Esks fans were there for the 5050 and that’s it. It’s the lede for Terry Jones in his wrap up of the Grey Cup as the default and longest standing CFL reporter who is more a mascot these days at GC, simply there so he can ask his “sex” question to both head coaches and get some cheap laughs. https://edmontonsun.com/sports/footb...rd-of-festival
The fact that red and white confetti is going to be blowing around Commonwealth all winter, as is the stench of beer, cigars and champagne is the so called hallowed Esks locker room has him salty and complaining.
As for their fans for this inconvenience of having the better Alberta team win it in their stadium, having to wait around until the end for the 5050 draw, it’s clear that it’s not an Oilers thing as the lottery giving people false hope, it’s an larger Edmonton thing.
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Rewatching the highlights — the TD to Durant was eerily similar to the Brett Ralph TD 10 years ago against Montreal. QB rolling to his left, finding a Canadian receiver for a massive TD:
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6 Grey Cup appearances in 11 seasons.
7 out of 11 seasons 1st in the West and 1st Overall in the regular season (plus two more years where they were in a tie for 1st overall, so essentially 9 out of 11 seasons)
Impressive stuff.
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6 Grey Cup appearances in 11 seasons.
7 out of 11 seasons 1st in the West and 1st Overall in the regular season (plus two more years where they were in a tie for 1st overall, so essentially 9 out of 11 seasons)
Impressive stuff.
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Very lucky to have Huf come on board after the disaster of F-Troop.
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What a great day. Not much to say because it's all been covered in other posts. Both playoff games were more business like than pretty but you can make an argument that despite not blowing out the Bombers or Redblacks that neither game was really in doubt as every time things got a little too close for comfort they would make a big play to deflate the opposition. Very satisfying as a fan to see this team get it's due.
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Overall a decent game to watch. Not the most exciting and I would have expected more out of both offences to be honest, maybe both D's just came to play. The field conditions were not at all what I would have expected for a game on turf in good weather, not sure what was up with that but perhaps a combo of the high humidity and low (relatively) temperature made it more slippery than otherwise would be expected. If the paint for the logo's on the field makes that much of a difference then the league needs to seriously reconsider that.
My two biggest takeaways from the game:
1. very few penalties. Very nice to see and kept things moving
2. kick off to final buzzer was pretty much 3 hours. And that includes a half time show that is probably longer than usual for a CFL game. Lack of penalties would also have contributed to this. The NFL could learn a lesson from this and maybe get rid of the 4+ hour snorefests the Super Bowl is threatenign to become.
A Grey Cup Rally has been planned, hope to see big numbers out there
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The rally will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 27 from noon to 1 p.m. at Municipal Plaza.
“We invite all of our fans to come join us as we celebrate the 2018 Grey Cup championship,” said Stampeders president and general manager John Hufnagel. “The fans’ enthusiastic support of the Horse was an important part of our success this season. We accomplished this together and now is the time to celebrate together.”
They usually aren't big. I never understand why they do these mid week and not just wait til the following Saturday.
I get the theory - Interest will die out for the casual fan a week out, but I don't think that's really true. They instead bank on the business crowd coming out for their lunch break. Which gets you a few hundred boring corporate types standing around in suits in their midweek work mindset, while shutting out all the blue collar and young fans that would make the celebration fun.
They usually aren't big. I never understand why they do these mid week and not just wait til the following Saturday.
I get the theory - Interest will die out for the casual fan a week out, but I don't think that's really true. They instead bank on the business crowd coming out for their lunch break. Which gets you a few hundred boring corporate types standing around in suits in their midweek work mindset, while shutting out all the blue collar and young fans that would make the celebration fun.
Not if they make it a Grey Cup AND anti-Truedeau rally!
They usually aren't big. I never understand why they do these mid week and not just wait til the following Saturday.
I get the theory - Interest will die out for the casual fan a week out, but I don't think that's really true. They instead bank on the business crowd coming out for their lunch break. Which gets you a few hundred boring corporate types standing around in suits in their midweek work mindset, while shutting out all the blue collar and young fans that would make the celebration fun.
A lot of the players want to go home at the end of the season and start their break. Some of these guys come up and leave family behind.
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Overall a decent game to watch. Not the most exciting and I would have expected more out of both offences to be honest, maybe both D's just came to play. The field conditions were not at all what I would have expected for a game on turf in good weather, not sure what was up with that but perhaps a combo of the high humidity and low (relatively) temperature made it more slippery than otherwise would be expected. If the paint for the logo's on the field makes that much of a difference then the league needs to seriously reconsider that.
My two biggest takeaways from the game:
1. very few penalties. Very nice to see and kept things moving
2. kick off to final buzzer was pretty much 3 hours. And that includes a half time show that is probably longer than usual for a CFL game. Lack of penalties would also have contributed to this. The NFL could learn a lesson from this and maybe get rid of the 4+ hour snorefests the Super Bowl is threatenign to become.
Not sure how much of this was discussed on tv but I got the impression the field was too hard/slick from being left uncovered for several weeks leading up to the game. I don’t know if field turf can freeze but normally you see the little black pellets flying up and this did not happen at all. Didn’t seem like the painted logos made a difference although it probably didn’t help.
I think it did significantly impact playcalling strategy (more than I realized at the time) and the Stamps were smart to go with a short passing game because Ottawa’s DBs weren’t really able to break on the ball. Even Bo looked a bit tentative on his drops — I wonder if the bad footing affected him on a few of his errant throws early on.
