Saskatchewan Roughriders 2017 Eastern Conference Champions?
Who would have thunk it?
The Saskatchewan Roughriders jumped on top of the Ottawa RedBlacks 31-20 in the Eastern Semi-Final while the Edmonton Eskimos helped Winnipeg get to 0-27 in their Grey Cup streak, setting up a Saskatchewan-Toronto Eastern Final while Edmonton takes their sideline daycare centre of Jason (No) Maas to Calgary to face perennial playoff chokers Calgary Stampeders.
If nothing else, at least this week we will be spared the spectacle of Jason Kenney complaining about how Alberta gets screwed….hey Alberta, you get one Grey Cup berth this year, while Winnipeg wonders if the sight of Wade Miller out clearing snow in Dollarama Field scared people away from the western semi-final.
Winnipeg demonstrated the truth of the expression they had talent a mile wide but an inch deep. Injuries exposed Winnipeg’s lack of depth and while many were ready to make Richie Hall walk the plank for busted coverages and bring in Noel Thorpe to run things next year, maybe next year the Bombers could try spreading out the wealth and not crossing their fingers and saying injuries don’t happen to them because they are Winnipeg, where dreams go to die.