Twas the night before Grey Cup, and all through the Dome,
Not a creature was stirring, but the gophers back home.
The players were nestled and snug in their beds,
While visions of Grey Cup Rings danced in their heads.
When out on the field, there arose such a clatter,
Kent sprang from his bed to see what was the matter,
Away to his window, he flew like a flash,
Threw aside the Green Curtains, and Silky White Sash.
And what did he see with his wondering eye?
But a sea of Green Revelers and a furry brown guy.
“That looks like Dominguez, and Flick and Fantuz!”
“Its way after curfew! Do they want us to lose??”
So, out of his room and down to the field,
Coach Austin stormed out with a fury to wield.
As he went through the tunnel, the ground shook with a beat,
From the dancing and prancing of ten thousand feet.
“Hey Coach,” cried a voice, “Whatcha doing down here?”
It was Szarka and Schultz, and they were handing out beer!
Chucky and Chick were grilling up Dogs,
With Burgers being served by O’Day and the Hogs.
Crandall cooked Hot Wings, Joseph grilled steak,
While Cates, Holmes, and Hughes helped Makowsky serve cake.
“This is nuts!” Austin shouted, “It’s one-thirty AM!”
“I expected some revelry, but this is mayhem!”
Eric Tillman tapped Austin, ” You’re not Eagle Keys -”
“But I’m not Berry, or Gotta, or Gregory – so PLEASE!”
“You’re all waddling around here like Wascana geese!”
“And in need of a dance coach like Donald Narcisse.”
“Now, you’ve all had your fun, so back to your rooms.”
But then Austin’s nose picked up the barbecue fumes.
Then Green Is The Color rang out through the air,
As Congi and Boreham played Banjos with flair.
On Davis, on Johnson, on Coach Ritchie Hall,
Even old Alex Smith flashed a smile after all,
On Lloyd, on McCullough, on Hunt and on Perry,
On Kornegay, Frazier, and yes, even Kerry.
The skydome then filled with a soft greenish glow,
And the whole Rider Nation set poised for a show.
An S and a wheat sheaf then formed in the air,
And a smile took the place of Coach Kent Austin’s glare.
Then everyone there, the players, the fans,
They formed a big circle by all holding hands,
Then right in the centre appeared the Grey Cup,
Which Fairholm and Ridway and Elgaard picked up.
They handed it over to Ritchie and Kent,
Who called Kerry and Eddie, and off the Cup went.
It was passed round the field, past heroes to present,
While Gainer dug holes for the Blue Bomber Pheasants.
That music was heard coast to coast people say
And they say Rider Pride grew three sizes that day.
Everyone left there dreaming of Blue Bomber doom.
And they sent all the Banjos to Troy Westwood’s Room.
GO RIDERS!
h/t John Gormley
Open thread on Sunday’s game.
Here’s a couple of Rider links to start us off…
http://media.canada.com/gallery/Rider%20Pride/gopher112107.jpg
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/galleries/riderslide112107/index.html
http://www.gov.sk.ca
Go Riders!
Well done Riders. It is good for the League to have two different teams playing for all the bananas.
Should be a good game but I think one broken arm has given you an enormous advantage.
Go CFL
The Lions aren’t playing so the game’s not worth watching. Kidding. Go Green!!
I’m from Manitoba, outside the perimeter highway and so am actually a Saskatchewannabe and I am sick of reading BOMBERSBOMBERSBOMBERSBOMBERS. Two weeks ago the papers called them a bunch of bums.Do me a favor and knock them down a few ‘Pegs.
With the “Manitoba’s capital” team quarterbackless, be sure to tune in early, as the kickoff might be the only moment when the Bumbers aren’t trailing badly.
Extremely Flat Prairie Team: 35
Not Quite So Flat Prairie Team: 17
You can take that to your bookie! 😉
“They called a radio station in Regina who they pull pranks on and what not and they called asking to talk to one of the radio personalities, the receptionist said he wasnt in. So they got her to forward their call right to the guys cell. He picks up, they tell him how they’re who ever from the CFL and had this whole thing going. Anyways, turns out this guy bought his ticket on e-bay (Wheeler and Hal knew this already) for 1300$ and they went on about how some counterfeit tickets were being sold on e-bay. They tell him to look for a water mark on the back and he of course cant find it cause it really doesnt exist. After a bit they basically tell him that he needs to rip the tickets up so they cant get back into circulation… and he does…
So, finally their like, so… have you ever heard of POWER 97 OHHHH YEAHH! All of a sudden the guys starts freaking out and hes like, I’m going to kill you guys(there were tons of sensored beeps) and hes just screaming at them. He ends up hanging up on them.
