1. Shorts guy is the best part of the extremely specific subculture of CFL fans who are also dudes you who would make such incredibly dumb bets but who also have a sense of honour but who are also maniacs. https://twitter.com/freshdaily/status/1198969634323681281?s=20

2. My dad would bring my brother and I to Alouettes games when the CFL at Percival Molson stadium was a new and novel concept. There was a tree growing out of the north bleachers. People could easily sneak booze in.

3. I remember during a cold gsne in October, one fan — who a disgruntled peanut vendor at Molson stadium baptized “Mick” because of his passing resemblance to the Rolling Stones singer — pulled a 2 litre bottle of Canada Dry from his overcoat.

3. He passed it to my friend — who was maybe 14 — and said “take a swig of this kid”...
It was not Ginger Ale. A hooligan culture that permeated the league back then. One fan would place a mixed drink atop his bald head and dance with his hands at his sides, puffing a cigar

4. Larry Smith, the president of the Alouettes and current Senator, sat among the thugs. He wore a cable knit sweater with sleeves wrapped around his collarbone. He was not nice to us. Once he brought PM Paul Martin to the game. My brother drunkenly hugged him.

5. The CFL fans I knew growing up were my dad’s drinking buddies. We’d play touch football on Saturday mornings. After working the Bombardier plant all week, some guys would drink all night Friday, roll off their barstools and onto the field and smoke cigarettes in the huddle.

6. Shorts guy is one of us. God bless him. And his wife for putting up with him.