19.09.05
Go Lions Go
I had watched a few Canadian Football Games on TV and thought I’d better go along and watch a game while the season is on. It was also helped as (my new team) the BC Lions had been on a hot streak and had been tearing teams apart and were undefeated.
I had liked the look of the game on TV. It’s similar in nature to American Football, but with some modifications that make the two games different. The rules of Canadian Football tends to make the game a lot more offensive then American Football. It goes without saying that the CFL is full of NFL rejects and college players who couldn’t get a start, although like Australian TV there are local content rules.
Anyway I decided it was time to go and on Saturday night the BC team returned to BC Stadium and were playing those arrogant frenchy types from Montreal. Just to make it more interesting i dragged Karl along. Mel and her friend Paige also were in attendance. The Lions were 10-0 going into the game. Needless to say a lot of people are jumping on the bandwagon (myself included). The previous week the Lions had beaten a team 64-27 and everyone was expecting big things.
Somethings are the same all around the world. Like paying way to much for crap beer at sporting events. Karl and i expected to pay a bit, but $7.50 for a Molson Canadian (the Canadian equivalent of VB) left us pretty much speechless. So to did the 2 drink at a time limit. The other thing that really was odd was that the huge stadium only had one giant screen, and of course from where we were sitting you could not see it! No wonder it only cost me $15.
It was time for kick off. Straight from the kickoff return the Lions returned for nearly 90 yards and went close to scoring a touchdown all on the first play of the game. All was looking good for a game that would provide some excitement. However that was as good as it was going to get. For the next three quarters it became a battle of the punters as both teams continued to turn the ball over. Until the last few minutes the most exciting thing was the races during time outs that included two guys dressed as giant coffee cups racing to the donuts, and guys seeing who could assemble the giant subway sandwiches the fastest! This was all making cricket look like a fast game!!
In the end it got exciting during the last few minutes only because the game was so close. Montreal almost snatched victory but ended up going down by a point. It was hardly a glowing endorsement for North American sport. I’ll be back though as i have tickets to the Grey Cup (the Grand Final) and of course there is every chance that my team will be playing in the big one.
Game on!!!!
The Hockey is only just over two weeks away and the locals are going crazy. It’s all the talk on the sports news over here. Even i am starting to get excited. I have tickets to two games already, which is sweet as the last season and a half all the games in Vancouver (like 40+ a season) have been sell outs!!! One of the games i have tickets too is the Edmonton game, which i have been told will be a good one as the Canadian v Canadian games take on all new meaning.
Go Lions!!