Foo - Grey cup today ... anyone here know what that is?

Any Canadians (or Americans) out there watching the grey cup today? I'm a displaced Saskatchewan guy who's a bit pissed that I couldn't pick up tickets even though they're playing less than an hours drive from my home. Guess I should have planned that one a bit better.

Anyone want to make a prediction? Mine is Saskatchewan 24 - Winnipeg 15.

The last time Saskatchewan won in 1989 I was living in Saskatoon. The town went nuts after the win with people partying in the streets, honking their horns, it was great! I would love to be watching the game in a bar somewhere in S'toon. Oh well, my TV will have to do.

Free Pizza, you'll have to check out the game in a sports bar in Regina. Take pics and post. I'm homesick! Have a Great Western on me (do they still brew that brand?).

Quail by 7 points.

No. sorry I don't like the cfl. (sorry I know what it is, I just don't watch it)

pffft.....

There is no way Riders will beat the Bombers this afternoon. 24-21 Bombers ( but only 'cause I have a ticket with that score), with Westwood kicking a last second field goal to win.

Seriously, if the Bombers don't win at least it will be the Riders instead of BC, Edmonton or (shudder) Toronto.

pffft.....

There is no way Riders will beat the Bombers this afternoon. 24-21 Bombers ( but only 'cause I have a ticket with that score), with Westwood kicking a last second field goal to win.

Seriously, if the Bombers don't win at least it will be the Riders instead of BC, Edmonton or (shudder) Toronto.

I hear ya. I thought with Sask & Winnipeg playing in the Grey Cup I'd be able to pick up a couple of tickets. However they've been sold out for a while. I have a feeling that 2/3 of the crowd are people who flew up from Sask & Manitoba or they're displaced like me ... just a bit smarter and quicker :(

Is that when the hockey players take off their skates and play Australian Rules Football? :p

Is that when the hockey players take off their skates and play Australian Rules Football? :p

No its a place for retired and/or b-rated players to come and still be called pros. :D (ok ok, the 5 or 6 that made it to the nfl were actually good)

No its a place for retired and/or b-rated players to come and still be called pros. :D (ok ok, the 5 or 6 that made it to the nfl were actually good)

That's a bit of a stretch, isn't it? I mean you'd never see an NFL lineman compete in the CFL because they are too big and slow and just get sped past.

The NFL is a crapshoot. It's got as much to do with luck as it does talent. Brett Favre will never take a game off for an injury, because he is paranoid that a backup will start, have a great game, and there goes his career.

different rules, different fields, different focus means different styles of players.

I like the CFL rules better. Makes for a more entertaining game IMO. Hardly ever watch it though. It aren't on the cable here unless I spend more $$$$$.

That's a bit of a stretch, isn't it? I mean you'd never see an NFL lineman compete in the CFL because they are too big and slow and just get sped past.

The NFL is a crapshoot. It's got as much to do with luck as it does talent. Brett Favre will never take a game off for an injury, because he is paranoid that a backup will start, have a great game, and there goes his career.

different rules, different fields, different focus means different styles of players.

I don't believe it is a stretch.

I always find the argument that the nfl is a big and slow sport cute. Yes NFL is more smashmouth and cfl is more opened up. That means the nfl players (imo) need to more skilled, especially on offence. Tighter field, less "outside" running room, linebackers that are both faster and will take your head off. Cfl players are smaller and NOT faster. I have never believed that argument. I believe the players in cfl should be (and are) happy to have a home to play somewhere, because they are generally speaking, second rate players. (let that be by skill, retirement or whatever). Heck if you could find an honest player, who in their right mind would choose to play for the cfl, if they could play in the big game.

Heck, you can almost cite examples of some of the horrible "good" defences in the cfl. I remember watching a game a few weeks ago and the tackling was borderline highschool. The mistakes made in the open field alone are prime examples of their skill levels.

