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The Canadian Super Bowl, known as the Grey Cup, stands as the pinnacle of Canadian football. This championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) has been a cultural touchstone since 1909. While often compared to the NFL’s Super Bowl, the Grey Cup has its unique flavor that sets it apart in the world of North American sports. Both the Grey Cup and the Super Bowl are played at some of the top venues in North America. Except 2021, the Super Bowl has consistently had crowds with at least 60,000 fans since 1967. A six-figure audience has attended the Big Game five times: during 1976, 1982, 1986,& 2010. To start with, the Grey Cup lags in this department. The Grey Cup continues to be one of Canada's most-viewed sporting events. [129] The 1962 "Fog Bowl" game was the first Grey Cup to be broadcast on American television. [27] The CBC carried the first national telecasts exclusively, but the CTV Television Network purchased rights to the 1962 game. For over 100 years, the Grey Cup has been ingrained into Canadian culture. While the United States has the Super Bowl, the Grey Cup is Canada's premier football event of the year. The Baltimore Stallions were the only American team to appear in the Grey Cup (twice, losing in 1994 and winning the following year). Although the first Grey Cup game was in 1909, none were played from 1916 to 1919 or in 2020, thus the most recent final was the 111th Grey Cup game which was played on November 17, 2024, at BC Place in Vancouver. The Grey Cup is, of course, far older than the Super Bowl. This Sunday’s clash in Hamilton will mark the 108th time that teams have played for the CFL title — the first tilt taking place in 1909 between the University of Toronto Varsity Blues and the Parkdale Canoe Club. The Super Bowl, on the other hand, has only been around since 1967. The coldest Grey Cup on record came in 1991, when the temperature at kickoff was -16C (3.2F). The coldest Super Bowl, meanwhile, came in 1972, with the temperature a comparatively warm 4C. Halftime shows. One of the reasons why the Super Bowl is such a big event is the halftime show, which attracts millions of viewers alone. Grey Cup, trophy awarded annually to the winner of the professional Canadian Football League play-offs. The cup was first awarded in 1909 to represent the amateur football championship, but by the 1950s competition for the cup was dominated by professional teams. The Grey Cup versus the Super Bowl. Whether it’s on the field or off, the two championship games seemed to be compared on a regular basis north of the 49th parallel. On the field, the biggest comparison has always been the competitiveness of the game. The Grey Cup is to Canadians what the Super Bowl is to American’s. This fall festival generates a large amount of national media coverage, celebration and fan interest from coast to coast to coast. Many Canadians refer to the Grey Cup as the Grand National Drunk. If you are a football fan and haven’t attended a Grey Cup you should do so it Cornerback Brandon Browner is the second double Super Bowl winner as he collected one Grey Cup ring and two Super Bowl rings. Browner was initially signed by the Denver Broncos in 2005. A forearm fracture saw him put on IR. So he headed North instead. He was with the Stamps from 2006-10. Between 2008-10 he was named a CFL All-Star three times. O.J. Brigance won a Grey Cup with the Baltimore Stallions in 1995 and a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens in 2000 (Super Bowl XXXIV). Tyrone Williams won a Grey Cup with the Toronto Argonauts in 1996 and a Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys, although he did not play in the game (Super Bowl XXVIII). Harald Hasslebech won a Grey Cup with the Calgary Stampeders in 1992 and two Super Bowls with Central to this discovery is the notion of the Grey Cup as Canada’s anti-Super Bowl. Complete with folksy traditions and understated pageantry, the Grey Cup is emblematically Canadian and has historically served as a sharp rebuke to American cultural imperialism and excess, represented so perfectly by the Super Bowl. Both the Grey Cup and the Super Bowl are played at some of the top venues in North America. Except 2021, the Super Bowl has consistently had crowds with at least 60,000 fans since 1967. A six-figure audience has attended the Big Game five times: during 1976, 1982, 1986,& 2010. To start with, the Grey Cup lags in this department. It's the fact that the Grey Cup brings with it century-old traditions, green-wearing fans with watermelons for hats, and the fact that you can find a horse from Calgary drinking at a local pub the days leading up to the big game - which is always held in the dead of the Canadian winter - that sets the governor general's contest above the marketing machine masquerading as a football game south Yet the big difference between the Grey Cup and a typical CFL matchup can be found at only a few shops trying to give the game Super Bowl-like (or maybe Super Bowl-lite) treatment. A decade ago, the Grey Cup drew more Canadian viewers than the Super Bowl. In 2005, New England’s victory over Philadelphia drew 3.1 million viewers to Global Television in Canada, down from 3. Although the Grey Cup came first—this was the 111th, compared with just the 59th Super Bowl—the game is much less popular and well known than the NFL’s championship match. The Grey Cup Festival is a week-long event leading up to the game, featuring concerts, parties, and a parade. The Grey Cup halftime show has featured many famous performers, including Shania Twain, Justin Bieber, and The Tragically Hip. The Grey Cup is often referred to as "Canada's Super Bowl," highlighting its importance in Canadian sports Today's 2024 Grey Cup live stream serves up the Canadian Football League's answer to the Super Bowl, with the Toronto Argonauts taking on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at BC Place in Vancouver.
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