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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers envisioned they would be celebrating a third Grey Cup victory in what was their fifth straight appearance in the championship game on Sunday. Instead, they woke up in Vancouver Monday to head home, still in search of answers following a 41-24 beatdown at the hands of the Toronto Argonauts at BC Place. “Feels like a nightmare, man,” Bombers running back Brady Oliveira said, the Winnipeg native still fully dressed in his equipment 45 minutes after the final whistle.
“It’s so hard to get here and we continue to lose. We’re not going to continue to keep getting here. It’s hard to get here.
We had a very special group, and I just really wanted to cap it off with a win for my boys in this locker room that haven’t had a chance to experience a Grey Cup win.” Ethan Cairns / THE CANADIAN PRESS Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Brady Oliveira reacts on the bench after losing in the 111th Grey Cup to the Toronto Argonauts in Vancouver, Sunday. After winning back-to-back Grey Cups in 2019 and 2021, the Bombers have now lost three straight — in games they were heavy favourites – put.
