If you’re a CFL fan, Saturday, September 12 is the day for you.

It’s the first and only Forty Creek Quadruple Header of the season and it starts at 1:00 p.m. ET on that Saturday afternoon.

Monday marks the start of the 40-day countdown to the largest (literally) day on the 2026 calendar and we thought we’d ring it in by celebrating that number.

Here are some of the best and most important plays of more than 40 yards so far this season.

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TYREIK MCALLISTER | CALGARY STAMPEDERS

Let’s start with one of the best individual performances in any game this season. Tyreik McAllister finished Calgary’s 52-30 win over the Blue Bombers with three touchdowns scored in three different ways. McAllister started his banner night with a 17-yard rushing major before he really let the fireworks fly with a pair of big-time scores in the second quarter.

It started with a 56-yard receiving touchdown on a Vernon Adams Jr. bullet to help the Stamps retake the lead. Then on Winnipeg’s ensuing drive, McAllister took a........

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