Grey Cup Thread - Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. YOUR Toronto Argonauts

[ArgoGabe22]

Robbie Smith deserves some award, despite his penalty and punt coverage. Just to come back and respond right after thinking you might have just cost your team

[argolio]

Never in doubt.

Robbie Smith totally laid out for that. Awesome way to seal the game.

[bigzee19]

I didn't show up here all year but I did today.

I can't believe it.

Wow

[OV Argo]

We told you !!!

Arrrrrrrgoooooooos ! (shoulda won by about 17 points)

[jerrym]

What a wild finish! A bigger comeback than the 100+ fumble return against Calgary in 2017 with MBT out at the end, the penalty putting the ball back at the 41, the inexperienced Kelly leading them to a TD, the blocked punt and then us blocking a punt and finally an interception. An unorthodox way to win but is a WIN and another GREY CUP FOR THE WINNGEST TEAM IN CFL HISTORY.

[Argo57]

Unbelievable victory for the Argonauts.
Proud of this team, happy for all the players and all of the loyal fans!
Absolutely elated tonight!

[OV Argo]

Cool !

Again, hate to see Collaros unable to go (for any part of the game), which IMO would taint an Argo win, at least somewhat.

Want to see the Argos O move the ball lots on the supposedly so great Bummers' D; they are light-weight on the front 7 and can be run on - pound Harris & Ouellette at them. I'll bet anything that the team that shows more balance on offence (pass play calls vs. run calls) wins this game.

Quite happy to be dead wrong on that call; Argos coulda/shoulda run the ball more though.

Henoc & Robbie Smith - 2 fitting Argo heroes on this GC win - very proud of them and the whole team !!!

[Will]

The decision to keep Cam Phillips in the lineup proved to be the right one.

[dmont]

Wow...

Great win. It was close at the end, but to me, the argonauts were the better team for just about the whole game. Winnipeg didn't play particularly well. The only reason it was close was toronto mistakes.

Javon Leake will be the unsung hero of this game. Put them in outstanding position on every kick and punt.

Robbie Smith... there's the most relieved guy in the house. Had penalty trouble and coverage issues the whole game, commits a penalty that SHOULD HAVE cost the team the cup. Comes back and blocks a field goal... huge.

Feel so good for Henoc and Oakman. Both big dudes crying like babies.

Despite a questionable season and a lousy playoffs, Speedy B gets his ring. Congrats, I guess. Don't be on the team next year.

Feel a little bad for Macbeth. The guy has a great season and a pretty good game tonight. Gets hurt right at the end, and now it seems like he's totally overshadowed. Nobody interviewed him, didn't see him on the stage. He deserves a lot of the credit for this moment and I don't feel like he's getting it.

Overall, proud to be an Argonauts Lifer!

[ArgoFan1]

Don't know what to make of the behaviour of MBT after the game. He never joined the team at all, either on the stage or in the dressing room celebrations !!! I was looking forward to seeing him celebrate. If he is retiring, I thought he would have even more reason to celebrate.

[ArgoGabe22]

Don't know what to make of the behaviour of MBT after the game. He never joined the team at all, either on the stage or in the dressing room celebrations !!! I was looking forward to seeing him celebrate. If he is retiring, I thought he would have even more reason to celebrate.

He seemed to be in good spirits with Kelly. Maybe he didn’t feel he earned it and the team deserved all the credit?

[kellynjk]

Well lots of decisions to be made in the off-season. I have never been a big fan of MBT, but I give him credit for helping the Argos win the Grey Cup this year. But for next season if they re-sign him, I hope that they split the starting quarterback duties between him and Chad Kelly - Kelly has earned it. If the Argos split the quarterback duties, I could live with it - otherwise let's get another quarterback and give Chad Kelly the starting quarterback role.

I hope they dump Banks (he definitely hasn't been worth it) - dump Bede as well, he's too inconsistent and hopefully they can convince Harris to come back. The defensive team was impressive and I think there is some real potential with some of the offensive receivers.

As others have stated, this team was better than they were given credit and they played to the end today and deserved the win!!!

[jerrym]

Wow...


Feel a little bad for Macbeth. The guy has a great season and a pretty good game tonight. Gets hurt right at the end, and now it seems like he's totally overshadowed. Nobody interviewed him, didn't see him on the stage. He deserves a lot of the credit for this moment and I don't feel like he's getting it.

Overall, proud to be an Argonauts Lifer!

Agree on both points. I would have liked to see more recognition for MBT at the end. I still think Kelly has a fair bit to learn and it would be good if MBT and Kelly could team up again next year with Kelly getting a greater share of the load.

[jerrym]

Watching Muamba cry says it all about how much it meant to him and how much that meant to the team the whole season as they slowly built up after a wobbly start to beat a team that at times this seemed destined to three-eat.

[jerrym]

To be honest I thought the Argos were going to lose when Banks penalty put them at the Winnipeg 41 and second 25 with an inexperienced Kelly at QB. Kelly's 20 yard run after Jefferson's offside got the comeback rolling.

["Issues"Mcgee]

That was one hell of a ball game. Once again the Argos achieve glory in the most spectacularly clumsy way.

Chad Kelly's potential cannot be ignored at this point. They need to hold on to him.

[AngeloV]

Me too; however, what's really sad/pathetic in this country is the number of little wannabe, NFL fan-boy types who feel the need to mock, cut-down or choose ignorance of Canadian football, because they have been led like little sheep to believe Canadian football is inferior to the American version of the game; now those types, should be deported, or pi$$ed-on.

We can all say that, but you know what? All the Canadian players look up to the stars of the NFL. Not sure if you saw the interview Michael Irvin conducted with Nic Demski, but Irvin was his hero growing up. So I guess that makes the majority of Canadian players wannabes too?

[AngeloV]

Bombers going with only one kicker - Liegghio doing all jobs; this guy gets injured - trying to make a tackle or pulls a groin, early in the game, and the Bummers are likely done/finished. Ultra risky & myopic roster management IMO; don't want to see him injured - just sayin'.

Really no different than if Bede were to have gotten injured. Hagerty can't place kick, so Chad Kelly would have had to step in.

[AngeloV]

Very sad to see so many empty seats !!! Attendance has been miserable every stadium this season.

The game was officially a sell out. The empty seats were the result of 1,000 previously sold tickets went on resale.

[AngeloV]

Did anyone else see an illegal procedure on #51 when Winnipeg scored on 3rd and 1? Looked like he left early in real time and replay confirmed.

He was way ahead of the snap.