CFL 2021 season?

[JakeLRS]

Proline+ really has Ticats at 2.00? Well, I'll be going all-in then.

[ScreamingViking]

It should be a closer game. But that largely depends on how the two teams manage discipline -- the Argos had a tough time keeping emotions between the whistles, and in a couple of instances Ticat players succumbed to hateful urges too.

With so few days between games, coaches are basically just tweaking game plans and making a few adjustments to what they saw. The better talent usually triumphs. Toronto has a lot of it, but it needs to show more than it did Monday if they want to win. Hamilton's stars are rounding into form, and if the defence plays the same way it did Monday their chances of 2 points are good.

[jonny24]

No Banks tonight, so that's a blow.

[ScreamingViking]

Originally Posted by jonny24

No Banks tonight, so that's a blow.

And an opportunity. The Cats have found a couple of potential gems this year already: Steven Dunbar & Tim White. Papi White... yer up!

Ciante Evans will be out too, but they adjusted well to his absence in the middle of last game.

[Black Star]

Seriously, I don't know anyone who watches the CFL anymore...Including me.

Damn...even my sons who play for the Wildcats think its a joke. We all use to love the Eskimos and the CFL. Its sad such a great game has had so much misfortune with bad management Covid and Wokeness.

[elly63]

September 5 2021

CFL WIN/SSK: 980k (TSN)
Baseball Blue Jays: 695k (SN)
Soccer CAN/USA: 393k (TSN)
Racing Dutch GP: 372k (TSN)

[thurmas]

CFL ratings are up this year 11% over 2019 levels. Considering the humiliation the league went through during covid-19 and how they are only broadcast and covered by TSN and no one else that's pretty impressive in my books.

[elly63]

They've done very well, better than I expected, all things considered. The CFL is always criticized because it isn't doing as well as it used to because they are in competition with their own history. They are doing just fine in the market when compared with other sports in terms of popularity so they are in a no win situation. You can't compete with a ghost.

[thurmas]

CFL works when there is committed grassroots engagement day in day out. You see the results in Hamilton and Ottawa right now and I believe BC will have that too with the new owner and Montreal when they win fans show up. My only concern is MLSE in Toronto interest level in rebuilding the Argos seems low especially since the made Bill Manning president of both TFC and the Argos i think he has too much on his plate. I would like to see the Argos emulate Bob Youngs approach in how he rebuilt the ti cats fan base.

[craner]

Originally Posted by TimB09

Rematch weekend! Well, two games anyways!

A good football weekend with CFL up first and then NFL gets going full bore Sunday. What a weekend.

3 rematch games actually:
BOO
BOA
Banjo Bowl

[isaidso]

Nice evening at BMO last night. In the final minutes of the game and Toronto leading 17-10, Hamilton marches the ball down field for a touchdown. I utter 'now they need to miss the extra point'..... and they do. I'll take the win but WTH. Extremely low attendance was the other big story. Even with Hamilton visiting it was only 9,702.

[VANRIDERFAN]

Originally Posted by isaidso

Nice evening at BMO last night. In the final minutes of the game and Toronto leading 17-10, Hamilton marches the ball down field for a touchdown. I utter 'now they need to miss the extra point'..... and they do. I'll take the win but WTH. Extremely low attendance was the other big story. Even with Hamilton visiting it was only 9,702.

WTF Toronto? Is this now a point of pride that there is not 20,000 people who give a damn?

[Hackslack]

Ya what a joke that organization is. Nice to see the Argos win though.

[esquire]

Interesting to see how scoring appears to be down this season. Other than that MTL/OTT shootout, we have seen a good number of games so far where one or both teams don't crack the 20 point mark. I don't mind personally, the games I've watched have been fun, but just not quite at the usual levels of offensive output. I wonder if that will change as the season goes on?

Oh yeah, and GO BOMBERS GO!!!

[thurmas]

Thats brutal Argos attendance when the ti cats came to town meaning a good portion of those in attendance were from Hamilton. Argos might need to fold or relocate they have minor league baseball attendance now this is embarrassing for the league.

[esquire]

If I was an Argo fan I would totally lean into the 🞵🞵🞵🞵 attendance and be the bad boys. e.g. "We don't give a 🞵🞵🞵🞵 about your league but we're going to dominate it anyway... what are you gonna do about it?"

[Hackslack]

Beauty sight to see this Sask WPg game packed house, so refreshing after seeing the empty stadium in Toronto.

[thurmas]

Bombers demolish the riders 33-9 and knocked Fajardo out of the game. Bombers look like best team in CFL again.

[thurmas]

Nobody is talking about it yet but this Bombers defense gave up less than 10 points again today and for the season is only giving up 12.6 points a game and this is in the wide open CFL. They are approaching Chicago 85 Bears/ 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers steel curtain type defensive dominance right now.

[Coldrsx]

33k in Edmonton for a terrible second half, penalty and sack ridden game.