Grey Cup win thrills Edmonton Eskimo fans

“I’m just here thanking God for giving me the opportunity to be able to play in this game”.

“I obviously chose the right team this year”, said Mackintosh, one of the 36,634 fans in the sold-out stadium.

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

No one has stepped up to claim the massive 50/50 pot from last night’s Grey Cup game.

Late in the fourth quarter on Sunday evening, Edmonton head coach Chris Jones, challenged a non-call on an obvious pass interference.

In 2013, Edmonton showed marked improvement, finishing second in the conference with a 12-6 record.

This Sunday is Grey Cup football day in Canada.

“It’s been a process”, Reilly said. I feel bad that we lost but that’s the way it goes.

“I’m year to year and it’s more like week to week at this point”, said Phillips, who returned to the field this year after recovering from a broken fibula and torn ligaments in his left ankle during a game last season.

“Give yourself a little bit of additional time just to make sure you have all the time that you need to get through security, but we are fully staffed and ready for all those departing fans”.

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.

Edmonton was supposed to win this game, given the Eskimos’ 4-0 record in the teams’ meetings since the Redblacks entered the league, outscoring Burris and Co.to 69-29 in their wins this season – and the Esks didn’t have Reilly for either of those games.

Shavers’ first touchdown of the game capped off a 10-play, 88-yard drive by the Eskimos.

So instead of heading into the 2016 season with the hunger of chasing a championship, the Eskimos will have to adopt the mindset of defending champion.

“The fact that almost one in every three Canadians watched some part of the Grey Cup, speaks to the strength and importance of the CFL and the Grey Cup to our country”, said Jeffrey L. Orridge, CFL Commissioner. “You just always believe you’re going to win”. “We are very happy with how everything went from start to finish”.

Calls by a large Inuit organization for the Edmonton Eskimos to change their name will be heard, according to team officials, but the discussion will have to wait until after the team’s Grey Cup party. And then there’s Jones, who the Saskatchewan Roughriders are reportedly interested in speaking to regarding their vacant head coach/GM positions. Head coach Chris Jones even brought his two daughters, Jackson, 13, and Austin, 10, up on the dais with him for post-game interviews.

The pre-video-replay era wasn’t without flaws, but I can understand human error. I’ll fight to the death for that man and everyone in that locker-room will to. He knew going in that “anything can happen”.