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[–]WPG33 46 points47 points ago*

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Back story: This is from The Canadian Football League. Kerwin Bell was the Winnipeg Blue Bombers starting Quarter Back in 1999-2000. In 2000 Khari Jones was able to pass him on the depth chart and become our new starting quarter back. The knock on Bell was he was too immobile in the pocket and was sacked way too frequently. Bell was pissed that he was demoted and demanded a trade. The Bombers traded him to the Toronto Argonauts. This was the first game between both teams after the trade. Bell was able to run a naked bootleg and score a Touch Down. So Bell was ecstatic because it was against his former team whom gave up on him and he also scored it running! An immobile QB ran for a TD versus his old team whom said he was too slow!

To celebrate this amazing victory he went to spike the ball in Juran Bolden's (# 21, a defensive backs) face. With hilarious consequences. The best part besides man getting hit with football in the groin? Bell also received a 15 yard penalty for taunting. (Then known as unsportsmanlike conduct)

Fin

[–]hereforthepoon 12 points13 points ago

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TIL learned someone knows a lot about Canadian Football

[–]WPG33 2 points3 points ago

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Should you want to impress upon people that you're also a connoisseur; Your favourite squadron is the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, you despise the Saskatchewan Roughriders (pro-tip: refer to them as the moustache riders. Haters gonna hate!) & you vehemently oppose the removal of the rouge from the game.

[–]gurry 2 points3 points ago

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CFL fans support players wearing make-up?

[–]hereforthepoon 0 points1 point ago

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removal of rouge from the game?

[–]WPG33 3 points4 points ago

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A rouge; When the ball is kicked through the end zone on a field goal attempt, punt or kick off the kicking team is rewarded one point, officially called "A Rouge." Rouge is also red in french. (I'm paraphrasing, too lazy to look up the official rule. That's a laymen's explanation) This rule is often ridiculed as some see it as "rewarding failure." I just think it's very polite and Canadian. I love the Rouge!

For more on this, please visit your local library. Lisa Simpson: "checking the card catalog: Let's see... Football... Football... "Homoeroticism in"... "Oddball Canadian rules"... "Phyllis George and"...

[–]hereforthepoon 1 point2 points ago

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very polite and Canadian. I LOVE IT!

[–]hereforthepoon 1 point2 points ago

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Now I remember, This...right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5BFaykcxGg

Just exactly what the hell is going on here?

[–]WPG33 2 points3 points ago*

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Aw, yes. That was one of the only instances where the rouge is exciting. Both teams are tied with 9 seconds left. Montreal tried for the field goal and missed. Now this is where the single point rouge comes into play. The Toronto player jumped up and blocked it from going through the back of the end zone which would have been an automatic point (ROUGE!!!) for Montreal. (That's why Toronto put their kicker in the endzone as well. So he could help kick it out)

The ball is completely "live" the entire time during that play. It's a little like rugby or Australian Rules Football at that point. Montreal ends up falling on the football for a touchdown and a win. Further complicating things is that the CFL also has a 5 yard buffer zone on kick receiving refereed to as the "No Yards Rule." No kicking team player can be within 5 yards of a receiving team player when they catch the football. The NFL has a touch back rule instead. Wow, even I'm confused at this point. That's allot to absorb on one play. :)

Please note, that's an extremely rare occurance and I bet a situation like that only happens about once a decade if not less. If there's anything in particular you would like to know about that play, fire away. I love the CFL.

[–]creep38 0 points1 point ago

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Just for arguments sake - not a helluva lot like rugby to be honest. Other than the fact that the ball can be kicked multiple times and stay 'live', everybody is offside on that play unless they were behind the kicker when he kicked it, there are multiple knock-ons etc etc. besides the point though. Aussie rules was a good analogy there i guess.

The thing that confuses me though, is why on that play did the defending team not kick the ball out rather than straight up the middle? They had to know that they weren't going to run the field and score themselves, so why not kick it out, end the play, and draw the game?

[–]WPG33 1 point2 points ago

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Fair enough. Rugby was a poor analogy.

Good question; in the CFL you can only punt the ball out of bounds inside the oppositions 20 yard line or it's a 15 yard penalty. And since he was in his own end zone that would be a 90 yard punt. (most punters average about 45 yards per punt) A game can't end on a penalty so Montreal would have had another shot at the field goal.

[–]creep38 0 points1 point ago

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Thanks

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[–]hereforthepoon 0 points1 point ago

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This too

[–]WPG33 0 points1 point ago

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You son of an upvote! There is new doot aboot it!

[–]KillerCanuck 1 point2 points ago

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It's not there to reward failure... When used strategically it makes close games that much more exciting. If you're down by one or the game is tied, you can kick the ball through the end zone to drastically change the outcome of the game. Also, it doesn't need to be on a kicking play. You can pass the ball to a receiver and he can actually catch the ball turn around and boot it through the end-zone for the single point. It's pretty fucking sweet if you ask me.

[–]WPG33 0 points1 point ago

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I know, I was being facetious. :) Your explanation was great. And the youtube clip hereforthepoon posted is an excellent example of that. LONG LIVE THE ROUGE!

[–]SuperfluousMoniker 1 point2 points ago

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I was going to upvote you anyway, but the Simpsons reference cemented it.

[–]WPG33 0 points1 point ago

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Thank you sir or madame.

[–]Pontiflakes 0 points1 point ago

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TIL Canadian football fans don't understand the difference between who and whom.

[–]WPG33 0 points1 point ago

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Ouch. I tries my best at the Queen's English, I really does. :)

[–]Pontiflakes 1 point2 points ago

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Hahah. No offense, mate - for future reference, whom is only used when it is the pronoun used as the object of the sentence which receives the action done.

