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

[paulwoods13]

Notwithstanding some of his boastful comments about getting Flutie-like passing numbers, as far as I can tell, he didn't rock the boat or create any issues for the team. Would we not have heard something if he had? Maybe, maybe not. Like you correctly point out, we don't know.

I don't know where we would hear about it. There are no journalists covering the Argos day in and day out. Frank Zicarelli is the closest thing to a "beat" reporter, and he's not there anywhere close to daily. To his credit, Zicarelli managed to report on the locker-room fight between Jonathan Jones and Jamal Peters -- but his report did not appear until four months after the incident happened. All kinds of stuff goes on that we will never hear about.

[Will]

Jamal Peters and Jonathan Jones had a fight in the locker room? When did this happen?

[Shatto]

People talk about Brescasin’s spectacular catch on that play, but I thought it was also a spectacular bit of quarterbacking: Running full stride towards the sideline, throwing across his body 50 yards downfield into a 12-inch bucket where only Brescasin could get it.

Ill-advised? Maybe for the 9 out of 10 QBs who don’t have the combination of mobility and arm and vision to pull off a play like that.

I went back to review the Bescacin catch. With stop action viewing you can see the DB is positioned perfectly in front of Bescacin. The DB appears to have his hands on the ball, monetarily, when Brescacin jumps higher and reaches over to take the ball out of the DB's hands. Brescacin then somehow manages to keep one foot inbounds as he lands. This is not to disparage Kelly but that Brescacin reception was truly outstanding and he should get all the credit for the reception. Will Kelly be a success as a CFL QB? As I stated before--only time will tell. But as an Argo fan, I hope he is our QB of the future.

[ArgoRavi]

Jamal Peters and Jonathan Jones had a fight in the locker room? When did this happen?

I would like to know this also.

["Issues"Mcgee]

Darn I whipped together a great image of Kelly on the cover of people magazine but I can't get it to load properly....

[paulwoods13]

Jamal Peters and Jonathan Jones had a fight in the locker room? When did this happen?

After the July 31 home game against Ottawa, one of the low points of the season.

https://torontosun.com/sports/footba...-in-the-season

I guess the fact that both Will and Ravi never heard of this proves my point that we can't expect to find out from media sources what goes on inside the locker room.

[paulwoods13]

I went back to review the Bescacin catch. With stop action viewing you can see the DB is positioned perfectly in front of Bescacin. The DB appears to have his hands on the ball, monetarily, when Brescacin jumps higher and reaches over to take the ball out of the DB's hands. Brescacin then somehow manages to keep one foot inbounds as he lands. This is not to disparage Kelly but that Brescacin reception was truly outstanding and he should get all the credit for the reception. Will Kelly be a success as a CFL QB? As I stated before--only time will tell. But as an Argo fan, I hope he is our QB of the future.

My personal opinion is that Brescacin and Kelly should share the credit for that one. Brescacin did make a superb catch, but Kelly made a very athletic play to put JB in position to make the catch.

[Will]

After the July 31 home game against Ottawa, one of the low points of the season.

https://torontosun.com/sports/footba...-in-the-season

I guess the fact that both Will and Ravi never heard of this proves my point that we can't expect to find out from media sources what goes on inside the locker room.

Among other things, Frank's coverage of the team suffers from his lack of presence on social media. Of course, to not use social media is his right, but that is the way many people are consuming their news or more precisely how people are accessing their news.

[ArgoRavi]

After the July 31 home game against Ottawa, one of the low points of the season.

https://torontosun.com/sports/footba...-in-the-season

I guess the fact that both Will and Ravi never heard of this proves my point that we can't expect to find out from media sources what goes on inside the locker room.

Thanks for posting this, Paul. I don't think I have seen Dinwiddie angrier than he was when speaking to the press after that game. I would say that was THE lowest point of the 2022 season.

[cfl-cis fan]

Was anyone able to disect or breakdown why the Argo field goal got blocked?

[ArgoRavi]

Was anyone able to disect or breakdown why the Argo field goal got blocked?

I believe that the Argos were a couple 100ths of a second late in getting the FG attempt kicked which was enough to have it blocked.

[AngeloV]

I believe that the Argos were a couple 100ths of a second late in getting the FG attempt kicked which was enough to have it blocked.

People that seem to know about kicking believe Bede was late approaching the ball. Tells me he was trying to be extra accurate. His earlier misses probably got in his head.

[Foxhound]

The Toronto Argonauts have never lost a Grey Cup Game to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers:

11 December 1937 - Winnipeg 3 at Toronto 4
10 December 1938 - Winnipeg 7 at Toronto 30
1 December 1945 - Winnipeg 0 at Toronto 35
30 November 1946 - Winnipeg 6 at Toronto 28
29 November 1947 - Winnipeg 9 at Toronto 10
25 November 1950 - Winnipeg 0 at Toronto 13

But the Argonauts this year won't have home field advantage. Will this be the critical factor jeopardizing their win streak?

So it was not.

20 November 2022 - Winnipeg 23 Toronto 24 in Regina

At 7-0, no team has so completely dominated another in Grey Cup tilts as have the Toronto Argonauts dominated the poor feckless Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

So the Toronto Argonauts haven't lost a Grey Cup Game in 35 years and now have a six game winning streak:

29 November 1987 - Edmonton 38 Toronto 36 in Vancouver
24 November 1991 - Toronto 36 Calgary 21 in Winnipeg
24 November 1996 - Toronto 43 Edmonton 37 in Hamilton
16 November 1997 - Toronto 47 Saskatchewan 23 in Edmonton
21 November 2004 - Toronto 27 British Columbia 19 in Ottawa
25 November 2012 - Toronto 35 Calgary 22 in Toronto
26 November 2017 - Toronto 27 Calgary 24 in Ottawa

Moreover no team has won more Grey Cups since 1987 than have the Toronto Argonauts.

But will their winning streak now be snapped by the fearsome Winnipeg Blue Bombers?

So it was not.

20 November 2022 - Toronto 24 Winnipeg 23 in Regina

The Argonauts therefore extended their current winning streak in Grey Cup games to seven. The record though is ten set by the same Argos between 1914 and 1952. Three more to tie the record!