bigg jay

https://3downnation.com/2025/12/07/hamilton-tiger-cats-interview-brock-sunderland-for-general-manager-position-sources/

I don't even know I'd say Gittens needs abounce back year as much as a change of scenery. The L's just sucked and if he doesn't have Ford cosplaying as a legitimate QB, maybe he cracks 1k yards? He was still their 2nd leading receiver (50 yards behind Julien-Grant with one less game played) so he was performing as well as one could on that team.

Not sure that's true of Gittens. He only missed one game this year (and only one last year as well). He did miss half of the 2023 season but played all 18 games in 2022.

And now the numbers are out: $455,300 in hard money & maxes out at $509,300 so yeah I'd say he did the team a favour. https://3downnation.com/2025/12/06/trevor-harris-contract-details-with-saskatchewan-roughriders-for-2026-cfl-season/

And the follow up to that hire is... https://3downnation.com/2025/12/05/john-murphy-out-as-toronto-argonauts-assistant-general-manager-sources/ Could not have happened to a nicer guy.

He talks about it again this year with his newest contract. Trevor Harris had no desire to become top-three paid CFL QB with Saskatchewan Roughriders extension - 3DownNation

Stability, connections to Chris Streveler, Mike O'Shea led QB Bryce Perkins to choose CFL over UFL - 3DownNation

So you're saying as long as he's lined up against Kolankowski, he should be fine?

https://www.bgmsportstrax.com/2025/12/03/winnipeg-blue-bombers-sign-defensive-lineman-arnold-young/

They are decent sized but still not for me at that price point. Interesting that the Winnipeg franchises have a Bombers connection. Owners are Kristina Bighill and Paulina Coombs (Anthony's wife).

They've gone over the cap the last 2 seasons (and by more than any other team) so why stop now? They pay guys like Rourke & Betts a good chunk of their salary as marketing money and yet they still go over the cap - Doman does not seem to have an issue with that but it hasn't really paid off for them yet.

https://3downnation.com/2025/12/02/cfl-award-winner-trey-vaval-to-work-out-for-new-orleans-saints-cleveland-browns-sources/

It's not just this year though - he disappeared for the last third of the season in 2024 before having himself a hell of a GC. Is a team going to spend big money based on one great game 2 seasons ago? There are only 2 ways I can see him get that kind of money at this point of his career - a bonus heavy contract or one loaded with marketing money.

They were apparently working diligently last year too but nothing got announced until February. MOS had even claimed that they were ahead of the game last year as they had already been preparing for life after Buck when he got interviewed by other teams to be their HC. That being said, there are rumors that suggest a coach turned down our offer to be the OC and they had to go back to the drawing board and that's how we ended up with Hogan. We also interviewed Makysmic but he took the Elks job instead so we could have missed out on 2 of our top choices which would understandably delay things a bit. Hopefully they don't run into those issue again - could be a red flag if we keep missing out on our preferred choices.

How much juice did he have in 2018 when we tried to walk away from him? The fact that it's now 2025 and we're still talking about him and he's still playing that kind of a role, is a huge fail for this team.

I heard the Bombers had a contest to redo the jerseys and JT won by adding racing stripes to the helmets. MOS was quite impressed.

Shai Ross went viral (twice) on Instagram, not Tik Tok. He's on both platforms but has a much bigger following on IG (2.5 million vs 140k).

That'd be an improvement since there's usually seven of them.

Oh the whole thing got me thinking of Ride fans! 😂

Hogan sleeps in a race car bed, do you?

His old position isn't vacant though - Andre Bolduc was hired as his replacement so what do you say to him? Sorry, you're out of a job because Hogan sucked at his?

https://3downnation.com/2025/11/26/3downnations-top-50-pending-2026-cfl-free-agents/ Anyone got KW's email? Need to send him this so he can start a shopping list. 😂

Yeah I rag on them as much as anybody but they do a better job of covering the CFL than the "real" media. They are great for news but their opinion pieces are not usually worth reading.

You can find deals though - like I said, you can fly to/from Calgary and Winnipeg for very cheap at certain times. If you are looking to go at peak times, you pay peak prices. Google Flights is a good way to look for affordable flights and you can set alerts to notify you when prices change. Halifax is beautiful but like most cities, the homeless situation makes it unappealing to explore, at least it was a couple years ago when I was there. Only other place east of Ontario, I've been was Montreal - also beautiful but was way more expensive than Halifax.

Have yet to see a good explanation. Jamaica getting hit by the hurricane has definitely increased prices but it's still been much higher than normal even prior to that. We book well in advance and have price match guarantees so we're always watching prices. There were some deals to be had a couple months ago but very few these days unless you are happy with going to Cuba.