Early on I thought the Stamps might win in a BLOWOUT but thankfully the Ticats rebounded to make it a solid ending.....
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Sounds like the CFL knows offence is what gets people watching so look for some rule tweaks to help that side of the ball. I really like the idea of the QB mini-camp where ALL teams QB's will work with some CFL QB greats to help that along too. IMO, that is a real outside the box idea having ALL teams do something so collaborative to help everybodies offence.
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I'm not sure how the game seemed in stadium but at home I really thought the Stamps OWNED things for much of the game. Yes, the Ticats came back and made it close at the end.
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As for the post-game....
Banks sure looked CRUSHED that his return TD came back via flag. Weird really because I saw a flag down and thought "well this ones coming back" and he's still thinking "I'm about to score a CHAMPIONSHIP winning TD!!!!". Know it doesn't really matter but he was so over-whelmed he was unavailable to be in the last few plays when he was EXACTLY the kind of player they needed to get them back in the game.....
I sure could do without the "PLAYER of the Game" award. By all means choose one and give him a car or whatever (they used to get a car, but probably not now---cutbacks
). Its a team game and as Mitchell said 'its all of those guys who deserve it'. I rather just see them give out the trophy rather than listen to Dunigan ask a guy a couple of questions when in reality I'm 99% sure Mitchell would rather just get his mitts on the Grey Cup. Player of the Game? Its an afterthought, IMO.
I'm guessing there is no longer a National player of the game? Or did they follow my advice and find him during the lockerroom celebrations later? IMO, Cornish deserves it for being the most outstanding decoy! No his STAT line was not amazing but without him being a threat, I think the TIcat defence plays an entirely different game, who knows the outcome. So Cornish contributed by not contributing (in stats).....
Oh well, another end to a solid CFL season. Sure I'd like to see offences do better but I like defensive football too. I had thoughts of maybe going to Investors Group Field for the 2015 Grey Cup but I'm betting a possible -20 temperature may cause for lots of interesting storylines for next Grey Cup Sunday.....