November 28, 2005
Greatest Football Game Ever?
It's been about 24 hours since the Grey Cup wrapped up in Vancouver, but Colby still has a contact high:
Let me be the first to say it: the question is not whether this was the greatest Grey Cup game ever--the question is whether it was the greatest football game ever, period. A hundred strange subplots. One coach opposing the team that made him a legend and broke his heart, the other scheming against the franchise he venerated as a child. A starting QB confronting the loathing of his own city and shooting out the lights to win the MVP. Eight lead changes. A do-or-die two-point convert. At least two shit-or-bust field goals. A 96-yard kickoff return. Grown men catatonic and screaming and crying. 60,000 forlorn fans with no hometown attachments surging one way and the other with each change of possession.
Better than Colts-Giants? Better than Super Bowl III? How about Super Bowl XIII? I could credibly mention two of New England's three Super Bowl victories, but I rather liked the playoff win in the blizzard over the Raiders.
Unfortunately, none of us here in the States will probably ever know, as I couldn't find even one cable channel that was carrying the game -- this after I caught a piece of the Western Conference Final from some Fox cable affiliate on the East Coast.
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It was on MSG in the NY/Tri-state area on Comcast, so you might be able to find a copy somewhere.
Posted by:
at November 29, 2005 12:45 PM
It was a fumble. Tuck my ***.
Posted by:
at November 29, 2005 12:48 PM
It was on NESN and MSG, available for American CFL fans with the DirecTV sports package. The DirecTV sports pack ends up being a CFL Direct Ticket as you get like 80 percent of the games through various regional sportsnets.
It was a great game but a disaster for us Als fans. I had no idea the CFL had the college overtime rules.
Posted by:
at November 29, 2005 05:21 PM
The best football game until this Saturday's Vanier Cup! (crickets chirp)
Posted by:
at November 29, 2005 06:15 PM
The 1994 Vanier Cup was the best football game I've ever seen. Western beat Saskatchewan 50-40 in real overtime, not that shootout style OT they used in the Grey Cup. And it's a real national championship game, unlike the BCS.
Colby is going a little overboard, but he's an Eskimos fan, so you can't blame him. It turned into a thrilling game, but the first half was dull and that OT format feels like a gimmick.
It's too late now, but Trajectory Sports has a good American Viewer's Guide to the 93nd CFL Grey Cup.
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at November 29, 2005 08:45 PM
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