Calgary Stampeder quarterback, Henry Burris (left) and offensive lineman Rob Lazeo walk off the field with other team members after a snowy practice at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta. The team will meet the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the 2010 Western Final on Sunday.Chris Bolin
You can take your Cal Ripken ironman streak. Brett Favre's consecutive weeks starting at quarterback in the NFL? Okay, sure.
But you want a streak? This is a streak. Calgary Stampeders equipment manager George Hopkins wore shorts every day for 5,578 days, a run that dates back to the 1995 Grey Cup in Regina when the wind chill was -20 C.
There is no better proof that the weather is going to be an issue on Sunday than the fact that Hopkins wore long pants on Thursday, it was, afterall, -23C.
If cold weather football is your thing - and it's definitely my thing providing I'm watching it on television - tip your hat to Hopkins, and watch this reel of bad weather football put together by TSN.