Eskimos Prevail In 103rd Grey Cup

And then this, a Grey Cup within reach in the final minutes. We’ll pull positives out of it tomorrow.

One Eskimo player who was soaking up the beer-laden celebration was fullback Calvin McCarty, who’s spent all his nine CFL seasons with the team. Next year’s Grey Cup will be staged at BMO Field in Toronto… Patrick Watkins, one of Edmonton’s starting cornerbacks, not only led his team in tackles, but chipped in with two more on special teams.

“Adversity; we’re used to it, and we practice these types of situations at practice all the time”, he said.

But at the end of a CFL season, in which pass interference became an essay question instead of a simple multiple choice version, they didn’t get to parade around the field because a different kind of history was made.

“I think it’s probably due to the fact that people are probably cheering against Edmonton as much as it is for the Redblacks”, he laughed. It is steeped in tradition that traces its roots all the way back to 1909, when Governor General Earl Grey donated the first Grey Cup to the Canadian Football League.

Former Bison and RedBlacks rookie running back Kienan Lafrance also played in the 103rd Grey Cup game.

The RedBlacks made no excuses.

Edmonton receiver Shamawd Chambers had two catches for 49 yards and no touchdowns.

Edmonton’s winning five-play, 78-drive was aided by Eskimos coach Chris Jones’ successful challenge of an incompletion that was changed to pass interference against Ottawa’s Brandon Sermons.

“It’s not anger it’s disappointment”, said Ottawa head coach Rick Campbell.

“Best place ever. awesome”. “We are definitely excited for the future”. “Once we got the lead he senses the game is in his control”. I’m not mad about it. I’ve got to accept it. There’s a lot of ifs in life, man. The game is over. The Redblacks had a 13-0 lead before the Eskimos had run their first offensive play, quarterback Henry Burris putting together an impressive opening drive then taking advantage of a fumbled kickoff to post a second touchdown. The Redblacks still need to settle on “the next guy”, whoever that is.

The Edmonton Eskimos won the 103rd Grey Cup, as they came back to beat the upstart Ottawa RedBlacks 26-20 in Winnipeg.

An Ottawa CFL team hadn’t been to the CFL title game since 1981, when the Rough Riders lost 26-23 to the Eskimos. ‘We gave it all we had….

“That’s a testament to what we do”, he said. What I can’t understand is when the rule book takes away from the essence of the game that it is created to enhance. “I can promise you that”.

He also connected with Akeem Shavers for a two-point convert on the game-winning touchdown.

The keys, Kanneh said, are to learn from mistakes and to correct them. But the Eskmos, even including the very bad start, were the better team and the better-prepared team.