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The Johnson rules are driven primarily by marketing, and game play is a secondary concern (add Canadian NFL fans, develop US TV market, and get games/teams in foreign stadiums). That's why the BoG did this and not the rules committee. I do like the r.c. mods on play clock (keep 20 s in 3 min. warn).
January 14, 2026 at 4:36 AM
The Johnson rules are driven primarily by marketing, and game play is a secondary concern (add Canadian NFL fans, develop US TV market, and get games/teams in foreign stadiums). That's why the BoG did this and not the rules committee. I do like the r.c. mods on play clock (keep 20 s in 3 min. warn).
It might be good policy for the CFL to make some modest investments in senior football so that these rule changes could actually be tested before being implemented in the CFL. The XFL did extensive tests of their modified kickoff rule before it was used in a game (now it's in the NFL).
January 13, 2026 at 6:01 AM
It might be good policy for the CFL to make some modest investments in senior football so that these rule changes could actually be tested before being implemented in the CFL. The XFL did extensive tests of their modified kickoff rule before it was used in a game (now it's in the NFL).
🤔 I knew it.
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
🤔 I knew it.
Might be a faulty memory, but I thought Pinball Clemons was a player-coach for a game back in 2000 (?) during that turbulent period. Or was it just discussed?
December 7, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Might be a faulty memory, but I thought Pinball Clemons was a player-coach for a game back in 2000 (?) during that turbulent period. Or was it just discussed?
Remember the rouge in the Grey Cup this year being a good rouge (it was a decision to return or not), whereas the rouges in the Vanier Cup were of the bad variety (especially a missed field goal that was impossible to return). I'm OK with the 2026 CFL change in this rule.
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Remember the rouge in the Grey Cup this year being a good rouge (it was a decision to return or not), whereas the rouges in the Vanier Cup were of the bad variety (especially a missed field goal that was impossible to return). I'm OK with the 2026 CFL change in this rule.
Make sure you wear it everywhere you go.
December 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Make sure you wear it everywhere you go.
CFL knows there's this huge pool of Canadian NFL (but not CFL) fans. Some will never look at CFL, but they figure a certain percentage could be enticed if irritants (e.g. missed FG rouges, goalposts) are removed. But they need to maintain as many traditional fans as possible. Esp. true in Toronto.
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
CFL knows there's this huge pool of Canadian NFL (but not CFL) fans. Some will never look at CFL, but they figure a certain percentage could be enticed if irritants (e.g. missed FG rouges, goalposts) are removed. But they need to maintain as many traditional fans as possible. Esp. true in Toronto.
I'm always OK with this type of rouge. Too lazy to run it back, so he bought 35 yards with a point.
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I'm always OK with this type of rouge. Too lazy to run it back, so he bought 35 yards with a point.
Poor people of Hamilton - first the Jays, now this.
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Poor people of Hamilton - first the Jays, now this.
Should have gone for it on that 3rd down.
November 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Should have gone for it on that 3rd down.
Anyone know if the Hamilton Wildcats had their own distinctive cheer to counter 'Oskee Wee Wee'? Even today I always hear 'Tigers' eat 'em raw, not Ti-Cats.
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Anyone know if the Hamilton Wildcats had their own distinctive cheer to counter 'Oskee Wee Wee'? Even today I always hear 'Tigers' eat 'em raw, not Ti-Cats.
I sense the BC Lions will take it.
October 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I sense the BC Lions will take it.
Was this an attempt to angle the ball out of bounds to just beyond the goal line, but it went out at the 3 yd. line instead?
October 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Was this an attempt to angle the ball out of bounds to just beyond the goal line, but it went out at the 3 yd. line instead?
Remember that. It was always a good hike.
September 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Remember that. It was always a good hike.
But you said no strings.
September 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
But you said no strings.
Of all the differences between Cdn and US football, the 110 yd. field is the one I feel least sentimental about (the width is a red line for me). We can always mark the centreline with a 'C' even if it's the 50. The new dimensions open up so many possibilities for game sites (esp. Halifax).
September 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Of all the differences between Cdn and US football, the 110 yd. field is the one I feel least sentimental about (the width is a red line for me). We can always mark the centreline with a 'C' even if it's the 50. The new dimensions open up so many possibilities for game sites (esp. Halifax).
There was actually a big perception problem, within Canada, about the missed field goal counting for a point when not returnable. And I'm talking people that preferred Cdn football to US. That's the one rule change (21 yr. season ticket holder) that I'm 100% behind. Like the rest but not as much.
September 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
There was actually a big perception problem, within Canada, about the missed field goal counting for a point when not returnable. And I'm talking people that preferred Cdn football to US. That's the one rule change (21 yr. season ticket holder) that I'm 100% behind. Like the rest but not as much.
But we've watched thousands of hours of hockey.
September 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
But we've watched thousands of hours of hockey.
Doesn't Trevor Harris make this list?
September 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Doesn't Trevor Harris make this list?
Interesting. Thanks.
August 15, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Interesting. Thanks.
So it was definitely longer than the McCallum one?
August 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
So it was definitely longer than the McCallum one?
They really like ex-Argo QBs.
August 14, 2025 at 4:22 AM
They really like ex-Argo QBs.
Have you observed an increase on kickoff rouges this year? The past few games I've been noticing a lot of kickoffs going over or by the returners into the endzone where the concession is made.
August 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Have you observed an increase on kickoff rouges this year? The past few games I've been noticing a lot of kickoffs going over or by the returners into the endzone where the concession is made.
That explains why I feel the way I do (EE).
August 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
That explains why I feel the way I do (EE).