Chambers named Grey Cup’s top Canadian

The Edmonton Eskimos won their first Grey Cup in 10 years on Sunday after beating the Ottawa RedBlacks 26-20 in a tight defensive battle in freezing temperatures in Winnipeg.

Unlike the USA and elsewhere, most of the finals are played on open fields, and Winnipeg is not known to be warm at this time of year.

With or without the DPI call on Sermons, I believe Edmonton was the superior team on Sunday and would have pulled out a victory.

“It’s something that’s special and something I’ll never take for granted”. I’m so happy to be on this team ’cause they have my back.

14 – The number of Grey Cups for the Eskimos franchise, and first since 2005.

Reilly was injured in the teams second contest of the season and returned in week 12 with the Eskimo’s owning a 6-4 record.

The Weather Network says it will feel like minus-11 but there is only a 10 per cent chance of precipitation for the championship game between the Edmonton Eskimos and Ottawa Redblacks. Its last win was November 28, 1976, when the Rough Riders defeated Saskatchewan 23-20.

Ottawa head coach Rick Campbell was also named the all-star coach.

“You learn to respect a man a different way when you see him at his lowest point and that’s where you really see character”, Chambers said. That’s part of what you sign up for when you’re in this business. But obviously heartbroken, disappointed, all those things.

“I wanted to get it for my family, the guys in this locker-room, and for the city of Ottawa”.

To make it this far after only two years in the CFL is a dream come true, he said.

Audiences for the 103rd Grey Cup presented by Shaw peaked at 5.5 million viewers late in the game as Edmonton scored a clutch goal line touchdown to take the lead for good in the fourth quarter. “I call time out and I said, ‘Look at this because it’s too big a situation and if it is, then we need to throw a flag.’ So that’s how it transpired”. “That’s how it transpired”.

The six-point lead after the touchdown was enough for Edmonton in what had been an offensively challenging second half for both teams. Chris Milo booted a 35-yard field goal to give the Redblacks a 19-17 lead. The 29-year-old earned CIS Second Team All-Canadian and Canada West All-Star nods in 2008 following what was his best statistical university season.

“We had opportunities to turn the tide and we just didn’t make the plays, whether it was me missing a throw or making a play or something”, Burris said. They battled their butts off and that’s one of the greatest defenses we’ve played against all year.

“We made some mistakes early to keep them in the game, but we came out on top”, said McCarty, who went to school in B.C.