A devoted Winnipeg Bluebombers fan will be stepping aside from the Grey Cup game this Sunday as the Saskatchewan Roughriders head into the championship against the Montreal Alouettes.

Mark MacKinnon has held season tickets since 2006, and said there were doubts throughout the season the Bluebombers would make the Grey Cup even with Winnipeg hosting the game.

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“I think it would have been more of a long shot, but there was hope that maybe they could pull it together for one more year before their aging core went off,” he said.

MacKinnon said the “fatigue” from the Blu

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