I have been waiting all year ... no more sleeps

 

What's the best thing in your world about today's Grey Cup party?

The game was great. My thought is though that future games in Winnipeg, Regina and Edmonton should start a 3pm.

Nice to see a great GC game. Two very good teams battled it out for 60 minutes. Lots of big plays on offense and defense. Best game ever played at IGF IMO. Congrats to the Eskimos. They came back from 13 nothing early in the game to eek out a well deserved win. Just a great way to end the season.

I dunno where this -5c at kick-off came from but EC said it was -2 and actually got to -1 as the game went on before ending at -4 at 9pm.

 

http://weather.gc.ca/trends_table/pages/xwn_metric_e.html

I dunno where this -5c at kick-off came from but EC said it was -2 and actually got to -1 as the game went on before ending at -4 at 9pm.

http://weather.gc.ca/trends_table/pages/xwn_metric_e.html

but it felt colder than that with the slight wind that was blowing. All in all a good day at the stadium. I felt the game day experience was superior to the only other grey cup game I've been to (calgary 09) but that might be mostly due to a much much nicer stadium

-2 but windchill factor made it feel like -8 or -11 at times.

That game fulfilled the expectation of what the Championship game should be. Both teams showed signs of being capable of winning, with flashes of exciting plays and defences stepping up most of the time. A huge chess match with both teams sacrificing rooks for the benefit of their King. And the King for this day? Mike Reilly.

Reilly, facing a deficit of 13 points, lifted 11 other players on his shoulders, and willed his way through the Ottawa defence, by running, throwing and defying any hits that the RedBlacks were throwing back. And there were quite a few hits.

I disagree that that one QB played poorly in the 2nd half (Burris). I strongly suspect Edmonton did what they had to do to stop the effectiveness of Maas's offensive attack. And Burris couldn't/wouldn't do what Reilly did..run and sacrifice his body. Edmonton does not win this game without Reilly's "all in" attitude.

Both defences played really well and the kicking game was pretty even.

All in all, a very good game to watch.

Lastly, I must mention how good IGF presented itself to any TV viewers. It looked spectacular, both inside and outside views. Lots of great shots of the stadium.

And pishaw to any naysayers dissing the attendance. By all accounts, the Grey Cup in Winnipeg was enormously successful and Winnipegers should be proud.

Well done!

Apparently they said it was the second lowest attendance since 1975.  The lowest being 1978.

 

Just informing, not dissing.

That game fulfilled the expectation of what the Championship game should be. Both teams showed signs of being capable of winning, with flashes of exciting plays and defences stepping up most of the time. A huge chess match with both teams sacrificing rooks for the benefit of their King. And the King for this day? Mike Reilly.

Reilly, facing a deficit of 13 points, lifted 11 other players on his shoulders, and willed his way through the Ottawa defence, by running, throwing and defying any hits that the RedBlacks were throwing back. And there were quite a few hits.

I disagree that that one QB played poorly in the 2nd half (Burris). I strongly suspect Edmonton did what they had to do to stop the effectiveness of Maas's offensive attack. And Burris couldn't/wouldn't do what Reilly did..run and sacrifice his body. Edmonton does not win this game without Reilly's "all in" attitude.

Both defences played really well and the kicking game was pretty even.

All in all, a very good game to watch.

Lastly, I must mention how good IGF presented itself to any TV viewers. It looked spectacular, both inside and outside views. Lots of great shots of the stadium.

And pishaw to any naysayers dissing the attendance. By all accounts, the Grey Cup in Winnipeg was enormously successful and Winnipegers should be proud.

Well done!

after burris took that shot at midfield he definitely turtled. Got hit hard when he didn't see it coming and turned into the ***** we all know he is

The last drive of the game really proved Reilly's and the Esks. mettle, Ottawa had to get the ball back and couldn't.  Burris pissed away the entire 3rd Q throwing check downs to Powell the RB instead of finding a way to get the ball to any of their big time receivers.

