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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 10:59 AM
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We...are the champions......of ......CANADA!!!!!
Toronto Argonauts defeat B.C. Lions 27-19 to win the Grey Cup (CFL). Pretty impressive-Allen (pictured) is a 41 year old grandfather still playing pro ball. He ran for two TD's



Toronto Argonauts quarterback Damon Allen (9) poses with the Grey Cup trophy while celebrating his team's 27-19 win over the B.C. Lions during the Canadian Football League's 92nd Grey Cup in Ottawa, November 21, 2004. REUTERS/Fred Greenslade

But consider who they were playing against.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/cfl_grey_cup

The 41-year-old quarterback and grandfather ran for two touchdowns and passed for another to lead the Toronto Argonauts to a 27-19 victory over the B.C. Lions in the 92nd Grey Cup game Sunday night. "I think I proved that I can still play the game," said Allen, a 20-year veteran and the CFL's all-time leading passer who was named the game's outstanding player. It was Allen's fourth career Grey Cup victory, which includes a win in 2000 when he played for the Lions. The two touchdowns he scored gave him a total of six in his career in Grey Cup games, breaking the old record of five held by Brian Kelly and Hal Patterson.

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Bill McBlueState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:05 AM
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1. Steelers should play the Argonauts
After the Steelers win the Super Bowl (!), they should play the Argos. The field will be 105 yards long, splitting the difference between the two sets of rules. Teams will also have three and a half downs to advance the ball.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:20 AM
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3. 11 1/2 men?
One guy from each team can run down the sidelines with one foot in and one foot out of bounds.
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Bill McBlueState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:46 AM
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7. or use midgets
11 full-sized players plus one midget, where on goal line stands, the midget can be catapulted over the defense into the endzone.

There was a really small kid in the neighborhood back in the day when we'd play backyard football, and we'd heave him over the defense when we needed a couple yards. I'm surprised NFL teams don't do the same with their kickers.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 12:05 PM
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8. I don't think that is legal
Funny but not legal
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nine23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:19 AM
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2. I'm not a football fan...
but I AM CANADIAN, and I just love it when Dudley Doright shows up reminding everybody to play nice.

I did manage to crash two parties yesterday as well...
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:21 AM
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4. Excellent
Okay now I am going to sound like a stupid 'Murkan but-There are Grey Cup parties? Oh sure why not any excuse for a party.
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nine23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:32 AM
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5. For Canadians, it's everything the Super bowl is...
...minus Miss Jackson's teat, and none of that "hooray for everything" stuff at halftime.

And due to our secular humanist tradition, our cheerleaders are more "skanky"...in a "good" way, of course.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 11:32 AM
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6. Really?
Wow I can honestly say that I never knew that.
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 01:20 PM
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12. That Mountie looks so funny standing there.
I mean, he looks so out of place.

Were they afraid those wild-assed Canadians were going to start a riot, or something? ;)
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 01:22 PM
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13. He does looked to be photoshopped in huh? n/t
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 01:32 PM
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14. Yeah, I was kinda wondering about that.
He does not look like a part of the original scenery!
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 12:07 PM
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9. They have football in Canada?
Just kidding, folks! ;)
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 12:09 PM
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10. well if you have to play with your hands down your pants like that
never mind.

:D
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-04 01:17 PM
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11. The cup appears to be a resprayed Tom Servo
so that's where MST3K went!
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