CFL Adds More American Teams - Canadian Football History

For those interested, here’s my latest article on CFH. Some of these teams were absolutely dreadful. Others were pretty good. There were some good, loyal fans in Baltimore, Sacramento, and Shreveport.

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love these blog posts. wonder if we could port them here for commenting. :thinking:

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Port away. Ha. I’m not sure how to do that but let me know what I need to do.

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Interesting side note was that Winnipeg (7-11) made the playoffs in 1995 with a worse record than Memphis which missed at 9-9. Winnipeg crossed over and faced Baltimore in the first round. It was just another way that the CFL shot itself in the foot and made itself look silly.

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i think i might be able to do it via your fediverse feed and a plug-in… :thinking:

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Thanks for the history. I can’t believe Las Vegas was almost named the Mounties!

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Saskatchewan Roughrider employee wants to roll the dice on North Dakota

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This guy believes that North Dakota, one of the most Trumpy states in the country, is going to support Canadian football?

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He’s probably just stirring the pot tbh.

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IF the CFL were to ever expand to the U.S. again, I don’t think they’d be looking at markets like Fargo or Bismarck. But you never say never :slight_smile:

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I’m inclined to agree.

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Hmm…I figure the idea was likely inspired by the legendary John Candy when he was Del Griffith…it’s an annual tradition to watch this film now in the US every US Thanksgiving.

Thank you again, Canada.

I Knew I Knew You!. There's a book that Del Griffith (John ...

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That post is another great example as to why the Secret Garden over at that old place was an outstanding secret idea!

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Bang on that’s simply click-baiting …I bet he and CFL Forum Top Bojack popular nominee Ryan Ballantine are best bros too, as of course they sometimes skip merrily about together on their brotastic quest.

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