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ABOUT THE BIG TILT

- — Tim Baines

WHEN: Sunday, 3:30 p.m. WHO: Calgary Stampeders vs. Toronto Argonauts WHERE: TD Place TV: TSN, RDS, ESPN2

ABOUT THE ARGOS: The Argonauts will be making their 23rd Grey Cup appearance, going 16-6 in those games. The last time they made it to the game was the 100th Grey Cup in 2012 when they beat the Stampeders 35-22. This will be Marc Trestman’s fourth Grey Cup game (2-1) as a head coach. This will be QB Ricky Ray’s fifth Grey Cup game as a starter (3-1).

Calgary Stampeders fans watched their team lose the 100th anniversar­y of the Grey Cup game to the Toronto Argonauts at the Rogers Centre in 2012.

ABOUT THE STAMPEDERS: The Stampeders are making their 16th Grey Cup appearance, going 7-8. This will be their second consecutiv­e Grey Cup appearance — they lost 39-33 in overtime to the Ottawa Redblacks last year in Toronto. The last time the Stampeders won the Grey Cup was in the 101st Grey Cup when they defeated the Hamilton TigerCats 20-16. This will be Dave Dickenson’s second Grey Cup game (0-1) as a head coach. This will be QB Bo Levi Mitchell’s third appearance as a starter (1-1).

HEAD TO HEAD: Toronto and Calgary have met three times in the Grey Cup: 2012 (Toronto won 35-22), 1991 (Toronto won 36-21) and 1971 (Calgary won 14-11) ... Calgary swept the season series vs. Toronto winning 41-24 in Week 7 and 23-7 in Week 10.

THE OTTAWA CONNECTION: This will be the seventh Grey Cup Ottawa has hosted: 2004, 1988, 1967, 1940, 1939 and 1925.

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