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bigmacbear) wrote2007-11-25 06:03 pm
bigmacbear) wrote2007-11-25 06:03 pm
The Grey Cup aka The Prairie Cup
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gmjambear watching the Grey Cup, the Super Bowl of Canadian-rules football, on CBC television out of Vancouver.
As I've said before, if they laundered it a bit more often it wouldn't be grey, right? No, it's not that kind of cup. If it were, the winning team would be fighting over who gets to wear it first. ;-)
Ironic that they had Lenny Kravitz performing "American Woman" at halftime. Somehow that song makes more sense as written and originally performed by Canadians, but he's at least a good sport about it.
The "Prairie Cup" moniker comes from the fact that for the first time, both teams hail from the Canadian Prairies: the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. But as prearranged long ago the game is being played in Toronto.
It's been an interesting game to watch, with lots of changes in lead, quite a few turnovers. Saskatchewan has been racking up the points late in the game -- not entirely unanswered, though. But the pivotal play of many pivotal plays was an interception by Saskatchewan with a minute and change left.
Final score: Saskatchewan 23, Winnipeg 19.
gmjambear watching the Grey Cup, the Super Bowl of Canadian-rules football, on CBC television out of Vancouver.As I've said before, if they laundered it a bit more often it wouldn't be grey, right? No, it's not that kind of cup. If it were, the winning team would be fighting over who gets to wear it first. ;-)
Ironic that they had Lenny Kravitz performing "American Woman" at halftime. Somehow that song makes more sense as written and originally performed by Canadians, but he's at least a good sport about it.
The "Prairie Cup" moniker comes from the fact that for the first time, both teams hail from the Canadian Prairies: the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. But as prearranged long ago the game is being played in Toronto.
It's been an interesting game to watch, with lots of changes in lead, quite a few turnovers. Saskatchewan has been racking up the points late in the game -- not entirely unanswered, though. But the pivotal play of many pivotal plays was an interception by Saskatchewan with a minute and change left.
Final score: Saskatchewan 23, Winnipeg 19.
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