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An Unlikely Story

47 minutes Posted Oct 13, 2025 at 3:00 pm.

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Why release the book now?

What was it like being an Ottawa fan that lost their franchise?

Player turnover from the 1976 Grey Cup team

Ottawa's 1981 regular season

Edmonton coming in as 22.5 point favourites

Ron Simmons on the team

The week leading up to the game

Catching Edmonton off guard

Double Interference

Tony Gabriel

What does this team represent?

Where can we get the book?

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Howie Mooney of The Sports Lunatics is the author of "An Unlikely Story - How the 1981 Ottawa Roughriders Just Missed a Miracle" and he joins Travis Currah and Sheldon Jones to talk about the book and that 1981 team!

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