The Canadian football league consists of nine teams. There are soon to be a team in the maritimes, but it is not here yes. So, as it stands we only have nine. The teams are:
Compared to the NFL, it is a tiny league.
If you are a true football fan of the league and not just your team, you will listen to every game. I listen to the games over the internet. Here are the list of links to the various radio stations who cary the broadcasts of the Canadian Football League.
The Grey cup is finally 100 years old. What started in 1909 is finally 100 in 2012. Read the History page to find out why. Yes Canadians do know how to count. Although for anyone who attended the game on November 29, 2009, Saskachewan obviously didn't. Because of a "too many men on the field" penalty, which caused montreal to be able to move 5 yards closer to kick the game winning field goal. What a day, I soon won't for get it as I was in Calgary on that day sitting in the end zone.
here are the grey cup games that I have attended:
| YEAR | DATE | SITE | WINNING TEAM | SCORE | OPPONENT | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Nov 24 | Winnipeg | Toronto Argonauts | 36 | Calgary Stampeders | 21 |
| It was my first grey cup and I had won the tickets from Coke along with two winter jackets which I still have. It was minus 17 with a 2200 wind chill that day. I froze my feet off. But for some reason I was hooked. | ||||||
| 1998 | Nov 22 | Winnipeg | Calgary Stampeders | 26 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 24 |
| I had a grey cup party bomb on me so my friend Nick and I decided since no one wanted to join our party, we would go to the game. They had a 2 for 1 sale and we went. | ||||||
| 2000 | Nov 26 | Calgary | B.C. Lions | 28 | Montreal Alouettes | 26 |
| Got to stay at a friends house and had great seats in the end zone and great parking out front. I remember the fireworks at half time were so hot I could actually feel them on my face. That says a lot for minus six degree weather. That's also the year I sent a backpack full of blankets to Calgary and did not get the backpack back for a year. I got the blankets back a lot earlier. | ||||||
| 2003 | Nov 16 | Regina | Edmonton Eskimos | 34 | Montreal Alouettes | 22 |
| Had a great time, almost missed the greyhound coming back to Winnipeg because someone forgot us at the end of the game, Rode to the bus depot in an old school bus, Caught a chill and slept all the way home, And montreal lost. | ||||||
| 2004 | Nov 21 | Ottawa | Toronto Argonauts | 27 | B.C.Lions | 19 |
| We were sitting way up in those add-on stands that really sway when you get them going. We had to tell the people around us what the calls were as the speakers weren't working and we, of course, had radios. I remember the police officers grabbing us from the back of the transportation line and brought us to the front so we could get a bus back to our cheap hotel that I booked in the middle of no ware with a dennies and pizza place being the only food.To this day I see a dennies I think of grey cup. | ||||||
| 2005 | Nov 27 | Vancouver | Edmonton Eskimos | 38 | Montreal Alouettes | 35 |
| The game went in to overtime and the lead shifted a lot during the game. I had a bet for a cup of coffee. As the game went on, the coffee would get more elaborate. I never did get the coffee even though I won the bet. The black Eyed Peas played at half time. | ||||||
| 2006 | Nov 19 | Winnipeg | B.C. Lions | 25 | Montreal Alouettes | 14 |
| This game I always remember because winnipeg was not allowing backpacks so you had to cary your stuf in your hands. Even though food was not allowed, I loadded my pockets with 4 buns sandwiches, two 600 ML bottles of Coke, and a pocket full of rice crispy squares. A lady behind us asked how much food I had in my pockets and I offered her some squares I had left over. Montreal again lost. | ||||||
| 2007 | Nov 25 | Toronto | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 23 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 19 |
| The prairie match up. Winnipeg lost because we were using our second string quarterback. We had great seats but I still hate the city of Toronto. Cowards moved everything inside because it was too cold for them. | ||||||
| 2008 | Nov 23 | Montreal | Calgary Stampeders | 22 | Montreal Alouettes | 14 |
| I attended this game with two jewish women who like bacon burgers at MacDonald's. I was trying to be so careful about food choices and they eat bacon burgers at MacDonald's. This game is noted by not geting a radio signal in the stadium and not being able to watch it until I got home. And bying a netbook at futureshop just to try and listen to the game.Lots of crowds in line for the metro getting out of the stadium. Montreal lost at home, (double bonas) | ||||||
| 2009 | Nov 29 | Calgary | Montreal Alouettes | 28 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 27 |
