WINNIPEG – Receiver Kenny Stafford banged two cans of beer together and shook them as he stood by the door to the Edmonton Eskimos locker-room.
When Mike Reilly came through to join his teammates to celebrate Edmonton’s 26-20 Grey Cup win over Ottawa on Sunday, Stafford sprayed the beer over the quarterback’s head.
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Reilly laughed and began hugging his beer-soaked teammates, who had been spraying each other and chugging the brew while he was doing a press conference as the game’s most valuable player.
Eskimos defensive lineman Odell Willis found Reilly and they bent down to give each other a low hand slap and some bear hugs.
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The often-brash Willis then cheekily anointed Reilly with an award that had been given out earlier in the week to Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris.
“You’re looking at the real MOP (most outstanding player),” yelled Willis inside the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ borrowed dressing room at Investors Group Field.
Willis, a former Bomber, also chanted “10-and-0, 10-and-0,” referring to the winning streak Edmonton now has after claiming the franchise’s 14th championship in its CFL-record 25th Grey Cup appearance.
Ottawa had mounted a 13-0 lead by 6:09 of the first quarter, but Edmonton climbed back and went ahead 17-16 at halftime on a two-yard touchdown catch by rookie running back Akeem Shavers, who had five catches for 26 yards and eight carries for 37 yards.
The Texas native was signed as a free agent in August and didn’t make his CFL debut until Week 18. The 103rd championship game was his fourth three-down game.
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