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Group of American CFL fans travel to Toronto for 100th Grey Cup game,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
Americans Marie Betz,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Rob Betz,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Bill Haddox,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Sue Haddox, and Leo "Flagman" Dodge have been in Toronto all week to take in the Grey Cup festivities. Their hometown team,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Baltimore Stallions,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], won the Grey Cup in 1995 and is the only American team to hold that title. and brought a team to her hometown of Baltimore,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Maryland.
The move left a trail of broken hearts, including Haddox's, who has travelled to Canada every year since then with a dozen other former Stallions fans to attend the Grey Cup.
"We fell in love with the league, truly,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said the vivacious 53-year-old preschool teacher, decked out in the Stallions white and blue colours.
"We feel like we're still a part of it. We enjoy the fans,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the games,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the excitement of it."
Haddox admits it may be perplexing to Canadians that a group of Americans can be such diehard CFL fans, especially since their city is home to its own NFL franchise, the Baltimore Ravens.
But she says, coming to Canada each year is like coming home to her football family.
"Canada is a great country. The people are wonderful and we've always felt welcome," said Haddox. "All our friends keep telling me we're literally adopted."
Haddox says it's come to a point that CFL fans expect the Baltimore fans to be an unofficial fixture at the Grey Cup festivities,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Always dressed in their jerseys, pins, hats and carrying around a seven-foot high flag with the logo of the team's blue horse,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Haddox says they've been embraced as honorary Canadians.
Fellow Baltimore CFL fans Rob Betz and his wife Marie have always felt the love when they come to the Grey Cup. This Sunday will be their fourth championship game,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and they have known for more than a year that they weren't going to miss the 100th anniversary of the Grey Cup.
And since arriving in Toronto earlier this week,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the two have rubbed shoulders with CFL commissioner Mark Cohon, Argos head coach Scott Milanovich, members of the Grey Cup Committee and fans from all across Canada.
"You would never get this in the NFL during Super Bowl week. I've made some great friends from all over the country. It's something that we really look forward to," said 47-year-old Betz.
"The NFL is such a big entity whereas the CFL is so much more fan-friendly."
Betz says the difference in rules between the CFL and the NFL also makes Canadian football more fast paced,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and a more enjoyable game to watch. It's also easier on the wallet.
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