Jones’ unpredictability one of five things to watch in Grey Cup contest

The Edmonton Eskimos scored a late touchdown in the 4th quarter to beat the Ottawa REDBLACKS 26-20 in the 103rd Grey Cup.

Reilly finished 21-of-35 passing for 269 yards and two touchdowns.

And as game time neared, people who weren’t at the stadium settled in.

The Eskimos responded with a 25-yard Sean Whyte field goal, an interception by Patrick Watkins, and a 23-yard touchdown reception by Adarius Bowman.

The Redblacks held a slim 13-10 lead after the first quarter, but were able to halt Eskimos’ momentum at the start of the second.

“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”.

“It’s almost painful to watch football now, especially the Bombers, because there are so many heartbreaking losses and bad penalties”, said Derick Young, a former season-ticket holder who attended the last two Grey Cups in Winnipeg but is taking a pass this time.

First the Redblacks coach quipped his 40-year-old quarterback will play another 10 years before giving Burris a shout-out for singing a verse from Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire”.

The Roughriders also asked the Calgary Stampeders for permission to speak with their assistant GM, John Murphy. On Thursday, head coach Rick Campbell (coach of the year), quarterback Henry Burris (outstanding player), receiver Brad Sinopoli (top Canadian) and SirVincent Rogers (lineman) were honoured at the league’s awards banquet.

“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. With just 12 seconds left on the clock Akeem Shavers would pull one in for six. Whyte has made 24-of-26 field goals (92.3 per cent) since arriving in Alberta while Milo has hit on 32-of-36 attempts (88.9 per cent).

Ottawa got the ball back and made a decision to punt with around two minutes left… Then after Edmonton’s Kendall Lawrence fumbled the ensuing kickoff, the RedBlacks veteran QB found Ernest Jackson for a 7 yard TD strike. Milo missed the convert. Eskimos lead 17-16 at the half.