B.C. Lions Grey Cup Champs!

[sapper740]

Once again the B.C. Lions are the recipients of Lord Grey's cup. Here's to Canada's national drunk!


CHIMO!

Hey, I used to know 2 men who played with the BC Lions. One was an ex Olympics highjumper before that (he was a TALL 6'5")

I know NOTHING about sports though

Ma Yappy

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally posted by sapper740
Once again the B.C. Lions are the recipients of Lord Grey's cup. Here's to Canada's national drunk!




CHIMO!

Yeah...but what about the hyped up half time show of CF mililtary stuff???? I didn't see any of that at all!

Besides, it seems to me to be awfully stupid for a bunch of over paid muscle bound jerks who attempt to move a piece of oval brown leather(?) forward about 5 feet and have tons of stupid whistles blasting away whilst above jerks re-assemble theirselves for another stupid half yard gain.

National drunk?...national bore.

PS...Who won? Who cares!

[Tim Sullivan]

CFL players over-paid? I think not. League minimum is something like $23,000, with the average somewhere around $50,000, and that, only because of the one or two players a team who make the big bucks....maybe $400 - 500 thousand. So over paid muscle-bound jerks they are not....they might be muscle bound jerks, but they definatly aren't over-paid.

Actually, I think it's pretty fair what CFL players get paid. I couldn't afford to live off of the league minimum, but even the average of $50,000 is quite decent...lets the guy make a living, while not making more than someone of true value to society, like doctors, or police or fire persons....

...and the game is more entertaining than the boring NFL, which has about as much excitement as watching CMP paint dry

Tim

[sapper740]

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Yeah...but what about the hyped up half time show of CF mililtary stuff???? I didn't see any of that at all!

Unfortunately the game wasn't broadcast here in Texas, else I'da watched it. Sorry to hear that there wasn't a good military presence at the game. I've been to two or three Grey cup games over the years and I've always found the "Gun Run" extremely entertaining. I was also lucky enough to be chosen to be part of the Honour Guard at the opening ceremonies at one of the Grey Cup games in Vancouver. Canadian football and the Grey cup are two of the few bastions of true Canadian culture that keep us unique in the world.

[Jordan Baker]

I see that the Lions broke the Cup. WHoops.

Tim, how can you put watching CMP paint dry in the same cat. as the NFL. Thats not being fair.

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally posted by sapper740
Unfortunately the game wasn't broadcast here in Texas, else I'da watched it. Sorry to hear that there wasn't a good military presence at the game. I've been to two or three Grey cup games over the years and I've always found the "Gun Run" extremely entertaining. I was also lucky enough to be chosen to be part of the Honour Guard at the opening ceremonies at one of the Grey Cup games in Vancouver. Canadian football and the Grey cup are two of the few bastions of true Canadian culture that keep us unique in the world.

Derek:

During the 1962 "Fog Bowl", I, and other Signal Corps guys, drove Chamber of Commerce officials around in our Chev 15 cwt WIRE-5s as part of the pre-game hype. (Calgary horse riding guys rode their mounts into the Royal York Hotel's rotunda).

We got to sit inside Varsity Stadium, in our CMPs, to try and watch the game...up to about the 3rd quarter.

If you might recall, the game was called on Saturday, due to absolute no viz situation. The 4th quarter had to be played on Sunday. Forget who won...didn't care then, don't care now.

History lesson ends.