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And so now with one week left, the final standings are set.
https://www.cfl.ca/standings/
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/22/hamilton-tiger-cats-clinch-final-cfl-playoff-berth-as-saskatchewan-roughriders-officially-eliminated/

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All of the playoff games will be played on Sundays.
https://www.cfl.ca/schedule/2022/

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After 19 years as a pro, Jon Ryan has retired.
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/23/father-time-finally-got-me-former-nfl-riders-punter-jon-ryan-confirms-retirement-following-elks-season-finale/

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Power Rankings
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/24/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-stampeders-run-over-the-competition/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/24/power-rankings-table-runners-and-trail-blazers/

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QB Index
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/26/qb-index-rest-rust-risk-and-reward/

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3 Down Nation has nominated its 100% Canadian all-star team.
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/25/presenting-the-2022-cfl-all-canadian-team/

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Edmonton has the bye this week; their season is over.  Here are their upcoming free agents.
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/26/the-edmonton-elks-potential-2023-free-agent-list/

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The league has announced each team's nominees for the CFL Awards.
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/26/most-outstanding-cfl-teams-announce-award-winners/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/26/talk-of-the-town-2022-team-award-winners-announced/
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/27/who-i-chose-on-my-hamilton-tiger-cats-awards-ballot-and-why/
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/rourke-nominated-for-2-cfl-individual-awards-1.6632696

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Sports Tourism Canada claims that this year's Touchdown Atlantic game generated C$12.7 million for Nova Scotia.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-touchdown-atlantic-nova-scotia-economy-1.6631471
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/27/new-study-finds-touchdown-atlantic-generated-12-7-million-in-economic-impact-to-nova-scotia/

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The league has announced the names of the nine nominees for the Jake Gaudaur Award.
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/27/riders-centre-dan-clark-headlines-list-of-nominees-for-prestigious-jake-gaudaur-veterans-award/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/27/nine-players-nominated-for-jake-gaudaur-veterans-award/

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Analyses & Picks
(With the final standings established, we can expect to see the back-ups seeing most of the action.)

https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/canadian-nathan-rourke-to-start-bc-lions-winnipeg-blue-bombers-1.1868517
https://doorfliesopen.com/2022/10/27/cfl-beat-171/
http://17degreesports.com/index.php/2022/10/26/cfl-week-21-preview/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/25/weekly-predictor-taking-the-ottawa-redblacks/

https://3downnation.com/2022/10/28/3downnation-cfl-picks-which-backups-will-stake-their-case-for-the-future/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/25/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-week-21-picks/

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Week 21 Checking Down
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/26/checking-down-news-and-notes-from-week-21/

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Week 21 Game Notes
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/10/27/cfl-ca-game-notes-a-look-at-week-21/

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Friday's result

Winnipeg 24....BC 9
https://www.cfl.ca/games/6288/bc-lions-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#videos
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/29/winnerpeg-blue-bombers-set-franchise-record-with-win-over-b-c-lions-11-other-thoughts/
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions-winnipeg-blue-bombers-cfl-recap-oct-28-1.6633224

The Bombers set a team record with their 15th win.

 

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Week 21 results

All of the games were meaningless, so all of the teams played their backups.

Montreal 38....Toronto 33
https://www.cfl.ca/games/6289/montreal-alouettes-vs-toronto-argonauts/#videos
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/30/argos-give-youth-a-chance-and-eight-other-thoughts-on-a-season-finale-loss-to-montreal/

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Hamilton 23....Ottawa 16
https://www.cfl.ca/games/6290/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-ottawa-redblacks/#/videos
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/30/redblacks-season-ends-with-a-whimper-11-other-thoughts-on-losing-to-the-ticats/
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/31/a-meaningless-win-with-meaning-11-thoughts-on-hamiltons-23-16-win-over-the-ottawa-redblacks/

Ottawa lost every home game this year.

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Calgary 36....Sask 10
https://www.cfl.ca/games/6291/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-calgary-stampeders/#/videos
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/calgary-stampeders-saskatchewan-roughriders-cfl-recap-oct-29-1.6634431
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/30/stampeders-steamroll-riders-for-12th-win-of-the-season-and-eight-other-thoughts/

This was Bo Levi Mitchell's last game with the Stampeders.

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Power Rankings
https://3downnation.com/2022/10/31/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-fans-bid-adieu-to-the-basement-dwellers/

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Here are the 2022 final standings.  Once again, 8 wins makes the playoffs.

https://www.cfl.ca/standings/

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And here are the 2022 final stats.

https://www.cfl.ca/stats/

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Ottawa's 2023 free agent list
https://3downnation.com/2022/11/01/the-ottawa-redblacks-potential-2023-free-agent-list/

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Gossip!
https://3downnation.com/2022/11/02/insider-talk-riders-keep-dickenson-award-nominations-playoff-time/

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This thread's views passed the 200,000 mark this week.  Thanks everyone!

