my four empire memories (more general memories), 1) getting killed by eskimos even when things started promisingly 2) fights in the stands during sunny afternoon games. 3) final game of season vs. montreal. i think we were out of playoff race. small crowd and it was raining hard. i wonder if that wa...

grunching..

i moved to vancouver 1979...

i remember the screen. i don't remember it being on though.

i loved empire stadium BTW..

BC Fan, thanks for starting this thread. very interesting :) i count one national starter on the oline. and that's sukh chung who had injury issues last year........ i've seldom seen a team go with 2 nationals on oline, let alone 1. so we go heavy on national wr and lb........ wr is fine. although w...

wow, this came out of nowhere https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/mike-labinjo-calgary-stampeder-cfl-nfl-suspicious-death-theft-1.5564863 former DE with philadelphia, calgary and michigan state.......... tailback at st mikes in toronto died 2 years ago... not sure but i assume it was deemed heart...

was cottage country always a big thing in middle to upper class white society in toronto?

it is a huge thing these days........ of course, it's a pretty big thing in winnipeg but so much is different there than toronto

great comments everyone...... thank you :) i have lived in 4 CFL cities and visited 2 more many many times on business. i do agree that there interest in the CFL and the argos is understated by the attendance. i would say the raptors to some degree were the opposite until the last few years. great a...

i do think the CFL in bigger cities is a bit like minor league hockey in a place like houston or tulsa. if they are excellent team for awhile and the arena is electric feeling then they will have great crowds. then when they hit a rough patch, they will lose many of those fans AND it will be hard to...

i'm refining my china and india comments..

why doesn't the CFL hard-core promote 7 on 7 football. even 5 on 5... take that to china/india etc. and do a reality show on it with good prizes (everyone can try out off tv)

good comments, i disagree with the raptors comment...... i think opposing players/teams wondered how the raptors had such a large, rabid fan base at their arena when they had had mediocre teams for so long............ definitely, winning and drake have taken raptors and frankly the perception of tor...

I do think Rourke can play QB well in CFL..... there are just going to be so many naysayers....... I remember the whole "how can u have a white tailback?" well, lumsden jr's yards per carry were way beyond anyone in cfl history. and mccaffrey is a complete freak at stanford/Carolina. what ...

thanks for the response. much appreciated :) here's an idea...... maybe the CFL should have a game each year in china, India. maybe Japan. forget Mexico and Europe........ WWE got so much mileage out of having an East Indian champion. talk about something that might fire up the local ethic fan bases...

giving free tickets to kids is a great idea............ get schools to compete for spirit awards. lots and lots of cheap prizes. (people usually just want a prize. they don't care what it is. could be a 25 cent promotional lions pen) kids with parents = deep discounted parent tix. in both cases, i d...

didn't read the article. i will........ lions need to win to get fans, just like many cfl, ncaa and even nfl teams. BUT, the lions also need to shift the attendance upwards on a secular basis. the high and low attendance needs to increase by 5000 each. it might be tapered where high attendance would...

does anyone have any idea why toronto interest in the CFL is so tepid? three obvious reasons to throw out there, in two cases i'll throw 2 ideas together. 1) toronto has 3 major league teams....... lots and lots of other stuff to do in a huge city 2) such a huge place. and enormous waves of immigrat...

that is interesting how much williams' status improved going from import to canadian. sort of obvious but interesting nonetheless. did the CFL change the national rules to increase the talent pool? or did someone threaten to challenge the rules in court? i don't think their old definition would hold...