Montreal Sports - Montreal Alouettes

Montreal Alouettes were the best team in football all year, but you wouldn't know when you were watching the 1st half of the Grey Cup. The only bright spot on the Alouettes in the first half was Avon Cobourne, who kept trying to rally the troops despite a very shaky first half from Anthony Calvillo. In fact, even when AC was completing passes to his receivers, they were almost never on target and could just as easily have been dropped. But Cobourne remained a steady presence throughout the entire game, be it through his ability to rush the ball for 85 yards and 1 touchdown, or in the air with 6 catches for 64 yards. He was named the most valuable player in this years edition of the Grey Cup

Montreal Sports - Montreal Alouettes

Sean Campbell, from the Team 990, is on his way to Calgary to cover the 97th Grey Cup match between the Montreal Alouettes and the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Sean will be blogging regularly, and The Franchise will link you to it so that you don't miss any of his great insight and hard work:

Montreal Sports - Montreal Alouettes

We knew Anthony Calvillo wanted to not just win against the BC Lions, but make a statement in their win that the Alouettes will steamroll through teams on their way to only their 2nd Grey Cup in 7 attempts. Well, the CFL was certainly impressed as the league named Calvillo their Offensive Player of the Week. I doubt Calvillo will spend any time at all thinking about this award, since the only one he has eyes for will be to win the big win in Calgary. Read on for the press release:

Montreal Sports - Montreal Alouettes

It's one thing to win a playoff game to get into the Grey Cup finals, it's another when it comes off a record tying performance of 5 TD's and a 38 point margin. As predicted on this morning's episode of The Franchise on The Team 990, the Alouettes have made a point of making statements at critical points all season, and their first game of the playoffs is just another example. Much ado was made of KC Printers holding the reins for the Lions offense, but this was a player who simply took full advantage of exploiting his former team's weak areas in leading the Lions to a win over the Hamilton TigerCats.While Gary Whittaker from The Franchise had predicted a 28 point margin victory, the 56-18 win this Sunday afternoon was more than even he expected.