The 2009 Grey Cup belongs to the Montreal Alouettes, and quite likely will be as notoriously remembered as the ” Fog Bowl ” of 1962.
The Alouettes, who survived a poor start, an underwhelming overall performance and the shakiest kicking this side of Tiger Woods’ wife, nipped the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28-27.
Where do you start with this one ?
Saskatchewan was solid, playing in front of a pro-Western and pro-Rider crowd at Calgary and for 50 minutes, they had it rolling.
When the Riders ran the ball and utterly confused the Montreal defence to make it 27-11, it was over as far as I could see.
But to the Als credit, they didn’t quit, they scored quickly, took advantage of the Roughriders who shunned the run and fired an interception in the process, and allowed Montreal to score another major.
All of which set up the game winning field goal attempt by Damon Duval who appeared to be booting a beanbag chair with earlier kicks.
Duval, as almost everyone in Canada knows, missed the game winning attempt, but Saskatchewan, like Don Cherry’s Boston Bruins 30 years ago, had too many men on the field.
The Riders were penalized, Duval moved closer, and this time the Shank-a-potumus kicker delivered the winning points in the Alouette triumph.
This might not have been the single greatest Grey Cup in the CFL’s proud history, but the climax was one we’ll talk about for years and years.
I’m Fred Wallace