lntriguing post from the Tiger-Cat forum here. What’s particularly interesting to note is that excluding the RedBlacks who were only around for the last six years, the bottom four teams in total regular season victories won five Grey Cups while the top four teams won only four Grey Cups!
:o
In light of this becoming another single table thread, I’m looking at the decade long record in how it relates tp another common thread. The Argos viability - especially in the BMO field era.
Argos with a record of 75-105 has the worst record for the full decade. Ottawa’s winning percentage is worse due to an expansion year.
We all know there is a long rebuild to happen off field. Their record since moving to BMO field is 22-50. A big drop off from their combined 6 years prior at 53-55. Though winning the Grey Cup is still the goal, it only helps sell the season opener. If the product on the field is poor afterwards, it’s hard to get people to come back.
To me this state actually gives hope about their future. On the field, MLSE hasn’t even scratched the surface.
Thank you.
The table above is an excellent illustration of the fact that Grey Cups are not won on the basis of above average long term performance. They’re won by outstanding year-end performance in a certain specific year.
Yup. The Grey Cup like any other championship in North America is an award for winning in the post season. The regular season is a means to qualify regardless of the format all teams start the season at 0-0. Same record as they start their playoff run.
For fun, I went through the playoff results of the past decade…this should be right…open to corrections 
[tr][td]2010[/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Toronto 16[/td]
[td]Hamilton 13[/td]
[td]Tor 1-0, Ham 0-1[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Saskatchewan 41[/td]
[td]BC 38[/td]
[td]Sask 1-0, BC 0-1[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Divison Final[/td]
[td]Montreal 48[/td]
[td]Toronto 17[/td]
[td]Tor 1-1, Mtl 1-0[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Divison Final[/td]
[td]Saskatchewan 20[/td]
[td]Calgary 16[/td]
[td]Sask 2-0, Cal 0-1[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Grey Cup[/td]
[td]Montreal 21[/td]
[td]Saskatchewan 18[/td]
[td]Mtl 2-0, Sask 2-1[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]2011[/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Hamilton 52[/td]
[td]Montreal 44[/td]
[td]Ham 1-1, Mtl 2-1[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Edmonton 33[/td]
[td]Calgary19[/td]
[td]Edm 1-0, Cal 0-2[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Winnipeg 19[/td]
[td]Hamilton 3[/td]
[td]Wpg 1-0, Ham 1-2[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]BC 40[/td]
[td]Edmonton 23[/td]
[td]BC 1-1, Edm 1-1[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Grey Cup[/td]
[td]BC 34[/td]
[td]Winnipeg 23[/td]
[td]BC 2-1, Wpg 1-1[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]2012[/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Toronto 42[/td]
[td]Edmonton 26[/td]
[td]Tor 2-1, Edm 1-2[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Calgary 36[/td]
[td]Saskatchewan 30[/td]
[td]Cal 1-2, Sask 2-2[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Toronto 27[/td]
[td]Montreal 20[/td]
[td]Tor 3-1, Mtl 2-2[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Calgary 34[/td]
[td]BC 29[/td]
[td]Cal 2-2, BC 2-2[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Grey Cup[/td]
[td]Toronto 35[/td]
[td]Calgary 22[/td]
[td]Tor 4-1, Cal 2-3[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]2013[/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Hamilton 19[/td]
[td]Montreal 16[/td]
[td]Ham 2-2, Mtl 2-3[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Saskatchewan 29[/td]
[td]BC 25[/td]
[td]Sask 3-2, BC 2-3[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Hamilton 36[/td]
[td]Toronto 24[/td]
[td]Ham 3-2, Tor 4-2[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Saskatchewan 35[/td]
[td]Calgary 13[/td]
[td]Sask 4-2, Cal 2-4[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Grey Cup[/td]
