MEANWHILE IN CANADA!
Ottawa quarterback Trevor Harris played what might be the best playoff game a CFL quarterback has ever played. 29 completions on 32 attempts! That's insane! 90.6% accuracy is a CFL playoff record. Six touchdown passes! That's insane too! That's also a CFL playoff record. And 367 yards and no interceptions.
367 yards isn't actually extraordinary by CFL standards... Harris himself threw for 457 yards in his only previous playoff game. But that was in a losing effort, and the reason he had to throw all those passes is that his team was behind and trying to catch up. In this game they were comfortably in front for most of the game and he had the luxury of picking his shots. Which he did. 29 completions on 32 attempts is absurd! In a preseason game against 2nd-string players, maybe. In a regular season against the worst team in the league, maybe. In a divisional final? It's ridiculous! The only way you could do better is if the defensive players were just sitting on the bench. The defensive players had 32 chances and could only break up 3 passes. They should feel very, very badly about this.
One year later, almost to the day, Trevor Harris does it again, this time as Edmonton's quarterback instead of Ottawa's. He had another game for the ages, getting 36 completions on 39 attempts for 421 yards. He opened the game with 22 straight completions in the first half. 22 straight completions is a playoff record, and one short of the CFL regular season record as well. 36 completions on 39 attempts is completely ludicrous at any time, nevermind the playoffs!
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