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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS 49.8 Intersection piece about Chris Matthew, a retired high school teacher who, six days before the 2001 Grey Cup - when the Bombers were heavily favoured to beat the Calgary Stampeders - made an offhand remark in a bar that he was going to wear shorts (it was a cold November night) until the Bombers won the Cup, thinking they would win it all the following Sunday. Here we are, 6,100-plus days later and Chris, who retired from teaching seven years ago, is still wearing shorts, everyday, year-round, everywhere he goes. At this point he figures even if the Bombers win the cup one day, he'll throw on a pair of pants for one day then go right back to shorts, he's so used to it. Photo of a whole closet full of just jerseys. Dave Sanderson story. SEPT 24,2018