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On 11/13/2022 at 11:44 PM, Chuck Nessa said:

Curious - it has been 3 months and 22 posts since anyone else posted on this thread. Why keep this up?  Do you get paid for posts like this and other PR messages?

Chuck, most of my posts are for the purpose of contributing to the board.

I am a fan of the Canadian league, not an employee.  This thread gets 100-200 views each time I post.  I have no idea who the viewers are.  If I am bringing Canadian league fans to the board, great!

There is one press agent who sends me a promo cd of each of her artists.  The other press releases I post are without compensation.

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Eastern and Western Finals Plays of the Week
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/14/extraordinary-performances-in-the-plays-of-the-week/

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The league has announced the finalists for the CFL Awards.
https://3downnation.com/2022/11/01/zach-collaros-eugene-lewis-headline-cfl-divisional-award-winners/

I think the winners will be...

Player - Zach Collaros
Defensive Player - Shawn Lemon
Canadian - Nathan Rourke
Offensive Lineman - Stanley Bryant
Special Teams Player - Mario Alford
Rookie - Dalton Schoen
Coach - Mike O'Shea

I think that Lemon and Rourke will get the sentimental vote.  I would have voted for Mauldin and Gittens.

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Manitoba and Saskatchewan are adjacent, and the Bombers and the Riders are each other's arch-rivals.  Mike O'Shea is hoping the Manitobans will travel to Regina.  Ryan Dinwiddie is hoping the Reginans will choose to root against the Bombers.
https://3downnation.com/2022/11/14/mike-oshea-wants-bombers-fans-to-travel-to-regina-to-turn-grey-cup-into-home-crowd/
https://3downnation.com/2022/11/16/ryan-dinwiddie-hopes-rider-nation-will-cheer-for-toronto-argonauts-in-109th-grey-cup/

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Bo Levi Mitchell is set to become a free agent in February.  Calgary has traded his rights to Hamilton for two draft picks.
https://3downnation.com/2022/11/14/official-calgary-stampeders-trade-qb-bo-levi-mitchell-to-hamilton-tiger-cats-for-two-cfl-draft-picks/
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/bo-levi-mitchell-trade-tiger-cats-stampeders-cfl-1.6651098

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BC's 2023 free agents
https://3downnation.com/2022/11/15/bryan-burnham-headlines-b-c-lions-free-agent-list/

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Here is more about the Mud Bowl.  I hope you have looked at the film clip I linked to in the Contest thread.
https://3downnation.com/2022/11/15/mud-and-guts-a-history-of-toronto-and-winnipeg-meeting-in-the-grey-cup/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-blue-bombers-toronto-argonauts-grey-cup-cfl-1.6650626

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The league has announced the 2022 All-Star team.
https://3downnation.com/2022/11/15/calgary-stampeders-lead-the-way-with-eight-cfl-all-star-selections/
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/bo-levi-mitchell-trade-tiger-cats-stampeders-cfl-1.6651098

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This is Ja'Gared Davis's sixth year in the CFL, and he has played in the Grey Cup Final every year!
https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/ja-gared-davis-toronto-argonauts-grey-cup-1.1879182

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Grey Cup Analyses and Picks
https://doorfliesopen.com/2022/11/17/cfl-beat-174/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/17/weekly-predictor-putting-the-win-in-winnipeg/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/15/head-to-head-who-has-the-edge-in-the-109th-grey-cup/

https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/17/prediction-time-cfl-ca-writers-109th-grey-cup-picks/

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If you haven't already, go play the Grey Cup Contest!

 

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1 hour ago, GA Russell said:

 

The league has announced the finalists for the CFL Awards.
https://3downnation.com/2022/11/01/zach-collaros-eugene-lewis-headline-cfl-divisional-award-winners/

I think the winners will be...

Player - Zach Collaros
Defensive Player - Shawn Lemon
Canadian - Nathan Rourke
Offensive Lineman - Stanley Bryant
Special Teams Player - Mario Alford
Rookie - Dalton Schoen
Coach - Mike O'Shea

I think that Lemon and Rourke will get the sentimental vote.  I would have voted for Mauldin and Gittens.

 

And the winners are...

