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Anybody else looking forward to the big game? No Hip this year, and it's indoors (a sin to real football fans) but I'd still like to see Montreal win it.
Who's playing at half time anyway? *crosses fingers and hopes like hell it's not Nickleback*
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Black Eyed Peas. Just as bad as Nickelback actually.
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Ya, Nickelback and BEP fight in my mind as the worst band/group in the mainstream...
As for the game, Edmonton seems to me to be a 'team of destiny.' I have a pretty strong feeling about this. But I've been wrong before.
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I'd love to see the Eskies win.
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Are the BEP's even a Canadian act?
I guess it shouldn't matter, but the Grey Cup is one of those rare East-West cultural unifiers, seems an indigenous act would suit it.
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Stephen Dame Wrote:Are the BEP's even a Canadian act?
I guess it shouldn't matter, but the Grey Cup is one of those rare East-West cultural unifiers, seems an indigenous act would suit it.
Its a Canadian game, and most other countries probably dont know what the Grey Cup is. I say it should be a Canadian act at the Grey Cup. I understand the league wanting to draw as many viewers as possible, but its a Canadian tradition and I think its only fitting a Canadian act get the gig. [imo] The Trews are on top of their game, they would rock it good.
Anyhoo...go Esks, I dont have a favorite CFL team but I have to cheer for someone!
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Stephen Dame Wrote:(cause I guess they've got Rider-Fever in Guatemala)
lmao!! :lol: Im all for bringing in fans, but I think we should keep it as Canadian as possible.
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A primer for our US friends:
Alright, so one of Canada's biggest cultural events and traditions, the 93rd annual Grey Cup happens Sunday. It's a unifier from East to West in a nation that is so diverse and dispersed, folks in various areas usually have more in common with their Southern neighbours than their fellow Canadians thousands of kilometres away.
So anyway, it's a big deal. 6 million people will watch it on TV tomorrow, in a nation of 30 million, that's the equivalent of 60 million folks watching something in the U.S. So it is like the Canadian Super Bowl in many respects... except it's on the national broadcaster, so no high dollar Ford commercials with Wayne Gretzky fighting Alf or anything.
So here's what you need to know when you settle down in front of ESPN23 tomorrow with all your CFL loving buddies (No... they haven't named a trophy after The Rock yet)
- The Edmonton Eskimo's (almost as offensive as "Redskins") will take on the Montreal Allouettes (I don't know what the hell an Allouette is either)
- Each team will try and traverse a thicker (because our balls are bigger) football down a longer field (110 yards of the stiffest turf baby)
- They'll have three chances to get ten yards because #1: we're tough and don't need 4 attempts to get ten yards, and #2: the league is full of over-the-hill NFL washouts, and skinny canuck university punks; neither of which likes to be particularly overextended for too long. Plus it's cold as hell out there, so the sooner you can turn it over the better.
- After a missed field goal, the defensive team has an opportunity to run the ball out of the endzone for a single point. This is called a "rouge" because every CFL fan goes red with embarassment when trying to explain a 1-0 victory by their team.
- Oh, almost forgot, at the start of the game we flip back bacon. You have to call marinated-with-Molson-side or unmarinated-with-Molson-side in the air.
- There is no fair catch rule because Canada is a peace-keeping nation, and hence enjoys expressing it's pent up rage and aggression by watching receivers getting be-headed or impailed by a pair of shoulder pads. In '66, the game had to be stopped for thirty minutes while they removed six cleets from the gut of legendary Argonauts receiver Gordy Gord Gordonson.
- At halftime, it's usually local bands you've never heard of playing tunes you probably wouldn't recognize. This year it's the Black Eyed Peas, so I guess that makes it a band you've heard of but probably wish you hadn't. Also, a lucky fan is selected to eat the official piece of back bacon.
- The cheerleaders are hot, but not too hot.
- After the game ends, the Governor General, who is Canada's Head of State whenever the Queen has laundry to do or has to walk the Corgies, presents the Grey Cup to the winners. The cup was actually donated as a hockey trophy by Governor General Lord Grey... however, previous GG Lord Stanley had already donated a trophy for hockey. This lead to the great Governor General arm wrestling classic of 1896, it lasted 4 days, 3 nights and maybe a few fortnights, I forget. Anyway, Grey lost, hence Stanley got hockey and he got stuck with footie.
- The following day, the winners have a parade, which is usually cut short when people complain it's impeding traffic and preventing them from getting to work on time.
- The losers are taken to Nunavut and shot.
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Stephen got everything right, except for the fact that are balls are no longer bigger. They used to be, but not anymore.
As well, our goal posts are aligned to the front of the 20 yard deep end zone, allowing the defending team the space required to return a missed field goal for a point. As well, missed field goals that go out of bounds are good for a single point for the kicking team.
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at least all our teams have different names now
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I've heard many times during recent sportscasts that they are predicting 6 million viewers for this year's event. As well, they sold out all 59,000 tickets to the event in record time.
