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The Edmonton Eskimos won.

Those are four little letters hadn’t been written in 59 days – nearly two full months – since the Canadian Football League team started the season 7-0.

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A 42-24 win over the Montreal Alouettes on Thanksgiving Monday put an end to the six-game losing streak that followed, drawing them into a tie for third place in the West Division with a Saskatchewan Roughriders squad with whom they share an 8-6 record.

While it keeps the Eskimos in a playoff hunt that’s been slowly slipping from their grasp, the Alouettes shuffle off into a bye week knowing their post-season aspirations are officially finished.

Here are five things we learned from the game:

1. Weather factor

This time of year, weather can wreak havoc on football teams. Whether is was wire-to-wire rain like Monday’s Turkey Bowl at Percival Molson Stadium, or colder, whiter precipitation Mother Nature has in store, game plans better be flexible enough to allow for less than perfect conditions. Just ask the Eskimos what it was like getting buried under a blizzard in last year’s East Division final. The problem is you can’t construct bad weather out of thin air in order to practice in it. But you’d certainly better be mentally prepared to battle the elements at the drop of a hat, or whatever you happen to be carrying. Especially if it’s the football.