Montreal Alouettes Win the 2009 Grey Cup

For sports fans who aren't checking out 'TMZ' or the 'Insider', to find out why Tiger Woods ran over a fire hydrant and then tried to decapitate a neighbor's tree, there is other breaking sports news tonight. In Canada's football version of the Superbowl, the Montreal Alouette's defeated the Saskatchewan Roughriders 28-27 to win the 97th annual Grey Cup classic.


Trailing by 2 points, and with time running out, the game ended when Montreal field goal kicker, Damon Duval kicked a 33 yard field goal. On the previous play, Duval had a chance to win the game on a 43 yard field goal but missed it to the right. However, Saskatchewan was penalized for having too many players on the field, and Montreal got a second chance to kick the field goal, 10 yards closer.

Now that all that statistical business is taken care of, here's an interesting fact. The Grey Cup was named after Canadian Governor General Earl Grey who donated the first cup to the Senior Amateur football Championship league in 1909. I wonder if Earl Grey was named after the tea with the same name? Oh well, that would require more research, and who has time for that these days.

Well hopefully this tidbit of Canadiana will help inform those people who may have mistakenly thought the Grey Cup was named after its silvery grey finish. It's amazing what we can learn just from reading Wikipedia.