Action photos from the Vanier Cup

Safety Kev was nice enough to take some photos from the TSN broadcast on Friday night.

2011 Fir Sure List

Just to put it on the record, here is the 2011 Fir Sure list of guys that made it to the YVR for this year's event.

1. G
2. JRock
3. Adam
4. Glennis
5. Skinny
6. MMMM
7. Big Fun Rick
8. Dirty
9. Dark Marcy
10. Towny
11. Spence
12. Royal Robbins
13. Commander Landers
14. IT Loney
15. Shawzee
16. Neil the Local ** Rookie of the Year
17. Sully the Local

Some good 2011 Vanier Cup photos

Adam meets CFL legend quarterback Anthony Calvillo at the Vanier Cup.
Ah, Christmas time in Vancouver. So peaceful....until these guys got to town!

Kenny makes friends with a cop, just in case there is a riot later.

The group relaxes at "First Call" at the Cactus Club on Sunday morning. The lovely and patient Jamie (not in the photo) as our server.

The Vanier Cup Santas pose before the game in the foyer of BC Place. IT, Shawzee and Towny relax in their robes after having their moustaches painted before the Vanier Cup.
The team dinner at the other Cactus Club on Friday afternoon.

2011 Celebrity Sightings

A pretty good list of celebrity sightings at this year's Vanier Cup / Grey Cup road tour in Vancouver.

Here is what I know of - if I missed anyone, please let me know!

Angelo Mosca
Former Ti-Cats defensive stalwart, WWF wrestler, and recent brawler at the 2011 Legends Luncheon, "King Kong" Mosca was on the early Vancouver - Toronto plane ride home with the group.

Anthony Calvillo
The Alouettes quarterback and East Division MVP for 2011 was in the stands at the Vanier Cup and his photo taken with a Vanier Santa.

Jim Watson
The Mayor of Ottawa was on the Vancouver - Ottawa group flight on the way there.

Trevor Linden
Former NHLer and Canucks legend was at the Cactus Club on Saturday night, looking like he could still play pro hockey.

Miss Canada 2003, Lorenza Sammarelli
The beautiful Lorenza also proved her judging talents as she played along with our "Moustache Pageant" at The Keg on Saturday, acting as the jury for the best duster competition created by Kenny.

Ti-Cats cheerleaders
These lovely ladies were on the Vancouver - Toronto group flight on the way home.

Argos Cheerleaders
Not to be out done, the lovelies from T.O. were on IT Loney and Shawzee flight on the way home. Guess the gals from Toronto needed more beauty sleep that the ladies from Steeltown.

Peter Van Loan
The keen political eye of Shawzee spotted the Conservative House Leader and veteran Tory MP.

Peter McKay
The Minister of Defence was spotted at the Cactus Club on Saturday night before his on-field duties in the Grey Cup opening ceremony on Sunday.

Gregg Zaun and Jamie Campbell
The former MLB catcher and SportsNet presenter were in line at the Roxy proving even minor celebrities have to line up to get into the place.

Update

Guy Carbonneau
Big Fun Rick spotted the former NHL player and coach in the check in line at the Vancouver on the way home on Monday. He obviously is participating in Movember as Guy had a nice 'stache on the go.

Stay Classy, Vancouver

Well done, lads. Well done.

I will post some of the Road Tour highlights shortly.

But I can officially announce that Neil "Vancouver Guy" MacDonald is the rookie of the year, closely nudging out Sully for the title.

Neil's remarks somewhat summarized things: "I'm been living in Vancouver for 12 years, but hanging around with you guys for two nights and I've seen more crazy sh1t in that time than in those 12 years."

1 sleep newsletter

Fellas..

See you tomorrow, sleep well and don’t forget your Tylenol, Santa suits and Speedos! Safe travels, I look forward to sharing a cocktail Pacific Time!

Cheers,
G

2011 Annual Vanier Cup Predictions

The G Spot

Mac defeats Laval by 3 ...31-28
Vanier attendence 19411
Hijinx... 2 santas lost, 20 new friends gained... Skinny stays behind in BC to become a hemp farmer
Grey Cup: BC big win 38-17

Don's Dirt

Vanier Score:
Mac 34 Laval 27 (Mac will win!!!)

Attendance: 24,347
Just as in TO when the two were on the same weekend at the same venue, attendance will be high regardless of the fact that both teams are from the east. Of course, anyone but UBC would be from the east (is Simon Fraser still in the CIS???)

Hijinxs...
- BFR will have a Laval student sit on his lap and tell Santa what he / she wants for Christmas. Yes that is right... he / she. BFS (Big Fun Santa) can have the ladies sit on his lap at one of Van's wonderful adult establishments later on so he won't be picky at the game.
- The fine folks from BC will finally enjoy the treats that the ONT Santas have to offer. Some Laval fans will recognize the crew and stop for a refreshement before the game.
- Santa Kenny will survive the dive into Commander Lander's hot tub but may require mouth to mouth which he will enjoy.
- Dirty has still learned his lesson and will not allow anyone to "Feed the Animals".

Coupe de Gris: BC 31 Winnipeg 17
- BC boosted by a hometown crowd and the playmaking of Lulay and GEEEEEroy will hoist the cup while the Bombers go back to the frosty 'Peg.

The V Line:

Vanier Cup: Laval 41 McMaster 13
Laval will be just too strong for the Marauders who are making their first Vanier Cup appearance since the last year the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup. I would prefer Mac to win as a member of my family be the first to be a Vanier winner - but gotta be realistic and pick le Rouge et Or.

Attendance: 25,200
My sources tell me (use best Charlie Greenwell voice for that) that there has been some decent interest by Grey Cup fans and locals in the Vanier - the upper deck will be closed off but hopefully the lower bowl will be full.

