I'll tell you one thing (ok, maybe I've said more than one over the years), Canadians don't have the same attachments to their University as Americans do their Colleges. It's not even close.
Firssample, 1 million Lego pieces were used to build a replica of Ohio State's Horseshoe.
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I remember years ago stopping off in some town in south Vermont or Massachusetts or some place for a coffee on our drive down south. We were overlooking a packed football field. I asked the waitress what level of play it was and she responded it was a high school game. We're talking 10 000 strong. It was amazing.
NO ONE used to come watch our high school soccer games and we won the championship two years in a row. University football is lucky if it gets an average of 5 000. Heck, our own unique and exciting brand of CFL football struggles to pack in the crowds from time to time. It boggles my mind how a place like Winnipeg with a solid football tradition doesn't sell out every single game.
It's better now thanks to some advertising and TSN exposure, but I remember a time when the league died a thousand deaths (though Western support has always been strong) only to survive thanks to the Haida gods or something. Around 1985 I attended a Montreal Alouettes game (remember this is pro football) with 800 people in attendance.
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