927...More From Edmonton

In light of le incident de shovel in Edmonton a few days ago, see Post 923 for more deets, I found it ironic that scattered through tonight's CFL game from Edmonton between the Eskimos and the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Rona is running adverts that feature, well, football players with shovels.

May be those spots gave Xzavie Jackson of the Esks the ideer to pick up a shovel and whack his teammate Aaron Fiacconi with it Wednesday.

Remember, shovels don't smack offensive lineman in the head, defensive linemen do.

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923...Weapons Of Mass Destruction In Edmonton

The Edmonton Eskimos, well, the headline from the Canadian Press on TSN.ca says it best:

ESKIMOS OFFICIALS TALK DOWN

SHOVEL-WIELDING PLAYER

Defensive End Xzavie Jackson was welcomed back on the practice field after a bizarre fight Thursday with teammate and Eskimo centre Aaron Fiacconi that led to Mr. Jackson going after him with a shovel.

Ah, that is the beauty of the Canadian Football League. Its weirdness.

The victim, Mr. Fiacconi, said that getting attacked with a shovel is all part of the wild emotions of a violent game, but noted, "We have to have some kind of control out there. It got away from us a little bit yesterday and it won't happen again."

Thank goodness for gun control.

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