[td]Saskarchewan 45[/td]
[td]Hamilton 23[/td]
[td]Sask 5-2, Ham 3-3[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]2014[/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Montreal 50[/td]
[td]BC 17[/td]
[td]Mtl 3-3, BC 2-4[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Edmonton 18[/td]
[td]Saskatchewan 10[/td]
[td]Edm 2-2, Sask 5-3[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Hamilton 40[/td]
[td]Montreal 24[/td]
[td]Ham 4-3, Mtl 3-4[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Calgary 43[/td]
[td]Edmonton 18[/td]
[td]Cal 3-4, Edm 2-3[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Grey Cup[/td]
[td]Calgary 20[/td]
[td]Hamilon 16[/td]
[td]Cal 4-4, Ham 4-4[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]2015[/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Hamilton 25[/td]
[td]Toronto 22[/td]
[td]Ham 5-4, Tor 4-3[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Calgary 35[/td]
[td]BC 9[/td]
[td]Cal 5-4, BC 2-5[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Ottawa 35[/td]
[td]Hamilton 28[/td]
[td]Ott 1-0, Ham 5-5[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Edmonton 45[/td]
[td]Calgary 31[/td]
[td]Edm 3-3, Cal 5-5[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Grey Cup[/td]
[td]Edmonton 36[/td]
[td]Ottawa 20[/td]
[td]Edm 4-3, Ott 1-1[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]2016[/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Edmonton 24[/td]
[td]Hamilton 21[/td]
[td]Edm 5-3, Ham 5-6[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]BC 32[/td]
[td]Winnipeg 31[/td]
[td]BC 3-5, Wpg 1-2[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Ottawa 35[/td]
[td]Edmonton 23[/td]
[td]Ott 2-1, Edm 5-4[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Calgary 42[/td]
[td]BC 15[/td]
[td]Cal 6-5, BC 3-6[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Grey Cup[/td]
[td]Ottawa 39[/td]
[td]Calgary 33[/td]
[td]Ott 3-1, Cal 6-6[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]2017[/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Saskatchewan 31[/td]
[td]Ottawa 20[/td]
[td]Sask 6-3, Ott 3-2[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Edmonton 39[/td]
[td]Winnipeg 32[/td]
[td]Edm 6-4, Wpg 1-3[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Toronto 25[/td]
[td]Saskatchewan 21[/td]
[td]Tor 5-3, Sask 6-4[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Calgary 32[/td]
[td]Edmonton 28[/td]
[td]Cal 7-6, Edm 6-5[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Grey Cup[/td]
[td]Toronto 27[/td]
[td]Calgary 24[/td]
[td]Tor 6-3, Cal 7-7[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]2018[/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Hamilton 48[/td]
[td]BC 8[/td]
[td]Ham 6-6, BC 3-7[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Winnipeg 23[/td]
[td]Saskatchewan 18[/td]
[td]Wpg 2-3, Sask 6-5[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Ottawa 46[/td]
[td]Hamilton 27[/td]
[td]Ott 4-2, Ham 6-7[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Calgary 22[/td]
[td]Winnipeg 14[/td]
[td]Cal 8-7, Wpg 2-4[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Grey Cup[/td]
[td]Calgary 27[/td]
[td]Ottawa 16[/td]
[td]Cal 9-7, Ott 4-3[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]2019[/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Edmonton 29[/td]
[td]Montreal 27[/td]
[td]Edm 7-5, Mtl 3-5[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Semi[/td]
[td]Winnipeg 35[/td]
[td]Calgary 14[/td]
[td]Wpg 3-4, Cal 9-8[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Hamilton 36[/td]
[td]Edmonton 16[/td]
[td]Ham 7-7, Edm 7-6[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Division Final[/td]
[td]Winnipeg 20[/td]
[td]Saskatchewan 13[/td]
[td]Wpg 4-4, Sask 6-6[/td]
[/tr]
[tr][td]Grey Cup[/td]
[td]Winnipeg 33[/td]
[td]Hamilton 12[/td]
[td]Wpg 5-4, Ham 7-8[/td]
[/tr]
Toronto: 6-3 .667
Ottawa: 4-3 .571
Winnipeg: 5-4 .556
Edmonton 7-6 .538
Calgary: 9-8 .529
Saskatchewan 6-6 .500
Hamilton: 7-8 .467
Montreal:3-5 .375
BC: 3-7 .300
Hmmmm. That still doesn’t correlate very well with Grey Cup victories.
:-\