HIT THE POST WITH CJAD'S RICK MOFFAT, VOICE OF THE ALS & THE CANADIENS

Should the Als be embarrassed about 4-0 vs. the Blunder Bombers and the Pussy-Cats while being 0-3 against the ROCFL? (rest of the CFL) Not a chance. The Als defense is gelling. Special teams have turned the corner with Larry Taylor on returns and some headbangers like Shea Emry and Paul Woldu. And the offense now has dual-action AC....that stands for Anthony Calvillo AND Avon Cobourne. AC's started the season with td passes in 7 straight games (a personal best to start a season though his record is td passes in 15 straight games back in 2003). My father and father-in-law are lucky enough to have seen some of The Rifle's exploits in the 50's...he's still got the CFL record...34 straight games with td passes....over 3 seasons!

Eric Wilson is my kind of d-tackle...off the field: fun-loving guy, popular in the room. On the field, a Philion-style don't be shy about taking a hard clean hit at a qb. It was fun to see him make his first career interception in the city where he began his cfl career---the Peg'. Wilson (I call him the Winnebego when he lines up at fullback) insists he could have had his first td too---claims he was wide open in the endzone on the play before Adrian McPherson squeeked in from the 1. Now tell me Eric--is it your speed or your moves that got you so open?

No the Als do NOT have Broadway Brett on their secret Neg List of rights to American players. So don't be expecting the Jets' qb star to be heading north after he storms Manhattan ( well, the Meadowlands swamp anyway).

The Als have to be concerned about other CFL teams trying to raid their Neg List prospects. My spies around the league are wondering---Why does one CFL team have an Als property in hiding in their city? Why has one CFL team tampered with several other players trying to force GM Jim Popp's hand in freeing them up?

Will it be this week for Mats Sundin? JP Barry his agent tells me via e-mail that "nothing's imminent". It seems their hours of counsel together have boiled down to more Sundinian ponderings. Maybe the soon to be Leafs ex-captain is just one of the world's great procrastinators? If he does sign with the Habs, he can expect to be booed mercilessly when the Canadiens go to Vancouver in the New Year.

Former Concordia Stinger Chris Cvetkovic says its funny...the Bombers' long-snapper's kids wake up from their naps when the phone rings, but slept through the house across the street from them burning down. Made for an eerie eve of the Als game for him.

My other CFL spies tell me Doug Berry has a new contract extension but with the sucky start the Bombers are just too embarrassed to admit it publicly.

Damon Duval hits 6/6 and personal best 52-yarder and just wanted to get on a red-eye back to Montreal so he could be with Ashley and the newborn Hunter. Sorry Damon...you can't get here from there.

Hey Thunder-Monkey: I got your back when the Chinese storm-troopers come for ya. Everybody's raving about the spectacle of the Opening Ceremonies..."encapsulating Chinese history"...funny that didn't include a history lesson on smashing unarmed Tibetans or sneaking to arrest those the tanks didn't roll over. The perfect capper to Juan Antonio Samaranch's IOC career---giving the games to elistist-sweatshop thugs who should have looked to you for the Games mascot...a monkey's butt.