2025 CFL (Non-Bombers) Season

[HardCoreBlue]

5 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I actually think Frenchie might be the best ref in the league, for my money...

Turd down is an icon!

[JuranBoldenRules]

Bob Dyce is reaching Jim Daley echelon unfortunately.

[johnzo]

3 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Bob Dyce is reaching Jim Daley echelon unfortunately.

Dru Brown starting to look like Trevor  Harris -- plays well enough to keep his team competitive but can't get em over the top.

[bustamente]

Wouldn't surprise me if Dyce got pink slipped after tonight's game

[FrostyWinnipeg]

<17k in Edmonton
<13k in Toronto

Edited July 7 by FrostyWinnipeg

[Goalie]

9 hours ago, johnzo said:

Dru Brown starting to look like Trevor  Harris -- plays well enough to keep his team competitive but can't get em over the top.

Ottawas D isn’t very good. 

[Booch]

13 hours ago, SectionKBlackout said:

Andre Proulx being allowed to ref in this league still is something...

he gets a lot of greif....but he's the head ref who for most part is relaying the call from his other ref's....not necessarily his lame calls...for most part he is pretty good on flags he throws....and he cant say "nah...we not gonna call that" on flags his minions toss...

[Tracker]

12 hours ago, johnzo said:

Dru Brown starting to look like Trevor  Harris -- plays well enough to keep his team competitive but can't get em over the top.

Brown was more than good enough to win. The RB defence soiled the linens.

[rebusrankin]

Brown would look great in Blue and Gold.

[SectionKBlackout]

1 hour ago, Booch said:

he gets a lot of greif....but he's the head ref who for most part is relaying the call from his other ref's....not necessarily his lame calls...for most part he is pretty good on flags he throws....and he cant say "nah...we not gonna call that" on flags his minions toss...

It's not just the calls, it's the delivery as well. He seems past his time.

[Brandon]

1 hour ago, rebusrankin said:

Brown would look great in Blue and Gold.

We have hope for Brown in 2027.... unless they extend Zach for another year during this off season.

[Mark H.]

13 hours ago, Booch said:

he gets a lot of greif....but he's the head ref who for most part is relaying the call from his other ref's....not necessarily his lame calls...for most part he is pretty good on flags he throws....and he cant say "nah...we not gonna call that" on flags his minions toss...

The head ref can overrule his assistants in soccer - methinks football should be the same.

[rebusrankin]

Alexander expected back after the Als bye.

https://3downnation.com/2025/07/08/jason-maas-expects-davis-alexander-to-return-for-montreal-alouettes-after-bye-week/

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, rebusrankin said:

Alexander expected back after the Als bye.

https://3downnation.com/2025/07/08/jason-maas-expects-davis-alexander-to-return-for-montreal-alouettes-after-bye-week/

Great news for the league. Hopefully we see more qb health around the league. 

[Mark H.]

On 2025-07-06 at 8:33 PM, HardCoreBlue said:

Turd down is an icon!

Even more iconic when a player wears turdy tree.

[SpeedFlex27]

On 2025-07-06 at 7:54 PM, johnzo said:

Dru Brown starting to look like Trevor  Harris -- plays well enough to keep his team competitive but can't get em over the top.

He plays the same all the time, No sense of urgency. He does put up big yards in a losing cause, like Harris.

[SpeedFlex27]

Just a quick comment regarding the postponed game last night. The CFL & CFLPA said it was too dangerous to play due to smoke. Yet, the league made 27000 people sit outside in that same noxious smoke for over 4 hours while TSN, the CFL & CFLPA couldn't get their **** together to make a call to postpone the game so people could get out of the smoke. 

[SpeedFlex27]

How refreshing it is having Laura Diakun as guest host in the absence of Kate Bierness? She's a pro who keeps the panel on task & guess what?? They actually can have an interesting football discussion with Diakun.  Unlike Bierness, who is all over the place with her comments, jokes, wild laughter & skits. The panel just follows her lead & gets goofy. Bierness is not a host. She lacks the discipline that Diakun has, She seems perfectly suited to be the full time host of TSN football. I wish TSN would make a change. 

[Mark H.]

I was done after the **** overalls thingy with BLM last year.

[ShyGuy]

On 2025-07-12 at 6:02 AM, SpeedFlex27 said:

Just a quick comment regarding the postponed game last night. The CFL & CFLPA said it was too dangerous to play due to smoke. Yet, the league made 27000 people sit outside in that same noxious smoke for over 4 hours while TSN, the CFL & CFLPA couldn't get their **** together to make a call to postpone the game so people could get out of the smoke. 

The policies the league has for this are pretty easy to find and make the protocols explicitly clear. If AQHI+ as deemed by Environment Canada (you can actually see these values in pretty much all stadiums via the Purple Air map) is 8 or above, players aren't allowed on the field. The policies also state that there will attempt to make things work for up to 3 hours (I think they let it go to 4 in this case). Regina was also under a special air quality warning at the time.

Should the league have been more proactive in maybe rescheduling based on the forecast? Maybe, but they were hoping that winds would come and mitigate the issue.

Should they have left everyone sit in the stands without much updates within the stadium? Probably not, but in an open air stadium what else can you really do. Everyone has their own risk profile and were expecting to be there for at least 3 hours anyways. And it is indeed a safety issue for the players more-so than the fans in the stands... it is an order of magnitude more dangerous doing wind sprints up and down the field in that kind of conditions than it is hanging out in the stands.

