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A green tide washed through Calgary streets Saturday as thousands of excited football fans came out for the Grey Cup parade.Fans of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, in town for Sunday's championship game, swamped those of their rival Montreal Alouettes - even among the four-legged fans.Roxy the bulldog proudly wore a jersey emblazoned with the Saskatchewan Roughriders logo and the slogan Real Men Wear Green. The jersey also worked as a buffer against a minus-4 windchill left from a fast-moving storm that dusted the city with snow and ice.Roxy's owners, Michelle Jablonski and Kevin Evans, brought along their eight-month-old daughter Kylee May, also dressed in 'Rider green.Evans grew up in Regina before moving to Calgary and understands the obsession people in Saskatchewan have about their team. He said it doesn't matter that the Roughriders are steep underdogs against the Montreal Alouettes in Sunday's Grey Cup game.The start of the parade was delayed by 20 minutes because of what police called an "ice hazard".Fans and those participating in the parade stood shivering in the cold, restlessly waiting for it to start.Fans from all CFL teams were proudly wearing their colours along the route but the primary colour was green.