BC Lions 60 Seasons of Pride Anniversary Special Video
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:17 am
A good, new video about the 60 years of the BC Lions franchise.
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But of course, it is very difficult to squeeze and summarize 60 seasons into a 20 minute video clip.
At least it makes a good attempt to cover as much as possible, starting with the various BC Lions logos throughout the years and there's a fair amount of coverage in the 1970's when the Lions didn't do as well highlighted by the performance of Jim Young. And there's ample coverage over the Grey Cup wins that get less media coverage and attention, specifically the 1985 and 2000 wins. Good coverage of Bob Ackles throughout the years as well. In addition, it's good to see recent interviews with Lion legends like Jim Young and Al Wilson who don't give too many public appearances in addition to the usual ones who often get interviewed like Lui, Buono, and Jamie Taras.
Even though all Lions know that 1994 GC all too well, I always like it when there's interviews with the less popular players. And this video provided such an example in the fact that there's a long interview with who I consider to be highly underappreciated because whenever there's discussions on the best and most memorable Lions running back, this name almost never gets mentioned even though he was a integral part of the championship team and also set a then-CFL record with 22 TD's in a season - Cory Philpot.
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But of course, it is very difficult to squeeze and summarize 60 seasons into a 20 minute video clip.
At least it makes a good attempt to cover as much as possible, starting with the various BC Lions logos throughout the years and there's a fair amount of coverage in the 1970's when the Lions didn't do as well highlighted by the performance of Jim Young. And there's ample coverage over the Grey Cup wins that get less media coverage and attention, specifically the 1985 and 2000 wins. Good coverage of Bob Ackles throughout the years as well. In addition, it's good to see recent interviews with Lion legends like Jim Young and Al Wilson who don't give too many public appearances in addition to the usual ones who often get interviewed like Lui, Buono, and Jamie Taras.
Even though all Lions know that 1994 GC all too well, I always like it when there's interviews with the less popular players. And this video provided such an example in the fact that there's a long interview with who I consider to be highly underappreciated because whenever there's discussions on the best and most memorable Lions running back, this name almost never gets mentioned even though he was a integral part of the championship team and also set a then-CFL record with 22 TD's in a season - Cory Philpot.