[ninty]

not sure if your saying that we messed with it or if it's jsut strange to see football played that way but cfl was around long before the nfl. football is derived from rugby. infact there used to be matches between canadian and american teams all the time. cfl teams used to play nfl teams in the 50's and 60's in exhibiton games when the schedules were the same. i think the last game was buffalo bills against hamilton tiger cats where hamilton won.

[quote:c11d0]Football was introduced to North America in Canada, by the British Army garrison in Montreal, which played a series of games with McGill University. In 1874, McGill invited Harvard to Montreal to play their 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 due to lack of campus space did not have a full-sized rugby pitch. Their pitch was only 100 yards long x 50 yards wide with undersized endzones (still the regulation size for American Football). Because of the reduced field, the Harvard team opted for 11 players per side, one less than the regulation 12 of Rugby. The number of downs was also increased by Harvard to 4 from 3 set by McGill to generate more offence. Both the Canadian and American games still have some things in common with the two varieties of rugby, especially rugby league, and, because of the similarities, the National Football League has established a formal relationship with the Canadian Football League.[/quote:c11d0]

Kind of interesting to see why things are they way they are. the NFL field is smaller because harvard had a smaller field. The canadian field is larger because we played on rugby fields.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison ... n_football

and as zoner said, the grey cup has been around since '09. This year is the 94th grey cup in Winnipeg.

I also forgot to mention there were a number of American CFL teams in the 90's and Baltimore even won a grey cup against my stampeders.

* Birmingham Barracudas
* Las Vegas Posse
* Memphis Mad Dogs
* San Antonio Texans
* Sacramento Gold Miners
* Shreveport Pirates
* Baltimore Stallions

[Bucknub]

CFL is shit anyway

[ninty]

Thanks for that compelling argument douche.

[Coleman]

Originally Posted by ninty

Thanks for that compelling argument douche.

hahaha

[Bucknub]

Originally Posted by Bucknub

CFL is shit anyway

[gtboys34]

Birmingham Barracudas ed:

i didn't know they were cfl man! My dad took my bro and i to just about all of their games. thanks for that for i probaly would've never known that

[Coleman]

Originally Posted by gtboys34

Birmingham Barracudas ed:

i didn't know they were cfl man! My dad took my bro and i to just about all of their games. thanks for that for i probaly would've never known that

eek:

[ninty]

how do you not know your going to a cfl game when you go to a cfl game?

[Simo Häyhä]

unfuckingbelievable ed:

[[DAS REICH] Blitz]

Originally Posted by ninty

* Birmingham Barracudas
* Las Vegas Posse
* Memphis Mad Dogs
* San Antonio Texans
* Sacramento Gold Miners
* Shreveport Pirates
* Baltimore Stallions

those team names will never compare with the Memphis Maniax or the Orlando Rage

[Pyro]

Originally Posted by ninty

I think Edmonton is the only stadium in the league with a track in it.

In BC, Calgary, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, Hamilton and Montreal the stadiums are all dedicated to their CFL team except for when Montreal plays in the Olympic Stadium with more seats. Thats where the Expos used to play.

In toronto...because we actually HAVE professinal sports teams in most sports...we have to put the Argos in with another team.

toronto > *

Go Blue Jays...Fuck Shea Hillenbrand.

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the raptors don't count