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The everyfan’s guide to the Ottawa Redblacks in the Grey Cup championship.
After all the novel suggestions for the mayors’ Grey Cup wager — the loser shovelling the winner’s driveway being our favourite — Ottawa’s Jim Watson and his Edmonton counterpart, Don Iveson, have opted for the safe play.
But with a charitable twist.
So the losing mayor will, as usual, wear the winning team’s jersey to a city council meeting … and the winning mayor will donate to the losing city’s food bank. Tweeted Iveson: “Everybody wins!”
Watson, for his part, says he’ll be happy to stock the Edmonton agency’s shelves.
“I’m very proud of the Redblacks and their incredible season this year and look forward to making a donation to the Edmonton Food Bank and seeing Don Iveson wearing a Redblacks jersey at his council meeting,” he said after a council meeting Wednesday.
At least one of Watson’s Twitter followers, Courtney Kemp, had hoped for higher stakes. “Why is streaking never on the table in these bets?” Kemp tweeted.
For the editors, a wager of words
Here’s a better bet between the editors of the daily broadsheets in Ottawa and Edmonton. Andrew Potter of the Citizen and Margo Goodhand of the Edmonton Journal have each agreed to write a 400-word editorial about how wonderful the winner’s city is, should his or her own team lose on Sunday.
These terms, however, might not be entirely fair. The Journal’s editor might have to dig deep for good things to say about a city that squeezes tax dollars out of Alberta like oil from oilsands.
Here in Ottawa, on the other hand, we hold only warm thoughts for Edmonton, which the Internet tells us is a city of 878,000, not quite halfway up Alberta and 645 metres above sea level.
Ottawa’s award nominees
The Grey Cup isn’t the only hardware the Redblacks hope to bring back from Winnipeg. On Thursday night the CFL will name its top performers for 2015. Here’s a look at Ottawa’s candidates:
Henry Burris: Ottawa’s ever-composed quarterback is the East nominee for Most Outstanding Player, or MOP. At the mellow age of 40, Burris set a CFL record for completions in one season (481), had a career high of 5,703 passing yards, and led the Redblacks to a dozen wins in the regular season, the most ever for an Ottawa CFL team. His story is all the more remarkable considering the Redblacks’ 16 losses a year ago and the suggestions that Burris, brought in as a free agent, was washed up. MOPping up, more like it.
Brad Sinopoli: This wide receiver is in the running for MOC — Most Outstanding Canadian. Sinopoli, 27, was born in Peterborough and won the Hec Crighton Trophy as quarterback for the University of Ottawa Gee Gees. He joined the Redblacks as a free agent in 2015 and was one of four Ottawa receivers to gain 1,000 receiving yards this season. Find him on Twitter at @BSinopoli, where he tweets for good causes.
SirVincent Rogers: Another free agent signing for 2015, SirVincent (“My mom got creative,” he says of his name) is nominated as Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman. He startled all 18 games at left tackle, offering 341 pounds of protection on the quarterback’s blind side. Rogers is a key part of the CFL’s Kick Diabetes campaign, which is why he found himself lip-synching The Day We Met by Anthony Hamilton after losing a “retweet challenge” to John Chick of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Watch it on YouTube.
Rick Campbell: The Redblacks coach will twice this week face Chris Jones of the Edmonton Eskimos — Sunday on the field, and Thursday in the running for CFL Coach of the Year. Like quarterback Burris, Campbell is heralded for taking a fledgling team to success far more quickly than anyone could have predicted. The son of Canadian Football Hall of Fame coach Hugh Campbell, the younger Campbell served in various roles with the Eskimos, Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers before his first head coach job in Ottawa. He and his wife, Jeri, both natives of Washington state, became Canadian citizens in 2011.
Jordan Verdone: The 26-year-old Redblacks fullback is one of nine nominees for the Jake Gaudaur Veterans’ Award, to be presented to the player “who best demonstrates the attributes of Canada’s veterans: strength, perseverance, courage, comradeship and contribution to their community.” Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Verdone played for the Montreal Alouettes before being picked up by the Redblacks in the 2013 expansion draft. “I don’t think there’s a higher honour,” Verdone said when told of his nomination.
Coach Campbell: Just do it?
It wouldn’t be a Grey Cup — or any major championship, for that matter — without a reporter asking the coaches whether they’ve banned players from having sex in the days before the game. The theory, of course, is that such activities could leave a player tired or with less competitive edge. (Or maybe injured, which is why Brazil apparently instructed its soccer players to avoid “acrobatic sex” before the 2014 World Cup.)
This year it fell to Edmonton Sun columnist Terry Jones to pose the question, and Ottawa coach Rick Campbell to grab the topic and sprint like Greg Ellingson dashing to the end zone.
“It’s my job to put guys in the best position to have success, whether it’s on or off the field,” Campbell told reporters.
“So I guess I’m going to give advice more than a policy. And this would probably apply to most of our players and coaches, and it mirrors our football team this year: The odds aren’t good, and no one gave you much of a chance, but if you pay attention to detail and you execute and do it with zest and enthusiasm, anything can happen.”
