As we try to get past Sunday's...unpleasantness and gear up for the Grey Cup festivities, we turn things over to the president of the Jerome Davis Fan Club for a suitably sombre edition of his semi-regular feature.

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Thing #1: Those who actually managed to avoid watching the East Final might look back on Michael Bishop’s stats (370 yards passing, no interceptions and a touchdown run) and conclude maybe his performance wasn’t so bad. Those people need to know the cold, hard truth: He wasn’t just bad – he was awful.

Most perplexing (aside from the obvious play selection and abysmal execution) was that Bishop appeared to spend most of the game trying to pump himself up. Why was he jumping up and down in the huddle when it was obvious that what he needed to do was calm down, slow the game down, throw some short passes, move the chains and get better field position? The offence moved when he threw underneath and let his playmakers make plays – John Avery on screens, Arland Bruce on the huge catch and run. Somebody needs to explain this to Bishop before Rusty’s head explodes.

Thing #2: Some negative media attention notwithstanding, the fans - as opposed to, say, the offence - deserve some credit. The announced crowd was around 33,500, but it felt like a packed house. The Rogers centre was absolutely thunderous at times – which is all the more impressive considering how little the team actually gave its supporters to cheer about. Despite trailing by at least two quarters at all points after the first quarter, the Argo faithful continued to rally behind the team, feverishly doing all they could to light a spark under the Double Blue and bring about a momentum change that never happened. While the calls may have gone unanswered, they were certainly there.

Thing #3: Enough with the reports of fans chanting for Damon Allen, which only happened after they showed him on the sidelines on the Jumbotron. It was a classless move by whoever operates that thing. As bad as Bishop was, showing him up in the middle of the game certainly wasn’t going to help.

Thing #4: Those got out of their seats at halftime missed the riveting half time performance of... the St Michaels College Drum Line??? Did someone forget to tell the organizers that this was the East Division Final, or did we just blow all our entertainment money on Lenny Kravitz?

My suggestion: Why not follow up Mrs. Pinball Clemons wonderful national anthem performance with a further preview of the Grey Cup “Gospel Explosion”? Personally, I'd have settled for a minor gospel eruption or even a premature gospel…well, you can see where I'm going for this. But honestly, the gospel explosion is a good cause and some kind or Grey Cup linked half-time show would have been more appropriate than a bunch of disinterested looking high school kids. Then again, if they watched the first half, perhaps we shouldn't be holding the "disinterested" part against them.