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To: 11th_VA
'So the 10-yard lines were suddenly the goal lines. A field goal from what looked like the 20 was really from the 10, but it was still 37 yards away from the goal posts.'

Man, what sort of Chinese arithmetic did they use to come up with that? Or did a Canadian goose fly overhead and crap it into the rule book?

15 posted on 08/24/2019 9:09:17 PM PDT by Viking2002
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To: Viking2002

The goal posts in CFL are at the goal line (I thought they were a yard or two deep, but apparently not). In some places the post must be a yard or two deep, but the uprights are even with the goal line.

I think the field must have been 90 yards long. A CFL field is 110 yards long, but the goal posts are at goal line, not at the end zone line. End zones are typically 20 yards deep, unless the stadium is also used for baseball or track.
Apparently only in Montreal and Toronto are the end zones truncated.

So they put the goal line at the 10 yard lines, with the goal posts 10 yards beyond that....So they put the goal posts at their original location?


27 posted on 08/25/2019 7:52:01 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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