I was tuning in the World Cup games until about the time the CFL game in Calgary started. At that point I couldn’t help myself, I ended up switching over to TSN and said to heck with soccer, I gotta have my fix of Canadian pro football.
Really, just the fact the CFL is here again has me all giddy inside. I almost feel I have more of a connection to this league compared to the others, probably for geographical reasons more than any other (growing up in Sask., etc.). But these stories spell out why for me — it really does have a quirky charm to it that keeps me coming back year after year.
This year the local fans are all gaga over the fact that Peter King has taken his Monday Morning Quarterback column to Canada for “Canada Week”, highlighting the opening week of the CFL. He was in Calgary today and is due to be in Regina tomorrow for the Saskatchewan Roughriders home opener.
Already there have been some good articles up on that site, such as this one about the home-town feel of the league, or this one by former Als coach Marc Trestman on the rules, or this one by Doug Flutie on his time as a QB in the league. I remember being live at one of his most memorable games — that Western final in the snow in Calgary, when his brother Darren caught that TD pass in whiteout conditions to beat him.
There’s also this article on the opening night in Winnipeg, with the Blue Bombers surprising the league by toppling the Argos convincingly. Anyway, all these stories, plus the just-announced deal the league announced with ESPN, are all good for letting football fans down in the USA in on the fun we have up here in Canada. Why should the CFL be a big state-secret? I think American fans ought to tune in and follow the league, because at the end of the day football is football.
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