The Edmonton Eskimos, the CFL team that represents the city of my birth, won its 13th Grey Cup on Sunday, edging the Montreal Alouettes 38-35 in a wild, wild game.

How wild? There were 62 points scored in the second half and OT. The Esks retook the lead with just over a minute left but the Als tied it with nine seconds left -- and might not have done so had two Edmonton defenders not bobbled the same possible interception.

Montreal was on the move after a one-pint first half -- until the Esks' Tony Tompkins set a CFL record with a 96-yard kickoff return.

Games like those are why I love CFL football! (Please don't tell anyone in Toronto about this; it's a bad carryover from my prairie upbringing. I'm trying to break the habit so as to better fit into this vast zone of near-total CFL apathy).

So, way to go Esks! But hold your head high, Montreal; you played a hellofa game too.