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What made this team so special?

Players used words like heart, belief and grit.

Perhaps receiver Drew Wolitarsky said it best.

“We have some of the best energy I’ve ever felt in my life,” the 24-year-old national player said on the field as the Bombers celebrated their victory.

“We have something greater than football on this team.

“I have a quote, and excuse my French, but it’s ‘f— logic.’ Out here, logic doesn’t matter. It’s about who you’ve got, what kind of mentality you’ve got, what kind of family you build. That’s what we’ve done here. F— logic.”

How wonderfully fitting it was that Andrew Harris and Nic Demski — two kids from Winnipeg’s Oak Park High School — were stars of the game. They put the Bombers and their home city on their shoulders and brought the Grey Cup home.

They combined to put up 236 yards and two touchdowns, willed their way to first downs, executed exceptionally in the biggest moment, on the biggest stage.

Could there be a more perfect way for such an epic drought to end?

“The city is goin’ off,” Harris said. “This is what they’ve been waiting for and asking for. And we were able to deliver. I know they’re very proud and very excited. We’re looking forward to enjoying that with them.”

Harris, Demski, fellow Winnipeggers Thomas Miles, Brady Oliveira and Geoff Gray, and the rest of the Bombers will get that chance Tuesday afternoon when a championship parade is held in downtown Winnipeg.

A whole generation of fans have never seen such a spectacle. Among the Winnipeggers on the team, only Harris was even born when the Bombers last won the title.