No need to get into it, I have debated this point for 15 years since I stopped playing football. You have to look no further than the lineups. Who is actually playing in the cfl? The players who weren't big enough, strong enough and fast enough to play in the nfl. (flutie is a prime example of someone who sucked balls in the nfl, but his game suited the cfl where hits are infrequent and the field is so freaking big you could drive a mac truck back and forth across the field and not get hit)



I like the CFL rules better. Makes for a more entertaining game IMO. Hardly ever watch it though. It aren't on the cable here unless I spend more $$$$$.

Some of the rules are cool, some aren't. Nothing gets my rocks off like a full speed linebacker destroying the running back who is trying to run around the corner of the line but runs out of field, that rarely happens in the cfl. If the cfl had a normal sized field, I would be interested to see how the game turns out. (I could say the same for nfl, some rules I dislike, some I don't. every league has crappy rules haha)

If you did want to watch it you could buy one of the newish television phones :D...they broadcast on public internet television so you can watch it on your phones now.

all of that said, I would have loved to have seen pinball play in the nfl in his prime, that guy could move. I think he would have done well with a good offensive line to help him punch holes in the defence.

The NFL is a crapshoot. It's got as much to do with luck as it does talent. Brett Favre will never take a game off for an injury, because he is paranoid that a backup will start, have a great game, and there goes his career.


Thats actually a sign of great depth imo. All you imply there is, the second line in the cfl is so bad, the first line guys can take 7 games off and know they still have a spot left because the backup is below average.

Heck don't knock favre, he might be in the cfl in a couple of years ;)

I like the CFL rules better. Makes for a more entertaining game IMO. Hardly ever watch it though. It aren't on the cable here unless I spend more $$$$$.

http://www4.insinc.com/cfl/

Live broadcast at times.

Update for all those Canadians that never watch the CFL. It's a very exciting game as you can tell from the score.

Score 0-0 9:38 left in the 1st

Huh, turns out the first US-based CFL team (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento_Gold_Miners) was formed near here. It later moved to Texas, where it ended up becoming the last remaining US-based CFL team before it folded, dooming CFL USA to failure. :rolleyes:

cbc.ca is bitstreaming it, if anybody cares.

Halftime: Sask 10 - Bombers 7

any Cdn's out there ??? Helllooooo. Is that a pin dropping I hear?

Sask 23 - Bombers 14. I think my prediction is going to be awfully close. 11 min's left in the 4th.

Any Canadians out there, eh?

Sask 23 - Bombers 19 Final. Ya baby!

Anybody remember Heath Rylance? He grew up a block down from me.

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haha Welcome back. That was some awesome drunk posting last night.

Is that when the hockey players take off their skates and play Australian Rules Football? :p

I thought hockey WAS Australian rules football w/o skates.

where am i?

At least somebody partied it up yesterday. BTW, Ontarians (at least at my workplace) suck. Nobody seemed to watch past half time. They missed the best part.

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I was in T.O. this past weekend and it seemed no one in Toronto cared that the Grey Cup was being played there. I did see the Roughriders stage coach though and LMAO when some CFL guy said they were talking w/ the NFL to bring a team to Toronto (good luck affording it!).

I was at the game. It was great. Yeah Riders.

I did see the Roughriders stage coach though and LMAO when some CFL guy said they were talking w/ the NFL to bring a team to Toronto (good luck affording it!).

affording what?

I was in T.O. this past weekend and it seemed no one in Toronto cared that the Grey Cup was being played there. I did see the Roughriders stage coach though and LMAO when some CFL guy said they were talking w/ the NFL to bring a team to Toronto (good luck affording it!).

Actually Saskatchewan is cash-flush these days with Royalties from Oil, Gas, Uranium, Potash, etc. They would easily be able to find public and private funding for an NFL team. That being said, I would be disgusted if they tried to bring the NFL to Canada. They already have a great football league (that should bring some interesting comments).

