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Honestly I'm not super upset about this loss. Nearly 3 years of domination and a couple cups is still awesome.
It had to end eventually. Way she goes.

No, but he nearly presented the cup to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, caught himself halfway, stuttered, and said “the win—ning team…the Toronto Argonauts.” Just embarrassing. 

No, but he nearly presented the cup to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, caught himself halfway, stuttered, and said “the win—ning team…the Toronto Argonauts.” Just embarrassing. 

No, but he nearly presented the cup to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, caught himself halfway, stuttered, and said “the win—ning team…the Toronto Argonauts.” Just embarrassing. 

As I reflect on it, I realize we got some incredible breaks last year in Hamilton to overcome our mistakes. The breaks didn't go our way this year. 

IMO- 3 biggest reasons they lost, in no particular order. 
1. The Prukop play was inexcusable, just a horrible call in that situation. 
2. The o-line in pass pro was terrible. 
3. The missed convert. 

To add, too many linemen on both sides past their best before dates, and not scouting harder at DT was a huge mistake.
Roster management for this game and the WF was putrid. 

**** Toronto.

Never in my lifetime (and I'd suppose pretty much all of yours) have we had this matchup in the Grey Cup.
And if you, dear Bomberfan, could go back through your memory of all of your past teams and coaches and then select just one of them to be taking the field this Sunday for All The Marbles, I can't think that many of you would pick any other Bomber squad or Coach that you've ever personally witnessed above this one which you have.
Conversely, we the Argo Faithful, would be stretching the truth if we were to say the same. Indeed, most of us wouldn't have this year's incarnation of the Boatmen in our top 10.
 
Speaking for myself, I confess great sporting admiration for your current team, its coaches and its accomplishments. Having myself been spoiled by epic teams in the past, I remember well the great feeling it brings to have your spirits buoyed by witnessing a well-oiled machine, firing on all cylinders and sweeping all before them. It is a daunting prospect for any club to come up against such an animal - apologies for mixing metaphors - but as you well know, there's a reason why you don't just declare a winner before the ball gets kicked.
Any Given Sunday.
This time honored maxim is a cliche for a very good reason: the team that is supposed to win, doesn't always win. Game of inches and such. I go into this matchup once again prepared for the emotional wound which losing The Big Dance can bring... But then, I have made this preparation for each of the last 3 of these games we were in and the outcome wasn't what it ought to have been. We were solid underdogs in all of them. We should have lost each of them. But we once again had our glorious name etched of the Cup because for each of these games we had a gameplan that worked, made fewer (or no) mistakes, and we had that one intangible that others will scoff at, but we, the True Double Blue know from the bottom of our hearts is real:
The Argo Bounce.
It's a helluva thing, but time and again, year after year, decade after decade, The Argo Bounce has come from out of nowhere and given us Victory and Glory that just frankly and earnestly speaking should never have happened. Fumbles, Tips, Deflections, Slips, Bonehead Errors and yes, Bounces. They should not keep happening, and the younger Bomber supporters with less appreciation for the Storied History of a rival team may deride this as a bullshit thing that isn't real and that random acts of bounce happen for and against every team. Well, yes they do. But the grizzled veterans amongst you look back over the years and in some recessed corner of your memories do in fact recall a stupid amount of random events granting risibly improbable wins for the Toronto Argonaut Football Club. And you wonder, will The Argo Bounce show up? Can the nigh invincible Bombers be denied by The Football Gods showing their favour once again to the Mighty Scullers?
Likely not.
This is probably the year where The Law of Averages catches up to us. When Lady Luck looks past us because we have just had it so damn good for so damn long. Maybe the Argos show up and have their best Gameplan, best Effort, make no mistakes and do everything right but still fall short because their opposition was just too much for them to overcome. The Blue Bombers should win this game. I can't fathom that you'd find many Argo fans who, if forced to bet everything they own on this game, would take the Argos to win it. If Winnipeg shows up and plays their best, it probably won't matter if Toronto can show up with their best. Winnipeg wins that matchup nine times out of ten... Or... maybe Any Given Sunday and The Argo Bounce happen.
 
Some of you have known me 20 years or close enough to it. You know that my wish of good luck to you is sincere and it is in the tradition of sporting competition that the better team on the day wins. I witnessed your years in the wilderness and the false dawns that ignited hope in you that never came to be. You are deserving of your time at the top spoke of fortune's wheel because you've known the bottom of it. 
 
Sincerely & Fraternally,
It's Go Time. I will look for you on the field of honour.

Sorry, why?
your last post was insanity. You’re talking about HIS life. Had he missed the awards to attend to something like a workout for an NFL team, who cares? The NFL is so cutthroat that you need to utilize every opportunity you’re given.
this mentality some CFL fans have where they act as if the players owe them or the league anything is absolutely bananas. This kid played two years in the CFL, his dream is the NFL and you think he has some kind of obligation to show up for some award he probably couldn’t care less about because why?

I know this has been said before, but, let's all really  enjoy this. This is very unusual. I went from being 10 years old to 39 with no championships in between. This is truly the best of times as a Bomber fan, and I am very grateful and humbled by it.

Just finished watching all the post-game pressers for both teams. If we wind up needing to replace a receiver in the off season and he becomes available, Hatcher seems like a real solid teammate and the kind of guy that would fit our culture. Took the blame for cutting his route short on Rose’s INT and just over all sounds very level headed and like a team player. 

Not sure where to put him so I’ll just say: Richie mothafuggin Hall

Not sure where to put him so I’ll just say: Richie mothafuggin Hall

Not sure where to put him so I’ll just say: Richie mothafuggin Hall

It was under his left leg. If Miller had noticed he could have grabbed it but no one on the field noticed and the play got whistled dead. 

Just finished watching all the post-game pressers for both teams. If we wind up needing to replace a receiver in the off season and he becomes available, Hatcher seems like a real solid teammate and the kind of guy that would fit our culture. Took the blame for cutting his route short on Rose’s INT and just over all sounds very level headed and like a team player. 

Just finished watching all the post-game pressers for both teams. If we wind up needing to replace a receiver in the off season and he becomes available, Hatcher seems like a real solid teammate and the kind of guy that would fit our culture. Took the blame for cutting his route short on Rose’s INT and just over all sounds very level headed and like a team player. 

Not sure where to put him so I’ll just say: Richie mothafuggin Hall

It was under his left leg. If Miller had noticed he could have grabbed it but no one on the field noticed and the play got whistled dead. 

Not sure where to put him so I’ll just say: Richie mothafuggin Hall

Not sure where to put him so I’ll just say: Richie mothafuggin Hall

Not sure where to put him so I’ll just say: Richie mothafuggin Hall

Not sure where to put him so I’ll just say: Richie mothafuggin Hall

Not sure where to put him so I’ll just say: Richie mothafuggin Hall

Not sure where to put him so I’ll just say: Richie mothafuggin Hall