Grey Cup

This year the Grey Cup was being held in Vancouver. I wasn't planning on going but Dad called up about a week ahead of time and said he had got some tickets for free via a colleague at work. His plan was to fly down with Eric and pay for Jordan to fly in as well, so all the Schwab boys got a pre Christmas treat. Even though it was the Grey Cup, they had some difficulty selling all the tickets. Vancouver is a long way for the east coast teams to travel and I think the home town fans find it more exciting when the home town is playing.

We had planned on going down town to see Saskatchewan house at the convention centre the night before however Jordan's flight got postponed. Initially both Dad and Jordan thought it was postponed from 7:00a to 8:30a but it turned out it had been moved to 8:30p due to weather. A bit of a surprise for everyone. In the end we decided we would go for dinner after the game instead. The game was very exciting. The predictions were for Calgary to win easily and the first half looked like that was going to be the outcome.

The second half however was a different story. Calgary was not as dominant and Hamilton snuck back into it. The whole game came down to a single play. A kickoff to Hamilton that their punt returner took all the way to the end zone. The only problem ended up being a flag on the play and not enough time for Hamilton to make their way back down the field. A fun finish. Dad would have missed one of the most exciting finishes ever had it happened, as he was busy taking a taxi to Joe Fortes to hold our table. We had reserved for 6:30p knowing we might be a bit late. Turned out okay though because almost everyone with a 6:30 time slot was late. Dinner was excellent and it was a fun weekend with Dad and the brothers.