Noeller Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 https://www.cfl.ca/2017/06/26/cfl-add-football-flare-canada150-celebration/ TORONTO — The Canadian Football League (CFL) announced on Monday that it will mark Canada’s 150th birthday with special #CFLGameDay pageantry at Week 2 games across the country. The CFL is tied to Canada as the only professional sports League that is uniquely Canadian. This year’s CFL brand campaign #BringItIn is a nod to the Canadian values that have come to define the CFL through its diversity, inclusiveness and equality. To celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday the CFL will be adding special Canadian visuals to each game being played in Week 2, sharing the stories of Canadians who have impacted the League and kicking off 150 tweets leading up to the nation’s biggest game – the 105th Grey Cup presented by Shaw. All host stadiums – McMahon Stadium in Calgary, BMO Field in Toronto, The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton and Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan – will have special CFL-branded #Canada150 field paintings to commemorate the country’s sesquicentennial. Each game will also feature a specially-made custom Wilson game ball with a CFL Canada 150 logo and red laces (instead of the traditional white laces) to be used for pre-game warmups and during the opening kickoff as well as kickoff for the second half of each game. Other elements to be incorporated: HELMET DECALS: the CFL has distributed specially-designed Canada 150 helmet decals to all teams to be worn on helmets all year long. SPECIAL SIDELINE APPAREL: the CFL has unveiled custom “Legendary Canadian” t-shirts to all teams that feature a notable Canadian player (selected by individual teams) to be worn on the sidelines for non-playing personnel as well as during interviews and/or day before walkthroughs. CFL.ca will publish digital profile pieces on each player and of those wearing these iconic “Legendary Canadian” shirts to share their stories and impressions of Canada, as well as their hopes for the future of our country and our league. Stories will be published online on Tuesday June 27. The featured Canadian players include: Montreal: Peter Dalla Riva Ottawa: Bill Hatanaka Hamilton: Rocky DiPietro Toronto: Pinball Clemons Winnipeg: Chris Walby, Doug Brown Calgary: Sugarfoot Anderson Edmonton: Normie Kwong, Don Getty Saskatchewan: George Reed BC: Lui Passaglia REFEREE UNIFORMS: referees for all four Canada Day weekend contests will wear special jerseys bearing red stripes and the Canada 150 logo. IN-STADIUM PROMOTION: home teams will show a revised CFL #BringItIn brand spot with a Canada 150 animation end slate to be featured in-game at all Week 2 home games. 150 CFL MOMENTS/TWEETS: Follow @CFL for 150 days beginning July 1st to discover some of the League’s top moments, rare facts and photos from our rich history in this country. Week 2 games occurring over the Canada Day long weekend include: Thursday, June 29th: Ottawa REDBLACKS at Calgary Stampeders, 9:00pm ET Friday, June 30th: BC Lions at Toronto Argonauts, 7:00pm ET Friday, June 30th: Montreal Alouettes at Edmonton Eskimos, 10:00pm ET Saturday, July 1st: Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Saskatchewan Roughriders, 9:00pm ET The game between Winnipeg and Saskatchewan on July 1st will be a central celebration of Canada 150, as well as of the opening of Mosaic Stadium, with additional ceremonies and performances to memorialize the occasion. While many special festivities are planned for the Canada Day weekend and Week 2 games, the CFL will continue to honour Canada 150’s history throughout 2017, culminating at the 105th Grey Cup presented by Shaw, which will take place at TD Place in Ottawa on Sunday November 26th, 2017. Fans can purchase tickets to all Week 2 games and join the celebration at CFL.ca/tickets. BigBlueFanatic, Jimmy Pop, Mark F and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 That special football is awesome, but man are those referee uniforms hideous. SPuDS, Bigblue204 and blue_gold_84 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_gold_84 Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 12 minutes ago, Mike said: That special football is awesome, but man are those referee uniforms hideous. Agreed. They look ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Ridiculous reffing, ridiculous uniforms, makes sense to me. Bigblue204, Goalie, JCon and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nash00 Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Just now, 17to85 said: Ridiculous reffing, ridiculous uniforms, makes sense to me. Took the words out of my mouth, at least they will match their performance. SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dee Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Saskatchewan Roughriders Reynolds - on July 1 halftime show "Its going to be large scale...there is going to be over 200 people involved." ?? There is no further word if this show involves the Riders practice players or not... blue_gold_84, WildPath, Rod Black and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPuDS Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 34 minutes ago, 17to85 said: Ridiculous reffing, ridiculous uniforms, makes sense to me. they do go part and parcel.. gonna act like a clown.. best dress em up like clowns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBBFanWest Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 43 minutes ago, Mr Dee said: Saskatchewan Roughriders Reynolds - on July 1 halftime show "Its going to be large scale...there is going to be over 200 people involved." ?? There is no further word if this show involves the Riders practice players or not... And another 300 hidden away in safe houses "just in case" Noeller, Jesse and MOBomberFan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_fanaddict Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 