[–]smittay -2 points-1 points ago

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TIL there is canadian football

[–]RedDorf 5 points6 points ago

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I was at this game (as were you, it seems). I remember faint laughter as it happened, then the replay on the big screen and a roar of laughter, and then it sort of drifted into an alcohol haze.

[–]WPG33 1 point2 points ago

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Bomber fan from Winnipeg actually. I watched this game on TSN and also died of laughter. Seriously, Kerwin Bell was a dick!

[–]cerebron 1 point2 points ago

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Taunting penalties when the other team physically reacts are such bullshit when the ref refuses to penalize the reaction.

[–]Sure_Ill_Batch_That 0 points1 point ago

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Right? which is ironic since Canada is the Hockey motherland where retaliation penalties are more common than anything. Guy should have hip checked him lol.

[–]WarPhalange 4 points5 points ago

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I thought taunting was one of the main appeals of American-style football?

[–]rollwit200276 22 points23 points ago

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Just like falling down is in European football.

[–]ItsJustTwoDogs -5 points-4 points ago

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BAZING!

[–][deleted] -4 points-3 points ago

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Bazinga***

[–]WPG33 6 points7 points ago

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Yes, but there is a line. A line as per the referee's discretion. Actually both the CFL and NFL have tried to cut down on taunting in the last decade. I miss the 80's when the "cut throat" gesture was fashionable.

[–]dnew 1 point2 points ago

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However, apparently some of the refs don't know what teabagging is, as I've seen that a couple of times after a sac, done subtly enough it doesn't get called.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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teabagging... sac... lol.

[–]TheGunshineState 4 points5 points ago

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It used to be, but you can't even use props anymore. God damn no fun league.

[–]mynameisfrank -1 points0 points ago

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No no, you're thinking of haunting. All games are attended by various paranormal entities. The endzone is an area that has been blessed by a priest, and thus when a player enters and is followed by a poltergeist or other phantasm, the being is vanquished from whence it came. The game is over once "the field is clean".

[–]WarPhalange -5 points-4 points ago

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Fuck you. I know how to speak English, OK? I know what taunting is.

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u mad?

[–]Bachmed 0 points1 point ago

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Saw football after Canadian, didn't read

[–]jroot 27 points28 points ago

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Ow! My nuts! Ow! My face! Ow! My spine!

[–]AbjectDogma 9 points10 points ago

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Keep your chin up!

[–]RedRing86 21 points22 points ago

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Ow my chin!

[–]babiesloveboobies 3 points4 points ago

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Ow my balls!

[–]tomoom165 1 point2 points ago

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Ow, my blood.

[–]jakeonreddit 8 points9 points ago

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It's old...but it didn't get less funny with time.

[–]Impundulu 7 points8 points ago

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The ball.. his groin.. it works on so many levels

[–]WPG33 1 point2 points ago

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Here's the youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPYvI4xOOxQ

Apparently it was a 10 yard penalty. How embarassing for me.

[–]Sex_E_Searcher 1 point2 points ago

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Oh, Canadian football. You're so cute.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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At first I lol'ed. Then I lol'ed some more. Then I lol'ed the most.

[–]That_Guy_on_Reddit 1 point2 points ago

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Fuck you, Gumby!

[–]haunchu 1 point2 points ago

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adding insult to injury lol

[–]nahumgald 0 points1 point ago

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literally!

[–]Dubzil 0 points1 point ago

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Teabag to top it off!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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My favorite part is the face push, then the flag, then the Hogan style leg drop as the Bomber falls over.

[–]Akarik 0 points1 point ago

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How did we get from Doug Flutie to Kerwin Bell...sigh...

[–]p1n3s0l 0 points1 point ago

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That football goes effing flying... straight up into the air?

[–]brningpyre 0 points1 point ago

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That was a train wreck of hilarity.

[–]Rusty_Shanks 0 points1 point ago

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THAT, is just goddamned funny.

[–]shaunzi 0 points1 point ago

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SLAP

[–]CanusNero 0 points1 point ago

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My favorite part is the leg drop at the end. BAHGAWD KING! THAT WAS A SLOBBERNOCKER!

[–]TurboDisturbo 0 points1 point ago

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This is the recipe for Fail Pie

[–]sploogey 0 points1 point ago

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KILLER COMBO

[–]Khalexus 0 points1 point ago

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Wow, things just went from bad to worse. Seems like everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong. A trainwreck of hilarity!

[–]Purple_Herman 0 points1 point ago

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The holy trinity of fails.

[–]FarFromFear 0 points1 point ago

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White people are funny.

Source: I am white.

[–]Phordh 0 points1 point ago

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Is that a triple fail? Or am I short a couple?

[–]Ghlitch 0 points1 point ago

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[–]thascarecro 0 points1 point ago

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No.13 is lucky his stupid ass teammate didnt cause him to blow his MCL or ACL out and end his career with that shove.

[–]hthu 0 points1 point ago

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express anger or whatever by slamming a football right underneath the crotch is smart move

[–]DrPolio232 2 points3 points ago

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I'm pretty sure that was an expression of happiness until the point that the football hit his nuts. Around that time it became an expression of anger, sadness and confusion.

[–]AceLarkin 0 points1 point ago

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Chrome says "oops" on the tab when a page fails to load, so when I clicked on the tab for this page I thought it was going to be an error 404.

[–]C_Murtagh 0 points1 point ago

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Repost.

[–]Cubed77 -1 points0 points ago

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Looks like someone was on /sp/ today in the gif thread..

[–]not_prompt -3 points-2 points ago

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I have never seen this! (today)

[–]xMetalDetectorx -1 points0 points ago

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[–]snordfjord -1 points0 points ago

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You know, that would never happen with a football (soccer) ball.

[–]StubHubMyCrck -2 points-1 points ago

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Repost repost repost