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Ottawa Redblacks fans didn’t care that their home team wasn’t favoured to defeat the Calgary Stampeders in Sunday’s Canadian Football League’s championship game.
But in sports bars across the city and at home in front of their big screen TVs, Redblacks fans took their underdog status and wore it a badge of honour.
And by the end of the game — which went into overtime leading to Ottawa’s 39-33 victory — their badge was that of victory.
Nervous fans who gathered at the Heart and Crown pub on Preston Street in Little Italy started off as a quiet bunch, but that all changed when the Redblacks took the lead early on in the second quarter.
Some good defence, a turnover, and a couple of touchdowns later, the Redblacks led the Stampeders 17-7 at half time.
“Question is, can they keep it up in the second half?” said Antonio Giamberardino, who was at the Crown with four of his friends.
Giamberardino, who wore a Henry Burris jersey, was cheering for the quarterback who started for the Redblacks after a pre-game injury scare.
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Redblacks fans gathered at the Berryman pub on Bank Street were cautiously optimistic about their team’s chance of winning the Grey Cup.
John Mills, a longtime Ottawa resident and originally from Northern Ireland, came to watch the Redblacks with Michelle Gagnon.
“They have to keep doing what they’re doing,” Mills said.
John Millscheers on the RedBlacks at the Berryman pub on Bank Street.
“They can’t let up,” Gagnon added.
By the fourth quarter, emotions ran high as the Stampeders came back to narrow the gap.
“It’s a game now,” said Berryman owner Mark Berry as he and regular Donnie Conner started to grow nervous.
“Defence, defence,” the two shouted.
With two minutes left in the fourth quarter and Ottawa Redblacks leading 33 to 23, Mills said: “I’m still nervous.”
“This is going to be the longest two minutes of my life,” added Gagnon.
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But in sports bars across the city and at home in front of their big screen TVs, Redblacks fans took their underdog status and wore it a badge of honour.
And by the end of the game — which went into overtime leading to Ottawa’s 39-33 victory — their badge was that of victory.
Nervous fans who gathered at the Heart and Crown pub on Preston Street in Little Italy started off as a quiet bunch, but that all changed when the Redblacks took the lead early on in the second quarter.
Some good defence, a turnover, and a couple of touchdowns later, the Redblacks led the Stampeders 17-7 at half time.
“Question is, can they keep it up in the second half?” said Antonio Giamberardino, who was at the Crown with four of his friends.
Giamberardino, who wore a Henry Burris jersey, was cheering for the quarterback who started for the Redblacks after a pre-game injury scare.
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Redblacks fans gathered at the Berryman pub on Bank Street were cautiously optimistic about their team’s chance of winning the Grey Cup.
John Mills, a longtime Ottawa resident and originally from Northern Ireland, came to watch the Redblacks with Michelle Gagnon.
“They have to keep doing what they’re doing,” Mills said.
John Millscheers on the RedBlacks at the Berryman pub on Bank Street.
“They can’t let up,” Gagnon added.
By the fourth quarter, emotions ran high as the Stampeders came back to narrow the gap.
“It’s a game now,” said Berryman owner Mark Berry as he and regular Donnie Conner started to grow nervous.
“Defence, defence,” the two shouted.
With two minutes left in the fourth quarter and Ottawa Redblacks leading 33 to 23, Mills said: “I’m still nervous.”
“This is going to be the longest two minutes of my life,” added Gagnon.
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