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  GREY CUP 2004 - News
OTTAWA - Nearly three years of preparations to stage the 92nd Grey Cup are complete, and the organizing committee for the 2004 Canadian Football League championship game is ready for one of the biggest weeks in Ottawa's sports history.
The Grey Cup game sells out year after year and the 2004 championship, like all others, is on track to be a sell out.
The 92nd Grey Cup Game will be held on Sunday, November 21 at Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa.
www.canoe.ca /GreyCup2004News/1115.html   (445 words)

  
 Downtown businesses gear up for Grey Cup
In anticipation of next month’s Grey Cup in Ottawa, Centretown businesses are gearing up for an economic boom that could bring millions of dollars to the region.
Grey Cup organizers are also optimistic about the increased revenue that will result from the tourists and from nearly 40 scheduled events, including live bands, a hoe down, a family fun day, a historical exhibit and a post-game party.
Arash Madani, Grey Cup spokesperson and director of media relations for the Ottawa Renegades, said they expect 40 per cent of the spectators to be out-of-towners.
www.carleton.ca /ctown/archiv/oct2904/Biz1.htm   (520 words)

  
 Grey Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2007 Grey Cup game will be held in Toronto.
Recently, the Canadian Football League considered renaming the Grey Cup with the name of a corporate sponsor.
2004 – Toronto Argonauts 27-19 B.C. Lions – 92nd Grey Cup
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 Ottawa Renegades Official Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
"This year's Grey Cup celebration is already in full force in the Nation's Capital," said Brad Watters, President of the Ottawa Renegades and Grey Cup 2004.
Ottawa last hosted a Grey Cup in 1988, where the Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat the BC Lions 22-21 in front of 50,604.
The 92nd Grey Cup Game will be held on Sunday, November 21 at Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa.
www.ottawarenegades.net /slam/football/renegades/news/04/1120b.html   (229 words)

  
 92nd Grey Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The B.C. Lions took the opening kickoff in the 2004 Grey Cup and fashioned an impressive drive that started and ended with a Jason Clermont reception.
Quarterback Dave Dickenson was perfect on a series of short precision passes, taking the Lions from their own 38-yard-line down the field for a touchdown and an early 7-0 lead.
With the ball back, the Argos got two crucial first downs and wound down the clock and awaited for the two mounties who marched with the silver bowl and handed it to the 2004 Grey Cup Champion, Toronto Argonauts, who were led by 41-year-old quarterback Damon Allen, who was named the games's outstanding player.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/92nd_Grey_Cup   (1101 words)

  
 Underdog Argos win Grey Cup 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
It was the league-leading 15th Grey Cup title for an Argos franchise that bills itself the oldest sports team in North America, dating back to 1873.
The Grey Cup spectacle itself is almost as hoary and hale as its longest running franchise.
Lodged among the Grey Cup ticket stubs ringing his bowler hat was one from 1965 at CNE Stadium in Toronto.
www.canada.com /sports/football/cfl/greycup2004/story.html?id=2ae20867-ddcb-4b1b-90b7-bbde9e384bf8   (1585 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Toronto Argonauts bring the Grey Cup home
The last Grey Cup the team won was in 1997.
It was the fourth time he has hoisted the Grey Cup in victory: He did it twice with the Edmonton Eskimos, winning the outstanding player award in the 1987 Grey Cup, and once with the B.C. Lions.
Back in Toronto, however, the team's first Grey Cup win since 1997 was greeted in the city of 2.5 million people with relative public indifference after the game ended Sunday night.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20041122/argos_greycup_041122?s_name=&no_ads=   (707 words)

  
 Grey Cup
In 1909, the Grey Cup was donated by the then Governor General of Canada, the Earl Grey, to recognize the top amateur rugby football team in Canada.
1955 – Edmonton Eskimos 34-19 Montreal Alouettes – 43rd Grey Cup
2004 – Toronto Argonauts 27-19 B.C. Lions – 92nd Grey Cup
www.destination-luxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Grey_Cup   (1413 words)

  
 Grey Cup - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
1935 -- Winnipeg 'Pegs 18-12 Hamilton Tigers -- 23rd Grey Cup
1943 -- Hamilton Flying Wildcats 23-14 Winnipeg RCAF -- 31st Grey Cup
1995 -- Baltimore Stallions 37-20 Calgary Stampeders -- 83rd Grey Cup
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Grey_Cup   (1360 words)

  
 Toronto Argonauts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The best chance that the Argos had to break their drought was in 1971 when they faced the Calgary Stampeders in the 59th Grey Cup.
On November 21, 2004, the Toronto Argonauts defeated the Lions 27-19 in the 92nd Grey Cup to end a seven year championship drought.
In November, 2004 it was announced that a new stadium for the Argos was to be built on the campus of York University by 2007.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Toronto_Argonauts   (2045 words)

