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November 15, 2004
Don't miss field goals in the CFL: Saskatchewan Roughrider Paul McCallum missed an 18 yard field field goal in overtime that would have won his team's playoff game, and his "house was later pelted with eggs and a load of manure was dumped off." A fan was charged with threatening to burn McCallum's house down.
posted by kirkaracha to football at 11:19 PM - 16 comments
har har. stronger than it has been in years. FWIW, the field goal wouldn't have WON the game for them since CFL overtime operates on an equal posessions format rather than a sudden death. so when he missed the field goal they got one point (given that the ball did not come back out of the end zone, as per CFL rules). BC had one drive to try and better the one point and they did with a converted field goal. exciting game.
posted by gspm at 06:27 AM on November 16, 2004
CFL is still football. You have to feel a little sorry for the guy.
posted by daddisamm at 10:19 AM on November 16, 2004
Between the pretty long and storied history of football in the area, and the fact that there's nothing else to do in Regina in the summertime (it's absolutely gorgeous there, but uneventful), Roughies fans tend to be fairly hardcore. Still, this is bizarre.
posted by chicobangs at 11:46 AM on November 16, 2004
It was an awesome game. We watch sports for the extremes; the amazing, and the awful. Too bad about the fans though.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 12:27 PM on November 16, 2004
I'm hoping at some point we can have a thread about the CFL without someone coming in and dumping on it. All the egging and threats prove is what we already knew -- there are just as many morons per capita in Canada as there are in the US.
posted by wfrazerjr at 12:32 PM on November 16, 2004
CFL is legit. The football is legit, the players are legit and the fans, are well, just as crazy as anyone elses. Frankly, sudden death overtime in football always seemed to me to be an excerise in taking a great game and turning it into a coin flip - so I like the CFL model better. McCallum did blow it though - that was a chip shot he missed.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 12:47 PM on November 16, 2004
My guess is NHL strike frustration is spilling over here.
posted by worldcup2002 at 01:37 PM on November 16, 2004
Then why not take out your frustration by making your Grey Cup pick in the Locker Room?
posted by DrJohnEvans at 01:54 PM on November 16, 2004
Dr. John: Cleverest. Segue. Ever.
posted by chicobangs at 03:18 PM on November 16, 2004
Seems to me, and I say this in a positive way, that the CFL is kinda like MLS in relation to EPL/La Liga. Good in its own way, not the best, but getting stronger and with interesting differences.
posted by billsaysthis at 04:45 PM on November 16, 2004
Sorry. Always kinda liked the CFL. Didn't they give us Warren Moon?
posted by rcade at 05:39 PM on November 16, 2004
And Jeff Garcia. And gave you back Doug Flutie. In return you gave us... Dexter Manley and Andre Rison. Gee, thanks.
posted by gspm at 07:04 PM on November 16, 2004
Joe Thiesman also started his career in the CFL. And the CFL has been around longer than the NFL.
posted by grum@work at 11:05 AM on November 17, 2004
Yeah, plus the Grey Cup is a better trophy than the Vince Lombardi trophy. If only because you can drink out of it.
posted by gspm at 11:36 AM on November 17, 2004
>and with interesting differences Some people I know think the CFL is a better game than NFL: bigger field, one fewer down, deeper end zones make for more running, more excitment. CFL attendance up eight per cent over last year. The front page link reminds me of this. No more details in this link. >A Fenerbahce goalkeeper was recently (well, spring of 2000) hauled from his car and soundly beaten by fans who blamed him for losing a match.
posted by Philfromhavelock at 12:52 AM on November 18, 2004
The CFL has fans?