MONDAY COMMENTARY – TIME FOR AN EXORCISM?

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TOUGH WEEKEND FOR SASKATCHEWAN FOOTBALL.

FIRST, THE U OF S HUSKIES LOST A TIGHT ONE IN THE VANIER CAP – 27-21 TO THE WESTERN MUSTANGS ON SATURDAY – AND THEN THE RIDERS FELL 21-17 TO THE BLUE BOMBERS IN WINNIPEG IN THE CFL WEST FINAL.

UGH.

IT WAS AN ICY TRACK IN BOTH CASES, BUT NOBODY’S USING THAT AS AN EXCUSE. IT WAS THE SAME CONDITIONS FOR EVERYBODY BUT ALL I’M SAYING IS THE SLIPPING AND SLIDING DIDN’T GIVE US A TRUE INDICATION OF THE QUALITY OF THE TEAMS.

HOWEVER MAYBE IF THEY PLAYED INDOORS, THE MUSTANGS AND BOMBERS STILL WOULD’VE WON.

BUT WINNIPEG ASSUREDLY DID THEIR BEST TO GIVE IT AWAY ON SUNDAY, LOSING THE TURNOVER BATTLE 6-2 TO THE RIDERS! FRANKLY IT’S INEXCUSABLE THAT THE RIDERS COULD BE THE BENEFACTORS OF SO MANY GIVEAWAYS, AND STILL LOSE.

BUT THAT’S WHERE I SAID THE BOMBERS ARE THE BETTER TEAM. THEY DOMINATED THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, MAULED CODY FAJARDO, AND RECORDED ENOUGH BIG PLAYS TO OVERCOME THE INTERCEPTIONS AND FUMBLES, AND ADVANCE TO THE GREY CUP.

FAJARDO SAID AFTER THE GAME HE WAS PROUD OF THEIR EFFORT, AND HAPPY THAT THEY HAD THE CHANCE TO WIN IT ON A GAME-ENDING DRIVE. THEY EVEN GOT SOME HELP FROM THE VIDEO REPLAY BOOTH. BUT IT WASN’T TO BE.

RIDER D-LINEMAN MICAH JOHNSON BLAMED THE FOOTBALL GODS FOR THE LOSS WHICH WOULD MAKE IT AT LEAST TWO STRAIGHT YEARS THOSE SAME GODS TURNED THEIR BACK ON THE RIDERS IN THE PLAYOFFS.

MAYBE THEY NEED TO PERFORM AN EXCORCISM? (Exorcism from Greek ἐξορκισμός, exorkismós, “binding by oath” is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons, jinns, or other spiritual entities from a person, or an area, that is believed to be possessed.)

REGARDLESS, WINNIPEG’S ON THE WAY TO HAMILTON FOR A GREY CUP REMATCH AND REMATCHES ARE ALWAYS FUN. WE’VE GOT A WEEK TO TALK ABOUT IT.

BUT AS WE BEGIN GREY CUP WEEK, I’LL MAKE THIS PREDICTION;

BOMBERS BY 7.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY

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(Photo: Winnipeg Blue Bombers)