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Grey Cup - thedarkcanuck - 11-30-2009

i woke up this morning in the hopes that it was all a really bad dream, turns out it really happened Confusedhock: as a lifelong rider fan, that was a tough one to swallow :censored

Re: Grey Cup - Summiteer - 11-30-2009

If The 13 Man is your Worst Nightmare isn't the defintion of an Ironic statement, then I don't know what is :nooooo

I'm still fucking pissed off :rambo:

Re: Grey Cup - barkley - 12-01-2009

I saw highlights of the debackle that was the end of that game, but what can you expect it's CANADIAN football. It's like rockin out to a Hip cover band. It's just silly, trying to change a few rules and calling the game your own-12 players, 3 downs those ridiculously HUGE Endzones, I won't even mention haw many freckin' teams you have named Roughriders ....Ooops just did, which won lost that game? Can we please just move The Bills to Toronto and Jacksonville to Calgary and get rid of the CFL. That's what you get when you get a collection of players who can't play and coaches who can't coach in the Bigs. The Warren Moon/Doug Flutie days are gone.

Sorry had to stir the pot a little this morning- I'm looking at a 4 year sentence between Hip shows with the last Denver cancellation.

Re: Grey Cup - grimes - 12-01-2009

barkley Wrote:It's just silly, trying to change a few rules and calling the game your own-12 players, 3 downs those ridiculously HUGE Endzones

At least try to get your facts straight before you stir the pot:
Football was introduced to North America in Canada by the British Army garrison in Montreal, which played a series of games with McGill University.[1] In 1874, USA's Harvard hosted Canada's McGill University to play the new game derived from Rugby football in a home and home series. Many of the similarities and differences between the Canadian and American games indeed came out of this original home and home series where each home team set the rules. For instance, Harvard, because of a lack of campus space did not have a full-sized rugby pitch. Their pitch was only 100 yards long by 50 yards wide with undersized endzones (slightly less than the 53⅓-yard width of the current regulation size for American Football). Because of the reduced field, the Harvard team opted for 11 players per side, four less than the regulation 15 of Rugby Union. To generate more offence, the number of downs was also increased by Harvard to 4 from 3 as set by McGill.
Source

That was one hell of an entertaining game. The worst part about the penalty is that it let the Montreal kicker off the hook for what would've been one of the greatest choke jobs of all time...

Re: Grey Cup - MountainHip - 12-01-2009

barkley Wrote:.......... I won't even mention haw many freckin' teams you have named Roughriders ....Ooops just did, which won lost that game?..........

Currently there is only one team by that name

Re: Grey Cup - barkley - 12-02-2009

Thanks Grimes,

Using Wikipedia to prove I'm an Idiot even hurts more, way to pour salt on the wounds! O.K. maybe you guys are down to only one Roughriders, but how the hell would I know? and which won was it? Anyhow, wouldn't you really rather have a Toronto and Calgary in the NFL and not have do deal with rooting for American teams or having to watch your backpack flag patch league! You know a Canadian invented basketball too!
I will give you guys love for Labatts Blue, Molson Canadien, the Yukon Territory, all parts north of Prince George, B.C., Crown Royal, Bob and Doug Mackenzie (it is X-Mas), Rush, TPB, and DAS HIP.
But Please it's the "Grey Cup".....Who want's to play for a "Grey Cup" the Irony is in the name alone

Wow, tough day for me only 700 more till next Colorado Hip show...AGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!

Happy Holidays All

Re: Grey Cup - mojo_mattv - 12-02-2009

They're two very different sports. I know people who swear by the CFL and those who swear by the NFL. One's not necessarily "better" than the other. NFL just has a much larger television and media market to rake in a buttload more cash than the CFL.

Re: Grey Cup - sean.bonner - 12-02-2009

Not that there can't be exciting CFL games... I just find there is way too much punting.
Go Colts.

Re: Grey Cup - lewismac91 - 12-02-2009

Blue Rodeo was nice

Re: Grey Cup - thedarkcanuck - 12-02-2009

i love both equally. there is no question that the nfl has better talent, its not even close. i give the entertainment edge to the cfl though.the thing i hate about the nfl is that if a team has a 10 pt lead with 4 minutes left, its pretty much a lock with their 40 second play clock. in the cfl you can see 28 pts scored in that time :lol: a game is never over until its over.hell, the alouettes led the grey cup for exactly zero seconds and won

Re: Grey Cup - The Darkest Canuck - 12-02-2009

The NFL is better than the CFL overall, just because of the talent level being that much higher, BUT, that being said, the Grey Cup is almost ALWAYS a better game to watch than the Superbowl. The Grey Cup is also a much older trophy/tradition, and it's not all about the halftime show, or the commercials, or the food, it's all about the football.

This year's game was a classic, one of the most memorable finishes to a football game that I've ever seen for sure. A tough pill to swallow for Riders fans, but at least they won in 07. I wouldn't be surprised to see these same teams meet up in the finals next year.

Re: Toronto Cup - barkley - 12-03-2009

In honor of the only professional football game to be played in Canada this year the Bills will punt on 3rd down and play with 12 men on the field at least once and play horribly as usual but still win 15-12.