In the next while, you are going to hear noise about Hamilton head coach Orlondo Steinauer perhaps going to the U of Washington as defensive co-ordinator and the Edmonton Elks wanting O’Shea as GM/head coach. The Tiger-Cats last won the Grey Cup in 1999. Winnipeg beat Hamilton 33-12 in the 2019 Grey Cup game in Calgary. That’s when they signed Castillo, who was with the NFL’s New York Jets last season. The Blue Bombers went through an early-season stretch where they struggled in the kicking game. Winnipeg head coach Mike O’Shea is 6-0 in Grey Cup games - the two with the Bombers, one as an assistant coach with the Toronto Argonauts and three as a smash-mouth linebacker with the Argos. The 20 Montreal Alouettes were the last team to win back-to-back championships. He now has won five Grey Cups - two with the Blue Bombers and three with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Richie Hall, Winnipeg’s defensive co-ordinator, is one of the game’s really good guys. The Tiger-Cats pulled even when Michael Domagala hit on a 13-yard FG with six seconds left. Another rouge on the kickoff stretched that lead to 25-22. The Bombers took their first lead of the game, 24-22, with 1:52 left in the fourth quarter when K Sergio Castillo booted a 45-yard field goal. A rouge on the kickoff got the Bombers to within one, at 22-21.
They got to within 22-13 with a 20-yard field goal, and 22-20 with a 29-yard pass to Nic Demski and the convert. The Bombers were trailing 22-10 in the fourth quarter. This was the 108th playing of the Grey Cup game and only the fourth time OT was needed. Moments later, the Bombers sealed the victory with an interception by LB Kyrie Wilson. The Bombers went ahead 31-25 on a Zach Collaros to Darvin Adams TD pass, with Collaros then hitting Rasheed Bailey for the deuce. If you’re not aware, the CFL OT format opens with mini-games as each team scrimmages from the 35-yard line. This was a terrific football game, with a strong wind making the decision-making process that much more important and the passing and punting games difficult. The Bombers also won in 2019 the CFL didn’t play in 2020 because of the pandemic. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers won the CFL title on Sunday, beating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, who were playing at home, 33-25 in OT to successfully defend their Grey Cup championship.
First Blue Bombers quarterback to win two straight Grey Cup games since Kenny Ploen in 19. With that #Gre圜up victory, quarterback Zach Collaros is forever cemented as a #Winnipeg #BlueBombers hero.