Grey Cup 101 - Saskatchewan Roughriders win fourth Grey Cup

The 101 Grey Cup for the most part was no contest as the Saskatchewan Roughriders behind their 3D offense but a whooping on the Hamilton Ti-Cats to the tune of 45-23. First it is all about the running game that was controlled by Corey Sheets who put up 128 yards on the ground including a heads up 39 yard run after he catch a ball on the fly when Darian Durant coughed it after being hit and by the end of the game he had set a Grey Cup record with 197 yards on the ground on 20 carries. The second is the pass game lead by Darian Durant who went 17 of 24 for 245 yards and 3 TDs to put up 8 TDs in the 2013 while not given up an interception and it was Geroy Simon who catch his first 2 Grey Cup TDs (in his third appearance) and Chris Getzlaf was named Canadian MVP with 3 catches for 78 yards. The third is the kickoff team that stuff every attempt by the Cats on punts who got a 26-yard return by Brandon Banks but only had 7 yards on his other and kickoffs he got 37 yard return but only averaged 20 yards on his other 6 returns which put the D in position to put HENRY under pressure to hold him to 273 43 pass attempts (completing 20) and he had the only run that mattered a 18 yard TD run that made it closer at 31-13. The turning was a fourth quarter punt by Ricky Schmitt that gave the Roughrider a second life up 31-16 when Luke Tasker (who's father Steve was in four Super bowls with the Bills) fell into Schmitt for a roughing the kicker penalty that the Roughriders turned into a four-yard TD run by Corey Sheets. It was setup by a Durant 30-yard pass to the Roughriders leading receiver Weston Dressler (81 yards on 5 catches) to start the celebration up 38-16 with 5 minutes left. Weston finished off the scoring hooking up in the back of the end zone with 26-yard TD throw from Durant. I know it has been 15 seasons for homeless Ti-Cats (they get their home back next season) but if a team or fan base a second Championship in the last 7 seasons it would be the Saskatchewan Roughriders who have travelled to the Grey Cups no matter if the Riders are in it and make it event. Also have a third Grey Cup hold in Regina is amazing and they put on a great party for the country and what better to win by put that snub Kent Austin just put out his hands up in frustration when he could not find Corey Champlain after the game and after a 45-minute post game the announcers were like nothing from the Ti-cats yet. Saskatchewan on holidays for a while Tom Mehegan

77TH Grey Cup Saskatchewan Roughriders Vs Hamilton Ti-Cats

In 1989 the first championship was awarded at the then Skydome (now Rogers Centre) as the Saskatchewan Roughriders went blow for blow with Hamilton Ti-Cats in the 77TH version of the Grey Cup and is regarded as the best Grey Cup in the first 100 versions of the Grey Cup. The heavily favoured Ti-Cats behind a Mike Kerrigan TD pass to Tom Champion and two Paul Osbaldiston field goals to put the Ti-Cats up 13-1 after the first quarter with a single by Dave Ridgeway. The second quarter was much different as the Roughriders Kent Austin and Mike Kerrigan went blow for blow with each other starting with Austin hooking up with Ray Elgaard for a touchdown and then Kerrigan hooked up with Derrick McAdoo for a touchdown. Which was followed by Austin hooking up with Jeff Fairholm for a huge 75 yard catch and run touchdown and then Kerrigan hooked up with Derrick McAdoo for another touchdown and second quarter fireworks show finished with Austin hooking up with Donald Narcisse to put the Ti-Cats only up 27-22 after 35 points scored in the second quarter but it could of been closer but Ridgeway missed a late 50-yard field goal. The Second half had a few less fireworks and the third quarter belonged to the Riders as they outscored the Cats 12-3 with help from another Austin touchdown this time to Tim McCray while Ridgeway hit his first of four field goals and Paul Osbaldiston gave up a safety but also kicked the three ti-cats points with a field goal and the Rider were up 34-30 after three quarters. The fourth quarter started with both Ridgeway and Osbaldiston both kicked a field goal and then Ridgeway kicked his third field goal to put up the Riders by a touchdown (40-33) and it would stay that way til 44 seconds left in the game when Mike Kerrigan hooked up with Tom Champion who made diving backwards catch to tie it up @ 40. It felt like another heartbreaking Grey Cup appearance for the Riders but Kent Austin and his arm completed 3 passes for 48 yards to put Riderville on the Ti_cats 26 yard line and it was up to Bob Poley to snap the ball into Glen Suitor's hands so he could it down for David Ridgeway to kick a 35-yard field goal and it worked perfectly and he kicked his fourth field goal to give the Province of Saskatchewan their second Grey Cup 43-40. Dave Ridgeway won the most outstanding Canadian and go into the Roughriders lure for his kick that snapped a drought of 23 years and Kent Austin was the Grey Cup MVP and came back to coach the Roughriders to their third Grey Cup and is very we;; decorated outside Mosaic Stadium. It is a passion that burns inside Riderville (go Riders) Tom Mehegan

