Fan Day 2015

**T-Bone** · 05-15-2015, 03:35 PM

Save the date! #Argos Fan Day is BACK on June 6th. Stay tuned for more details! #CFL pic.twitter.com/vkALDg7F0w
— Toronto Argonauts (@TorontoArgos) May 15, 2015

**Argocister** · 05-15-2015, 04:55 PM

Thats a fair trek from KW/Cambridge area ..... but will try and make it for sure.

ALMOST JUNE!

**Will** · 05-15-2015, 05:04 PM

Got to feed the fanbase on the eastern side of GTA once in awhile.

**Red Head** · 05-18-2015, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by argofan87

Got to feed the fanbase on the eastern side of GTA once in awhile.

And the Argos are associated in some way with the Oshawa Hawkeyes football organization. Share colours as well. Hawkeyes have existed since the fifties and play at all age groups from tykes to seniors. Remember Argos had a at least one day of camp at the Oshawa staduim in the early 2000's and the local kids ( including mine) got to run thorough a bunch of warm ups and drills with them. Imagine that.... grass root marketing

**AngeloV** · 05-18-2015, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by Red Head

And the Argos are associated in some way with the Oshawa Hawkeyes football organization. Share colours as well. Hawkeyes have existed since the fifties and play at all age groups from tykes to seniors. Remember Argos had a at least one day of camp at the Oshawa staduim in the early 2000's and the local kids ( including mine) got to run thorough a bunch of warm ups and drills with them. Imagine that.... grass root marketing

I'd like to know if in fact they still are involved with the Hawkeyes. I played Junior for the Hawkeyes in 88 and 89 (they no longer have a CJFL team), and I know for a fact the Argos were affiliated with them back then, as they used to help fund the team. When the junior team folded in the early 90's, I was under the impression that a big part was funding, and that the Argos were no longer contributing.

**1argoholic** · 05-19-2015, 07:06 AM

I'm good with that! Even though now that I'm a Petes fan we call it the Dirty Shwa. haha. I really have no issues with Oshawa just yet.

Hopefully they let the Argonotes play and turn off that very loud SHIT Dance Rap CRAP!!!! Gotta Get A Selfy! FUUUUUG!!!!

I'll be missing it anyhow as I'll be drying out in TO after a killer Reverand Horton Heat rockabilly show on the Friday. Might be able to catch a bit on the way home.

**T-Bone** · 06-04-2015, 12:12 PM

More Details: Toronto Argonauts Fan Day & Double Blue Game Scheduled for June 6 in Oshawa

**Qman** · 06-06-2015, 03:26 PM

**PullTogether73** · 06-06-2015, 04:36 PM

Yes, it was a good day there.
(I'm likely in your picture. I was sitting a few rows from the bottom at the centre field line.)

The cheerleaders were fantastic ambassadors for the team imo.

I've got to say though, if you didn't like all the penalty flags last season - LOOK OUT!
The new no touch rule past five yards is going to make this season a full on laundry sale on the fields.

**argonaut11xx** · 06-06-2015, 04:45 PM

I took my son to a similar event back in the 1990's, at civic fields in the "shwa....Kerwin Bell was the Argo QB...

The stands were maybe a 1/4 full.

Nice to see a big hawkeye presence, and a full grandstand

**gilthethrill** · 06-06-2015, 05:01 PM

It appears the stadium is full...I would estimate around 3,000 in attendance? Great start to the season for the Argos.

**VANRIDERFAN** · 06-06-2015, 05:22 PM

Don't see a lot of Grey Hairs there. I like seeing all the teens and pre-teens there, good job!
How dare Argo Fans prove the sportsnet mouth breathers wrong!!!

**doubleblue** · 06-06-2015, 05:27 PM

I think capacity is 2500, but a good turn out none the less. Cool breeze off the Lake but nice and sunny. Good weather for the players.
Harris is definitely the best QB of the bunch behind Ray. Unless they keep all five Gale might be the odd man out IMO.

Some good looking rush ends, but its early and not all the veteran OLinemen were playing. RB Josey and Canadian Coombes looked good. Kevin Elliott could be a keeper at WR 6'3 215. New guy Gurley dropped a couple.

If we thought the flags were over the top last year, the first of this year is going to be flag day every game because of the new rules.
Jim Bob did a good job with his colour commentary. If he retires from the GM job he would be an improvement on present TV guys. Good to see Obie attending and of course Pinball. Also nice recognition of Jason Pottinger and his parents.

**ArgoGabe22** · 06-06-2015, 07:18 PM

Jim Barker made the scrimmage much more entertaining, especially between plays.

Logan Kilgore seemed to get more reps than Gale which may mean he's seen as the 2nd guy. I'm not sure if he actually got more reps though.

Without tackling (or any contact really) it's really hard to determine jobs at this point IMO

We missed you there Wobbler - a Mod joke

**Wobbler** · 06-06-2015, 08:03 PM

Sure, make fun of the guy who is stuck 4200 km away. HA HA. ;)

**ArgoZ** · 06-06-2015, 08:17 PM

I made the long drive out to Oshawa. Great crowd, helped out by the Hawkeyes and their families. If this is what it takes to make an exciting fan day, I'm all for it. Maybe the Argos are more of an Eastern GTA team than I thought. What a beautiful afternoon though. Barker gave some great insight and the scrimmage felt much longer than previous years.

Sims barely took any snaps. If he's making the roster just to watch this year, then one of Gale or Kilgore are out. Harris looked comfortable and decent. Great throwing motion.

One thing I was disappointed in was the merchandise. I liked a particular Argo hoodie, but it was $100. All I could do was shake my head. It's so hard to get Argo gear and then they have the nerve to ask 100 bills for a freking hoodie. I don't know who is more to blame between Reebok/Argos/CFL, but we are never going to increase the teams public profile at those prices, on FAN day too!

**jerrym** · 06-06-2015, 08:18 PM

Shh! Rogers doesn't want to hear the size of the crowd!

**Rocket** · 06-06-2015, 08:21 PM

Good to see solid turnout at fan day. Especially considering a couple of years ago David Braley was to cheap to even have a fan day.little steps such as this will defiantly bring back popularity towards the Argos. Nice to see that they did some advertisement in the newspapers through out the week for this to. I couldn't make it all the way out to oshawa for this but Was there any promotional material being handed out for the Argos move to bmo and the last year being at skydome?