Canadian Football League

[hobbes]

Once you get to higher levels of play, the need to pass is more important, but even at the high school level running the ball is key. It's not even the cold, in Sask the wind is almost as big a factor.

In a different life I was part of one of the better HS teams in the province. We had a QB who started a season in Canadian college ball and two receivers who played Uni ball. So we could have had a good passing attack, but we ran almost non-stop (mind you all five guys we used to run the ball with played post-secondary ball).

We ran with our two backs and ran counters, traps and shovel passes with our two slots. We certainly didn't have too much trouble moving the chains. We ran for 400 yards as a team three times and 500+ once.

You need some balance. I've seen teams ride one great runner a long way only to have a team put eight or nine in the box and try to stop the one guy.

We threw a lot of dumps and screens and would air it out a couple of times to stretch the D a little. We probably threw for 100 yards a game or close to it.

Bishop has been pretty bad. He looks lost. It's his first year in a new offence, but I expected a little more. Some guy named Jim Ballard has taken his spot. Ballard sucks too.

He would seem suited to the CFL, but so far hasn't done much. Not that the Argos offence is really that explosive to begin with.

Phillips came back and won't talk about why he left.

cheers,
hobbes

[Gordon]

Originally posted by Fulham9


Just curious, was your HS team able to move the chains doing that? It sounds like Canadian HS football must feature a lot of punting. [/B]

No, our High School couldn't move the ball, but everyone else did against us. We were 1-22 in my three years of playing and possibly the worst team in the History of the Regina HS League. But we were a soccer school and the First Regina team in about 30 years to make it to the Provincial Final, of course this was nearly 25 years ago.

[hobbes]

Gordon, unless I missed my guess, we went to rival schools. Albeit years apart.

I wouldn't want to out you, but south side school? You would have been one of the first graduates?

It's funny you're a far better football school than soccer school now.

cheers,
hobbes

[Gordon]

Originally posted by hobbes
Gordon, unless I missed my guess, we went to rival schools. Albeit years apart.

I wouldn't want to out you, but south side school? You would have been one of the first graduates?

It's funny you're a far better football school than soccer school now.

cheers,
hobbes

Yup. Went by the fear inspiring nickname of "Golden Suns". My (much) younger brother is now a Tartan.

[hobbes]

Interesting. Is your much younger brother currently a Tartan? Because my much younger (though not quite the gap you have) is currently going there.

I always liked the name Golden Suns. It's a little different. The last thing the world needs is another team called the Wildcats or the Tigers or something.

Your school wears football uniforms from an Ernest movie. :oP

cheers,
hobbes

[Gordon]

Originally posted by hobbes
Interesting. Is your much younger brother currently a Tartan? Because my much younger (though not quite the gap you have) is currently going there.

I always liked the name Golden Suns. It's a little different. The last thing the world needs is another team called the Wildcats or the Tigers or something.

Your school wears football uniforms from an Ernest movie. :oP

cheers,
hobbes

Yup, he goes by the name Benn Proctor. He played in the defensive backfield the last two years so I assume he is there again. Soccer was never his game.

[JRedknapp11]

CFL vs NFL ... allstar game , home and away series.

Each team plays by the hosting countries rules. I'd say we would give the NFL a run for it's money.

Also if the NFL invests in the CFL why doesn't EA Sports include CFL teams in John Madden ? I'd love to play a CFL video game.

[DoyleG]

Their were plans for a football challenge between the CFL and NFL Europe. Apparently it never got of the ground.

[Khansingh]

Originally posted by JRedknapp11
CFL vs NFL ... allstar game , home and away series.

Each team plays by the hosting countries rules. I'd say we would give the NFL a run for it's money.

Also if the NFL invests in the CFL why doesn't EA Sports include CFL teams in John Madden ? I'd love to play a CFL video game.

YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! Someone created an A-League patch for FIFA 2003, and it occured to me that it would be great if someone could do a CFL patch for one of these football games. It would be pretty time-consuming, creating the uniforms, the stadiums, recording the different penalty calls (time count, no yards, major foul, etc.), but there must be an eager beaver somewhere with the time, the skill, the lack of a social life. And best of all, they could animate packed houses at Skydome and BC Place.:D

[Krammerhead]

Well I did the next best thing for Madden 2002. I downloaded CFL helmet logos, endzone graphics and field logo graphics off of the net, put them on clubs that had similar colour jerseys (Pittsburgh=Hamilton, Green Bay=Edmonton etc). It's the next best thing to a patch.

By the way, the EA sports A-League patches are created by a guy from Edmonton. I wonder if he's into the CFL and would create a CFL patch.

I still own a copy of Winter Valley Softwares CFL football 99 game. Unfortunately it was released full of bugs and is almost unplayable. Still I think it's a good collectors item.