the First Nations University\u2019s Spring Celebration Powwow<\/a>, held at the Brandt Centre.<\/p>\nPrior to Feb. 7, the Grey Cup was here, there and everywhere as coaches, players and employees of all descriptions cherished their time with the trophy.<\/p>\n
Head Coach Corey Mace, for example, embarked on a small-town Saskatchewan pub crawl.<\/p>\n
The Cup was also spotted at a karaoke session \u2026 at schools \u2026 in living rooms \u2026 in basements \u2026 at hockey games \u2026 you name it.<\/p>\n
It is one of those only-in-the-CFL phenomena.<\/p>\n
The most beloved grail in Canadian sport is not kept under lock and key. Any application of zip ties is temporary.<\/p>\n
If you want to see the touch, touch the Cup, or even give it a kiss, you can head to a skating rink in Earl Grey, a community hall in Foam Lake, or to someone\u2019s basement.<\/p>\n
The case is the home for the Cup between its many stops but, by and large, it is entrusted to the loving care of the triumphant team to allow the public to share in the celebration.<\/p>\n
Without the fans, it isn\u2019t much of a party.<\/p>\n
\u201cI truly believe that, in Saskatchewan, Grey Cups mean a lot more here,\u201d President-CEO Craig Reynolds said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you see the constant lineup of people getting pictures with it, it never gets old.\u201d<\/p>\n
Especially when you consider all the work that is done \u2014 all the blood, sweat and tears that are involved \u2014 to bring home a championship.<\/p>\n
We waited 12 years to savour such a celebration.<\/p>\n
In our history, there have been only five off-seasons of this nature.<\/p>\n
The winters don\u2019t seem quite as long after a Grey Cup win, even when the snow returns with a vengeance in mid-April.<\/p>\n
But the evidence of last week\u2019s storm will soon disappear. The climate will be conducive to training camp. The first workout of main camp is slated for May 11 at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon.<\/p>\n
So, yes, it is time to relinquish the Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the one hand, you wish you could hang on to it forever and allow every person in the entire province to see it and touch it,\u201d Reynolds said. \u201cOn the flip side, you do have to turn the page.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s 2026. Training camp is three weeks away. You\u2019ve got to get prepped to start a new season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal starts over \u2014 to try to win it again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a Grey Cup win, there are the unavoidable ties. Zip ties \u2014 used to ensure that the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-620772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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