GA Russell Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 It's that time of year again! It's time for the annual Grey Cup contest. Here are the rules: 1) Pick the winning team. 2) Pick the number of total points scored by both teams. (aka the tiebreaker) Since approximately half of us will pick the winning team, picking the total points is necessary to win the contest. Your total points prediction must be a number which is a multiple of five (5). The winning tiebreaker will be the one closest to the correct answer. If two are equally close, the winner will be the lower pick. If two people pick the same thing, the first to make the pick will be the winner. THE PRIZE: A Seventeen Dollar gift certificate from Mosaic Records. That is the equivalent of one CD of a box set. Deadline: Sunday Nov. 23, 6:00 pm eastern. ***** The Grey Cup game: The Grey Cup is awarded to the world champion of what I think is the greatest game in the world, Canadian rules football. That is to say, the champion of the Canadian Football League. This year's game will be played by the Eastern champion Montreal Alouettes and the Western champion Calgary Stampeders. The location of the game is chosen years in advance. This year's game will be played in Montreal. Calgary was the better team over the course of the year, but Montreal has the unusual home field advantage. How much of a home field advantage remains to be seen, however, because fans from all over Canada have bought tickets to the game because Montreal is a great city to party in. The game's kickoff will be at 6:00 pm eastern, so that time has been designated the deadline for this contest. You can listen to the game here: http://www.am770chqr.com/index.aspx Those of you in the US with cable television can watch it on the Versus channel, which is the channel that carries the NHL hockey games. You can study the season as it has developed with the CFL thread, starting about post #100: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...mp;#entry855325 Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted November 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Here's my pick: Montreal Alouettes, 50 points. I'm going to go with the team I expect to be the underdog because of the home field advantage, and because I think that Montreal's quarterback Anthony Calvillo will perform better under pressure than Calgary's quarterback Henry Burris. Calvillo and Burris were the two best QBs in the league this year, and they are the two finalists for the league's Most Outstanding Player Award, which will be announced Thursday. By the way, NFL fans will be familiar with Calgary's first-year head coach, John Hufnagel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 I'll take Calgary, 45 points total, for no reason at all (in C). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregK Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Montreal 38 Calgary 32, total of 70 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tapscott Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Montreal 31-24 (55 total points) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Calgary 85 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 I'll take Calgary and 40 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Montreal 60 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Calgary 60 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Calgary 65 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Montreal 45 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Go Als go Montreal 65 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Is the CFL like the Arena rules with wide receivers running perpendicular to the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped? It sounds like everyone is expecting a defenseless shootout of epic proportions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Is the CFL like the Arena rules with wide receivers running perpendicular to the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped? It sounds like everyone is expecting a defenseless shootout of epic proportions. Here are the results of previous championship games 2007 - Saskatchewan Roughriders 23, Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19 2006 - B.C. Lions 25, Montreal Alouettes 14 2005 - Edmonton Eskimos 38, Montreal Alouettes 35, OT 2004 - Toronto Argonauts 27, B.C. Lions 19 2003 - Edmonton Eskimos 34, Montreal Alouettes 22 2002 - Montreal Alouettes 25, Edmonton Eskimos 16 2001 - Calgary Stampeders 27, Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19 2000 - B.C. Lions 28, Montreal Alouettes 26 1999 - Hamilton Tiger-Cats 32, Calgary Stampeders 21 1998 - Calgary Stampeders 26, Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24 1997 - Toronto Argonauts 47, Saskatchewan Roughriders 23 1996 - Toronto Argonauts 43, Edmonton Eskimos 37 1995 - Baltimore Stallions 37, Calgary Stampeders 20 1994 - B.C. Lions 26, Baltimore 23 1993 - Edmonton Eskimos 33, Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23 1992 - Calgary Stampeders 24, Winnipeg Blue Bombers 10 1991 - Toronto Argonauts 36, Calgary Stampeders 21 1990 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers 50, Edmonton Eskimos 11 1989 - Saskatchewan Roughriders 43, Hamilton Tiger-Cats 40 They are generally at least 40 points scored every game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Thanks Van B. I guess I'm going to be the under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregK Posted November 18, 2008 Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 Is the CFL like the Arena rules with wide receivers running perpendicular to the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped? It sounds like everyone is expecting a defenseless shootout of epic proportions. Here are the results of previous championship games 2007 - Saskatchewan Roughriders 23, Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19 2006 - B.C. Lions 25, Montreal Alouettes 14 2005 - Edmonton Eskimos 38, Montreal Alouettes 35, OT 2004 - Toronto Argonauts 27, B.C. Lions 19 2003 - Edmonton Eskimos 34, Montreal Alouettes 22 2002 - Montreal Alouettes 25, Edmonton Eskimos 16 2001 - Calgary Stampeders 27, Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19 2000 - B.C. Lions 28, Montreal Alouettes 26 1999 - Hamilton Tiger-Cats 32, Calgary Stampeders 21 1998 - Calgary Stampeders 26, Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24 1997 - Toronto Argonauts 47, Saskatchewan Roughriders 23 1996 - Toronto Argonauts 43, Edmonton Eskimos 37 1995 - Baltimore Stallions 37, Calgary Stampeders 20 1994 - B.C. Lions 26, Baltimore 23 1993 - Edmonton Eskimos 33, Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23 1992 - Calgary Stampeders 24, Winnipeg Blue Bombers 10 1991 - Toronto Argonauts 36, Calgary Stampeders 21 1990 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers 50, Edmonton Eskimos 11 1989 - Saskatchewan Roughriders 43, Hamilton Tiger-Cats 40 They are generally at least 40 points scored every game. You sure about that '95 winner? I seem to recall that the Baltimore team did not have an official name, because part way through the season they were forced to drop their original name ("Colts") so they were known for the rest of the season as "CFLers", or "CFL club". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 According to Wikipedia they got that nickname for the 1995 season, they had no official names in 1994 they were unofficially called CFlers. Gotta say i did not remember that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted November 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 (edited) Greg and VB, in '94 their name was the Baltimore CFL Colts. The NFL sued, saying that the Indianapolis Colts owned the name. So they dropped the "Colts" midway through the season and were officially known as the Baltimore CFLs. Sportscasters in Canada referred to them as the CFLers. I saw them that year host the Calgary Stampeders with Doug Flutie. In the offseason, as a settlement of the NFL's lawsuit, they purchased from the NFL the name Stallions, and it was with that name that they won the Grey Cup in '95. That was the year that Damon Allen and Reggie Pleasant came to my Grey Cup party in Atlanta. edit for typo Edited November 19, 2008 by GA Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 I'll take Calgary and 45 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted November 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Last weekday call! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted November 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 I note that people are not picking a high scoring game. We have no picks over 70 for Montreal, and only one over 65 for Calgary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 GA, are any gambling odds available? I haven't been able to find any. [i know nothing about the CFL, but was going to crib a pick based on point spread and over/under lines...] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 23, 2008 Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Love to see Canadians slamming into one another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted November 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 GA, are any gambling odds available? I haven't been able to find any. T.D., USA Today has published the point spread each year in the past, but I haven't picked up a copy this week to see. I haven't seen any mention of the point spread in any of the articles I have read online. I have to think that Calgary is favored because they were the better team over the course of the season. But Montreal's home field advantage cannot be ignored. The game will be played at Olympic Stadium under the dome, so it should be pretty loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted November 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2008 Love to see Canadians slamming into one another. And unlike hockey, these Canadians weigh 300 pounds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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