I remember that game so well. I had to work a crappy job as an assistant manager in a restaurant. Someone brought a portable tv in & we set it up in the lobby on top of the cigarette machine (lol).
That was the first Grey Cup I saw the Cats win....I started really following the team in about 1974 & after a number of what most fans thought were bad seasons (we didn't see REALLY bad until the dark days of the early 2000's), it was amazing to see them win, especially when as you say, no one gave them a chance against the Esks, & they had lost every other time they made it to the show in the 80s.
Covington & co. were relentless that day....I'm not sure Dunigan had another day that bad the rest of his career. 8 sacks, I think it was? Plus, my favourite player of all time, Ben Zambiasi, finally got a ring. I bought that game on dvd a few years ago, watch it occasionally. Aside from the result, the commercials are entertaining too.
I remember it well as I had no voice, hung over but the best seats I've ever had for a Grey Cup and I lost a bet to my cousin and had to buy him a bunch of beers at this great bar in Vancouver. It was my first trip to Vancouver. I was also 30 years younger. haha.
This ESF is very different.
Cats injured, Esks defending champs.
86 Cats had a lot of vets that were on 2 teams that had failed.
Esks were young and only had a few guys who had been there during the dynasty era.
Experience and motivation was the difference.
However, it is like Chris Schultz says.
It is not the better team that wins, it is the team that plays better.
I think this will come down to the loud crowd and who scores with the wind.
Also, the O -line needs to be better then they have been.
If ZC has time he should be able to run the O and have success.
Come back and own this AMAZING CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER SUPER-DUPER AWESOME 7-11 team that lost to the crossover team in the ESF, Cats fans!
Come on now, where are you? Where have all the Collaros boosters gone? All those Hamilton fans lining up to laugh at my Alouettes for finishing the year with ... the exact same regular-season record plus a playoff loss? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Wait, wait! Let me supply your answers, in advance.
The refs were biased.
You had too many injuries.
The league hates you.
Shovel Face lost his shovel (Condell).
I am sure The Dynasty will be back again next year, with its fans making the same old outlandish claims and trashing every other team. :lol: :lol: :lol:
I enjoy reading and welcome your posts on the TiCat board as well informed and balanced so why do you act like such an ass on the CFL boards?
Schizophrenic or what??? :?
(And name a CFL team the last few years that has had more League apologies thrown it’s way for admitted officiating/Command Centre blunders… after the fact and useless other than confirming TiCat fan’s officiating complaints )
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