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Don Wittman called the game — in more ways than one.

In addition to inimitably handling the play-by-play for CBC during the 77th Grey Cup game, Wittman — seated alongside Ron Lancaster in the TV booth — foretold how the classic contest would unfold.

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“Both teams are capable of scoring a lot of points,” Wittman said during the pre-game show on Nov. 26, 1989, “and we look for a high-scoring Grey Cup game this afternoon here at the SkyDome in Toronto.”

Saskatchewan Roughriders 43, Hamilton Tiger-Cats 40.

The best Grey Cup game ever played.

It will be celebrated, yet again, on Saturday when the Roughriders play host to the Montreal Alouettes.

Key members of the 1989 Roughriders will be at Mosaic Stadium for the festivities, which will commemorate the looming 30th anniversary of football at its finest.

“There was no indication greatness was going to happen,’’ sports-writing legend Allan Maki, who covered the game for the Calgary Herald, reflected nearly a decade ago for my book on the 1989 Grey Cup champions.