of the 2007 CFL Start ‘em, Sit ‘em Draft is CFL4ever, coached by Bill Maguire, with 3604 points.

Winners should get in touch with me to claim their prize. Thanks to all participants and good luck the rest of the way.

OC Jottings

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

  • September 23, 2007
    CFL Leads Stupid Sports Rules → The new CFL punt in-bounds between the 20′s rule sparks a list of the 10 dumbest sports rules. The CFL comes out on top with the Rouge called the dumbest rule. It’s unfortunate this argument that the CFL is “rewarding” failure still occurs. Football and the CFL especially has graduated scoring based on it’s rugby roots. Eliminate single points on missed field goals would affect strategy on returns, removing some of the most exciting plays that makes the league unique. The CFL recognizes that kicking the ball takes skill, and if you can kick it far, that counts. I would agree kicking it out of the sidelines should not be rewarded, but otherwise leave the game alone. #
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