Collaros
Mauldin
Rourke
Bryant
Alford
Schoen
O'Shea

https://3downnation.com/2022/11/17/most-outstanding-cfl-unveils-year-end-award-winners/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/17/bombers-dominate-2022-cfl-awards/
https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/canadian-football-league-awards-109th-grey-cup-1.1879909

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Here is a summary of today's The Commissioner's State of the League Address.
https://3downnation.com/2022/11/18/everything-you-need-to-know-from-cfl-commissioner-randy-ambrosies-state-of-the-league-address/

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The union today released its 2022 All-Star team.
https://3downnation.com/2022/11/18/cflpa-unveils-all-star-team-as-voted-upon-by-cfl-players/

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Next year, all post-season games except the Grey Cup Final will be played on Saturdays.
https://3downnation.com/2022/11/18/cfl-playoff-games-to-be-broadcast-on-saturday-in-2023-excluding-grey-cup/

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Here are the two teams' final injury reports.
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/16/argos-bombers-injury-report-collaros-sits-out-wed/

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An American couple are driving through Canada, and stop at a gas station to fill up. As the man goes into the station to pay, his wife calls out to him, “Ask them where we are!”

So the husband walks in, pays and asks, “By the way, where are we?” The attendant answers, “Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.”

The man goes back to his car, and the wife says, “Where are we?”

“He doesn't speak English." 

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One thing I like about the Canadian league is the nearly six-month off-season.  I appreciate the respite.  Not too long before he passed away, Bill Veeck said of the baseball people, "They start too early, they end too late, and they play too many games in between."

Before we move on to 2023, let's look at some highlight reels from 2022.

Grey Cup Final
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/20/gc109-game-capsule/
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/11/20/gc109-trophy-presentation/

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Let's continue with the video highlights.

Top 10 Plays of 2022
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/12/30/top-10-plays-of-the-2022/

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Top Ten Interceptions
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/12/28/top-10-interceptions-of-2022/

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Top Ten Special Teams Plays
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/12/26/top-10-special-teams-plays-of-2022/

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Top 10 Catches
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/12/23/top-10-catches-of-2022/

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Top 10 Defensive Plays
https://www.cfl.ca/2022/12/19/top-10-defensive-plays-of-2022/

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For those keeping score at home, I note that this thread's current view count is 207.1 thousand.

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Now let's move on to the 2023 season.

Thursday was Free Agency Day, when the players could sign with new teams.

Here is the league's list of the players whose contracts expired following the 2022 season, and the teams they have signed with for 2023.
https://www.cfl.ca/fa23

These are the biggest names who signed with new teams.

Bo Levi Mitchell to Hamilton
Jake Weineke to Sask
Dominique Davis to BC
Jameer Thurman to Hamilton
Cody Fajardo to Montreal
Kwaku Boateng to Hamilton
Eugene Lewis to Edmonton
Jovan Santos-Knox to Ottawa
Trevor Harris to Sask
Lemar Durant to Ottawa
Ciante Evans to Montreal
Chris Osei-Kusi to Hamilton
Micah Awe to Calgary

I notice that I don't see 2022's two Grey Cup Finalists, Toronto and Winnipeg on this list.

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McLeod Bethel-Thompson has decided to go out on top.

He announced today that he will not return to the league, but has instead signed with the USFL.

This is an unusual story.  David Naylor says that he made C$400,000. with the Argos last year.  He almost certainly will not make that kind of money with the USFL.

His decision was based on two factors:

1) Family.  All of the USFL games are played in Birmingham.  His wife's job is two hours east in Atlanta.

2) The NFL.  He hopes to attract NFL scouts' attention in the spring, and get one more chance to sign an NFL contract for the fall.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-argos-bethel-thompson-usfl-1.6756409
https://3downnation.com/2023/02/22/mcleod-bethel-thompson-says-hes-signed-with-usfl-hopes-to-attract-nfl-opportunity/
https://www.cfl.ca/2023/02/22/report-mcleod-bethel-thompson-to-leave-cfl/
https://www.cfl.ca/2023/02/22/ferguson-mbts-departure-creates-questions/
https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/mcleod-bethel-thompson-moving-to-usfl-after-winning-grey-cup-with-toronto-argonauts-1.1922322

For the Argos the question is, Is Chad Kelly ready to be their starter?

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Camps opened Sunday, and the first pre-season game will be Monday, so let's take a look at the headlines since Feb. 24.

The league has a new TV deal for the US this year.  CBS Sports channel will carry 34 games.  From what I can tell, this can be streamed on Hulu. 

Many games will be available for streaming to the US for free on the league's website called CFL+.
https://www.cfl.ca/2023/05/19/watch-free-and-online-welcome-to-cfl-preseason-live-and-cfl/

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Speaking of streaming, here is the link to watch past Grey Cup Finals.
https://www.cfl.ca/grey-cup-on-demand/

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Early Power Rankings
https://www.cfl.ca/2023/04/04/start-your-arguing-engines-the-way-too-early-power-rankings-are-in/
https://3downnation.com/2023/05/15/3downnation-cfl-power-rankings-were-back-for-2023-baby/

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This thread's view count is up to 215.1 thousand, up 8,000 since Feb. 19!

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