Author Archives: Craig Silliphant

It will be great to see Doug Flutie's name connected to the CFL again. Flutie will be named to the All-Time Argo team later this month at BMO Field. In just two seasons in Toronto, in the late 1990's,...

CFL critics have pointed to a number of negatives this season. Crowds in Toronto are small, attendance in Montreal is down. According to many - most who don't understand football - the officiating is ...

While the surge and volume of social media can be uplifting, it can also be disheartening. CFL officials have been getting ripped by football fans, marginal and otherwise, because a contest entrant do...

It's easy to complain about all-star games in any sport. The competition level will never rival the intensity of a regular season game. I thoroughly enjoyed the game and the television broadcast from ...

There was still plenty of football to be played, but when Hamilton's Justin Rogers returned a Kevin Glenn interception 110 yards for a touchdown on Saturday night - I'll admit I thought the Riders wer...

Chris Jones - the Riders vice-president of football operations, general manager and head coach - has a lot on his plate. Perhaps too much. While no one coach is listed as a defensive co-ordinator, Jon...

Tyler Crapigna wasn't thrilled about it, but he did it - and should get credit for it. On the heels of Saturday's three-point overtime loss to Winnipeg, the Rider kicker faced a barrage of questions f...

Week 1 of the 2017 CFL season featured three games that were decided by three points or less, including one overtime tie. The week ended with a future Hall of Famer, Ricky Ray, throwing for 506 yards....

It's been fun to talk about. It was fun to watch. The CFL season opener between the Darian Durant-led Montreal Alouettes and Chris Jones' Saskatchewan Roughriders is over. Durant pointed to the footba...

"The closure has already happened for me." That's what Alouettes' quarterback Darian Durant said when asked about Thursday's opener against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. After 11 seasons in Regina, Du...