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    Pretty much default whenever it's played on the prairies. The CFL likes to give it to Toronto or Vancouver as often as they can get away with, but the football heartland of Canada is the large flat bit in the middle. So now and again Winnipeg or Regina play hosts and we get a Blizzard Bowl.

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      One might suggest the problem is more in the dates of the season than hosting it in the cities with the greatest interest in the Sport. Just because the US plays Football in autumn doesn't mean others have to do the same...

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        It does when the large majority of CFL players are American, though, especially when guys cut from NFL teams during summer camps are key pieces for every team (including the Argonauts’ player of the year).

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          That. Also at almost any other time of year the CFL would be competing with hockey even more than they already are. That's a match-up they won't win. They're already leeching fans to MLS in the country's three biggest markets.

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            Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View Post
            Pretty much default whenever it's played on the prairies. The CFL likes to give it to Toronto or Vancouver as often as they can get away with, but the football heartland of Canada is the large flat bit in the middle. So now and again Winnipeg or Regina play hosts and we get a Blizzard Bowl.
            Er, the game was in Ottawa...

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              So it was. My CFL interest vanishes with the Lions I'm afraid — so sometime in August this year.

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                The CFL season is mostly in the summer. I suppose they could back it up even further, but as UA says, that might make it harder to get guys who don't get drafted/picked-up by NFL teams in April.

                Glad to see the Argos do well just a few years after their move outdoors went over so poorly. And they are led by Pinball Clemons, who went to/played for W&M.

                Sounds like it was a great game.

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                  They were drawing crowds of four figures back in June. Grey Cup or not I don't expect that to change very much in the future.

                  Backing the season up would stack the league right up against the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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                    Good point. The playoffs drag on for a long time.

                    I guess the Argos have to start from scratch and market themselves like a new team in a new sport in a new market. Like an AHL team in a southern state.
                    Last edited by Hot Pepsi; 29-11-2017, 05:34.

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                      Toronto Wolfpack managed to average nearly 7000 in their debut season in rugby league, incidentally.

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                        Bend it like Beckham.

                        Absolute proper conditions for all football games in the north.

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                          What's the States side view on this play, Steelers versus Patriots, starting at 10:00? It seems that the TD is disallowed on the technicality that the receiver lost control of the ball as it hit the ground. That's bollocks in my opinion because by any sensible criteria he's caught the football cleanly and then broken the plane of the end zone with the ball under control, at which point a TD is scored. What happens after that is irrelevant.

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                            That makes a lot of sense, but does not appear to be to rule in effect.

                            A player who goes to the ground in the process of attempting to secure possession of a loose ball (with or without contact by an opponent) must maintain control of the ball until after his initial contact with the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, there is no possession.
                            There are increasing calls to change the rule.

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                              It should have been a catch. If the rule says otherwise, then fuck that rule and fuck the NFL.

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                                The Browns preserve their perfect season

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                                  It seems that their record last season was a less than scintillating 1-15, yet the head coach enjoys the support of the owners. One wonders what he must do to get sacked. They returned to the league in 1999? I wasn't even aware that they'd been away. What happened, did the franchise bugger off somewhere else for a few seasons?

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                                    Essentially the old Browns franchise moved to Baltimore to become the Ravens, with a new Browns franchise entering the league three years later. However the NFL officially said that the Ravens were the new franchise and that the Browns were the same franchise (but took a hiatus). For records purposes Cleveland retained the history of the old franchise but all the players went to Baltimore, whilst Cleveland was restocked via an expansion draft.

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                                      Come on Oakland. Or Tennessee. Or Buffalo. Or Cincinnati.

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                                        The Buffalo Bills make the playoffs for the first time in 17 years.

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                                          That's a choke job for the ages by Baltimore. Still, good to see the Bufflin' Bills back in the playoffs (for the first time this century).

                                          Elsewhere, the Saints, Rams and Panthers all lose against teams with worse records, which doesn't do a lot to dispel the conspiracy theory that claims they were all trying to get a worse seeding so they could play against the Wentzless no.1 Eagles (rather than the no.2 but now much stronger Vikes).

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                                            I'm pretty sure William & Mary is the only institution of higher education with two alums leading teams in the playoffs this year. Hark upon the gale, mother#uckers!

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                                              The Raiders fire Jack Del Rio. As disappointing as this season was (6 & 10) this feels like a mistake.

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                                                The story in Oakland is that Mark Davis' financing for the move and the new stadium (evidently heavily dependent on sales of boxes and personal seat licenses) is so fraught that he felt that he couldn't take a chance at another down season before they go to Vegas.

                                                Though why he sees Gruden as a sure thing is another question entirely.

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                                                  Chucky is the one that got away for the Raiders, they've lusted for his return for years.

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                                                    Squawks had one rushing touchdown from a running back this season. Their leading player on rushing yards? Wilson.

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