| People from Saskachewan can't count and it cost them the game. Too many men on the field. They will never live it down and I will never forget watching it from the end zone. | ||||||
| 2010 | Nov 28 | Edmonton | Montreal Alouettes | 21 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | 18 |
| I remember riding the LRT to the game and people bugging the Saskachewan fans about learning math at the University of Alberta. No excuse this time, they were out played and the unfortunate thing is that Montreal won. | ||||||
| 2011 | Nov 27 | Vancouver | B.C. Lions | 34 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 23 |
| This was the year of the fancy restaurants. With a crowd who liked it and it was an interesting way to spend a grey cup. Winnipeg sucked and BC won at home. Neat to see a home crowd win. | ||||||
| 2012 | Nov 25 | Toronto | Toronto argonaughts | 35 | Calgary Stampeeders | 22 |
| Great celebration went to the toronto club with Arif and had a fabulous time but no radeo signal. | 2014 | November 30 | BC | Calgary Stampeeders | 20 | Hamilton ticats | 16 |
| Back in BC. Calgary won and I rode home on a grey hound from Vancouver to Winnipeg discussing football with a Saskachewan fan. | ||||||
| 2015 | November 29 | Winnipeg | Edmonton Eskimos | 26 | Ottawa Redblacks | 20 |
| Back in the peg Lori and AArif stayed am my place and froze both at the game and my house, Jessica got to go to her first grey cup. | ||||||
| 2016 | November 27 | Toronto | Ottawa Redblacks | 39 | Calgary Stampeeders | 33 |
| Back in toronto but playing outside. Ticket master sold me a ticket that did not exist. A new errah started, I went alone to the grey cup because they lowered the prices and no one else was either able or wanted to go. The game went into overtime! Took the train both ways. I took advantage of it and wrote my apple support professional exam at the same time. | ||||||
| 2017 | November 26 | Ottawa | Toronto Argonauts | 27 | Calgary Stampeders | 24 |
| I went alone again splerged and sat near the field. It snowed all during the game and I had to keep wiping the snow off my head as it kept piling up. It was Canada's 150 birthday version of the grey cup. | ||||||
| 2018 | November 25 | Edmonton | Calgary Stampeders | 27 | Ottawa Redblacks | 16 |
| I turned 50 at this grey cup and had a blast celebrating in my favourite way. Calgary finally winning after a few years of making it but not going all the way. | ||||||
| 2019 | November 24 | Calgary | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| The last time it was in calgary was the 13th man game with Saskachewan loosing. | ||||||
There are ways of attending a football game to prevent you from freezing. First of all Before you leave for the game you need many layers of clothing. Put on these layers just before the game. If you are going to lunch first, do this in a washroom. This prevents you from overheating while you are enjoying the local cuisine at a restaurant. two layers of pants, shirts and especially socks. Put a sweater over all and your winter parka is the last to go on. I recommend thin socks next to your skin with a thick pair of wool socks over top. That way if your feet do sweat, the wool pulls the moisture away and keeps it from your feet. Bring a blanket to sit on. Even though you have wind pants on, getting your but off the seat and sitting on a blanket or a pillow will keep you warm. Get your feet off the cold ground. One way to do this is a sleeping bag or just really good boots that are rated for about minus 40. What people seem to forget is that it is 20 below and you are out there for about four hours and your running shoes are not going to cut it. Covering your face is normally not necessary. If you are wharing a winter jacket with a hood, that should protect your face and you can look like all of the sited people who need to see the field in front of you.
If you are bringing a radio to the game there are tricks so that you don't have to kill the battery in the cold. First have a small set of gloves in your large pair of gauntlet type mits. No, you will not be able to do fine dexterity work, however, your mit will be big enough to hold your small radio with your earphone jack running up your sleeve acting as an antenna. you can also control the radio in comfort with out having to remove the mits. The headphones should be the big bulky ones. You cannot hear the call of the game if the crowd is cheering and you are whereing ear buds. Noise cancellation headphones are wonderful, but if your cheap like me the big bulky ones are under your tuque and hood anyway. No one can see them until you dismantle your set up. Unfortunately, talking to people in your party is impossible. I always tell people to entertain themselves and I will see them at half time. Make sure you can record the game in your hotel room as the delay since TSN radio got the cup is awful in the stadium.