Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs Saskatchewan Roughriders Banjo Bowl Week 14 Full Game 2024

well for the first time in 38 years we can proudly say welcome to the CFL on CTV and what a way to return with the 20th installment of the banjo Bowl Canada's best rivalry on Canada's biggest stage and boy the last time there was a CFL game on CTV I was 5 years old and this guy was in his third season in the Canadian football I feel like I should get my kico handheld football game and get going here but Hey listen this is going to be a big game here this afternoon the Winnipeg Blue Bombers historically play this game very well they are have won seven of their last eight and last year it wasn't closed 516 was the final in the banjo bowl a year ago the Riders have different motivation though they lost the Labor Day classic and they're in a losing skid they want to break outut him they have to snap this Slide the last time the Riders won a football game July 19 against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 19-9 since then it's been five losses with a Tie mix in there they've been close but they have not been able to get it done last year this game not close at all the biggest blowout in Banjo bow history a 45o difference 516 the final I'm expecting something different here today well great crowd it's been sold out for over a month and what's most important for both both these teams here this afternoon is that the season series between them is on the line today enough waiting around in Princess Auto Stadium the bandel bow begins and this will be taken in the hands of Mario Alfred just inside the 10 Alford picks his way up to the 25 where he is stopped in his tracks and our first look at Trevor Harris on yday he attempted 49 passes that was the fourth most in his career and it's almost like Trevor Harris deserves better in his six starts in four of them he's thrown for over 300 yards and is sitting at 500 three and three record as the rider starter 368 yards three touchdowns through the air last week but it wasn't enough it was almost enough but it wasn't enough how about that weather today perfect 2° here in September and a completion to start on the near side Jo Joe's got it just outside the 30 a young piece in this Riders offense well you take a look at the o line a lot of movement here Logan furling goes from guard over to Center for Peter godber Noah Zur gets the start he's the fourth offensive lineman to play left guard and Nick Jones is a rookie he's playing at Right Guard a jooa Joo was great out of the gate he had a big game against the bombers back back when they won in July since then the expectation has gone up and his production has dropped a little he's got to become a player in this one oh they've got him involved early with his 17th catch of the Season empty backfield here for Harris out to his right back hickon he's got a first down stays on his feet takes it up to the 50 before he is pushed out of bounds pushes right out of the back field real quick quick Trevor Harris doesn't hesitate he sees he's out flanking the defense gets him the ball immediately and Frankie hickon turns the corner picks up some yards after the catch Dixon had three catches in the Labor Day classic over 27 yd ryers will work from their own 52 three options out to the right for Harris goes quickly to the left tackle made by by gry after another catch for Jojo Willie Jefferson in that front four leads the league with Micah Johnson and Sachs and Jake Thomas plays in game 200 here this afternoon for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers outstanding no Adam big hill in this one Shane goer will start in the middle of that front seven and in the back end if we're voting on the All-Star team right now Evan Holmes on my team congratulations to Jake on 200 yeah phenomenal accomplishment big piece of the middle of that defensive line three men on the front low snap Harris gets it gets it away and that is broken up by Dietrich Nichols his sixth knockdown of the campaign well this is the question with Peter godber the starting center out of the lineup Logan furland moves in he's been playing guard all season so that's what they're wondering about as far as the consistency the timing of getting that snap back to Trevor Harris as soon as it's low like that quarterback has to take his eyes off the coverage and the timing is off nice read by Nichols and that is blocked by Willie Jefferson sitting there and scooped up at Midfield little bit of roof to run on the far side and that'll bring the crowd at Princess Auto Stadium to their feet cat Waller found the block from Willie and the bombers are in business early Jefferson does it again for Winnipeg he's at it again he gets blocked that's Willie Jefferson in the spotlight coming off the edge he gets blocked by the upback and rakovic but it doesn't matter that Long Reach kicking into that Long Reach souvenir for the family on another block by Willie Jefferson excellent feel field position for the bombers they begin this drive on the ryer 43 koris in trouble taken down Brian Cox gets there to finish something that Malik Carney started well after the block kick it's almost like a sudden change turnover situation and when you get a guy you got to defense got to step up and and make the difference get Zach Karis