60TH Grey Cup Saskatchewan Roughriders Vs Hamilton Ti-Cats

60Th Gray Cup was played at Ivor Wynne Stadium between the Saskatchewan Roughriders who faced the hometown squad the Hamilton Ti-Cats and the game was tied @ 10 @ halftime and it was still tied @ 10 with two minutes left in the game. Just like almost every other time for the Riders and their passionate fans it was Riderville that fell apart as Chuck Ealey found Hall of Famer Tony Gabriel three straight time to move down the field from their own 15 to the Riders 41 yard line after not being targeted the first 58 minutes of the game. On the last play of the game Ian Sunter kicked a 34-yard winning field goal and was named the Canadian MVP of the 60TH Grey Cup and Chuck Ealey who had 291 yards and was 18 of 29 with a TD and two interceptions and was named Grey Cup MVP in a Ti-Cats 13-10 victory to be the first team to be able to win a cup on their home turf. Ron Lancaster for the Saskatchewan Roughriders went 20 of 29 for 239 yards with a TD and two interception while Riders running back George Reed had 93 yards on the ground. This Grey Cup was in the middle of 11 straight Western Final for the Roughriders between 1966 (Green Riders first ever Grey Cup victory) to 1976 when Tony Gabriel (then when with the Black Riders) on the last minute of the game scored a TD from Tom Clements to win the 64TH Grey Cups 23-20. It was just another heartbreaking lose for the beloved Roughriders Tom Mehegan

GSP walking away after UFC 20 anniversary

George Rush St. Pierre after the fight of his career against Jonny Big Rig Hendricks as Hendricks just throw down standing landing huge blows that rocked GSP and when he got GSP down to the ground and pounding away at him and after getting a spilt decision GSP after the decision told Joe Rogan that he had things he had to straighten out away from Octagon and would be taken time off away from the UFC but would not explain if it was a retirement. But at 32 years old he will likely be back if he does not need to fight Rory McDonald as he will not fight him as they are teammates because is still young enough to take a year off he will still be in the prime off his career. Rory McDonald lost a spilt decision to Robbie Lawler as he was unwilling when he got Lawler to the ground to do anything until the last 15 seconds of the match and it was too late. GSP/Hendricks spilt decision came down to the very first round of the match which to judges gave to GSP and one to Hendricks and it looked to me that Hendricks controlled most of the round to be awarded the first round. Dana White himself called out the Las Vegas fighting commission to look into their judges because in his opinion he felt that there was no way that GSP won the fight. Also someone has put a youtube video up of Hendricks tapping in the first round of the match when GSP had him in a choke but it is the internet and very tech savvy people can master a video for almost anything and if the announcers don't see it it probably does not happen but who knows. So coming out of this night if GSP is walking away then Hendricks will be given a new opponent to take on in early to mid-2014 to crown an interim champ til GSP comes back. If Dana get GSP back sooner then it will be a rematch between Hendricks and GSP that would bring in a huge Pay-Per-View buy and make both very rich gentleman. It will be interesting Tom Mehegan

Ted Nolan back in Buffalo and is going to raise hell

Ted Nolan who had two seasons behind the Sabres bench in the '95-'96 and '96-'97 seasons when he was named NHL coach of the year in 1997 but his fall out with Hart and Vezina Trophies winner Dominik Hasek in the playoff and was sent packing. Laid low for a decade until he landed on the Island with the Islanders taken them to the playoff in the '06-'07 season and had the same identical record in 96-97 and 06-07 with a record of 40-30-12. 5 years after his last time behind a NHL bench he will take over a team 1-8-1 at home after winning a shootout competition to pick up their first victory at home and an overall league worst 4-15-1 record and he will bring in his tough noise approach will shake up things in Buffalo and they will leave everything on the ice or they will be sitting in the press box. So they will be playing harder and will pick-up more victories and with his shelve is not going to be very long as his tough noise approach is not long lasting but will be successful short-term as interim head coach and maybe then full-time head coach. Along with Nolan the Sabres bring back one of the famous players in franchise history Pat Lafontaine has comeback after his career ended prematurely in 1998 when he was with the New York Rangers thanks to concussions and since than has dabbled in the front office with the Islanders for 6 weeks and the Rangers TV broadcasts since 2010 will now be the team president of hockey operations. His first assignment will be figure out to get the elevator working so long time announcer Rick Jeanneret does not have to be in-between the benches calling the play-by-play with a hockey helmet on during last night victory over the Kings were the Kings forward Jordan Nolan paid a visit as he body checked into him and said hi but did not give the scoop that his dad would be the next coach of the Sabres. After that he will be looking to help find the next GM of the team as Darcy Regier who was finally fired as GM as the last 90's and early turn of the century is a long time ago. The new GM when found will have a very important job to do as he will need to figure out the trade market for Ryan Miller who has worn out his welcome in Buffalo and is an unrestricted free agent and get as much as possible for him except he has no trade clause as he can say that he will not play for 8 teams. Miller maybe to the Flyers (I hear they have been looking for a goalie for 25 years( Tom Mehegan