110TH GREY CUP: MONTREAL 28 WINNIPEG 24
Photo: Jim Mullin
HAMILTON – Cody Fajardo and the Montreal Alouettes are Grey Cup champions.
Fajardo’s 19-yard touchdown pass to Canadian Tyson Philpot rallied Montreal to a thrilling 28-24 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday.
It earned the Alouettes their first CFL title since 2010 and came after an uncertain off-season that saw the franchise taken over by the league in February before it was sold the following month to businessman Pierre Karl Peladeau.
Fajardo’s toss capped a stellar seven-play, 83-yard march. It included a clutch 31-yard completion to Cole Spieker on third-and-five before a Tim Hortons Field sellout of 28,808 as Montreal ended 2023 with eight straight victories.
Winnipeg had one last possession to try to tie the game. Zach Collaros completed a pass to punter Jamieson Sheahan, who then tried to boot the ball into the endzone but it was short and Montreal recovered to end the game.
The Blue Bombers, in the Grey Cup for a fourth straight year, suffered a second consecutive loss after beating Hamilton in 2019 and ’21. The Toronto Argonauts edged Winnipeg 24-23 last year.
(The Canadian Press)
Sure would have be nice to have had a GM like Maccochia to assemble a team around Cody and Maas! Who will be their meat shields next year? What a joke the Saskatchewan Roughriders organization has now become and getting worse every year.
I’m a Chris Jones fan, can I join the club?
Sure you can join the club as we are always looking to improve and bring in new members throughout the year! We don’t stand pat with mediocracy or failure
I think the Rider brass needs to step up and legitamize their reasoning to dump Cody Fajardo. Their stubbornness in refusing to provide Cody Fajardo with some competent pass blockers is inexcusable!
IMO, the loss looked good on the Bombers 😃😃
Good for Cody, thanks for exposing the Rider brass for what they are.
Congrats Cody Fajardo, you got that monkey off your back. Grey Cup Champ! MVP !!
How do you like him now O’Day?
the only negative about the game was the TSN broadcast. They are an example of amateur hour. There should have been someone with a cane and hook the sideline interviews and Suitor off of the stage. They are all terrible. Time for Sportsnet to take over.