100th Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders vs. Toronto Argonauts

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

They tried to get the horse into the Royal York Hotel but they locked the doors on them.

@StampsMktg: Well, the Royal York didn't let us in.... But we had fun! #GoSTAMPSGo #LetUsIn http://t.co/Ee5LYixq

Not a problem. The horse just needs to make a deposit on their front steps! hehe

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Nice article by George Johnson in the Herald this morning focusing on the close relationship between Kevin Glenn and his dad.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...082/story.html

[corporatejay]

Any CPers going to Toronto or in Toronto now?

[Bertuzzied]

Great article about Doug Flutie and his favorite football moment was winning the cup with the Stamps in 92 and NOT his Hail Mary pass at Boston College.


Flutie says his first Cup, in 1992, is his favourite moment.
It was even better, he says, than when he threw one of the most memorable Hail Mary passes in U.S. sports lore at Boston College in 1984 during his Heisman Trophy-winning season.
He grins as he flips through his phone and locates a photo he’s cherished for years. It’s a shot of himself celebrating that first Cup victory as a Calgary Stampeder with receiver and long-time friend Dave Sapunjis. He’s had numerous requests to attend 100th Grey Cup week in Toronto and plans to attend.
“My first two years in the CFL, all I thought of was getting back to the NFL – it was like ‘I’ll put my time in up here and go back.’ But then I started enjoying it,” said Flutie, who was the CFL’s highest paid player by far from the time he entered the league with the B.C. Lions in 1990 through his return to the NFL in 1998. “Then I went and signed a nice contract in Calgary and was like ‘hey, I can make a living up here, this is great football, and I’m having a blast.’ I won my first championship and thought ‘I believe I can hang out with you fellas for a while.’
“You can’t explain it to someone from the States how important it was to win the Grey Cup. People are like, ‘oh, that’s nice, do you play that in an arena up in Canada? I’m like ‘No, it’s real 12-man football.”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle5516049/

[You Need a Thneed]

Let them lock the horse out. Just one more thing to fire the Stamps up for the game.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

He grins as he flips through his phone and locates a photo he’s cherished for years. It’s a shot of himself celebrating that first Cup victory as a Calgary Stampeder with receiver and long-time friend Dave Sapunjis. He’s had numerous requests to attend 100th Grey Cup week in Toronto and plans to attend.

I can't believe it's been 20 years.

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-Marty the horse was turned away from Toronto's Royal York Hotel after Calgary's Grey Cup committee tried to ride the animal into the building's lobby Thursday morning. The group had brought the horse to the hotel in hopes of re-enacting a stunt from the 1948 Grey Cup festival, when Stamps fans marched a horse through the lobby of the posh hotel. The nearby Holiday Inn Toronto Centre and First Canadian Place have both extended invitations to the group.

[You Need a Thneed]

Crowd of Stamps Fans with the horse outside the Royal York, chanting "Let us in!"

[Bertuzzied]

^ hahahaha what a bunch of rednecks!

[Freeway]

Horse power!

[M*A*S*H 4077]

The Grey Cup is 3 days away and the media is covering a horse?

[MissTeeks]

Ha! Victory!

660News ‏@660News

#BREAKING: According to @CityNews - @FairmontRYH to allow Marty, @calstampeders mascot, to go inside at 12pm MST #100GC

[MissTeeks]

Nice cover!:

Valerie Fortney ‏@ValFortney
"He tried to check in too early -- it was all a misunderstanding." Royal York's Kerry Ann Kotani. #yyc #calgaryherald #GreyCupTweetup

[browna]

Originally Posted by getbak

I can't believe it's been 20 years.

I think I still have that same hat somehwere.

Shame about Ryckman not having enough heaters for the 1993 WF, where Flutie's hands froze (as did my nose), then his brother sinking the Stamps in 1994 WF. Couldn't get it done in the GC vs Baltimore in 1995 after getting hurt in the season and playing half the year. Then Flutie of course won back to back in 96 and 97 in Toronto.

My only question this weekend: Wear my Flutie Jersey that I am 2-1 in Grey Cups when wearing, or Brandon Browner where I am 1-0?

[MissTeeks]

Boo!

Vicki Hall ‏@vickihallch
CFL releases statement to say the horse will be allowed to watch game at Rogers Centre but not gallop up and down sidelines. Seriously.

[MissTeeks]

And, of course, someone has started a Marty the Horse twitter account:

https://twitter.com/City_Horse

[Flames89]

Just stopped by the Royal York to see Marty coming out. Small crowd of dedicated fans were along with the horse, though not near as many as I expected. I guess they lost some to the bars.

[MissTeeks]

Some quotes from Jon Cornish:

David William Naylor ‏@TSNDaveNaylor
"I would say I let out all the imaturity I had, at that moment." -- Jon Cornish on the Regina incident. #cfl

David William Naylor ‏@TSNDaveNaylor
"I never met my father but I am thankful, he gave me some great genetic code." -- Jon Cornish. #cfl

David William Naylor ‏@TSNDaveNaylor
Jon Cornish openly discussed his mother being a lesbian today, at the podium. He's very proud that she is happy. #cfl #100GC

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[Jacks]

What the hell is the point of having the horse there if it can't run?

The horse doesn't care if it gets to watch the game, it would trade the ticket for some oats and a scratch behind the ear.