“I heard so many bad things about this franchise the last two years,” QB Vernon Adams said. “So this is a great building year.

The Grey Cup beckons for the Calgary Stampeders.

Not this year, though.

Hosting the CFL’s championship trophy will have to wait until next November, with the hope being this past season was all about building for that future …

Building for a hopeful Grey Cup celebration in 12 months time when the grand football party happens in Calgary.

“We know what it is,” Stampeders star receiver told reporters. “We know what the pressure is going to be like next year. I mean … every team, when the Grey Cup’s at their home, they kind of say, ‘It’s Grey Cup or bust.’

“But I’m excited, and I think we’ve got a good crop coming back.”

It’s a bunch that deserves to still be pl

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