Hijinx:
- IT and Shawzee offer free moustache rides to the local ladies but have no takers
- Vancouver riots again after a sports event: if you consider Kenny G getting doing a pants off / dance off at last call because he can't get one final drink a riot
- We have 15 road tour participants with tickets for Vanier - after a long day and a three hour time difference, only 12 make it to the game
- This definitely goes down in history as the BEST VANIER EVER

Grey Cup: BC wins 36-20
The Lions win at home and the dome will be deafening. BONUS PREDICTION: Sustained booing occurs at approximately 5:16PM - when dirty ol' Nickelback takes the stage for half time. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

3 sleeps newsletter

Dirty is off the poutine and wine...after several years hiatus, he is ready for ½-time roasted chesnuts. I get a feeling we will be testing the BC Place security to see if they are as fun as the SkyDome security

OK...I am officially excited. I just made a parking lot deal for 2 used Santa suits from some old guy in Blackburn Hamlet/east Ottawa...I wish I was joking. Anyways...they are choice’nt

Logistics;

Jrock, remember this is a double-bubble so we need twice the IV bags. You also need a funny shirt that we haven’t seen before

Robbins, Vancouver is a classy place..do not forget your Under Armour evening wear

Safety Kev...have you steam cleaned your rum-soaked beard and do you have your candy cane sack ready to go? (Note: nobody tell Kenny that Kev isn't coming, we'll pretend he missed the plane)

IT and Shawzey-Shawze...don’t forget “protection" and a memory card for photographic evidence...Old people live vicariously through you. That is a weighty responsibility, don't take it lightly

Spence, don’t forget to bail/cancel on us the night before

BFR, please bring the Ron Burgundy jacket and/or the Dirty Don shirt

Skinny... I hear you have been working long and stressful hours under the watchfull eye of auditors.. I can't wait for you to let loose like a 300km/h shiticane on Vancouver

Glennis...not sure what to expect from you but it is gonna be good... I can feel it

Commander Landers ... Thank You for taking care of the flights and other logistics. Thank You in advance for dealing with the hotel for our impending damage to the hotel

Darc Marcy – I am not sure what is going to happen in that room, but we are setting up serveilance

MMM- mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Towny- as always, you smooth skill and communications skills will be used if we need to scalp or deal with scalpers

Adam...as per usual, you are not allowed to drink. You are my brain and lifeguard so stay sober and make sure I get back to the hotel

Speaking of hotel... 7 rooms, assignment as follows. Room is booked in the name of the highlight person:

Robin & MMMM – Res# 68325
Glen & Adam – Res# 68322
Big Fun Rick & Dirty – Res# 68326
Mark – going solo! – Res# 68329
Kent & Spence – Res# 68323
Towny & Jerred – Res# 68324
IT & Shawze – Res# 68328

2011 Road Tour Logistics

Lads,

Here is some information about our flights and hotel reservation:

Flight

There are ten of us booked on a ‘group flight’ with Air Canada. Here are the details.

Booking Reference #: LYPNTM

AC163
Ottawa to Vancouver
Friday November 25
Departs: 07:30
Arrives: 09:40
Seats: 33D, 32A, 32B, 32C, 32D, 31A, 31B, 31C, 31D, 31E

AC116
Vancouver to Toronto
Monday November 28
Departs: 10:00
Arrives: 17:24
Seats: 38E, 38F, 37B, 37D, 37E, 37F, 36A, 36B, 36C, 36D

AC462
Toronto to Ottawa
Monday November 28
Departs: 18:10
Arrives: 19:10
Seats: 28C, 28D, 28E, 27A, 27B, 27C, 27D, 27E, 27F

Hotel:

We have rooms booked at the Metropolitan Hotel, Vancouver at 645 Howe Street, downtown

http://www.metropolitan.com/vanc/
$205/night + tax
3 nights, Friday – Sunday

Grey Cup Tickets and Vanier Cup tickets

Tickets for the football game have arrived.

The Vanier Cup is a 6pm (Pacific Time) start on Friday night.

The Grey Cup is a 3:30pm (Pacific Time) start on Sunday afternoon.

Moustaches separated at birth

Can anyone tell the difference here? Are these men one in the same? Twins? Some sort of genetic mix up? You be the judge.




He's big, he's fun......he's Big Fun Rick.

Annual Bowl Game predictions

By request, some quick predictions for this weekend's games. More extensive predictions coming next week. All games this weekend on TSN - get watching some football!

The "G-spot"
Bowl game winners: Acadia and Laval

CFL winners: Hamiltoe and BC

The "V-Line"
Bowl game winners: McMaster (my cousin is #44) and Laval

CFL winners: Winnipeg and BC

Don's Dirt
Don is MIA - but I will harass him into giving us predictions next week!

Vanier Cup Santas first ever survey

16 sleeps newsletter

Well fellas,

Time time is drawing nearer... we is very becited!! I sent a note out but we need to get pushing the Monations for Movember and we also need to get some pics! How is everyone looking? In the right light, I think I can see something under my nose but it is more like a chocolate milk stache. I was called a dirty Frenchman this morning and I took it as a compliment.

We need to think about our costumes... As you know we have been Santa’s for several years and that is the them this year.... I can pick up some white hair spray so we can dye our Mo’s and go Santa sans beards...(Although the Burl Ives look would be solid)

Given that the game(s) are indoors and in Vancouver I will likely go Santa shorts as opposed to pants. The big question is this.... do we do Vanier as Santa’s or do we do Vanier AND Grey Cup as Santa’s. I am thinking both but as we are a democratic group we will put it to an official vote/referendum. SEE ABOVE