Getting Ready For Some Football Canadian Style

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May the watermelonheads prevail!!!
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BTW OS I wish I was watching at your place--those treats sound god!!
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[oakville smoker]

Just an update for all of you who have been following the annual east west Canadian conflict known as the Grey Cup here at Bradley central.  This game never seems to disappoint and this year was no exception.  And yes there was a sea of green in the stands in Calgary yesterday, the rumour is that no one was left in Saskatchewan as all citizens hitched up their wagons and headed for Calgary.

My Allouettes did emerge triumphant.  Not sure who was on the field for their side during the 1st half but its nice that the real team showed up to play the second half.  They let team green dominate them, the worst football the Allouettes played the entire season.  Rider fans are fanatics and that is the understatement of this millennium.  The Riders secret weapon is their incredibly loyal fan base that follows them around the country.  They call the fans the 13th man on the field.

Well, it was the 13th man that did the Riders in.  The 13th real man / person that was not supposed to be on the field allowed Montreal an additional opportunity to win the game with a field goal and of course they did. 

Dinner was a hit.  The pulled pork came out fantastic.  The pastrami was yummy.  BBQ sauce was a little of this and a little of that starting with a base of onion and garlic, AJ and cider vinegar.  I cant tell you what I put in there but I can tell you it was damn good.

Good time had by all....  Well except those Rider fans who have hangovers as big as the melons they wear on their heads...   LOL.  I have felt better in the morning but I have also felt plenty worse.

I am betting there are some sore heads this morning the sound of hooves clomping on the highway back to Regina today will give these fans a needed touch of reality.  There's always next year guys. 

Viva la Allouettes ! 

[Mr Walleye]

Booooo!  :D

Naaa... Your Al's deserved to win... bottom line is they put themselves in a position to kick a field goal with seconds remaining to win. Field goal goes wide... Yaaa!... but wait... wait... there's a flag on the field. Yup... Riders for too many men... so the Al's get a do over 10 yds closer. Yup... they ain't going to miss the second time and they didn't.

Congrats to the Al's... They put themselves in a position to win, which is what they did and the Riders made a major fopa and the rest is history.

Mike

[Slamdunk]

Well, I'm late in responding, but better late than never. Congrats to the Alouettes!! Coming back in the second half was a sign of the veteran team that they are.

That was one of the best finishes to a Grey Cup that I can remember and I've seen my share!! As mentioned before, I was over at a transplanted Rider's house along with a bunch of other fellows - mostly Rider fans but a couple of Montreal fans as well. His wife and daughter had decorated the house in green - there was a bit of green beer in evidence, but that didn't last long  ::)

When the Alouettes missed the first field goal there were loud, exuberant screams of joy!! Followed by absolute silence when we saw a Flag had been thrown. And then the second successful field goal brought a few screams from the Alouette fans and louder expletive deletive yells from the rest of us!!

The food I took was gobbled up- two chicken drumsticks and a few Jalopeno poppers was all that was left over, the smoked cheese and turkey jerky disappeared quite quickly. Another fellow brought a great big pot of chili with smoked pork as the meat ingredient - very good and I was lucky enough to bring some left overs home  :-*

Till next year when my BC Lions will be back in the Grey Cup....