It made my morning lol.”
Owned by power 97.
And for those of you that are clueless, Dinwiddie is a very good QB. He holds many records down south.
GO BLUE GO!
That story is a hoax, and we all know that holding many records down south means instant success in the CFL.
At least to Bomber fans anyway.
Go Riders!
“And for those of you that are clueless, Dinwiddie is a very good QB. He holds many records down south.”
Yeah and most from the wishbone formation. Never played a CFL game, never played a NFL game.
Like a lamb to the slaughter. Go Riders!
Little Johnny is sitting in class when his teacher asks “Who is a rider’s fan?’. All the snot-nosed dwarves raised their hands except Johnny. The teacher asked him”Johnny,why aren’t you a rider’s fan?’. He replied,”well,me mum is a bomber’s fan and me dad is a rider’s fan,so that is why I am one ,too”. Teacher smiled and said “So if your mom was an idiot and your dad was an idiot,then you would be an idiot?”. “No,” Johnny repied “we’d all be rider’s fans”.
Sorry,I messed that up. Dad is a bomber’s fan too. Damn,I am such an idiot.
Too bad that little poem is the closest Rider fans will get to the Cup. Only in dreams!
Its unfortunate you guys have to lose to our backup…
Anywho go Blue but good luck to both teams on playing a really exciting game!
wallyj, Ive never seen such a self induced kick in the nutz.
Go Riders.
With the Bombers starting quarterback out, Rider fans can actually have some faint glimmer of hope that they’ll still be in the game in the fourth quarter.
As for those expecting a Rider blowout win, please keep in mind, it was Kevin Glenn that was injured. Not Barrin Simpson! Good thing Joseph can run.
Go Blue!!!
I’m going to the game.
Story isn’t a hoax, it happened live on power 97.
“wallyj, Ive never seen such a self induced kick in the nutz.”
CJ…you may owe me a new keyboard…I had just taken a sip of coffee when I read your comment…I think it even snorted out of my ears as well…
Oops the above remark should have been directed to cal2
Lets paint the World Green!!
Go Rider’s GO!!!
With the NDP out theres nothing stoping us!!!
I’m predicting 72 to 4 for the Riders, Westwood will miss four field goals for singles.
Kudos to the ‘poet’…good one. To wallyj….Theo says you’re welcome!!
Story isn’t a hoax, I SAW it on the RADIO!!
Can someone explain how, at one time, there were two teams called, “Roughriders”?
please help this immigrant understand how it is that Canadians love to kick and put down Americans but CFL teams are 90% American players?
PaulPiper said:
“Can someone explain how, at one time, there were two teams called, “Roughriders”?
Wrong. Saskatchewan Roughriders and Ottawa Rough Riders.
“The Rough Riders have the ball on the Roughrider 10 yard line” See? Any idiot can see they are two different teams.
Aww cmon Saskatchewan. You guys got a conservative government, can’t we have the Grey Cup win? I mean, you’re still coming out ahead. Or tell you what, you can have the Cup, but you get Calvert back, and we import Wall.
Cheer for the team with morals, cheer for Winnipeg.
TWO QUICK EXPLANATIONS:
Firstly, far from “All” Canadians love to kick and put down Americans. Just the insecure ones! (See; leftard) Secondly., nowhere close to 90% American players.
PiperPaul: Pretty simple really. The CFL is an amalgamation of 2 separate leagues. When the 2 leagues became one, in typical Canadian fashion it
was deemed impolite to ask either to change their historic names.
So there ended up a team of Rough Riders in the east (named for the loggers of the Ottawa River Valley), and a team of Roughriders in the west (named for a condom in the Regina Husky mensroom).
Ok. I’m sorry. but I had to. I had to dammit!
Bombers red zone… pwned by the Riders..
Go Riders!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtGsSUyFPg
…ah I miss the Calgary Stampeder dynasty. Now we gotta watch a bunch of gopher heads fiddle their way to a snooze match in the armpit of the universe dome.
West meets Central in the East.
“Story isn’t a hoax, I SAW it on the RADIO!!”
How the hell do you see things on the radio? Haha, idiot. Yes it did happen though, that is true. But you cant see anything on the radio, I know because, well, i am going to a college that teaches you how to be a radio DJ, and ya, you cant see the waves of music and stuff… good job. Go Green.
BUT A HEARD HIM EXCLAIM AS HE DROVE OUT OF SIGHT.HAPPY GRAY CUP TO ALL AND DONT GET IN A FIGHT