second in long on this first series lar is likely trying to look for the Deep shot there after the block kick by Jefferson loss of four yds second and 14 three options to the left two to the right colaris from the pocket goes to Brady olera his running back broke one tackle but could not get around the combination of sails and Thurman and that'll be Sergio Castillo time to start this game he some deep ones yeah a few yeah he's having a excellent Year from Deep they're running him out from Way Beyond the 46 that this one will be Maru Alfred will lurk in the end zone Castile just 83.7% this year but he's banged nine in from 50 or deeper to steal just inside the left hash that splits the upright and the bombers are on the board leading three nothing a it's a big game suits and it's got a rich history yes it does and uh historically the bombers are great on this day I mean seven of the last eight Winnipeg looking to sweep the Labor Day classic and banjo B for the third time in the last four years I mean that's a testament to this team and how good it's been a team that's gone to the great cup all those years but you go back even further this game was I think the toughest one for the Riders to win in the regular season every year it'll be a test today for a team look at to snap a slide Harris down the field quickly intercepted Tred Midfield and brought back the other way Ford finally taken down to the 40 and a disastrous start for the Riders Ford's got his fifth int of the season and the bombers get the ball right back Kean Johnson slip little slip you saw it there and he went down for says thank you very much well the execution on this play looks excellent it's just a play action throw and an inside slant to kesan Johnson and he slips I mean here he is right here going down terral Ford right behind him soon as he goes down and can't affect that throw Ford takes his fifth back putting that SAS Saskatchewan defense in a bind Lis straight back to work on the ground with Brady Powers it ahead and he looking to rumble early got nine colis versus Saskatchewan 12 and five in his career this year five and six on the season but as we've mentioned and fans know now the bombers are on a four game winning streak moved right up in the fight for first place in the division after an 0 and4 start of the Season very nice turnaround for Winnipeg solid turnaround in Edmonton as well and that'll wrap up a triple header in the Canadian football league today Calgary and Edmonton later on this evening Ryder's defense called into work here early in this one strer needing just a yard pushes ahead he's got it and that is a first down for the bombers changes on the no line for the Winnipeg offense as well Kendall Randolph will play the left tackle for the second straight game for Stanley Bryant he should be back soon Patrick newfeld gets back into that right guard position and this is the type of game and last year it was a big one for Brady Olivera the Riders defensively have contained him in the first two matchups including Labor Day last week in both those games he didn't get to the 50 yard Mark rushing but last year on this game well over a 100 still looking for his first touchdown of the Season as well Karis gets it away and that is held on to on the far side just beyond the line of scrimmage werki tied with the Willie Jefferson for the league lead in sacks is Micah Johnson who if they have their choice the Riders he won't play o line in this game played o line a little bit in the Labor Day classic uh jir Thurman is in charge of leading the group and stopping Brady Ola and we're always going to highlight Roland milikin because he's having that kind of season but I also wanted to highlight Marcus Sals has couple interceptions in the last two games made a nice play and a nice tackle on that last play BL Carney having his foot looked at here having a nice season four sacks 27 tackles most step away from Princess Auto Stadium here in the first quarter welcome back to Winnipeg where suits we could witness some history here today well it really is remarkable when you're in the conversation with Bud Grant you're in the conversation with one of the goats in Canadian football league history and Michael Ray certainly is in that conversation has created a winning culture here in Winnipeg [Music] but for the young coaches it didn't start real well the first couple of years they had to build the lock room they wanted second and eight kis back to Brady Oliva again gets to the outside he's got a first down takes it inside the 15 draw some contact with Thurman and now a flag thrown against Thurman as he gave Brady a little bit of a push at the end of The Run [Applause] just a check down to Brady ol actually was I think a designed play to get it to him when the Riders are dropping off in their Zone after the play we have a misconduct foul to skatan number six will go up half the distance it's going to be first down for winipeg yeah a little frustration already early in this one for jir Thurman that extra push got him another 15 it's down on the doorstep but that looked like a designed play to get it to Brady Ola quickly so he could turn make some moov and some of those Defenders that backed off right a little bit of a pocket there big pocket for Brady Olivera to settle [Applause] into and they will work from the