  
 Ottawa Renegades Official Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
During this year's Grey Cup Halftime Show, CFL fans will be on their feet in the stands and in front of their TV sets for one of Canada's hardest-working and hardest-rocking bands.
To purchase tickets to the Grey Cup 2004 game, or the remaining regular season Renegades home game on October 30 vs Hamilton, call Ticketmaster at 613-755-1166.
In Ottawa, the Kickin' it in the Capital Grey Cup Festival begins on Wednesday, November 17, featuring celebration events at various locales throughout the city, leading up to the game.
www.ottawarenegades.net /slam/football/renegades/news/04/1022.html   (343 words)

  
 Sex OK during Grey Cup week: Argos coach - Fencing.Net Discussion
Here's the latest, on the eve of the 92nd Grey Cup, the coach of the Toronto Argonauts, a former receiver himself, gave a perfect answer to the questions.
Argos head coach Mike (Pinball) Clemons sent the press gallery into hysterics at Wednesday's news conference with his response to the seemingly annual question of whether his players would be allowed to have sex in the days leading up to Sunday's CFL championship game against the B.C. Lions (CBC, 4 p.m.
Argos coach Mike (Pinball) Clemons said his players are free to score off the field during Grey Cup week.
www.fencing.net /forums/thread14268.html   (648 words)

  
 Grey Cup 2004 - Message Board - ezboard.com
Speaking personally (cos that is what I am good at, generally) I am pretty darn serious about doing the Grey Cup In Ottawa thing (call it about 80% and rising right now).
Of course, what with it being 2 years away, a lot can change in that time, but as it stands it strikes me that it would be a good excuse to take a foreign holiday, of which I tend to have far too few.
Preliminary ideas for the 2004 Grey Cup Festival include a Grey Cup Welcome Centre at Ottawa City Hall, street parties, a Grey Cup concert and other community-oriented events and attractions at Lansdowne Park.
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 Ottawa Renegades Official Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The 92nd Grey Cup will be held on Sunday, November 21, 2004 at Frank Clair Stadium (Lansdowne Park).
Preliminary ideas for the 2004 Grey Cup Festival include a Grey Cup Welcome Centre at Ottawa City Hall, street parties in the Byward Market, and a Grey Cup concert and other community-oriented events and attractions at Lansdowne Park.
The Renegades also announced that holders of season tickets for the 2004 season will have first opportunity to purchase tickets for the same seats for Grey Cup 2004.
www.ottawarenegades.net /slam/football/renegades/team/stadium.html   (299 words)

  
 GREY CUP 2004 - News
OTTAWA - The countdown to Grey Cup 2004 is only 100 days away as the nation's football fans continue to get ready for the Canadian Football League's title game.
Only 12,000 tickets remain for the Grey Cup game, which will be played in a revamped stadium.
Plenty of opportunities are also available for the public to help with the week's festivities as Grey Cup volunteers.
slam.canoe.ca /GreyCup2004News/0811.html   (413 words)

  
 EZ Sports Online Weblog: Argonauts are 2004 Grey Cup Champions
On a chilly night at Frank Clair Stadium, the Toronto Argonauts won the 92nd Grey Cup Championship, their first since 1997.
Head Coach Mike "Pinball" Clemons noted that each member of the Argos were playing for the guy beside them on the line, putting their own aspirations and goals aside in a show of camaraderie.
This is Pinball's first Grey Cup win in a coaching role with the Argos.
www.ezsportsonline.com /archives/2004/11/argonauts_are_2.html   (605 words)

  
 Great White Kickoff
While they never reached the Vanier Cup (the Canadian version of the NCAA title), Marshall's teams were highly regarded as one of the most offensively potent teams in the country.
Three players from Wally Buono's Grey Cup team in 2001 rejoin him; P Duncan O'Mahony, considered one of the most effective punters in the CFL, will handle the third down kicking duties this season for the Leos.
RB Antonio Warren, one of the key players in Calgary's 2001 Grey Cup championship team, returns to the CFL after two season in the NFL and will likely be the starting tailback with the departure of Kelvin Anderson.
www.buzzle.com /editorials/6-5-2004-55110.asp   (1210 words)

  
 Welcome to Trajectory Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The 2004 Grey Cup game, which was played last Sunday, November 21st in Ottawa, Canada, saw the Toronto Argonauts beat the British Columbia Lions 27-19.
Facing off in this weekend.s Grey Cup championship are the British Columbia Lions and the Toronto Argonauts -- which have a combined total of 55 U.S. players out of their total lineup of 80.
International Grey Cup television distribution -- organized by New York-based Trajectory Sports and Media Group -- will reach more than 55 million TV households in the U.S. alone via at least 10 regional sports networks, many of which are also carried on DirecTV and DISH Network.
www.trajectorysports.com /releases_2004.html   (5857 words)

  
 Grey Cup Weekend
Today marks the 92nd occasion by which the ancient, storied teams of the Canadian Football League battle for Earl Grey's (yeah, like the tea) coveted chalice, and they show no sign of ever giving up the fight.
The CFL has often been called the phoenix of professional sports leagues, as it seems to always be on the brink of disaster, yet somehow miraculously emerges from its troubles with a new image, as if it's woven into the very fabric of Canadian identity.
Seriously, you yanks would be bored out of your skulls if the announcers didn't try to flesh out your piss-slow sport with multiple camera angles and instant replays of every single play, with colour commentary of what finger the outside tackle was picking his nose with in the huddle.
www.sportsrant.com /grey-cup-weekend-a7525.html   (1949 words)

