Oh Winnipeg, don’t book that Grey Cup parade just yet
I guess 27 years of looking in from the outside would do that to a fan base.
The outburst of jubilation over Winnipeg beating Edmonton with a depleted roster but with a quarterback who doesn’t want to lose is understandable as the initial reading of the win meant Winnipeg must now be considered to be on the “big porch” as Matt Dunigan likes to put it, with Edmonton and Calgary.
However with the season at the one-third mark, booking spots on the big porch seems kind of premature, at least speaking from the experience from a Rider fan who has seen the odd 7-2 start morph into outtakes from Night of the Living Dead.
Again, looking at Edmonton’s injury list and who was out of their lineup for the game against Winnipeg and the question is not does Winnipeg belong on the big porch, but with all those people missing, how could Winnipeg not beat Edmonton?