Football in Canada

[Sophiasmommy]

Originally Posted by GTOlover

CFL is alot diffrent game then NFL but it is were former NFL stars that never really made it in the NFL or are over the hill go to play. got to remember hockey is our national sport/pastime so football is not as big in canada and no most canadians follow their hockey teams and no one I know follows the NFL unless at a sports bar during the superbowl or something.

NFL:
11 Players on the Field
Tight-End Position
The ones I know are
100 yard field
4 downs
0 points for missed field goals
Touchback if ball falls in endzone during punt
Fair catch
Endzone is 10 yards deep
30 seconds to put ball into play (before delay of game)
Missed field goals are dead balls (cannot be returned)

CFL:
12 players on field
Slotback position
110 yard field
3 downs
1 point for missed field goal 1 point if you punt the ball and player cant get out of endzone
No fair catch, their is player immunity for 5 yards though
Endzone is 20 yards deep
20 seconds to put ball into lay (before delay of game)
Missed field goals are live (can be returned)

Missed fg's are live in the NFL as well. Occasionally you'll see a return guy at the end zone on a really long fg attempt and one was returned for a 100 yard td a few years ago.

[Moth]

I went to a Montreal bar to watch Monday Night Football (NFL) once. The bar was full, but it was just me and a couple of local guys sitting in the corner watching the game. The rest of the bar was fixated on...wrestling. I had no idea such low brow pursuits were popular up there, but there it was. They were going beserk over it.

I have glanced at a few CFL games while up there. Its not bad. I'd probably watch it more if I had the opportunity.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Moth

I went to a Montreal bar to watch Monday Night Football (NFL) once. The bar was full, but it was just me and a couple of local guys sitting in the corner watching the game. The rest of the bar was fixated on...wrestling. I had no idea such low brow pursuits were popular up there, but there it was. They were going beserk over it.

Yeah, wrestling has been popular in Quebec for a long time. A lot of wrestlers who got their start in Quebec's wrestling leagues eventually moved on to become stars in the WWF/WWE system.

Coincidentally, one of Quebec's wrestling greats, French-born Édouard Carpentier, died just this week:
Legendary wrestler Carpentier, age 84 (http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Legendary+wrestler+Carpentier/3761579/story.html - broken link)

Carpentier was the one who brought Le Géant Ferré from France to North America (initially to Quebec, then to the U.S.). Ferré later became famous as André the Giant.