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20 QUESTIONS: John Hufnagel
October 11, 2008
Former quarterback and assistant coach John Hufnagel is no stranger to Calgary but do we really know him? The new Calgary Stampeders head honcho gives us an inside look at the man outside of the Xs and Os.
1) It's Sunday morning, what are you having for breakfast?
If it's Sunday and I don't have anything going on, it would probably be a little sausage and eggs and toast. But I usually don't have breakfast.
2) If you didn't do what you do for a living, what would you be doing?
When I was a player in Calgary, I worked in the off season in the oilpatch. I also invested in some real estate. So if I wasn't coaching, that's probably what I'd be doing.
HORSEPOWER: Straight and narrow for Browner
September 23, 2008
Allen Cameron
Calgary Herald
The day had gone so brilliantly for Brandon Browner.
The young Californian was taking part in his first training camp drill as a member of the Denver Broncos.
Browner had shaken off the shattering disappointment of not being drafted despite two terrific seasons at cornerback with Oregon State, and signed a free-agent deal with the Denver Broncos to attend their 2005 training camp.
And there he was, pitted in a one-on-one cover drill with the legendary Jerry Rice.
How did he do?
HORSEPOWER: Labinjo is a daydream be-Leaf-er
September 23, 2008
Allen Cameron
Calgary Herald
Understand, football has been very good to Mike Labinjo.
It paid for his education at Michigan State University.
It deposited hundreds of thousands of dollars in his pocket, the result of spending nearly four seasons in the NFL.
And it will keep him employed in Canada for the foreseeable the future, thanks to a combination of his size, speed, skill and Canadian birth certificate.
But he'd be perfectly willing to throw it all away with one call.
As long as that call came from Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Cliff Fletcher.
You see, when the Calgary Stampeders defensive end dreams about sports, he doesn't dream about sacking a quarterback. He dreams about hoisting the Stanley Cup.