Author Archive: Chris Powell
Chris is a lifelong football fan, who lives to support the game, and anyone who plays it.
2011 Awards
Coach of the Year: Wally Buono Coaching in his ninth Grey Cup, Wally Buono will tie Don Matthews for most Grey Cup appearances this Sunday evening as the B.C. Lions take on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. or Buono, his team struggled out of the gate losing five straight, once to Winnipeg before turning their season around [...]
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The 99th Grey Cup: Preview and Predictions
From the first snap of the first preseason game on June 15 until now there have been 84 games, but NONE as important as this. The last game of the season, and for some, the last game… period. With sixty minutes of football left in the 2011 season, one team will raise the Grey Cup, [...]
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The Finals: Preview and Predictions
With a little over a week until the Grey Cup, only four teams remain. The winners this week get tickets to Vancouver, the losers, tickets home. This week BC gets a chance to fight to play the Grey Cup at home, or face knowing that they were one game away from being able to play [...]
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Division Semi-Finals: Preview and Predictions
Congrats to Brandon for having won this years regular season pick-off. After nineteen gruelling weeks, the play-offs are here (I don’t know who those nineteen weeks are more gruelling for… the fans or the players), and with that the slates have been wiped clean, and all that matters is this week. There’s no looking to next week, [...]
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Week 19 Preview and Predictions
Here we are, Week 19. What does that mean? Every game this week means something since no one has clinched either first place position has been claimed. The West features a three-way tie for first, while the East has Winnipeg and Montreal tied for the top spot. A few notes from Week 18 The good [...]
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Week 18 Preview and Predictions
With only two weeks left it’s nice to see that EVERY game this week has play-off implications, though I’m sure that most teams that have secured a play-off spot wished that they got to play the Roughriders this week (since they won’t be playing several of their starters). Other than that, we should be set for another week of [...]
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Week 17 Preview and Predictions
Well the field is set, leaving the top six teams fighting for a first round bye, and the bottom two fighting for the first pick in the first round of the draft. A few notes from Week 16 The good The B.C. Lions continue to keep on winning behind the effective play of their defense [...]
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Week 16 Preview and Predictions
Congratulations to Anthony Calvillo for breaking the record for career passing yards in the CFL and NFL. A few notes from Week 15 The good Anthony Calvillo broke the record for passing yards in professional football (NFL and CFL). Anthony Calvillo breaking the all-time passing record which is most deserved after the 18-year career that [...]
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Week 15 Preview and Predictions
Four more weeks until the season is over, and so far we have a very clear playoff picture, the only thing that may change is seedings. A few notes from Week 14 The good Things are getting real interesting in the East. With Saskatchewan falling further out of a possible crossover, but, still have an [...]
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Week 14 Preview and Predictions
Last week featured only one game that was settled by one score, and it was a one point upset; the other three games were blowouts with the winning team scoring more than 30 points. Hopefully this week will feature closer games, and if you are a Rider fan, maybe a touchdown. A few notes from [...]
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