Friday, August 06, 2004

Why Canadian Football is better than American Football

The CFL really is more exciting than the NFL. Naturally, I'm biased, but let me state my case.
The passing in the CFL is incredible. With only three downs, quaterbacks HAVE to make the big play in order to advance the football. They can't fart around with three 4-yard rushes. Because of this, the scores are often astronomical, yet defense is so incredibly important. The Montreal Allouettes went 6-0 to start the season. While Anthony Calvillo did a tremendous job of quaterbacking the offense, a key reason for their success was the fact that they freakin' blitzed on every single play!
With such craziness on offense, anything can truly happen. Last-minute comebacks are not nearly the novelty they are in the NFL. Just ask the Calgary Stampeders, who were up 15 points with 5 minutes left in the game, and lost in the last minute to the Renegades.

All in all, I've just really gotten into the CFL the last couple of years. And it helps that the Lions are doing really well. Tonight, they beat the Renegades 47-27! Their back-up quarterback, Casey Printers, threw for 313 yeards. Now, you might say "well that is pretty good, but NFL'ers do that all the time too". You would be correct, except that Printers threw for 313 yards IN THE FIRST HALF! He ended the game with 542 yards passing, including a 102 yard toss to Frank Cutulo. ONE HUNDRED AND TWO YARDS... ON ONE PLAY!
Truly, the CFL kicks ass.