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Missed that .. somehow.

We did?

Yes there was.

So, for a guy that can't read a defense, or throw a football because of his terrible mechanics, how did you like Streveler's pin-point-accurate pass to Andrew Harris for the TD? Not too bad for a crappy QB eh?

That's too bad but not unexpected. They're just upset that they can't throw #1990 in our faces any more. Well, that and the fact that we have beaten them both times in their new stadium in the playoffs. Well, and that we've won the cup 11 times now to their 4. Oh, and of course, that we won it all with their cast-off QB that they jetted in favour of Cody Fajardo. Also that we can count to 13 and ... well, that's enough for now. Just to show I have no hard feelings towards the losers to the West of us, I got them a card ...

To me it's about situational football. If we had needed more from our offense more would have been asked of them. As it turned out, what was needed was a steady, move the ball, capitalize on field position, protect the football type of offense and that's exactly what we did. Many times I saw Harris and the boys wrap both arms around that football whenever they went into traffic. Hamilton knew they needed turnovers and you could see them reaching in trying to pry the ball away. We gave them nothing and that's exactly what we needed to do. Harris scored early on the ground and Strevs threw a beauty ball to Harris for another TD. That was all we needed on offense. Medlock gave us bonus points and locked things away. Sure the defense was spectacular. Our D made it a day from hell for Dane Evans because they couldn't keep him clean and had no answer for it, max protect or not. Meanwhile, our O-line kept our QB clean and effective. Add in the beauty work on special teams and you have a complete team effort worthy of winning a championship. NO ONE afterwards claimed that we were lucky to win. We weren't. We earned it by playing a top-level game with 60 minute contributions from offense, defense, and special teams. It was a perfect game, really. For that, we owe our thanks to the HC, OC, and DC. They were terrific and this fan has nothing to complain about.

In retrospect it's somewhat clear to me now that we did what we needed to do with the personnel we had. We don't have a stable of #1 receivers but we have some very steady, reliable receivers that can run good routes. We have some #1 runners though with both speed (Demski) and power (Harris, Streveler). I think Lapo built an offense to capitalize on what he had to work with. Gone was the boring, predictable schemes of the past. Our playoff opponents were never comfortable guessing what was coming next. Same on D. We mixed up the blitzes and 3/4 man rushes beautifully. The players said they weren't even doing stunts. Just rushing straight-up and being as physical as possible and they couldn't handle us.

Yet we have such an embarrassment of riches ...

Winning the Grey Cup and shoving in Darian Durant's face ... priceless!

I'm not saying we knew exactly what was coming, but it's not like he walked into the end zone untouched either.

Did you see him laughing and all pumped up after the successful 3rd down gamble. Dude, like chill. It was just one of only a couple successes your team had all game long. I didn't see as all that amazing a play. The Bombers just played it safe and your runner just barely made the play. One slip up and that play was going nowhere and certainly didn't fool anyone.

I couldn't agree more. That was a tight-spiraled dime of a pass. I wonder if Zach has been helping Strevs with that.

One thing I've come to realize about Collaros is that he throws the ball to the receivers sweet spot away from the coverage. The receiver needs only shield the ball and it generally drops into his arms. The DB never seems in position to make a play of the ball. Very accurate passer.

My take was that to get to that game we had to beat Calgary in Calgary and then Sask in Sask. Hamilton only had to beat Edmonton in Hamilton. Who was better battle hardened? You saw the result yesterday.

Damn you, Jpan85! Here go the waterworks again!

Some real dbags on that team. Speaking of which, did Simoni Lawrence ever play? LOL!

Oh for sure. I think whoever it was wouldn't let go of his foot so it looked like Proulx flagged Streveler for kicking at the guy instead of flagging the guy for unnecessary roughness. I think it was Dylan Wynne but not sure.

I was in Toronto for a game against the Bombers and Argos two seasons ago. Of course, I had great seats, right behind the Bomber bench. O'Shea spied me there a couple of times and always smiled and waved. Next thing I know, my wife is poking me in the side, points and says, look! I look to my right and Wade Miller is standing at the end of my row in the aisle staring right at me. I popped out my seat and rushed over and my wife took pics of me posing with Wade Miller. The point is, these guys have always been about us, the fans, the ones that care, the ones that make the effort to go into hostile territory in our Bomber gear and cheer for our team. I couldn't be happier to be a Bomber fan than at this time.

You have the best descriptors ever! De-cleat. LOL!

That hit by Hansen had me pop right up out of my seat and let out a mighty WOOO! that scared my wife and had the dog barking! Just fantastic!

I'm going to include myself so, thanks. I fell in love with this team 50 years ago and have witnessed a few Grey Cup victories but this was the best one by far. Welcome to my Blue Bomber family!

Well, I know I said before the playoffs started that we were perfectly capable of running the table. Did I really think we would? No. I admit that. I thought our D would have a game where we gave up huge yardage, couldn't stop our opponent when it mattered, sputtered on offense when we needed them most, etc. I was wrong. Ultimately I would have laid the blame at the feet of Mike O'Shea for being a stubborn cuss that wouldn't make the changes necessary to put this team over the top. What happened? He made the changes necessary for putting this team over the top. Therefore, he now gets the praise he deserves and I'll be the first to say I was wrong and that he did a great job. I'm so proud of Wade Miller, Kyle Walters, Mike O'Shea, Paul LaPolice, Richie Hall, and the rest of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. You electrified the city of Winnipeg and all the Blue Bomber fans throughout the country and indeed, the world. Take a bow gentlemen. You're Grey Cup champions!

Oh, so you want to take this moment to make it about you getting credit for sticking with this regime and players. Wonderful. Thanks for adding to the great ambiance of our first Grey Cup win in 29 years. Just what I wanted to read at this time. So tell us, so that you get the credit, just what is it that you want us to say to you?

1. Andrew Harris - Put the team on his back after asking them if they had his back. Incredible leadership from the Winnipeg native. 2. Willie Jefferson - Saved his best performance of the playoffs for this game. The man was the best defensive player on the field. 3. Mike Jones - Terrific play on what could have been a huge momentum shift towards the Hamilton team on a deep pass to the other Mike Jones HH - Jackson Jeffcoat - For wreaking havoc in the Hamilton backfield all. game. long.