What better way to celebrate Canada Day in Regina with "Canada's Team" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted June 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) **** I hope we're up like 28-0 at the half, so the energy in there is just ZERO at half time. F*** those a**holes... Edited June 27, 2017 by Noeller Bomberfan85, Jimmy Pop, BigBlueFanatic and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Mr Dee said: Saskatchewan Roughriders Reynolds - on July 1 halftime show "Its going to be large scale...there is going to be over 200 people involved." ?? There is no further word if this show involves the Riders practice players or not... You know given that this is the rider fan base I am legitimately concerned that it's actually going to be a real circle jerk in the middle of the field. Goalie, SPuDS and WildPath 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCon Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 11 minutes ago, 17to85 said: You know given that this is the rider fan base I am legitimately concerned that it's actually going to be a real circle jerk in the middle of the field. They'd only be screwing themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue4ever Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 I thought George Reed and Pinball Clemons were both American. I have read that Reed became a naturalized citizen, and Clemons is a permanent resident, but still American. Interesting choice for both squads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Pinball became a Canadian in 2015 apparently... kind of a stretch to call him one of the CFL's "Great Canadians" if he was an American until years after his playing career ended. Find it hard to believe Toronto has never had any great Canadians. Mike O'Shea? The guy that broke Kevin Glenn's arm? SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebusrankin Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Off the top of my head for the Argos: MOS, Paul Masotti, Kevin Eiben all are great legit Canadian Argo players. For the Riders: Ray Elgaard comes to mind. Tracker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted June 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 43 minutes ago, max power said: Pinball became a Canadian in 2015 apparently... kind of a stretch to call him one of the CFL's "Great Canadians" if he was an American until years after his playing career ended. Find it hard to believe Toronto has never had any great Canadians. Mike O'Shea? The guy that broke Kevin Glenn's arm? Kevin Eiben... BigBlueFanatic and SPuDS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal optimist Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 8 hours ago, Mike said: That special football is awesome, but man are those referee uniforms hideous. Take a moment, sit back and realize that someone was paid to design those uniforms. Now take a moment to realize that his/her superior (who is likely getting paid MORE) was like "Yep, that looks great!" On an interesting side-note, it will make them blend right in with the Stamps / Redblacks colors... when we said the best reffed football games were ones where you didn't see/notice the refs, that isn't what we meant! blue_gold_84 and SPuDS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 Has anyone else picked up on how much of an honour this is for both teams, to take the field on the 150th anniversary of the birth of the country we all love? Regardless of what we may think of the Riders and their fans, the rivalry has been a great feature of the game and the (mostly) genial sniping between both provinces. This is truly a once in a lifetime event and an inauguration of a great new stadium. Nobody close me had better die, because I ain't gonna miss this. Eternal optimist and Mr Dee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Black Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 To be honest fellas. I WAS about to say that the refs uni's were a refreshing change. I WAS going to say, they were nice. Oops. Any one know where a bomber blue camo jersey can be bought? I think it would be good customized with "Kelly", "Reinboldt" or "Mack" on it. rebusrankin and Atomic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 17 hours ago, WBBFanWest said: .there is going to be over 200 people involved." are Atomic and SPuDS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearpants Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 Are those Canadian player shirts going to be for sale at the Bomber store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBBFanWest Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 2 hours ago, Mark F said: are While selecting the right quote is hard, I'm sure that Mr. Dee appreciates your concern. SPuDS and JCon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted June 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 3 hours ago, Mark F said: are I actually would have gone with "There will be...", personally.... SPuDS, blue_gold_84 and MOBomberFan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacklewasher Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 57 minutes ago, bearpants said: Are those Canadian player shirts going to be for sale at the Bomber store? Yeah. I'd like a Walby Brown shirt, but am nowhere near a stadium. SPuDS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue4ever Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 11 hours ago, Rod Black said: To be honest fellas. I WAS about to say that the refs uni's were a refreshing change. I WAS going to say, they were nice. Oops. Any one know where a bomber blue camo jersey can be bought? I think it would be good customized with "Kelly", "Reinboldt" or "Mack" on it. I don't mind them. Something unique for Canada Day. Red and black goes well together. And they could be much worse. Rod Black 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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