Campbell’s response left Edmonton head coach Chris Jones, who earlier had avoided taking a position, “best” or otherwise, on the issue, almost speechless.
“How do you top that?” he asked.
With files from Joanne Laucius and The Canadian Press.
We welcome your comments and suggestions. Write to bandwagon@ottawacitizen.com
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After all the novel suggestions for the mayors’ Grey Cup wager — the loser shovelling the winner’s driveway being our favourite — Ottawa’s Jim Watson and his Edmonton counterpart, Don Iveson, have opted for the safe play.
But with a charitable twist.
So the losing mayor will, as usual, wear the winning team’s jersey to a city council meeting … and the winning mayor will donate to the losing city’s food bank. Tweeted Iveson: “Everybody wins!”
Watson, for his part, says he’ll be happy to stock the Edmonton agency’s shelves.
“I’m very proud of the Redblacks and their incredible season this year and look forward to making a donation to the Edmonton Food Bank and seeing Don Iveson wearing a Redblacks jersey at his council meeting,” he said after a council meeting Wednesday.
At least one of Watson’s Twitter followers, Courtney Kemp, had hoped for higher stakes. “Why is streaking never on the table in these bets?” Kemp tweeted.
For the editors, a wager of words
Here’s a better bet between the editors of the daily broadsheets in Ottawa and Edmonton. Andrew Potter of the Citizen and Margo Goodhand of the Edmonton Journal have each agreed to write a 400-word editorial about how wonderful the winner’s city is, should his or her own team lose on Sunday.
These terms, however, might not be entirely fair. The Journal’s editor might have to dig deep for good things to say about a city that squeezes tax dollars out of Alberta like oil from oilsands.
Here in Ottawa, on the other hand, we hold only warm thoughts for Edmonton, which the Internet tells us is a city of 878,000, not quite halfway up Alberta and 645 metres above sea level.
Ottawa’s award nominees
The Grey Cup isn’t the only hardware the Redblacks hope to bring back from Winnipeg. On Thursday night the CFL will name its top performers for 2015. Here’s a look at Ottawa’s candidates:
Brad Sinopoli: This wide receiver is in the running for MOC — Most Outstanding Canadian. Sinopoli, 27, was born in Peterborough and won the Hec Crighton Trophy as quarterback for the University of Ottawa Gee Gees. He joined the Redblacks as a free agent in 2015 and was one of four Ottawa receivers to gain 1,000 receiving yards this season. Find him on Twitter at @BSinopoli, where he tweets for good causes.
SirVincent Rogers: Another free agent signing for 2015, SirVincent (“My mom got creative,” he says of his name) is nominated as Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman. He startled all 18 games at left tackle, offering 341 pounds of protection on the quarterback’s blind side. Rogers is a key part of the CFL’s Kick Diabetes campaign, which is why he found himself lip-synching The Day We Met by Anthony Hamilton after losing a “retweet challenge” to John Chick of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Watch it on YouTube.
Rick Campbell: The Redblacks coach will twice this week face Chris Jones of the Edmonton Eskimos — Sunday on the field, and Thursday in the running for CFL Coach of the Year. Like quarterback Burris, Campbell is heralded for taking a fledgling team to success far more quickly than anyone could have predicted. The son of Canadian Football Hall of Fame coach Hugh Campbell, the younger Campbell served in various roles with the Eskimos, Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers before his first head coach job in Ottawa. He and his wife, Jeri, both natives of Washington state, became Canadian citizens in 2011.
Jordan Verdone: The 26-year-old Redblacks fullback is one of nine nominees for the Jake Gaudaur Veterans’ Award, to be presented to the player “who best demonstrates the attributes of Canada’s veterans: strength, perseverance, courage, comradeship and contribution to their community.” Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Verdone played for the Montreal Alouettes before being picked up by the Redblacks in the 2013 expansion draft. “I don’t think there’s a higher honour,” Verdone said when told of his nomination.
Coach Campbell: Just do it?
It wouldn’t be a Grey Cup — or any major championship, for that matter — without a reporter asking the coaches whether they’ve banned players from having sex in the days before the game. The theory, of course, is that such activities could leave a player tired or with less competitive edge. (Or maybe injured, which is why Brazil apparently instructed its soccer players to avoid “acrobatic sex” before the 2014 World Cup.)
This year it fell to Edmonton Sun columnist Terry Jones to pose the question, and Ottawa coach Rick Campbell to grab the topic and sprint like Greg Ellingson dashing to the end zone.
“It’s my job to put guys in the best position to have success, whether it’s on or off the field,” Campbell told reporters.
“So I guess I’m going to give advice more than a policy. And this would probably apply to most of our players and coaches, and it mirrors our football team this year: The odds aren’t good, and no one gave you much of a chance, but if you pay attention to detail and you execute and do it with zest and enthusiasm, anything can happen.”
Campbell’s response left Edmonton head coach Chris Jones, who earlier had avoided taking a position, “best” or otherwise, on the issue, almost speechless.
“How do you top that?” he asked.
With files from Joanne Laucius and The Canadian Press.
We welcome your comments and suggestions. Write to bandwagon@ottawacitizen.com
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