The last drive of the game really proved Reilly's and the 'greenyellows'. mettle, Ottawa had to get the ball back and couldn't. Burris pissed away the entire 3rd Q throwing check downs to Powell the RB instead of finding a way to get the ball to any of their big time receivers.

Fyp

thinking about it some things that I noticed

 

Jones went for touchdown on 3d and goal..... not the safe field goal  route that I think bombers would take.

 

jones listened to a player (stafford?) about throwing his flag on the interference (non) how many coaches would do that?

 

linebacker j.c. sherret is 5 foot 9, and weighs all of 200 pounds. his defence.... no 1 in league.

 

but lot of people here think our mlb at 220, is too small.

thinking about it some things that I noticed

 

Jones went for touchdown on 3d and goal..... not the safe field goal  route that I think bombers would take.

 

jones listened to a player (stafford?) about throwing his flag on the interference (non) how many coaches would do that?

 

linebacker j.c. sherret is 5 foot 9, and weighs all of 200 pounds. his defence.... no 1 in league.

 

but lot of people here think our mlb at 220, is too small.

 

The coach listened to the point of taking a time-out to assess if he should throw the flag.

yeah, think your'e right...

 

I think that was unusual, but smart behavior by a coach....

yeah, think your'e right...

 

I think that was unusual, but smart behavior by a coach....

 

Yeah, I totally agree on that point for sure.

Apparently they said it was the second lowest attendance since 1975.  The lowest being 1978.

http://morningbigblue.com/community/topic/9241-its-here-grey-cup-game-day-thread/page-3

Just informing, not dissing

98(also here) was the lowest since 75.

 

There were 3 factors for that.

 -brutality of the 91 game's weather had fans across that league saying fool me once..

 -major price increase

 -we sucked as a team....again

 

Those fans concerned about the weather only fooled themselves as it was record warmth that day.

Apparently they said it was the second lowest attendance since 1975.  The lowest being 1978.

 

Just informing, not dissing.

This will be the new norm as the new stadiums that are built or are being built are between 24-35k with temps up to 40k. Just EDM. and BC and MTL  if they play in the big O will hold over 50k. I believe there is an effort to reconfigure Rogers Centre to baseball only.

 

Apparently they said it was the second lowest attendance since 1975.  The lowest being 1978.

http://morningbigblue.com/community/topic/9241-its-here-grey-cup-game-day-thread/page-3

Just informing, not dissing

98(also here) was the lowest since 75.

 

There were 3 factors for that.

 -brutality of the 91 game's weather had fans across that league saying fool me once..

 -major price increase

 -we sucked as a team....again

 

Those fans concerned about the weather only fooled themselves as it was record warmth that day.

 

 

 

Apparently they said it was the second lowest attendance since 1975.  The lowest being 1978.

http://morningbigblue.com/community/topic/9241-its-here-grey-cup-game-day-thread/page-3

Just informing, not dissing

98(also here) was the lowest since 75.

 

There were 3 factors for that.

 -brutality of the 91 game's weather had fans across that league saying fool me once..

 -major price increase

 -we sucked as a team....again

 

Those fans concerned about the weather only fooled themselves as it was record warmth that day.

 

I think another issue is Winnipeg wasn't given a lot of time to organize as the first **** show in Ottawa was to hold it that year.   Don't quote me on that as I remember reading it somewhere (could have been here or ourbombers)

BMO will host grey cups. Argos and cfl are done with Rogers. Rogers Center isn't even shown in the skyline pic of Toronto for their grey cup event.

I think another issue is Winnipeg wasn't given a lot of time to organize as the first **** show in Ottawa was to hold it that year.   Don't quote me on that as I remember reading it somewhere (could have been here or ourbombers)

This is more correct than the other explanations from what I remember. There was an empty host spot for the Grey Cup game that year and Winnipeg stepped up at a considerable risk to host that game. Where were all the other cities willing to take that risk? If there was a suitable alternative, somebody should have put it forward, but they didn't.

