It may not go down in history for being the best finals ever but it was a compelling game in a number of ways.
Anthony Calvillo said it will always be remembered for how close it was and that it came down to the final minute of play in regulation time.
It is a safe bet that nobody wanted this game to go into overtime.
Saskatchewan came close to scoring a touchdown in the late going.
Calvillo added that after three previous Grey Cups that didn't live up to the party that preceded it, this one was worthy.
Calvillo admitted when it was all done, after his Allouettes won their second straight Grey Cup that he has a throat condition which will require him to undergo surgery shortly to determine what exactly it is.
He said in post game interviews that it's something that's been on his mind for some time and he will be having surgery.
He added that he didn't want to say anything about it on national TV but claimed that emotions got the better of him. Until last night around 9 p.m., the only people that knew about it asides from his teammates, was his wife.
He talked more about how good if felt to win a second straight championship, both of which have come out west, and both came against the same team.
Montreal had beat Edmonton for the 90th Grey Cup in 2002.
They are now the first CFL team to win back-to-back titles since the Argos did in it 1996 and 1997.
This most recent victory against Saskatchewan also lays claim to having been the first title match that headed into the fourth quarter with the score tied.
There was talk in Edmonton last night of a Montreal dynasty team in the making. Head coach Marc Trestman said he didn't want to even think about that yet.
Montreal now is on pace to catch Edmonton who had won five Cups in a row going back to 1978.
The CFL now has another back-to-back champion.
For the longest time there it looked like the most impressive statistic of Sunday's game was going to be the 50-50 payout.
The Joe Theismann-like injury suffered by Saskatchewan non import Ron Mitchell, who had already been out for 14 months with a broken leg, clearly broke another one. For those that did not see it, his foot turned in a direction it isn't supposed to go.
But the play of the game had to be Jamel Richardson's amazing 37-yard catch over Rider Omarr Morgan, which set Montreal up on the two-yard line. They scored the six of course and now they're the champs.
Richardson said afterwards that Montreal was holding back going against the injured Rider cornerback, but eventually they went for it.
It was minus four at game time in Edmonton and was a spectacular scene. Over 50,000 of the fans in attendance were said to have purchased their Rider jerseys right there on sight. For close to a full week, Edmonton must have been like another Regina.
When CFL commissioner Mark Cohon presented the league trophy to the Allouette captains, there were more people on the field then in the stands. The TSN camera showed three Rider fans who were sitting there long after the game ended but not a single fan in blue and red.
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