I was on a recent trip to Canada and I went to a Toronto Argonaut football game with an old journalist named Perry Lefko. As we drove in to the Skydome, he kept using this phrase "Only in the CFL..." about all the wacky things that have happened in the CFL. For example, right now, the owner of the Toronto Argonauts and the owner of the B.C. Lions is the same guy. Who does he cheer for when they play against each other? Goofy stuff like that.
It got me thinking..... especially after I received a phone call today from my out-of-state brother who said to me... "Dude, I only have 1 question, how in the hell does a team with a losing record win the championship?" - I could only shake my head and respond... "Only in the RMFL..."
Only in the RMFL can there be 5 teams in one "league" and 20+ in another....
Only in the RMFL can a 43 year old "veteran" win back to back Defensive Player of the Year...(Mad Props to Levine)
Only in the RMFL can a guy who has NEVER played football in his life be a starting left guard....
Only in the RMFL can a team owner lose over $5,000 PER SEASON and still continuously come back for more...
Only in the RMFL.... you fill in the blanks.
It's a crazy league, but I will say this, Win - Lose or Draw... I LOVE IT. Enjoy the upcoming REAL football season... and invite me to whoop your @$$ at your Fantasy Football League!
Personally, I think this should be an ongoing post; but here are a few I thought of right away...
Only in the RMFL is it normal to jump in a car packed with football gear with 2 or 3 guys you don't know to drive 5+ hours to go play a football game.
Only in the RMFL can a father & son line up next to each other as teammates...
Only in the RMFL can I tell my wife "Me & 25 of my guy friends are going to Elko, NV for the night, I'll see you tomorrow." and not even be questioned...
Only in the RMFL can you consistently hear guys in the huddle say, "Oh yeah, I ran that play on Madden--it always worked!"...
And one of my all-time favorite RMFL quotes from Carlos Uresti after he played in his last game and before moving to Texas..."It took me less time to decide to leave my wife than to leave this team..."
Only those who have played/bled/sweat in this league understand it, but we are truly blessed to be able to line up on Saturdays and play the greatest game ever created with some of our best friends.
Only in the RMFL can you play a game at Granite High School against the Wasatch Wildcats a long time ago... And sprint to your car after the game is over with your HELMET ON! Because a guy left with a couple plays left and said he was going to get his gun!!! we got the hel out of there!
Only in the RMFL do you pray after game. Think about that.. No other sport I know of does that. We do in this league. I have played over 120 games... And only not prayed after 1 game. ( See above)
Only in the RMFL can you travel to Las Vegas to play in a Western Regional Championship against a team from Arizona and have the stadium lights shut down after the 1st quarter.....Ok no big deal right???? Well the guy who help set up the field wanted $500.00 cash to turn them back on.. We gave him a check... He took it.... And ran.... Game over after 1 quarter.
Only in the RMFL can you be kicked out of the league for not paying your league fees on time. And then AFTER you pay your fees late you still get kicked out. ( We now pay our league fees in full before the season... not always).
Only in the RMFL will a guy lose his mother on Friday, then come and kick your as$ on Saturday in the league championship. (Stireman Rhinos). Only in the RMFL have a seen a guy in the 3rd quarter say " guys I have to leave or my finance will not marry me in 2hrs!"
Only in the RMFL DID the league hold league meetings for years where most people got completely drunk. Those were the good ol days. Thurber bring that back! THe last few meetings in January have been BORING!
Only in the RMFL will you make friends with guys on other teams and your team when you would have never done that before. don't take those relationships for granted.
Only in the RMFL do see guys on your team wearing their old high school helmet from 1985.
Only in the RMFL can you snap for a field goal.. have it get tipped at the line.... and go recover it in the end zone for a touchdown.. (Against the Utah Heat)
Only in the RMFL can you call a guy every word in the book.. Kick that SOB in the ribs while he was on the ground.. because he just cheap shotted my dad a few plays earlier. And then have him on your team a couple years later.
Only in the RMFL have I seen a guy hit so hard that we REALLY thought he was D.E.A.D...not knocked out but dead. (Misi Tupe when he was in HIGH SCHOOL!) Luckily the guy woke up and kept asking.. Did we win? Where am I? and then my favorite RMFL saying of all time.. " that's ok.. your teeth don't have to be good to go snowmobiling!" ( but he never played again).
Only in the RMFL can you call up your 34 year old brother in Pocatello and ask him to travel to Arco and start at right tackle for a team from Boise. He also has never played organized football in his life.
-- Edited by UPY77 on Sunday 28th of July 2013 09:06:11 PM
Only in the RMFL do the rules change from county to county..not state to state (See any game in the AAA).
Only in the RMFL do you have father time playing QB (See Tom Bennett)
Only in the RMFL do you have a kicker playing defense, leading the team in Interceptions and is also bigger then 75% of his team (See Golden)
Only in the RMFL do you have a 190 lb DL lead the league in sacks, and not even play in every game (See Troy Peterson)
Only in the RMFL does your drinking team have a serious football problem (See Utah Shock)
Only in the RMFL do you patiently wait for Kyto or TheFollower??? to see this and put out their list of "only in the RMFL"....don't lie...you are all waiting as well.... and YES we know TheFollower??? is reading this. BWAHAHAHAHA
-- Edited by Kicker13 on Sunday 28th of July 2013 10:47:06 PM
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Only in the RMFL are the BEST players in the league, TWICE everyone else's age (if you haven't seen Harold Ragin or Levine Tupe play, you need to)
Only in the RMFL can you stand on the sideline with an NFL All-pro (Haloti Ngata) in Boise, and have to tell his big ass "no" you can't suit up because he's asking to play.
Only in the RMFL are some players who have never played football, better than those who have played college ball
Only in the RMFL can you retire from football more than Brett Favre and come back more than Brett Favre
Only in the RMFL do ex-college players line up against guys who never even played HS ball (and the ex-college players don't always win the battle)
Only in the RMFL are/were some of the best QB's eligible for Social Security
Only in the RMFL do teams change names and colors more frequently than their underwear
Only in the RMFL do a bunch of "farm boys" just out of high school go undefeated their first year and almost win a Western American championship but for some greedy promoter who turned out the lights and ran away with the money because his team was getting beat (see Jeb's post)
Only in the RMFL does a league now have as many or more states involved than it originally had teams (4)
Only in the RMFL do most teams have more players on their team than were at the first league meeting total (36)
