Controversy Over Lumberjack Celebration Engulfs CFL Championship

In the first quarter, the Redblacks took an early 13-0 lead with touchdowns on their first two possessions before momentum shifted in Edmonton’s favour.

In the final quarter, the Redblacks’ lead was down to 20-18 until Lynch’s one-yard punch proved to be the knockout blow.

According to CFL rules, the Grey Cup final must be played at a neutral site, where neither team will have an advantage.

Glen Johnson, the CFL’s vice-president of officiating, says the plan for Sunday’s championship game is essentially the same as league games for this season and last.

Jones has a well-earned reputation as a defensive guru and somewhat of a riverboat gambler, having won three Grey Cups as a defensive co-ordinator before assuming the top job in Edmonton in 2014. I’m so proud of those guys and so proud to coach them. Jones, rumoured to be candidate in Saskatchewan for a dual GM-head coach role, deserves bringing the Eskimos their 14 championship in franchise history.

“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.

CFL most outstanding player Henry Burris and the RedBlacks stormed out to a 13-0 lead before Reilly even touched the ball thanks to a Kendial Lawrence fumble, but the Eskimos didn’t panic and carved out a 17-3 run over the next quarter and a half to take a 17-16 lead into the break.

For two years, the Algonquin Loggersports Team has attended every Redblacks’ home game, celebrating touchdowns by revving up their chainsaws and slicing through a log emblazoned with the CFL team’s logo.

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That gave Ottawa the ball back with a chance to win, but once again, their offence wouldn’t start. Chris Milo missed the PAT on the second Ottawa major.

“I try to when we get to a game like this it’s already something they’ve heard before so they have a comfort level that they’ve run it and executed it before so we can play at a high level”.

Not long after being crowned champions, Mike Reilly is awarded the MVP of the game, Shamawd Chambers is named the Most Valuable Canadian, and Jeffrey Orridge presents the precious Grey Cup to the Edmonton Eskimos. “We’ve been over the game plan numerous times and it’s time to get on the field and put it all to work now”. The Eskimos got a single point when Sean Whyte missed a 45-yard field goal with just under five minutes left in the first half. Reilly also led the Eskimos in rushing with 66 yards. They capitalized on the great field position, Burris capping off the decisive drive with a seven-yard touchdown pass to Ernest Jackson.

Following Whyte’s 24-yard field goal at 9:14, Reilly hit Bowman with a 23-yard touchdown pass 12:41.