OT: CFL 2017 thread

[tducey]

My Eskies are 3 and 0. Looks like the west is best again this season with BC also undefeated. 1st in the East is at .500.

 

[puckhead]

My Eskies are 3 and 0. Looks like the west is best again this season with BC also undefeated. 1st in the East is at .500.

BC is 3-1, fwiw
They lost their first game

 

[dash]

Speaking of the Eskimos...

Someone just became almost half a million dollars richer.

To be exact: $435,919.50 richer.

A lucky football fan who bought ticket number 235466C at Friday's Edmonton Eskimos game claimed the gigantic 50/50 jackpot this morning, Eskimos spokesman Cliff Fewings said.

He offered few details, but said the winner would be announced at a media availability on Tuesday.

The jackpot kept growing after a 50/50 prize of $82,060 went unclaimed during the team's home opener on June 30th.

This was the second time in three years the team carried over the winnings from a previous game.

At a July 24, 2014 game between the Esks and the Calgary Stampeders, a $71,732 carryover eventually led to a jackpot of $348,534. Some fans stood in line for more than 45 minutes to buy 50/50 tickets, while some even missed the first half of the game.

The Edmonton Eskimos remained undefeated on the season with a narrow 23-21 victory over the Ottawa Redblacks on Friday.

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/check-tickets-436k-edmonton-eskimos-175555476.html

 

[puckhead]

Speaking of the Eskimos...

Someone just became almost half a million dollars richer.

To be exact: $435,919.50 richer.

A lucky football fan who bought ticket number 235466C at Friday's Edmonton Eskimos game claimed the gigantic 50/50 jackpot this morning, Eskimos spokesman Cliff Fewings said.

He offered few details, but said the winner would be announced at a media availability on Tuesday.

The jackpot kept growing after a 50/50 prize of $82,060 went unclaimed during the team's home opener on June 30th.

This was the second time in three years the team carried over the winnings from a previous game.

At a July 24, 2014 game between the Esks and the Calgary Stampeders, a $71,732 carryover eventually led to a jackpot of $348,534. Some fans stood in line for more than 45 minutes to buy 50/50 tickets, while some even missed the first half of the game.

The Edmonton Eskimos remained undefeated on the season with a narrow 23-21 victory over the Ottawa Redblacks on Friday.

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/check-tickets-436k-edmonton-eskimos-175555476.html

#whatAboutKaren?

 

[dash]

#whatAboutKaren?

lol - She didn't get the million, but she did land the 25 grand home theatre package plus some pretty nice subsidiary prizes.

 

[dash]

Good news.

 

[tducey]

Yeah, B.C. is 3 and 1, my mistake. Still alot of high talent teams in the West, Not so much in the East. Be interesting to see what the rest of the season brings.

 

[dash]

Yeah, B.C. is 3 and 1, my mistake. Still alot of high talent teams in the West, Not so much in the East. Be interesting to see what the rest of the season brings.

Ottawa is definitely better than their 0-3-1 record, I wouldn't be surprised if they still end up winning the East. As we saw last year, they won the one game that mattered the most.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Fun game

 

[puckhead]

Fun game

they fucking won???
just followed on the tweets, but last I saw, WPG rattled off 28 straight points!
sounds like three games in one.

 

[tducey]

Yeah, I agree Ottawa's better than their record would indicate. I expect them to pick it up as the season goes on.

 

[dash]

Fun game

Lions need to lower their ticket prices (the $5 tickets for kids 12 and under through the summer is a great idea) because that's an entertaining product they are putting on the field and they should have no problem getting close to 30,000 fans on a regular basis.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Lions need to lower their ticket prices (the $5 tickets for kids 12 and under through the summer is a great idea) because that's an entertaining product they are putting on the field and they should have no problem getting close to 30,000 fans on a regular basis.

Beggars cant be choosers but i considered getting tickets for this game for the family (until they abandoned me thursday to visit auntie in seattle - lol) and those $5 tickets are only available for end zone corners ... not much available to begin with/anymore either

 

[dash]

12 men (and 1 squirrel) in the huddle...

Things got a "little squirrelly" at McMahon - CFL.ca

 

[tducey]

Big game this weekend. Lions/Eskies. 1st in the West on the line in this 1.

 

[dash]

This league needs to fix the officiating, it's terri-bad.

Edit: Guilio Caravatta is losing his marbles on TSN 1040.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

The refs in this league do a fine job making it a joke

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

[dash]

How was that not called a lateral?

 

[dash]

60-1 lol