1972 Grey Cup - Riders v TiCats

[@gcbrown1956]

This video reflects the period of Canadian broadcasting before TSN and Sportsnet appeared - TV channels were far more mainstream than they are today. Instead of having a channel for everything as we do today, one's choices were much more limited in 1972. It was customary back then that CBC and CTV would share the broadcast. In this case, CBC did the first half and CTV the second. This game was the crowning jewel of those incredible Tiger Cat teams that were such a force from the mid 1950's to the 1970's. But let's give credit to Saskatchewan too. The Riders were an incredible team as well. As a result, it's not surprising that this was a remarkable game that went down to the very last play, and it's fun to watch this again.

[@SeanAedan.007]

Great game. I was there. Ron Lancaster actually had a great game, with something like 22 out of 29 passes completed, huge yardage. One long bomb he completed as he was falling back after being hit. The officials weren't too correct this championship and there was no play reviews like we have now. Ronnie and George's last big show. If the refs hadn't been biased on several important plays, the stubble jumpers would have won.

[@davesmith6624]

Angelo "King Kong" Mosca was a bad mother

[@ldhorricks]

Riders need to return to these uniforms...

[@toonguy85]

Wikipedia has a page listing Grey Cup announcers. It says that Dick Shatto did the second-half colour commentary alongside Esaw.

[@maxocchi16]

Grazie!!!

[@IowaRocker1]

Who are the announcers? The color guy in the 2nd half sounds like Frank Rigney?

[@watsonroadster3707]

In the 1st half it was Don Chevrier and Russ Jackson...In the 2nd half it sounds like Johnny Esaw (sp) and I don't know who the colour guy is...