It’s the final media availability session before Grey Cup Sunday and the topic of conversation had little to do with X’s and O’s, or even football in general.

Instead, it was about what it took to reach the sport’s biggest stage in Canada, and for most, it can be summed up in two words — family and sacrifice.

Just ask Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris, who told a story on Saturday about a dreaded phone call he received on June 2, 2012. The now 39-year-old was a rookie with the Toronto Argonauts at the time when his parents, Tom and Suzanne, were seriously injured in a motorcycle accident.

Something had fallen out of a passing truck and struck his father. It caused the bike to spin out of control and the couple fell into a ravine.

“My dad had a broken neck and back and

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