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Cournoyer12

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Roadhog said:
It appears he did both. This quote from CFLapedia:

While with UCLA, Andrusyshyn became famous for the strength of his leg. Anything inside the 50 yard line was fair game for the soccer style kicker, and in one game Andrusyshyn kicked fieldgoals of 57 and 62 yards - at the time the professional record was only 56 yards.

This field goal was kicked "square toe".
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Thank you brother, I have regained my sanity!!!
 
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Roadhog said:
It appears he did both. This quote from CFLapedia:

While with UCLA, Andrusyshyn became famous for the strength of his leg. Anything inside the 50 yard line was fair game for the soccer style kicker, and in one game Andrusyshyn kicked fieldgoals of 57 and 62 yards - at the time the professional record was only 56 yards.

This field goal was kicked "square toe".
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Thanks for the clip brother! Nice to hear the great Don Chevrier on the play by play!
 
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MLSE chairman Larry Tanenbaum feels Leafs fans’ pain, promises a Stanley Cup

Simon Houpt talks to the 25-per-cent owner of the Leafs, Raptors, TFC and Argos about his plans – which include ownership of womens sports teams
www.theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com

Do you have a sense of when Toronto might get a women’s pro soccer team? Or a women’s pro basketball team?

We’re right in the throes of working on that. We’ve got a group within MLSE that is looking strategically how that might might work here, but we are very interested in actually all three: hockey, basketball, and soccer.

Any timeline?

No timeline at the moment,

How about an NFL team?

Always interested in that.

But again, nothing concrete?

No.

I do have to ask about the Argos, because the CFL seems constantly in trouble. Is there a solution to the league’s challenges?

Yeah, I thought so, and I was working on it, but I’m not sure there’s alignment among [some of] the other ownership groups of the other eight teams. The community-owned teams seem to be satisfied with what’s happening in the CFL, so we’re working to see how the Argos fit into that scenario. I’m not happy with it. I’m not happy with the structure of the league. My concern is, in the major cities of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, it’s not attracted the younger fan engagement. You look at value creation and, you know, quite unfortunately, these teams are not worth that much money. The hockey, basketball or soccer teams are trading at hundreds of millions of dollars, in some cases billions of dollars. And you see the Argos, you know, a 106-year-old league, and what value creation are these franchises trading at? You’ve got to look at that and say, Is that success?
 
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Arthur Morgan said:
Swear there's zero chance that Toronto gets a NFL team as long as the Argos are in town.
I don't know anyone who likes CFL
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I hate the notion of liking the league rather than the sport. I can watch kids playing hockey or football and get enjoyment out of it.

No team in Toronto has little to do with the Argos. The NFL has the power to put a team here yesterday if it wanted, but there are zero benefits. The NFL already has full market penetration in Canada, and Canadian TV ratings have no effect on the NFL's biggest (by far) moneymaker -- American broadcast deals.
 
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keonsbitterness said:
I hate the notion of liking the league rather than the sport. I can watch kids playing hockey or football and get enjoyment out of it.

No team in Toronto has little to do with the Argos. The NFL has the power to put a team here yesterday if it wanted, but there are zero benefits. The NFL already has full market penetration in Canada, and Canadian TV ratings have no effect on the NFL's biggest (by far) moneymaker -- American broadcast deals.
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I also can't imagine the Bills will be too keen on the idea
 
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CabanaBoy5 said:
Argos are so irrelevant right now. It wasn’t always this way. I remember watching as a kid Theisman, Stillwagon, Corrigal, etc at a full Exhibition Stadium.
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Those were great players!

Typical early season game, both sides need to exploit middle of the field more!
 
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Not even 2 games in and I have already had enough of Bethel Thompson. Stats are fine but how many missed chances did he have and threw to the wrong reciever? He's barely a backup quality QB who is expected to lead a good team. Pinball is a legend but he's completely messed up the QB situation and the fact they extended MBT is hilarious. The Arbukle trade made no sense what so ever. Corey Mace also looks completely in over his head as a defensive coordinator.
 
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Not even 2 games in and I have already had enough of Bethel Thompson. Stats are fine but how many missed chances did he have and threw to the wrong reciever? He's barely a backup quality QB who is expected to lead a good team. Pinball is a legend but he's completely messed up the QB situation and the fact they extended MBT is hilarious. The Arbukle trade made no sense what so ever. Corey Mace also looks completely in over his head as a defensive coordinator.
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I don't understand the Argo's love affair with MBT? He's old and been with 13 pro teams, while showing nothing. Time to see what Kelly has.
 
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Even Argos players are upset MBT is their QB. Too bad management thinks MBT is Ricky Ray. Banks who has been one of the more consistent players in the league is arguing with MBT, than maybe you should find a different QB. Just a thought pinball
 
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Team is a pretender trying to say it's a good team. With an average QB, and thats a win today. Get a half decent QB and they can change their image. This is all a waste of time until they solve that. With the way Pinball was smiling after the loss, he thinks everything is good so things aren't changing
 
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The West is 18-6 after today.
The East is 2-14
Argos could have a terrible record and still win the division:laugh:
Obviously early still
 
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