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Pvred and watched the above mentioned 2001 game.
There wasnt a late drive from the Stamps, or penalties on Edmonton's final drive, so my memory has failed a bit.

What must have fired me up at the time, instead of penalties, was the pure homerism of Edmonton resident John Wells on the pbp of TSN. Calgary took a huge lead (Ben Sankey ftw) but as the Esks chipped away, Wells was disputing calls against the Esks etc. As they got closer, it was on and on about Jason Maas and how he had pulled the team back a couple times in the previous games (including Labour Day in Calgary) and how great a story if he could do it again. Then, the last drive he flukes a throw and gets the long touch down, and Wells goes just bat #### crazy, as Esks take a 5 point lead with 45 seconds to go.

On the 110 yd interception for two points the next play, maybe the most nuts and most unique way of taking the lead back in all of football, maybe never to be seen again in such a situation that basically ends the game, and what would be a signature call for any announcer, Wells announces it as if he's announcing a car wreck, clearly gutted his Esks are going to lose. He quickly added though that no time was taken off the clock, implying the Esks had time to come back, while also forgetting the Esks had to kickoff.

When the onside kick fails, Ed Hervey talking trash, and AJ Gass (a few years away still from his helmet throwing embarrassment and overturned suspension thanks to Hugh Campbell calling up a Alberta Judge and Esks ticket holder to go over the CFL head) tries to punch the ball out of Sankey on kneel down. Classless.

Along with seeing the arrogant mug of Sean Fleming and Dan Kelpley, and the homer call, it rekindled the hate for the Eskimos, and solidfied that as the best regular season Stamps game I've ever seen.