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What having the Argos play in the Grey Cup means for the future of the CFL in Toronto
And so the stage has been set. The Toronto Argonauts and Calgary Stampeders will play for the 100th Grey Cup this Sunday at the Rogers Centre.
Both teams went into their semifinal games as underdogs to the Montreal Alouettes and B.C. Lions, respectively, and both were able to come out on top. For the Argos it was impressive showings from Ricky Ray, Chad Owens, Chad Kackert and Marcus Ball combined with a dropped pass in the endzone by Als receiver Brian Bratton on the game's final play that earned them their spot in the Grey Cup and for the Stamps it was on the back of impressive performances from Kevin Glenn and Jon Cornish.
It's the first time the Argos will be playing in a Grey Cup at home in 30 years and while there's sure to be a spike in excitement around the city throughout the week it's important not to get carried away should a sea of teal and navy fill the Rogers Centre on Sunday.
While sports fans around the city may hop of the Argos bandwagon this week, by around this time next week, whether they're a Grey Cup champion or not, the Argos will dwindle back down in terms of relevance to where they've been for years: at best, the fourth most important professional sports franchise in the city.
That's not to say there aren't plenty of feel good stories revolving around die-hard fans like the ones who travelled to Montreal this weekend to watch their hometown team take on the Alouettes in the East final. Fans like Rae Perigoe and buddy Ryan Jacobson; Bill Howe and his son Liam; and Veronica Brenner, Lainie Holes and Janine Franklin who dawned their blue wigs as Joe Warmington pointed to in his story in the Toronto Sun.
But they were a tiny sample of the more than 50,000 Alouettes fans that gathered at Olympic Stadium in Montreal hoping Anthony Calvillo could lead their team to another Grey Cup berth.
Sure the CFL is likely going to sell more last-minute tickets to those who call Toronto home for the mere fact that the hometown team is playing in the Grey Cup, but for many of them the game Sunday will be the first one they've been to all season. It also may be last one many of them attend until the next time the Argos are playing at home in the Grey Cup.
So yes, this Argos team is a feel good story, especially in a city where winning seasons and playoff success comes along rarely at best. But let's not get carried away with thinking that a Grey Cup appearance at home is going to provide any kind of sustainability when it comes to putting fans in seats at the Rogers Centre in the near future.
