A Question For NFL Fans

Quote: Originally Posted by damngrumpy

Of course in Canada the Saskatchewan Roughriders are the only community owned football
team in the CFL

Quote: Originally Posted by damngrumpy

The Packers originally took their colors from the Fighting Irish but gradually moved to the
Green Blue and Gold in the thirties and forties. It was much later that they dropped
the blue, from the color scheme. The official team colours of Green and Gold came about
back in 1950. That information is from the History of the Green Bay Packers.
I think I might switch my cheering preference for them too, as they are a community owned
team and the only community owned team in the United States.
Of course in Canada the Saskatchewan Roughriders are the only community owned football
team in the CFL

Quote: Originally Posted by damngrumpy

eaglesmack I agree with you, but does that mean the Eskimos got the colours from Green Bay

Quote: Originally Posted by damngrumpy

Here is a little note from the CFL something I did not know that is possible.
The reason we ended up with the Ottawa Roughriders and the Saskatchewan
Roughriders is in a small way because there was a contingent of Canadians
serving with Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish American war and they were at
San Juan Hill. Roosevelt's troops became known as the roughriders and its said
some of those Canadians settled in Eastern Canada and some out West.
If it is true its most interesting and would clear up some of the confusion as to
why the league had two teams called the roughriders.

Quote: Originally Posted by damngrumpy

Here is a little note from the CFL something I did not know that is possible.
The reason we ended up with the Ottawa Roughriders and the Saskatchewan
Roughriders is in a small way because there was a contingent of Canadians
serving with Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish American war and they were at
San Juan Hill. Roosevelt's troops became known as the roughriders and its said
some of those Canadians settled in Eastern Canada and some out West.
If it is true its most interesting and would clear up some of the confusion as to
why the league had two teams called the roughriders.

Quote: Originally Posted by damngrumpy

Here is a little note from the CFL something I did not know that is possible.
The reason we ended up with the Ottawa Roughriders and the Saskatchewan
Roughriders is in a small way because there was a contingent of Canadians
serving with Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish American war and they were at
San Juan Hill. Roosevelt's troops became known as the roughriders and its said
some of those Canadians settled in Eastern Canada and some out West.
If it is true its most interesting and would clear up some of the confusion as to
why the league had two teams called the roughriders.

The Regina Rugby Club changed its colours in 1911 to blue and white to match the
Regina Amateur Athletic Association. The colours were changed again in 1912 to
red and black, the infantry colours of the Canadian contingent which fought with
Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War. The team kept these colours for 36
years. The Regina Rugby Club changed its name to the “Regina Roughriders” in
1924. One theory is that they were named after this Canadian contingent that had
become known as the “Roughriders.” The other theory is that the name came from
the NWMP who were called Roughriders because they broke the wild horses that
were used by the force.