EDMONTON — The glass was half full for Edmonton Eskimos head mentor Jason Maas after Saturday's season finale.
The Eskimos, thumped out of playoff dispute a week ago, topped a baffling season with a 33-24 prevail upon the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
While the Eskimos (9-9) just were playing for pride, Maas saw the exertion as something uncommon.
"I cherish the gathering, however I've never been more pleased with them the manner in which they met up this week under conditions that were out of our control," he said.
"To go to work and still get something out of this and meet up more tightly than at any other time and afterward turn out and win a football game against an incredible group, on the off chance that you ask me ... it was an extraordinary consummation of seven days that was sudden. Be that as it may, we took advantage of it and that is something to be glad for."
With their season now in the books, consideration will swing to discovering the destinies of Eskimos GM Brock Sunderland and Maas. There is additionally vulnerability about the arrival of quarterback Mike Reilly, who turns into a free operator.
The Eskimos will hold a season-finishing question and answer session on Sunday.
Edmonton running back C.J. Peak scored a couple of touchdowns in a diversion that made no difference in the standings for either group.
The Eskimos started the season with a 6-3 record, yet went 2-6 in their next eight diversions to miss the playoffs in a season where Edmonton is facilitating the Gray Cup.
Since the CFL went to a 18-amusement plan, only two of 57 groups that began 6-3 have missed the playoffs.
Winnipeg (10-8) gave a few starters the amusement off or restricted their activity.
The Blue Bombers completed third in the West and will take off for a division elimination round one week from now.
"We believe we have as great of a shot as anyone," said Bombers head mentor Mike O'Shea. "We have seen throughout the entire season that everything necessary is a couple of plays anywhere each and every week, and those couple plays decide the champ. We are fabricated well and playing great football."
Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris showed up in the main quarter, picking up 35 yards to procure his second successive class hurrying title.
"Now in my vocation, it is an incredible accomplishment," he said. "It is something you can take a great deal of pride in."
The Blue Bombers took a 3-0 lead on a 28-yard field objective by beneficiary Ryan Lankford, who was filling in as kicker for a resting Justin Medlock.
Edmonton reacted with a 17-yard TD go from Reilly to a plunging Duke Williams.
Not exactly a moment later, in any case, Winnipeg reinforcement quarterback Chris Streveler, who got the begin with Matt Nichols getting a breather, associated with Corey Washington, who took off for a 80-yard touchdown.
The Eskimos moved back in front on a two-yard TD kept running by Gable, putting him over the 1,000-yard surging imprint without precedent for his vocation.
Sean Whyte nailed a 47-yard field objective to give Edmonton a 17-10 lead at the half and after that a 25-yarder and a 38-yarder to begin the third.
Peak scored his second TD from 27 yards out right off the bat in the fourth.
Johnny Augustine had a two-yard surging major accordingly for Winnipeg, which at that point got a 29-yard TD keep running from Streveler to shrivel the Esks' lead.
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