An NHL team would be great though. I might have to move back to Saskatchewan if that happened ... and yes Saskatchewan Fans would support an NHL team in droves. Likely the most dedicated sports fans in Canada.

Sask - needs an nhl team but will never get it.

Canada should have one nfl team, but couldn't support it. To doesn't have the stadium to support it, the skydome is just to small for such a signifigant sporting event.

Grey cup parade goes right outside my office tomorrow at lunch, gonna sit on the deck and watch, wont be there for too long, -21 degrees C.

If anyone is interested.... The parade was today, i wouldnt call it a parade really, it was #$%ing cold out, so they got it over and done with pretty quick!

It was -18 C (-32 WC), luckilly my office is close to the parade route


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Think T.O. can afford an NFL team, new stadium, etc. when the city itself is apathetic about footbal, CFL or otherwise? That's what the CFL guy was talking about, bringing a team to Toronto. However, moving a few more NHL teams to pretty much any Canuck city is a smart move.

BTW, where do y'all throw the ticker tape from? There's no tall buildings in those pics. No ticker tape either. And where's the crowds?

Think T.O. can afford an NFL team, new stadium, etc. when the city itself is apathetic about footbal, CFL or otherwise?
Isnt it more the Buffalo Bills owner that wants to move?

However, moving a few more NHL teams to pretty much any Canuck city is a smart move.
Im not so sure... They couldnt support a team in Winnipeg. There is all sorts of talk that Saskatoon could support a team, but not a #$%#$ing chance! I went to an NHL preseason game there this september, talk was that they were trying to show the NHL that they were so passionate about their hockey that they could support it. That was the worst hockey game ive ever seen, boring as all hell.. I wouldve preferred to see a bunch of pee-wee kids falling around on the ground...


BTW, where do y'all throw the ticker tape from? There's no tall buildings in those pics. No ticker tape either.
Ha! Its a "city" of 200,000 people.... Not too many tall buildings, plus, the parade route was from the stadium to the Legislative Buildings, which isnt anywhere close to the tall buildings :)


And where's the crowds?
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It was -18 C (-32 WC),

Think T.O. can afford an NFL team, new stadium, etc. when the city itself is apathetic about footbal, CFL or otherwise? That's what the CFL guy was talking about, bringing a team to Toronto. However, moving a few more NHL teams to pretty much any Canuck city is a smart move.

BTW, where do y'all throw the ticker tape from? There's no tall buildings in those pics. No ticker tape either. And where's the crowds?

Whoever that is (unless things have changed drastically in 15 years) is smoking funny stuff. At one point 20% of the fanbase that visited the buffalo bills was from TO. The stadium is one of the biggest hurdles. Our cfl games don't average **** compared to nfl. I couldn't imagine canada being able to handle a sport that seats 100,000 give or take.

That said, I would be the first one to fly to TO to watch opening kickoff.



moving a few more NHL teams to pretty much any Canuck city is a smart move


Again are we watching the same sports. The reason most teams closed down wasn't because they had a great fanbase, it was that the great fanbase couldn't support the team. Yes there are fans, but are they willing to pay the ticket fees to be able to pay their players. No, thats pretty much been proven. Sucks for those cities, but they lost their teams (and or great players) due to a lack of coin from the fanbase.

It sucks, but those fans weren't willing to pony up. Edmonton is close and why they continue to have a "cheap" team. Good for the heart isn't good at keeping great players.

Isnt it more the Buffalo Bills owner that wants to move?
He'll move to wherever the money is highest.

Mael and pizza, you bring up good points about affording an NHL team. Most of the players may be Canadian, but they'll chase the money too.

He'll move to wherever the money is highest.

Mael and pizza, you bring up good points about affording an NHL team. Most of the players may be Canadian, but they'll chase the money too.

Everyone is a little selfish when you through millions at them ;)

Otherwise, in all history, Edmonton would have won cups into the 90's going undefeated, but alas, could not afford the great one, his lacky or his *****.