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Congratulations to the Saskatchewan Roughriders who won the 95th Grey Cup today with a 23-19 win over the Winnepeg Blue Bombers. The CFL has come a long way in the past 5 years or so…it wasn’t too long ago that the league was a bit of a joke, especially in the Eastern part of Canada (Ontario especially) and filled with players who were ‘C’ list…or worse. But for some reason, the CFL has become ‘cool’ again here in Canada, and it seems the Canadian players are getting better, every team has a good QB, and good American players who can’t quite make it in the NFL aren’t embarrassed to look for work north of the border anymore…and it isn’t that bad a place to make a living. Sure…they don’t make millions like their NFL cousins, but they earn an honest living to play the game they love in front of packed stadiums from B.C. to Montreal, they’re seen on TV every week, and the style of football is wide open and exciting. It could be worse…

And its also nice to see the Saskatchewan faithful rewarded with only their 3rd Grey Cup Title in the teams 50+ year history...and first in 18 years…which is a pretty big deal when you play in an 8 team league! If you know anything about the CFL, the Roughriders are sort of like the CFL’s version of the Green Bay Packers in so far as it seems the whole province dons the green and white to support the only team in town…traveling to other provinces en mass to cheer on the boys. They don’t have an NHL team, so the Roughriders are pretty much it (outside of junior hockey of course…this is Canada afterall).

Enjoy the party Saskatchewan!