The Grey Cup

We don’t really follow much in the way of sports teams. Certainly not baseball, hockey, soccer, or the NFL. I used to follow the NBA about 2 decades ago but haven’t really kept up with all the expansions. We do keep a bit more aware of the CFL though.

We don’t always closely follow the season but do have more of a celebration on the Grey Cup. Granted, we don’t always watch the game, but do like to have a Grey Cup party. It started one year because I was feeling the need for the pomp and food of a sports party. Like a Superbowl party but without having to actually wait through the game in order to see the fun commercials.
We were freshly married and I had made wings, chips, cheese and crackers, veggies and dip and so on with which to eat with the game. It occurred to me that I liked the party and food aspects more than the game itself. The wife had said that if I was going to put out this much food anyways, we might as well have people over.

The next year, and for many years after that, we hosted a Grey Cup party. Most of our friends weren’t into football much either, but came for the food and company. We would play board games and chat. It was a good time. While it sometimes referred to as such, it was never actually an anti-Grey Cup party; we just didn’t always watch the game. This did cause an issue in 2001 as the Blue Bombers (our home team) were actually in the Grey Cup again.

The following year we moved to our new house. Shortly afterwards we took a few years off from the party. With the Bombers back in the Grey Cup this year, we made up the food again but actually watched the entire game this year. It was a close game but Saskatchewan beat us out in the end. Maybe next year we’ll start back with the party again.