Canadian football is just different. The end zones are bigger. The field is wider and a bit longer. There are these things called rouges, which rule and give kickers more value up north. It’s just a different vibe, and no clearer difference has been made between the CFL and NFL than a touchdown celebration from Friday night’s game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Ottawa Redblacks.
The game featured two teams going in different directions, as the Redblacks had clinched a playoff spot and were playing reserves against the Argos in the regular season finale. Toronto, meanwhile, won just four games after a year in which they won the Grey Cup last season. The result, even with backups, was a 24-9 home win on Friday night to finish out the regular season.
Jon Gott is an offensive lineman for the Redblacks and decided he wanted to celebrate on Friday night after Ottawa scored its last touchdown. He ran over to the end zone, pushed past a security guard, grabbed a Mill Street Organic tallboy from the crowd and got to work putting that inside his mouth in a hurry.
They celebrate TDs a little differently in the Canadian Football League. pic.twitter.com/oDCrGbHWyH
— ESPN (@espn) November 3, 2018
The video is hilarious, especially when you consider that Gott would be put in football jail forever if he were playing in the NFL. Instead, the Redblacks tweeted about it and even provided an alternate angle for the chug.
Time for a cold one.
Jon Gott chugs a beer after our last TD.#RNationLive #CFLGameDay pic.twitter.com/Hj0AUvBdI5
— Ottawa REDBLACKS (@REDBLACKS) November 3, 2018
But the Ottawa Sun explained a bit more about what happened on Friday night: The beer he stole belonged to his girlfriend.
A highlight — one that’s already gaining momentum on ESPN and TSN — was offensive lineman Jon Gott celebrating a touchdown by chugging a Mill Street tallboy he grabbed from his girlfriend in the Subaru Log Cabin, located in the TD Place end zone. After finishing the beer, Gott crushed the can on his helmet — very Stone Cold Steve Austin-like.
It’s telling that the game story was full of details about the game that were surrounded by highlights of Gott chugging that Canadian beer and crushing it on his head. Because that’s clearly the real story here. It also makes a great ad for a fine Canadian beer. Hopefully Mill Street throws a few beers his way for the effort.
