GA Russell Posted November 18, 2019 Report Posted November 18, 2019 It's that time of year again! It's time for the annual Grey Cup contest. Past winners have included Noj (twice), indestructible, Bright Moments, brownie, paul secor, Soulstation1, danasgoodstuff, B. Clugston (twice), ejp626 (twice) and BFrank. Here are the rules: 1) Pick the winning team. 2) Pick the number of total points scored by both teams (aka the tiebreaker). Since approximately half of us will pick the winning team, picking the total points is necessary to win the contest. Your total points prediction must be a number which is a multiple of five (5). The winning tiebreaker will be the one closest to the correct answer. If two are equally close, the winner will be the lower pick. If two people pick the same thing, the first to make the pick will be the winner. We going to do things a little different this year for the prize. In the past the prize has always been a $17.00 Mosaic Records Gift Card. The $17.00 represents one CD of a Mosaic box set. However, the international postage rates over the years have changed, so we will do this: If you live in the US, you will have your choice of a) the $17 Mosaic gift card or b) a bundle of three jazz-related books. If you live in Canada, your prize will be a Canadian football book. If you live anywhere else, I will paypal you the $17.00, and it will be up to you to decide what you will spend it on and in what currency. Deadline: Sunday Nov. 24, 6:00 pm eastern ***** The Grey Cup game: The Grey Cup is awarded to the world champion of what I think is the greatest game in the world, Canadian rules football. That is to say, the champion of the Canadian Football League. The Grey Cup was first awarded in 1909. They have played for it every year since then except three years during World War One. Therefore, this year's will be the 107th Grey Cup game. Fans from throughout Canada will attend the game. This year's game will see the Western champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers face the Eastern champion Hamilton Tiger-Cats. These were the two teams picked by most pre-season pundits to play in the Grey Cup, but it has been a crazy year for the whole league, and no one expected what we have now. Hamilton's quarterback was Jeremiah Masoli, but he hurt his leg and was lost for the season. His backup is Dane Evans. Nobody had heard of him a year ago, but he has filled in nicely. He played his college ball at Tulsa. Hamilton's biggest star is a little guy named Speedy Banks who is the fastest runner in the league. Banks was voted the Eastern Most Outstanding Player. We will find out Thursday if he wins the award for the whole country. He grew up here in Raleigh, and I once met his dad at a gas station when we were filling up our tanks! Winnipeg's quarterback was Matt Nichols. He too hurt his leg and was lost for the year. His backup is Chris Streveler, who was a rookie last year. He played his college ball at Minnesota and South Dakota. On October 9 (just before the trading deadline), the Bombers obtained Zach Collaros from the Toronto Argonauts. Collaros was Saskatchewan's quarterback, but suffered a severe concussion in the first game, and never played again for the Roughriders. Saskatchewan gave him away to Toronto, who never took him off the injured list. Collaros was a star for Hamilton in 2015 when he too hurt his leg and was lost for the season. He has never regained his success. He played his college ball at Cincinnati. Winnipeg's big star is running back Andrew Harris. So it looks like we will see Hamilton's passing offense against Winnipeg's running offense. (By the way, the Hamilton Tigers were founded in 1869, the same year as the Cincinnati Red Stockings.) The location of the game is chosen years in advance. This year's game will be played in Calgary. Eastern fans always root for the Eastern champion, and Western fans always root for the Western champion. I expect the majority of the crowd to be cheering for the Bombers, who have not won the Grey Cup since 1990. The Tiger-Cats last won it in 1999, so it has been a while for them too. ***** The game will be carried live in the US on ESPN2, starting at 6:00 pm eastern Sunday. You can listen to the game here: http://www.tsn.ca/radio (To listen to the game, you will need Windows Media Player which you can download for free. So you might want to plan ahead if you don't already have it.) You can study articles analyzing the upcoming game as well as articles about the season as it unfolded in the CFL thread, which I will be updating during the course of this week. Good luck everyone! ***** Here's my pick: I'm going to do you a favor. I expect Hamilton to win, so I'm going to go with the Blue Bombers. Winnipeg - 50 Quote
T.D. Posted November 18, 2019 Report Posted November 18, 2019 My "oddsmaker consensus" forecast of Hamilton 50 is taken (I see Hamilton favored by 6 with over/under 50.5), so I'll go Hamilton 45. Needless to say, my method has never been successful. Quote
GA Russell Posted November 18, 2019 Author Report Posted November 18, 2019 1 hour ago, John Tapscott said: Winnipeg - 50 John, I've already got that! Quote
GA Russell Posted November 19, 2019 Author Report Posted November 19, 2019 These picks are trending high, and I note that both teams have good defenses. A low-ball pick might be a winner. Quote
GA Russell Posted November 22, 2019 Author Report Posted November 22, 2019 My records indicate that the following numbers are available: Hamilton - 35 and everything below - 80 and everything above Winnipeg - 40 and everything below - 60 and everything above I've got Sangrey down as Hamilton - 75, OK? Quote
B. Clugston Posted November 22, 2019 Report Posted November 22, 2019 The defending champ says Winnipeg 40. Quote
GA Russell Posted November 22, 2019 Author Report Posted November 22, 2019 On 11/18/2019 at 0:34 AM, GA Russell said: Hamilton's biggest star is a little guy named Speedy Banks who is the fastest runner in the league. Banks was voted the Eastern Most Outstanding Player. We will find out Thursday if he wins the award for the whole country. He grew up here in Raleigh, and I once met his dad at a gas station when we were filling up our tanks! Speedy Banks was indeed named Canada's Most Outstanding Player last night. Quote
sidewinder Posted November 24, 2019 Report Posted November 24, 2019 4 hours ago, GregK said: Winterpeg, I mean Winnipeg 35 Windypeg? Quote
GA Russell Posted November 24, 2019 Author Report Posted November 24, 2019 ESPN2 says that there will be a half hour of pre-game entertainment, and the kickoff will be about 6:30 pm eastern. The radio announcers say that the temperature should not be a problem, but the wind is blowing across the field with 25-50 kph gusts. That could affect the kicking. In my OP I said that I think Hamilton will win. You may have noticed that virtually every pundit whose link I've posted agrees. I think I have changed my mind. Hamilton overall has more weapons, but if the game turns out to be an Evans vs. Collaros battle, I think Collaros will win that. Good luck everyone! The contest is now closed. I'm now going across the street to watch at the sports bar. Everyone is welcome to post here while I'm away. Quote
GA Russell Posted November 25, 2019 Author Report Posted November 25, 2019 2019 Grey Cup Winnipeg 33....Hamilton 12 https://www.cfl.ca/games/2646/hamilton-tiger-cats-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/ And so the winner is Winnipeg - 45, and that's kh1958! Congratulations kh! Please PM me your address, and let me know whether you want the Mosaic gift card or the jazz books. Thanks for playing this year everyone! Quote
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