CJAD Alouettes Football

ALS NEARING CFL TRADE DEADLINE
OCT. 9 PLAYOFF TICKETS ON SALE
ALS PLAYERS VOW TO MAKE IT UP TO FANS THANKSGIVING MONDAY VS. CATS

CJAD sources suggest the Als will NOT be active leading up to Wednesday afternoon's CFL Trade Deadline (3:59PM Oct. 8). The Als DO have a surplus of skilled and veteran Canadian offensive lineman, but they know their priority remains keeping Anthony Calvillo healthy over the final 4 weeks.

The Als have clinched home field advantage in the EASTERN FINAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON NOVEMBER 15 (starting with the Oxycair Technologies Pregame Show at Noon). The Als matched their 2002 and '03 Teams by locking up the East Crown on Week 14.

Calvillo and Hamilton rookie Quinton Porter's airshow on Saturday set a CFL record for Most Completions in a game. It likely also marked the first time in Nouveau Alouettes history that 3 different Als had 10 catches or more in the same game.

Cahoon passed Ray Elgaard for the alltime lead in regular season receptions---most by any Canadian receiver in CFL history. Cahoon, a certain Canadian Football Hall of Famer, chuckled before the game when asked by CJAD about his one and only attempt to make the NFL.

"I was at Tampa Bay Buccaneers mini-camp for all of 2-1/2 days and guess who the quarterback was who threw to me?" Cahoon asked rhetorically. "Scott Milanovich (the Als Offensive Co-ordinator) and I bet he doesn't even remember me."

"No I don't," laughs Milanovich when asked about it. "I was just trying to hang onto my job as 3rd string QB in the NFL and I wasn't paying too much attention to who all those free agent receivers we were working out. But I did catch up with one of our scouts recently in Toronto and he reminded me that Ben made what that scout still considers to be the greatest catch he's ever seen a football player make in practise."

Cahoon also recounted a curious phone-encounter with the previous leading receiver among Canadians. See Rick Moffat's blog for details. Suffice it to say here that Elgaard warned Cahoon before his first season in the CFL: "You won't be breaking any of my ___^%%$#!!@! records."

Next Als game: Thanksgiving Monday at Noon
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The Als have gone Green. So find out how YOU can team up with DR. DAVID SUZUKI'S FOUNDATION:
www.davidsuzuki.org

CONGRATULATIONS TONY PROUDFOOT....TEAM PROUDFOOT IS PLEASED TO SUPPORT CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH AT THE MONTREAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE, MCGILL UNIVERSITY AND THE MUHC.

Former Alouette Allstar and longtime CJAD 800 Sports Broadcaster/Blogger Tony Proudfoot wants you to help him tackle Lou Gehrig's disease (A.L.S.)

THANK YOU FOR JOINING Tony, CJAD, and the Als at the 2008 ALS Walkathon on September 20th--TOGETHER YOU'VE RAISED ANOTHER RECORD-SETTING TOTAL OF $116,000 FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST A.L.S. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO JOIN TEAM PROUDFOOT:
http://www.sla-quebec.ca/en/events/events.php

Please make a donation to the Tony Proudfoot Fund today: http://sla-quebec.ca/english/

TRUE HEROES:

ANTHONY AND ALEXIA CALVILLO INVITE YOU TO JOIN THE CJAD TOUCHDOWN CLUB.
HELP 'AC' AND ALEXIA SUPPORT THE CALVILLO FAMILY ROOM AT THE CEDARS CANCER INSTITUTE AT THE MUHC.

WITH EVERY TOUCHDOWN PASS HE THROWS, ANTHONY DONATES $100.00 MATCHED BY THE CJAD KINDS FUND. NOW YOUR COMPANY, GROUP OR YOU CAN TEAM UP WITH ANTHONY AND ALEXIA. MAKE THE CALVILLO FAMILY ROOM A COMFORTING PLACE WHERE FAMILIES FIGHTING CANCER CAN WIN THEIR BATTLES TOO!

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#44 WAYNE CONRAD donates his Montreal Alouettes 1977 Grey Cup ring and jersey to the Proudfoot Fund...the July fundraiser in Vancouver added $7000 to the fight against Lou Gehrig's Disease, and great news...the Charity Auction is moving to Montreal for Grey Cup come November. Click here for more details