Only One U-M Player on a CFL Roster
The CFL season is under way, and because I had nothing better to do today, I scoured all the rosters looking for Wolverines. I only found one - Craig Roh is on the practice roster for the B.C. Lions:
http://cfl.ca/roster/index/team/1
Lots of Spartans and MAC players, and several from Saginaw Valley, too. Has Michigan ever had a CFL star?
By the way, according to their website, Roh plays defence.
Usually, UKers spell defence with a "c" instead of the "s." That's also why they have a Grey Cup spelled with an "e" instead of the American "a." I tell you they're ruining the English language!
I was attempting to make a Canadian-spelling joke. I love seeing "offence" and "defence" on their stuff. God, I love Canada.
its Grey Cup with an 'e' because its named after the Earl Grey (not the tea a person) who commissioned the Cup. the Earl Grey was the Governor General of Canada in the early 20th Century. He was British so partial credit.
First it's humorous you accuse them of ruining their own language.
The Grey Cup is named after a Governor General from the early 1900s.
Funny that an American assumed that Canadians are "UKers" (really man, British was too hard to think of?) and that we would name a championship trophy (one that's been around over twice as long as the Lombardi Trophy) after a fucking colour.
Jim Coode, OT here from 1971-1973, was a star for the now-defunct Ottawa Rough Riders.
He played his entire CFL career with them, from 1974-1980. And his #60 jersey number was one of 10 retired by the Rough Riders.
Coode also won the 1976 CFL Grey Cup Championship with the Rough Riders. He was far from the most successful past Michigan player in terms of championship rings in the CFL, though.
Tom Pullen, who played End at Michigan from 1965-1967, won an astounding FIVE Grey Cups in his 8 year CFL career with two different teams.
He won the 1968, 1969, 1972 and 1973 Grey Cups with the Ottawa Rough Riders and won the 1970 Grey Cup with the Montreal Alouettes.
The most recent Michigan Wolverine to win a Grey Cup was 1996-2000 DT Eric Wilson who won back-to-back Grey Cups with the Montreal Alouettes in 2009 and 2010.
Entered thread for the WD, was not disappointed.
as to which of your SuperGuides contains that CFL information, WD. Or do you have separate databases on your computer for quick access?
Likewise, do you have Michigan's football alumni sorted for other leagues; in other words, (besides the NFL and the CFL) for the pre-merger AAFC of the 1940's (Browns and 49'ers), AFL of the 60's, USFL, XFL, WFL, BFL, NFL-Europe, various indoor Arena Football leagues, Lingerie Football League, or any other leagues I've forgotten to list?
Lingerie League?
Uh....
Section IV of the Football SuperGuide has a sub-section dedicated to Pro Football accomplishments. Every league that information is available for, I have info on it.
Whether it's which former Michigan players played on what team in which league and the individual awards from those leagues.
slip anything past you, WD, but you caught that one.
Did I dream this, or were there CFL teams in the US back in the 1990s? I seem to recall a San Antonio team? I could probably Google it, but I'm too lazy.
I think a CFL team in, say, Grand Rapids would be huge.
It was a predictably awful idea, which fizzled out
That kind of expansion hurts the existing teams by watering down their schedules. I'd expect Toronto and Montreal fans to welcome a Grand Rapids team the same way we did Rutgers.
check out the end zones!!!! ----- it's a freaking trapezoid!
https://youtu.be/MqUP28v0LAY?t=1m25s
When you literally cannot fit the Canadian football field into stadiums like the Liberty Bowl, you have a problem.
Baltimore did fairly well as a CFL franchise, but the other US franchises (Memphis, Shreveport, San Antonio, Las Vegas among others) were all disasters.
link:
http://www.therichest.com/sports/football-sports/average-cfl-player-mak…
hopefully one of those works...
best rule is you can challenge pass interference calls.
Last years Grey Cup had serious drama with Hamilton returning a punt 90 yards in the final minute for the apparent winning TD, only to have it called back for an illegal block. Calgary won 20-16
We probably couldn't do it because of their wacky 110-yard field, but it would be cool for the Big House to host a CFL game in July or August. Tailgating on a nice, warm Saturday night in the summer.
What about Johnny Sears for Hamilton?
I saw Craig Roh last year and he told me was on the Panther's practice squad hoping to make the regular roster. Kind of weird that if you're good enough for an NFL practice team that you woudn't be able to make it to a regular roster in the CFL.
Craig is a great guy & I hope things work out for him. I knew him through his Michigan tennis star GF who's on the WTA tour now. Great people.