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Today is Labor Day, and as if the custom in Canadian Football every Labor Day, it's time for the Labor Day Classic! Well, there ARE two of them [The Calgary Stampeders face the Edmonton Eskimos while the Hamilton Tiger Cats take on the Toronto Argonauts...] BUT since I don't care about Ontario, let's focus on the greatest rivalry in football history...Calgary vs. Edmonton. The two cities are a two and a half hour drive apart, so it's easy to see why we have such a good rivalry. Eskimo fans drive down and fill McMahon Stadium with stupidity, and then we drive up to Commonwealth Stadium and fill it with class. Anyways, here's a brief retrospective on the Labor Day Classic:

Records: Stampeders are 3-6 [with 2 overtime losses] this year, while the Eskimos are 7-2.

Head-To Head Record: This season, the Eskimos beat the Stampeders 27-20 in Calgary. All-time, Edmonton leads the series 108-66 [with 4 ties]. All-time on Labor Day, Edmonton leads 23-15. This is the 39th Labor Day Classic.

The Prediction: While local newspaper the Calgary Sun has put their balls on the line, offering FREE NEWSPAPERS TO ALL tomorrow if the Stampeders lose...the Stamps are having a crap-tactular year. And while a bunch of recent NFL cuts are heading up north again...they won't be on the field today....which means the Stamps are going to be looking at their 7th losss of the season. Eskimos go over, 36-24.

Grey Cup Fact: The Eskimos have won 11 CFL Championships [1954-56, 1975, 1978-82, 1987, 1993], while Calgary has raised the Grey Cup five times [1948, 1971, 1992, 1998, 2001]. Of course, the Eskimos have LOST the Grey Cup Game 10 times [1921-22, 1952, 1960, 1973-74, 1977, 1986, 1990, 1996], and Calgary has lost six times {1949, 1968, 1970, 1991, 1995, 1999]. Of course, since I was born [1985], the Stampeders are 3-3 in Grey Cup Games, while Edmonton are 2-3. So...Calgary's better.


EDIT: QR77 reports that 1 out of 25 Calgarians are AT the game. Damn.

(edited by Freeway420 on 2.9.02 1213)

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Interesting, Does Lawrence Phillips still play in Montreal? Well anyway down here in America we get Southern Cal vs Auburn. Should be a good game.



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Yeah, the Alouettes suspended Phillips for one game for walking out, then let him back in and he carried them to a rout of the Roughriders. Sad, really.

Still, CFL is cool...but it's just a minor league for the NFL. PLEASE. BELIEVE. IT.

And yes, College Football rules us all.



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GO BALITMORE, errr, GO ALOUETTES!!!!



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I thought Canada's Labor Day was on a different day. I am ready and willing to stand corrected, though.



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#6 Posted on
    Originally posted by Jubuki
    I thought Canada's Labor Day was on a different day. I am ready and willing to stand corrected, though.


It's the same as ours.

(edited by Whitebacon on 4.9.02 0940)


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    Originally posted by Freeway420
    Still, CFL is cool...but it's just a minor league for the NFL. Baa Baaa Baaaaaaa.


Don't worry we do.

(edited by Ffej on 4.9.02 2135)


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