The problem is with something like lightning, you know there is some timing involved and you can actually see it. Of course there are people that are going to dip as soon as the delay happens, and then you make the decision as time goes on as you see more or less lightning. With the smoke its just kind of... there and you can almost get acclimated to it but as soon as you hit fresh air its clear what was going on, but you have morons on Facebook and X going "hurr-durr back in my day I'd run marathons sucking back a pack of darts players these days are babies."

[JuranBoldenRules]

1 hour ago, ShyGuy said:

The policies the league has for this are pretty easy to find and make the protocols explicitly clear. If AQHI+ as deemed by Environment Canada (you can actually see these values in pretty much all stadiums via the Purple Air map) is 8 or above, players aren't allowed on the field. The policies also state that there will attempt to make things work for up to 3 hours (I think they let it go to 4 in this case). Regina was also under a special air quality warning at the time.

Should the league have been more proactive in maybe rescheduling based on the forecast? Maybe, but they were hoping that winds would come and mitigate the issue.

Should they have left everyone sit in the stands without much updates within the stadium? Probably not, but in an open air stadium what else can you really do. Everyone has their own risk profile and were expecting to be there for at least 3 hours anyways. And it is indeed a safety issue for the players more-so than the fans in the stands... it is an order of magnitude more dangerous doing wind sprints up and down the field in that kind of conditions than it is hanging out in the stands.

The problem is with something like lightning, you know there is some timing involved and you can actually see it. Of course there are people that are going to dip as soon as the delay happens, and then you make the decision as time goes on as you see more or less lightning. With the smoke its just kind of... there and you can almost get acclimated to it but as soon as you hit fresh air its clear what was going on, but you have morons on Facebook and X going "hurr-durr back in my day I'd run marathons sucking back a pack of darts players these days are babies."

My 2 cents...

The league got bogged down in logistics for Calgary and completely forgot about the fans.

How they handled this was completely ridiculous.  They've significant shortened how long they will delay games for thunderstorms, but an air quality delay can be indefinite?

Policy should be the call is made based on the numbers 1 hour before the game.  At the latest.  1.5-2 hours would be more reasonable.  If they want, have the decision made in consultation with public health in the city or someone like that.  The CFL can't seem to figure out their own parameters on what is safe or not, or whether it's Labour Day and we can't cancel or not.  Take the decision out of their/TSN's hands then.

Need to have some respect for the health, safety and time of the customers.

[BaconNBigBlue]

Tre Ford is really not that good tonight. Without his running he doesn’t hit his targets very often. 

[SpeedFlex27]

6 hours ago, ShyGuy said:

The policies the league has for this are pretty easy to find and make the protocols explicitly clear. If AQHI+ as deemed by Environment Canada (you can actually see these values in pretty much all stadiums via the Purple Air map) is 8 or above, players aren't allowed on the field. The policies also state that there will attempt to make things work for up to 3 hours (I think they let it go to 4 in this case). Regina was also under a special air quality warning at the time.

Should the league have been more proactive in maybe rescheduling based on the forecast? Maybe, but they were hoping that winds would come and mitigate the issue.

Should they have left everyone sit in the stands without much updates within the stadium? Probably not, but in an open air stadium what else can you really do. Everyone has their own risk profile and were expecting to be there for at least 3 hours anyways. And it is indeed a safety issue for the players more-so than the fans in the stands... it is an order of magnitude more dangerous doing wind sprints up and down the field in that kind of conditions than it is hanging out in the stands.

The problem is with something like lightning, you know there is some timing involved and you can actually see it. Of course there are people that are going to dip as soon as the delay happens, and then you make the decision as time goes on as you see more or less lightning. With the smoke its just kind of... there and you can almost get acclimated to it but as soon as you hit fresh air its clear what was going on, but you have morons on Facebook and X going "hurr-durr back in my day I'd run marathons sucking back a pack of damrts players these days are babies."

Most fans aren't in the shape of a football player. The average man & woman expend a lot of energy climbing up & down stairs as they're out of shape. Parents brought babies & little kids to the game & their immunity systems haven't developd like that of adults. Is any long term damage being done being exposed to the noxious chemicals in the smoke? I'd bet that never came up in the hours long discussion between the CFL, CFLPA & TSN on rescheduling the game. The only safety issue to those 3 was protecting the players but not the fans. The league doesn't take that into consideration. Decisions need to be made much quicker with a whole set of different parameters neded to speed things up. Making people wait like that for hours in those conditions was absolutely ludicrous. 

Edited 3 hours ago by SpeedFlex27

[SpeedFlex27]

5 hours ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

My 2 cents...

The league got bogged down in logistics for Calgary and completely forgot about the fans.

How they handled this was completely ridiculous.  They've significant shortened how long they will delay games for thunderstorms, but an air quality delay can be indefinite?

Policy should be the call is made based on the numbers 1 hour before the game.  At the latest.  1.5-2 hours would be more reasonable.  If they want, have the decision made in consultation with public health in the city or someone like that.  The CFL can't seem to figure out their own parameters on what is safe or not, or whether it's Labour Day and we can't cancel or not.  Take the decision out of their/TSN's hands then.

Need to have some respect for the health, safety and time of the customers.

Bang on. The CFL only worrying about the players but not the fans was wrong. If air quality was as bad as they say then get everyone out of that toxic nightmare. Cancel the game & do a make up whether it's the next day or two months from now. People wonder what is up (or down) with attendance. To me, the answer is easy. Disrespect the fans & this is what you get. No one shows up. I wonder how many fans the Riders lost Friday night with the way they & the CFL handled everything?