Calgary beats Winnipeg to Grey Cup in advance
CALGARY – The Calgary Stampeders will find if its a third-time charm in the Grey Cup.
The Stampeders advanced to the championship game of CFL, it is a franchise record of the third year after downing Winnipeg Blue Bombers by 22-14 in West Division final that held on Sunday.
Calgary was totally favored to win the 2016 and 2017 Grey Cups but lost to the Ottawa Redblacks and Toronto Argonauts respectively.
And the Stampeders face the Redblacks again for the title Sunday in Edmonton. Ottawa beat the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 46-27 earlier Sunday to take the East Division.
Dave Dickenson, Calgary Head Coach said, “As a coach of the team, I think that you’re stupid if you don’t look properly at changing something up and doing differently,”.
“It’s the best time to climb up to the top of the mountain.”
The Stampeders posted the best records of CFL at 13-5 to earn a playoff bye. Calgary will do this a fourth Grey Cup appearance in the 5 years after claiming the championship in the year 2014.
Eric Rogers led Calgary team with 3 touchdown catches on Sunday, including a 10-yard grab at the end of the zone in the fourth quarter.
These scores were the highlights of a second half devoid of an offense as both of these defenses dug in.
Justin Medlock of Winnipeg kicked 4 field goals, including a 57-yarder for the CFL playoff record, in the front of 29,268 at McMahon Stadium.
Bo Levi Mitchell completed 17 out of the 31 passes for three touchdown throws.
He joins a group of CFL quarterbacks to lead the teams to the playoff win in the 5 straight years. Tracy Ham, Doug Flutie, Russ Jackson, and Ron Lancaster are the others.
