Friday, December 3, 2010

Man Week Day 5

DAY 5

Football

Lot's of men LOVE football, it's a pretty big sport, now we know that Montreal won the grey cup this year, so today, there will be some facts for Montreal AND football.



  • Montreal is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec.





  • Montreal is the second-largest city in Canada. Its status of being the largest city was taken by Toronto in the 1970s.





  • Montreal was initially called Ville-Marie (City of Mary). It was in 1775 that the city became known by its original name.





  • The official language of Montreal, as defined by the city's charter, is French.



  • Did you know :
    #1.That the Green bay Packers were the first team to win the first two Super bowls, the years were 1967 and 1968. It took them 30 years to win the Super bowl again.
    #2.A football is 11 to 11 3/4 inches long and weighs 14 to 15 ounce.

    #3.In the old days footballs were made of pig skin.

    #4 The home team must provide the referee with 24 footballs for each national football league game.

    #5 A forfeited game in baseball is recorded as a 9-0 score. In football in is 2-0.

    #6 The mall of America in Bloomington. Minnesota is the size of 78 football fields: 9.5 million square feet.

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