Airport Packed As Grey Cup Fever Flies Away

“Glad to go home today but just awesome party”, said Steve Rogers, an Ottawa Redblacks fan, whose team fell 26-20 in Sunday’s championship game against the Edmonton Eskimos.

The contest was a defensive battle for much of the game, especially in the second half as Edmonton outscored Ottawa just 9-4.

“For me, it was re-connecting, re-introducing our players to this community and getting them to understand how important they are to this community and how important this football team is to this community”.

Centre Jon Gott, top, and punter Ronnie Pfeffer of the Ottawa Redblacks exit the plane in Ottawa after returning from a loss in the Grey Cup game at Winnipeg. Its last win was November 28, 1976, when the Rough Riders defeated Saskatchewan 23-20.

The often-brash Willis then cheekily anointed Reilly with an award that had been given out earlier in the week to Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris.

It’s not the first time a Grey Cup team has had to do without a touchdown celebration.

“We love the Grey Cup”.

Fans from all over the country were treated to a game that had everything you’d want in a championship game: back and forth action with a comeback win that ended in dramatic fashion. He said the Eskimos’ approach to practice and the confidence that’s instilled in them in close situations is what’s led to their fourth-quarter success and their winning streak.

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.

Jones compiled a 26-10 regular-season record over his two seasons as Edmonton’s head coach.

The 40-year-old Burris was 22 of 29 for 220 yards. “And that’s what makes it so disappointing to get this far and not get it done”.

Following a half-time performance by the band Fall Out Boy, Edmonton took the ball to start the second half after deferring to open the game.

“We had a great season, that’s what we had”, fullback Patrick Lavoie said. Chris Milo added a convert, single and two field goals. Two plays later, after Reilly shook off a tackler and connected with Nate Coehoorn just outside the endzone, Lynch leaped and reached in for the winning score. They owned the final 15 minutes for eight straight games until giving up a couple of touchdowns to the Calgary Stampeders in the West Division final. There are a few others on the one- and six-game injured lists with expiring contracts, too, plus nine practice-roster players who must be either re-signed or let go.

The thinking from those around the league is the rich Roughriders could pay Jones well north of $500,000 per season, which would make it hard for him to say no. CFL insiders also told the Sun this season that Jones and Eskimos GM Ed Hervey aren’t exactly BFFs.

“Yeah, I don’t think I woke up this morning doing my workout at about 5 a.m. thinking, ‘Man, I hope we’re down 13-0.’ That’s not how we planned it”.