Alert: Canuck thread...So, who's gonna win the Grey Cup on Sunday?

[Beef03]

The team with Kerry Joseph will win. He's the next CFL quarterback who should get a shot at being Warren Moon in the NFL.

He already had his chance in the NFL, excpet as a defensive back for I think Seattle

 

[Beef03]

The kicking game for both teams will be atrocious, I think. It's in Winterpeg in November. The wind will be gusting pretty good and punting will be like trying to drop kick a brick. I think BC wins it. Just too many weapons and a better defence, but Montreal will keep it closer than some people think. BC by 10. That's what I hope for anyways, I want to see Dickenson finally win one.

 

[Songbird]

I covered Hervey in high school. Great kid. Haven't seen him since 1991, the night of the Compton High track team's banquet to celebrate the unlikeliest of state-championship teams. He ran his leg of the 4x200 relay with a pulled hamstring. How has his career north of the border gone, eh?

Injuries have slowed him the last couple of years, but when he's healthy he's one of thebest deep threats in the league.

Yeah, he's 34 now and the body probably isn't as good as it once was.

BTW, I saw your sig and at first thought it said "Winnipeg is a great deodorant."

 

[Beef03]

The question should be who's going to win the LAST Grey Cup.

http://thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/grey-cup-is-for-sale.html

This has been the rumour for the last couple of Grey Cups. I don't think it will actually happen. They will alienate too many of their hardcore fans. They have sold the naming rights of the conference finals which is fine, but I don't think we'll be watching the Tim Horton's Grey Cup anytime soon. Actually I think if they did sellout that Tim Horton's would be one of the few halfway acceptable corporations.

 

[JR]

Weather in Winnipeg is supposed to be 1 C and sunny.

BTW, according to the Grey Cup website there's still 4,000 tickets left. I'm thinking they might go cheap like they did in 1998.

The 1C might be the daytime temp.

According to Environment Canada, Saturday's day high is 1C but -9C in the evening.

Game starts at 6:00 so it could be a little cool.

If Saskatchewan had made it, those 4,000 seats would have been gone in a heartbeat.

 

[Beef03]

I covered Hervey in high school. Great kid. Haven't seen him since 1991, the night of the Compton High track team's banquet to celebrate the unlikeliest of state-championship teams. He ran his leg of the 4x200 relay with a pulled hamstring. How has his career north of the border gone, eh?

Injuries have slowed him the last couple of years, but when he's healthy he's one of thebest deep threats in the league.

Yeah, he's 34 now and the body probably isn't as good as it once was.

BTW, I saw your sig and at first thought it said "Winnipeg is a great deodorant."

Hilarious. Winnipeg is a need for a good deodorant, mind you though, the City I'm in (well most of you from the big cities would refer to it as a small town, but at 24,000 to me it's a city) could use a good deodorant as well.

 

[JR]

The question should be who's going to win the LAST Grey Cup.

http://thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/grey-cup-is-for-sale.html

This has been the rumour for the last couple of Grey Cups. I don't think it will actually happen. They will alienate too many of their hardcore fans. They have sold the naming rights of the conference finals which is fine, but I don't think we'll be watching the Tim Horton's Grey Cup anytime soon. Actually I think if they did sellout that Tim Horton's would be one of the few halfway acceptable corporations.

I don't think it will ever happen. (See my earlier post with Damien Cox's blog).

 

[Beef03]

Weather in Winnipeg is supposed to be 1 C and sunny.

BTW, according to the Grey Cup website there's still 4,000 tickets left. I'm thinking they might go cheap like they did in 1998.

The 1C might be the daytime temp.

According to Environment Canada, Saturday's day high is 1C but -9C in the evening.

Game starts at 6:00 so it could be a little cool.

If Saskatchewan had made it, those 4,000 seats would have been gone in a heartbeat.

I was actually halfway hoping for a Winnipeg Saskatchewan Grey Cup. Would bring new importance to the Banjo Bowl

 

[Beef03]

The question should be who's going to win the LAST Grey Cup.

http://thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/grey-cup-is-for-sale.html

This has been the rumour for the last couple of Grey Cups. I don't think it will actually happen. They will alienate too many of their hardcore fans. They have sold the naming rights of the conference finals which is fine, but I don't think we'll be watching the Tim Horton's Grey Cup anytime soon. Actually I think if they did sellout that Tim Horton's would be one of the few halfway acceptable corporations.

I don't think it will ever happen. (See my earlier post with Damien Cox's blog).

I agree with you, believe me. But if it were to happen I was just adding that Tim's would be the only company people might be ok with

 

[Beef03]

Hervey's team didn't make playoffs for the first time in more than 30 years, a fact that's keeping Beef far, far away from this thread thus far.

It was a truly sad, sad, season. But believe me I'm over it. I can handle missing the playoffs once every 34 years, just helps to remind me what the Roughriders go through just about every year They need to completely overhaul that front office, at the very least replace the coaching staff. They won despite Maciocia last year (anybody else remember Maas bring the team back from the dead umpteen times?), and lost because of him this year.

 

[Gomer]

However, Maciocia not only didn't get fired, he added a second job to his duties.

BTW, check your PM.

 

[Vic Mackey]

Not a Canadian, but know some guys involved in the game and the business.

Big rumour up there is that a TV network has bought the league's television and sponsorship rights. (Sorry, I don't know which one.) The station will control the Grey Cup, and one way to recoup that figure is with Grey Cup sponsorship.