Re: Edmonton Eskimos

"Jon Enslin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> You could at least answer my question without insulting me.  I came on
> this group wondering why the Canadian champion is crowned so early and
> why you guys celebrate Thanksgiving so early, and all I get is picked
> on.

Let's repeat,...

Canadian Thanksgiving comes earlier because we are further north, and the
growing season ends earlier than in the US. Therefore, Canadian Thanksgiving
comes earlier.

And the CFL season ends earlier as well, because the season starts earlier.
Had the season started later, say, as the same time as the NFL, (at labout
day) we would be playing the Championship game in about 10 weeks, meaning,
it would be close to the holidays, and, more importantly, in the middle of a
deep freeze. In fact, about half of the games would be played in a deep
freeze, and nobody would go to them. (there is only one indoor Stadium in
Canada that get's used on a  regular basis, and it's in the only city in
Canada that never really gets cold).

And when I say Deep-freeze, I mean DEEP-FREEZE. Temperatures in Edmonton,
Calgary, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, Montreal, and even Hamilton and Toronto dip
into (and stay in) the -30's and 40's for long stretched, fairly regularily,
come december and January.

The short answer to both your questions?, It's Canada, and it starts getting
very very cold in November.