  
 CFL Fans fill Frank Clair Stadium for 92nd Grey Cup | Ottawa Start
The Grey Cup 2004 Organizing Committee announced today that this year’s Grey Cup is sold out.
Grey Cup Championship featuring the West meets East match-up between the BC Lions and the Toronto Argonauts.
Brad Watters, President of the Ottawa Renegades and Grey Cup 2004.
www.ottawastart.com /story/850   (313 words)

  
 Grey Cup
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are adamant next month's Grey Cup at Canad Inns Stadium will be a safe one.
TORONTO (CP) - It's more than a year away, but the 2007 Grey Cup appears to be a hot ticket.
The Grey Cup 2007 Committee is overwhelmed to announce that over 20,000 tickets have already been sold to the first Grey Cup to be held in Toronto in 15 years.
www.gamelow.com /Sports-G/Grey_Cup.php   (1916 words)

  
 Y-File
York U's Spirit Squad will help warm up the crowd expected to gather at Nathan Phillips Square today in celebration of the Toronto Argonauts' win over the BC Lions in the 92nd Grey Cup championship game on Sunday night in Ottawa.
This is the first Grey Cup title since 1997 for the Toronto football club.
York University's cheerleaders, dance squad and Lions mascots will take to the stage at 11am and perform their routine until the arrival of the Argonauts at noon.
www.yorku.ca /yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=3650   (219 words)

  
 Was the Grey Cup a huge success? Don’t believe the hype   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Financially speaking the 92nd Grey Cup was a huge success pulling in an estimated $9 million in revenue, according to team president Brad Watters, but local fans didn’t get much bang for their buck.
The event was the single largest attended sporting event in Ottawa’s history, bringing in fans from across the nation to watch Canada’s rendition of the fall classic.
These numbers were undoubtedly boosted by the Renegades’ promotion of a Grey Cup ticket with purchase of tickets to the team’s final two home games of the season.
www.carleton.ca /ctown/archiv/dec1004/Sport4.htm   (473 words)

  
 580 CFRA - News Talk Radio
The Toronto Argos and B-C Lions have arrived in Ottawa for the 92nd Grey Cup.
Grey Cup week kicks-off in Ottawa on Wednesday, with more than 40 events scheduled for the lead-up to Sunday's game.
Campbell is wagering seven pounds of beef, seven pounds of smoked salmon and seven pounds of lamb.
www.cfra.com /headlines/index.asp?nid=21836&cat=3   (221 words)

  
 92nd Grey Cup
The 92nd Grey Cup game took place on November 21, 2004 at Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario - the first time Ottawa hosted the Grey Cup since being granted the Ottawa Renegades franchise and the first since the 76th Grey Cup in 1988.
With the victory, Argonauts head coach Mike "Pinball" Clemons became the first fl head coach to win a Grey Cup.
The pre-game festivities were marked by a dispute between the city of Ottawa and the city's firefighters which prevented the traditional Grey Cup parade from occurring.
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 The NFL season is more than half way over... - OptiBoard Discussion Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Sunday the 21st (tomorrow) is the 92nd Grey Cup; the 'Super Bowl' of the Canadian Football League.
And to all our friends to the south, IIRC the Grey Cup is the oldest professional sports trophy rewarded in North America.
This is the 92nd Grey Cup, and the Stanley Cup was introduced in 1893, so then the Stanley Cup is 111 years old.
www.optiboard.com /forums/showthread.php?t=11191   (1649 words)

  
 Ottawa Start | Grey Cup 2004 Guide
The 2004 Grey Cup Game takes place at at Frank Clair Stadium in Ottawa on Sunday, November 21 at 6:00pm.
The Kickin' it in the Capital Grey Cup Festival begins on Wednesday, November 17 at Lansdowne Park and at various venues throughout the Ottawa core.
Grey Cup organizing committee set for 2004 championship
www.ottawastart.com /greycup.shtml   (305 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Argos defeat Lions 27-19 to win Grey Cup
It was the 15th such title for a sports club that dates its roots back to 1873, making it one of North America's oldest sports teams.
The Argos had last won Grey Cups in 1996 and 1997 while B.C. last triumphed in 2000.
And after winning three Grey Cups as a player, Clemons now has his first as a coach.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20041122/martin_grey_cup_041121?s_name=&no_ads=   (715 words)

  
 TSN : CFL - Canada's Sports Leader
The Lions' last Grey Cup appearance was in 2000 when they beat Montreal 28-26 in Calgary.
Our popular Grey Cup Roundtable is also back with Chris, Jock Climie and Dave Randorf fielding your questions leading up to the big game.
With a convincing 25-14 win over the Montreal Alouettes, the B.C. Lions were crowned champions at the 94th Grey Cup game in Winnipeg.
www.tsn.ca /news_story.asp?id=104734   (851 words)

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