Changes coming to CFL rules

[brn623cl]

Thanksgiving Day CFL on CBS Sports Network starting now. Nothing like Monday afternoon live CFL action.

 

[Batman]

Can someone explain to me why a lineman yeeting a kick down the field in the middle of a live play is a good idea? Is that another goofy CFL rule that might somehow get you exactly three points?

 

[Shelbyville Manhattan]

It’s an “open-field kick,” sometimes called an on-side kick. The kicking team can recover it without the defending team touching it only if the recovering player is behind the kicker when the kick is attempted.

Can someone explain to me why a lineman yeeting a kick down the field in the middle of a live play is a good idea? Is that another goofy CFL rule that might somehow get you exactly three points?

 

[justgladtobehere]

Wow. A remnant of rugby, including the onside rule for recovering the kick.

 

[Batman]

Can you advance it if you recover it? Or kick it for a field goal or rouge?

 

[HanSenSE]

Grey Cup Sunday.

 

[dixiehack]

This better be Montreal’s fight song.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Next three Super Bowl sites
Santa Clara, Inglewood, Atlanta
Next three Grey Cup sites counting tonight
Winnipeg, Calgary, Regina

 

[maumann2]

Appropriately, the game scoring starts with a rouge.

 

[jr/shotglass]

It's all aboot the defence as the first quarter ends, Montreal leading by the delightful score of 7-1!

 

[Jake from State Farm]

15-7 Roughriders at half

 

[jr/shotglass]

I wonder who suggested to Machine Gun Kelly that he wear sleeves.

And I'll tell you ... he's doing a better halftime show than most recent SB performers. He's having a bit of a moment.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Next three Super Bowl sites
Santa Clara, Inglewood, Atlanta
Next three Grey Cup sites counting tonight
Winnipeg, Calgary, Regina

Of those six, I think the only one I'd want to visit would be Calgary (for the rodeo) (and also the stampeding).

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Really disappointed there’s no snow for this game.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

NHL fans have got to step up their booing at trophy presentations.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Those are NHL fans, @Inky_Wretch.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Those are NHL fans, @Inky_Wretch.

Yeah, but the Cup is never skated in Canada.

 

[maumann2]

One thing about the Riders winning the Grey Cup: For a short while, it makes people forget they live in Saskatchewan. Sort of like the Green Bay of the CFL. Hot as hell in the summer, cold as hell in the winter. And the wind never stops blowing.

My cousins Doug, Steve and Marilyn Ector were born and raised on a wheat farm in Elbow, at the corner of Lake Diefenbaker. Rooting for the Roughriders was definitely one of the highlights of their year.

When Marilyn had her mobile home in Florida, she'd be in shorts and a T-shirt, no matter how cold -- because it was at least 75 degrees F warmer than Saskatchewan.

 

[dixiehack]

One thing about the Riders winning the Grey Cup: For a short while, it makes people forget they live in Saskatchewan. Sort of like the Green Bay of the CFL. Hot as hell in the summer, cold as hell in the winter. And the wind never stops blowing.

The one CFL tradition I know anything about.

 

[HanSenSE]

The season may not end until Christmas.