 

I think another issue is Winnipeg wasn't given a lot of time to organize as the first **** show in Ottawa was to hold it that year.   Don't quote me on that as I remember reading it somewhere (could have been here or ourbombers)

This is more correct than the other explanations from what I remember. There was an empty host spot for the Grey Cup game that year and Winnipeg stepped up at a considerable risk to host that game. Where were all the other cities willing to take that risk? If there was a suitable alternative, somebody should have put it forward, but they didn't.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/86th_Grey_Cup

 

Apparently they said it was the second lowest attendance since 1975.  The lowest being 1978.

http://morningbigblue.com/community/topic/9241-its-here-grey-cup-game-day-thread/page-3

Just informing, not dissing

98(also here) was the lowest since 75.

 

There were 3 factors for that.

 -brutality of the 91 game's weather had fans across that league saying fool me once..

 -major price increase

 -we sucked as a team....again

 

Those fans concerned about the weather only fooled themselves as it was record warmth that day.

 

The '98 Grey Cup was the regarded as the Grey Cup no one wanted.  The league was still somewhat in dire straits, not near the depths of 96, but only a smidgen higher.  Winnipeg stepped up when no one else really desired to have the Grey Cup.  It was also a period when the Grey Cup did not sell out with regularity.  

 

96 in Hamilton - well short of a sellout despite Tim Hortons stepping up to buy thousands of tickets at the last minute.

97 in Edmonton - I remember there was over 10,000 tickets available leading up to the game which mostly sold out only because the Riders made the finals.

99 in Vancouver - 15,000 short of a sellout

2000 in Calgary - a few thousand short of the sellout.

 

It also didn't help that the city hosted the Brier, World Junior Championships and the Pan Am Games along with the Grey Cup in just over a year.  Individuals and the corporate community were tapped out.

Apparently they said it was the second lowest attendance since 1975. The lowest being 1978.

http://morningbigblue.com/community/topic/9241-its-here-grey-cup-game-day-thread/page-3

Just informing, not dissing

98(also here) was the lowest since 75.

There were 3 factors for that.

-brutality of the 91 game's weather had fans across that league saying fool me once..

-major price increase

-we sucked as a team....again

Those fans concerned about the weather only fooled themselves as it was record warmth that day.

98 yes thank you. Got them mixed up.

On Tv it sounded like the crowd slightly favoured Edmonton.  For those who were at the game, who did the crowd appear to favour?  Was it 50-50?  60-40 Ottawa?  60-40 Edmonton?

Really felt like a RBs crowd.

 

 

Apparently they said it was the second lowest attendance since 1975.  The lowest being 1978.

http://morningbigblue.com/community/topic/9241-its-here-grey-cup-game-day-thread/page-3

Just informing, not dissing

98(also here) was the lowest since 75.

 

There were 3 factors for that.

 -brutality of the 91 game's weather had fans across that league saying fool me once..

 -major price increase

 -we sucked as a team....again

 

Those fans concerned about the weather only fooled themselves as it was record warmth that day.

 

The '98 Grey Cup was the regarded as the Grey Cup no one wanted.  The league was still somewhat in dire straits, not near the depths of 96, but only a smidgen higher.  Winnipeg stepped up when no one else really desired to have the Grey Cup.  It was also a period when the Grey Cup did not sell out with regularity.  

 

96 in Hamilton - well short of a sellout despite Tim Hortons stepping up to buy thousands of tickets at the last minute.

97 in Edmonton - I remember there was over 10,000 tickets available leading up to the game which mostly sold out only because the Riders made the finals.

99 in Vancouver - 15,000 short of a sellout

2000 in Calgary - a few thousand short of the sellout.

 

It also didn't help that the city hosted the Brier, World Junior Championships and the Pan Am Games along with the Grey Cup in just over a year.  Individuals and the corporate community were tapped out.

 

 

I was at the Grey Cup in 1999 in BC - total joke.  So many empty seats.  Friends of mine drove out from Calgary last minute and bought tickets at the door for $25 a piece, or something like that.  I remember looking at all of the empty seats and feeling embarrassed, and wondering if this great league would survive.  I also was wondering when I would see a Blue Bomber Grey Cup victory again. 16 years later, not much has changed.