I suppose this is more a question for people in Quebec. The Alouettes are 7-0, even with several injuries. Can they make plans for Edmonton in November? Or will they experience yet another meltdown? Keeping in mind that they're no longer coached by former Patriots stiff Rod Rust, but by the winningest coach in CFL history. But they let the Rens stay in it tonight, luckily for them Ottawa's inexperience and bumbling more than made up for it.
No, I think that Tracy Hamm retired like two years ago. I think the Alouettes are going to make it to the Grey Cup, but the real question is will they win it?
Go to the website of America 1. There a syndication company along the lines of TVS. After Labor Day, they distribute the CFL on CBC feed. They used to do webcasts but CBC made them pull the plug. Failing that, if you have Fox Sports World, they'll at least show the Grey Cup. I remember Tracy Ham was actually at last year's Cup. He said he was encouraged by the progress the CFL has made since 1996-97. Ratings are up, attendence is up, and the 2001 Grey Cup was attended by the second largest crowd in its history. Apropos to the Alouettes, I was thinking that with their resurgent popularity, they might consider moving back to Olympic Stadium. If only for a couple games each year. If anyone here attends Alouettes games, I wonder would you attend games at Olympic Stadium or is Molson Stadium that much more important? With the Expos likely departing next year, there will only be one team occupying the sports pages during the summer, and the demand for tickets could be even greater.
The deal with Olympic stadium in Montréal is that everyone hates it. Filled to capacity for the Grey Cup, it's at least bearable. The Alouettes MIGHT get ONE game there a year to have the fans that can't buy tickets to a game at Molson Stadium (like 34 consecutive sellouts).
Quite simple really, seeing as I have a French keyboard (é, à, ò, ê, â, î, û, ë, ï, ç, etc.). And Molson Stadium is always packed, open air and downtown, with the fans close to the game. Big O isn't. Kinda like asking why the Yankees don't play a game at Giants Stadium.
Anywhere I could get a picture of this stadium online? Not that I know a ton about the CFL but I didn't even know about Molson stadium.
Theirs a somewhat decent shot of Molson Stadium right here: http://www.canoe.ca/AlouettesStadium/home.html
Because you can't play baseball in Giants Stadium. More appropriately it would be like the Jets playing at Downing Stadium instead of the Meadowlands. And seeing as the Alouettes set the single season attendence record at Olympic Stadium, why not see how far their popularity extends? I know the answer is if it ain't broke...
For the benefit of CFL novices: www.cfl.ca www.alouettes.net www.ottawarenegades.net www.argonauts.on.ca www.tigercats.on.ca www.bluebombers.com www.roughriders.com www.stampeders.com www.esks.com www.bclions.com And for coverage: www.canoe.ca www.tsn.ca And for stadiums: www.ballparks.com
That's a cool shot of Molson Stadium Davids posted. I'd say stay there, forget the Big O. There's ticket demand, and the crowd's on top of you.
The Als are an interesting team. They always seem to self-destruct and Don Matthews doesn't have too many rings for a guy that always has a tremendous regular season record. Anthony Calvillo also never won anything. Phillips seems to have his head on straight, but I would have liked to have prefered to have Pringle still available (though he may still get healthy). Right now the Als have looked ordinary and have relied on great returns from Winston October and some huge catches from Woodcock (22 yards per catch avg.). Woodcock isn't that good and October won't turn too many games like he did against BC. So yes I think the potential for Montreal to go 15-3 or something and not win the Cup is still there. That being said, the East is brutal this year. The only team in the East that could maybe give them a scare is Toronto and that's only because their defence is half-decent. So unless the fourth place team in the West (which I think it really likely to claim the third p/o spot in the east) bites them Montreal could have a cakewalk to the Cup. Nice to join a CFL thread, the Riders are killing me, but their slaughter of Edmonton at home was the most fun I've had at Taylor Field in seven years. I can't do justice to the atmosphere, but basically a team no one had any hopes for laid a beating on a team we rarely beat and awoke the dreams of 25,000 people all at the same time. Our road play has put my dreams to rest, but I think the bandwagon is still filling.
That Lawrence Phillips signing worked out as well for Montreal as it did for everyone else, eh? A 55-yard line. A mile-deep endzone. A point for not returning a kick out of the endzone. Football in my backyard is more legitimate.
Well, the '72 Dolphins can pop open a bottle of bubbly. Tripped up by the newly-revived BC Lions, 48-37. Still, they're comfortably ahead of the curve in the East. As for Problem Child, he's returned to the team and will start against Saskatchewan. As for the 55 yard line, can you tell me why a soccer field is 110 yards long? Better yet, do you know why an American Football field is 100 (plus 20) by 53.5 yards? Because those were the maximum dimensions that could be accomodated at the Yale Bowl. That's the only reason why our field is so small. As for the rouge, it's intended to encourage teams to return the ball, not that taking a knee for a touchback isn't absolutely riveting. Everything in Canadian Football is meant to encourage scoring. It makes games more interesting.
Nevermind the one game a year where the losing team tries a long field goal, down by 1 and misses and the leading team decides to kick the ball back out of the end zone. Always good times.