 Pancake57
Male, 50-59, Canada
 16 Posts
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Sunday, November 07, 2010 4:46:06 AM
In Canadian football, a missed field goal will earn a single point if the defending team cannot catch the ball in bounds (in the end zone) and get the ball out of the end zone. Usually it is run out but this was the last play of the game and the defending team just wanted to get it out period. |
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 pigsnout5
Female, 18-29, Western US
548 Posts
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Saturday, November 06, 2010 9:45:29 PM
wtf? i thought they were trying for a field goal...which means it wasn't good...right? is this some weird football/rugby sport i have no idea about?? |
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 RyanHake
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2698 Posts
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Friday, November 05, 2010 12:19:47 AM
weak |
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 Crucible
Male, 18-29, Canada
1822 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 7:52:47 PM
I... what?
I'm not familiar with how this works. |
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Nihilism
Male, 50-59, Canada
18 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:36:03 PM
BTW I'm not saying either is right or wrong, just different. |
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Nihilism
Male, 50-59, Canada
18 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:32:24 PM
"rewarding a team for being unable to get the ball out of their end zone"
I consider it being rewarded if a team chooses not to get the ball out of the end zone so they can get an automatic placement on the 20. In the cFL there is no option to do that, you run it out or you give up a point. |
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 Spider_sol
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
1454 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:28:47 PM
Nihilism, NFL doesn't reward players unable to get it out of the endzone. Look up a "safety" and you'll understand. |
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 viczko
Male, 13-17, Canada
916 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 3:39:31 PM
"The CFL is more popular than the NFL, though, if that's what you were wondering."
uhhh bro.... =\ |
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 sfcg
Male, 30-39, Western US
795 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 2:21:41 PM
"They have to kick it ooooot! And they don't get it oooot!"
Crazy cannucks. Take off hoser! |
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 freddyferret
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
9843 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 11:15:21 AM
In a way it makes more sense than the US version of rewarding a team for being unable to get the ball out of their end zone.
But in the NFL they aren't "rewarded" for not getting it out of the endzone. I rarely see them kneel down because they can't get out of the endzone. They just don't think they can get to, or past, the 20 yard line. If they take a knee it goes to the 20. They could easily get it out of the endzone but they may get stopped at the 5 or 10 yard line. So they take it to the 20 to have more room to work. It's a different situation. |
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 SPrinkZ
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2134 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 10:19:41 AM
"The CFL is more popular than the NFL, though, if that's what you were wondering."
Dumbest statement ever. |
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 benbowles
Male, 13-17, Europe
75 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 10:14:40 AM
messy, messy sport. Even if this doesn't happen often, you NEVER get something this ridiculous resulting in point scoring/ victory in rugby. |
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 Raisin_Hell
Male, 18-29, Canada
281 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 7:07:46 AM
@AustinJay - If that wasn't a terrible attempt at trolling, I don't know what is.
Anyways, Nihilism and boeingguyu787 explained it perfectly, it very rare this happens as people are often able to run it out of the end zone and avoid the single point.
Also, I find the CFL extremely popular where I am, we even often fill up other peoples stadiums.
Go Riders Go! |
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AustinJay
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
52 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 7:02:23 AM
Wtf...I laughed slightly to myself then thought about how gay canada is...then just accepted it. Lets just let them kick their ball to and fro who cares anyway its not like we hear about what they do every anyway..no one cares about them |
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 pmarren
Male, 30-39, Midwest US
3381 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 7:01:28 AM
I'm going to start watching Canadian football. It looks like WAY more fun than the stupid NFL. Canada is awesome. |
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Nihilism
Male, 50-59, Canada
18 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:17:06 AM
It's very simple. In Canada there's no touchback rule. If you don't get the football out of your end zone on a kick or missed field goal it counts as a single point (a 'rouge'). Normally this means running it out to avoid getting tackled in the end zone for the point, but on rare, desperate occasions it can involve trying to kick it out even if it gives possession back to the kicking team. In a way it makes more sense than the US version of rewarding a team for being unable to get the ball out of their end zone. |
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CoffeeTalk
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
192 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 5:00:07 AM
Epic FAIL.....This proves that Canadians are inferior human beings...until I watch a hockey game, then they are back to normal! |
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 peloos12
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
3765 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 3:59:52 AM
Bizarre? I don't even know what the f*** just happened. Why in God's name did they just punt a missed FG back to each other?
I swear to God some Canadian got stoned as hell one night and said "Hey, you know American Football? I've got an idea". |
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 K3vin
Male, 18-29, Canada
487 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 3:38:44 AM
Rammo the CFL isn't nearly as popular as the NFL. The only people that really pay attention to their teams are folks in the prairies... Some care when their teams makes it to the grey cup but even then meh. They had the grey game here in toronto and if someone didn't tell you that a huge CFL game was going on, you would have never known. The buffalo bills drew more hype ffs.
The league is so drating stupid, there's only 8 teams and 2 manage to share the same name it's so un-original. |
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Willsk84food
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
51 Posts
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Thursday, November 04, 2010 1:15:02 AM
wtf are they doing? this is tardball |
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 FearTheMoo
Male, 18-29, Canada
38 Posts
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Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:36:27 PM
@rammo34
The CFL is very popular, although not nearly to the degree that hockey is. Personally, i'm not a huge football fan and only watch a few Lions games every year, but I watch nearly every Canucks game. The CFL is more popular than the NFL, though, if that's what you were wondering. |
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 todayistodie
Male, 18-29, Southern US
81 Posts
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Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:08:05 PM
i was just loling @ how many teams they said out |
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 rammo34
Male, 18-29, Western US
1063 Posts
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Wednesday, November 03, 2010 10:55:09 PM
Just curious, is the CFL even very popular in Canada? |
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 Arvz
Male, 18-29, Canada
235 Posts
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Wednesday, November 03, 2010 10:35:12 PM
wait, what? I dunno what's wrong with this, I don't know anything about football. American and soccer. :|
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FlyingWalrus
Male, 18-29, Canada
20 Posts
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Wednesday, November 03, 2010 10:30:26 PM
In Canadian Football, if you kick the ball through the endzone, you get 1 point. That is what the original kickers (Montreal) were trying to do. They failed. If the other team (Toronto) were to kneel, they would also forfeit a point, and thus lose the game. So they had to get it out. And he tried, then the Montreal player kicked it back in, then Toronto tried to kick it out, but failed, and Montreal recovered for a touchdown. In the CFL, you have to give a kicker 5 yards of space when he touches the ball, otherwise it is a penalty, and that's what the second bit of the video was all about. If a penalty were to be called against Montreal, the play would have to be restarted. |
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