If we won, it would have ended the 80’s with 5 Cup appearances and 2 wins in 10 years.
It would have been perfect.
A bunch of my high school buddies went to the game on the Go-train but I decided to watch on TV. A remember being gut punched and upset for days after the loss.
The CFL published a VHS tape in 1990 called CFL '89 that recapped the whole season including the Cup. I must have watched “The Catch” 500 times on my old VCR.
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I remember my first child was due for delivery on gameday . I told my wife that if you have this kid now you better have him at halftime or at least wait until the game is over. He turned out to be a good boy and was born a week later on the 2nd of December . 
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Absolutely the best football game I have ever seen.
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I was there too with the crazy Sask fan Sandy Monteith that used to light his helmet on fire after PATs. Anyone remember that guy?
I would argue that Grey Cup was the greatest championship football game ever played for entertainment value.
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Remember him well. Last time I saw him was at the 2012 Grey Cup festivities in Toronto. Not sure if he’s still alive. I read he was banned from doing the flame thing at Roughriders games in 1990 but was doing it at U Sask games after that. Last reference I found on him was from 2016 talking about the move to their new stadium.
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That nose was legendary. Vince looked like the stereotypical dockworker or prizefighter in any Hollywood movie from the ‘40s, ‘50s or ‘60s. Well before my time as a player but I seem to remember him as a colour guy or analyst on some of the CHML radio broadcasts - late70s or early 80s. A true character.
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I remember him when he used to do the colour on CHML for games because he always sounded like he had a mouthful of marbles when he talked .
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Yeah pretty much. I always thought he looked like Capone or so kind of mob guy. Probably could have been cast in a Scorsese movie if he had any acting chops. 
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I actually met him once many years ago at a New Years Eve party of all things and believe me you are not far off the mark in your assessment of the guy . The thing that really struck me about him was how small in stature he was for a guy who played the line in football but having a body like a spark plug . He was the size of a Joe Pesci and could have easily been mistaken for a mobster from back in the day .
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1992 is one of my all time favs. Such a great season after the tragedy that was 1991.
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picked up Damon Allen and went from a 3-15 season in ‘91’ to an 11-7 season in ‘92’ . Unfortunately we let Allen go the next year in ‘93’ and reverted back to our losing ways going 6-12 .
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Odd strategy for a GM. “We made money and put wins on the board. This guy has to go!”
That 6-12 record in 1993 became especially painful because they started 3-0.
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Yup , I remember that . Then after that nice start they went 3-12 the rest of the season . Crazy thing of it though was the fact they somehow made the playoffs and even got a home playoff date finishing 2nd in the East . They also damn near went to the Cup only losing the East final by a mere single point to Winnipeg 20-19 .
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The team was bleeding money back then. Had to pull together a local consortium of investors just to get off the ground in 1992 once Braley walked away. Don McPherson had some success coming into games in the 4th quarter in ‘92 and the team figured he was ready and dumped Allen’s big contract. Tough times continued until 1995 when MacDonald and Grant took over ownership and the team had the big season ticket drive to save the team.
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