five yd line as we mentioned earlier Brady olera does not have a touchdown yet this season Karis gives it to him here olera trying to push ahead but the Riders defense stops him for now one of the reasons for that is that if they get around the one or two yd line Chris strer comes in the game and Chris drer is coming back in the game now because that's exactly where they are and they like to go quarterback [Applause] sneak in this situation that takes the ball out of Brady ola's hands down inside the 10 as a blocked punt earlier gave Winnipeg good field position had to settle for a fi an interception has led to this strer trying to push it ahead and he's in touchdown with and they go on top by nine early strer with his 10 crushing touchdown of the season and by the way the fact that Chris drer does come on the field in these situations does not bother Brady olera at all you'll see after this celebration the first guy to go and celebrate is radioa nice job stev finish the drive with the major after the interception it's a six play Drive 40 yards ends with the strer touchdown and Castile for one more in an early 10-point lead for Winnipeg the SES what a push off that left side Liam Dobson look at how they reestablish that line of scrimmage about three yds deep in the in the end zone Great push off the left side right behind doson and Randolph strer double digit rushing touchdowns already on the season his return here to Winnipeg the Riders now have to have something positive they got to put together a drive yeah couple first downs and even field position would be a win at this [Music] point when you're digging a hole the first step is to stop digging and then find a way and then figure a way out of the hole Cas H it away Mario Alford Waits it takes at the seven can he find a hole little bit of space broke one tackle and is drilled by howlet just shy of the 35 one more look at this touchdown Drive well was penalty AED but it was the Brady Ola drive with six plays 40 yds 3 minutes and 18 seconds and just kind of grinding it out this is an extended run basically to get it to Ola for a check down type throw gets the penalty after that one for that push that puts it on the 5 yd line and after one run from Ola struggle P Trevor Harris an interception last time out receiver slipped not necessarily his fault and started on the ground Frankie Hixon picks his way up towards the 40 yeah no not at all not Trevor har has fa at all that was a well executed play all the way to the throw and then Kean Johnson went down SLI Tyrell Ford took advantage of that and a block kick on the teams gave him a good field position and the field goal to open this game five yards for Hixon on that first down carry this is scan looking for a first down here frean pressure with time over the middle has a completion and that's kesan Johnson with the first down and he stopped at the 49 yeah may not seem like a a real big thing but it is for kesan Johnson after slipping and having that one interception turn into seven points first thing you want to do as a teammate come back on make something happen get a first down get that touch get that catch get the confidence back he's played well over the last few weeks 84 yds and eight catches in a touchdown in the Labor Day game for Kean Johnson Harris goes to that side again and this one is dropped almost look like a little slip again from Johnson yeah but I think Willie Jefferson might have got his hand on it at the line of scrimmage and if he did that's why Johnson had to Johnson had to react it looked like he slipped but I think he was just reacting to the tip let's take a look down the line and there's the tip from number five he's at it again already a big impact in this one from Jefferson second and 10 four options open left for Harris looks that way deep down the field has a in just inside the 20 down to the 10 as he drops it in there for emis and the the Riders finally have some momentum tons of targets for emilis but what was missing in what has been through this ski is this big play they haven't been able to connect for a lot of different reasons not necessarily Emil's fault but the Riders haven't made the big play to 19 down the field they got it here this afternoon huge play to crawl back in this game 52 yd strike to emis ERS in the Red Zone first and goal from the Winnipeg n they'll give it to hickon he's got nowhere to go back to the n and no further best players play their best in the big games and this is a big game as far as the regular season is concerned watch number five get after it inside beats the block gets to Hixon shuts that from played down croud will come to life here second and goal for Harris on the run out to his right pressure coming has a man touchdown Riders Kean Johnson and Saskatchewan responds he's got a touchdown in four in a row and coming off that first play where he slipped that's big quiets the crowd comes back on the scoreboard big drive for Trevor Harris the big emilis play was the key play of the drive but this one gets him in the end zone a silencer from Kean Johnson as the soo crowd here at Princess Auto Stadium a lot of blue some pretty significant pockets of green as well auur puts that through and a nice response from Trevor Harris six plays 76 yards ends in the hands of keesan Johnson and the Riders are on the board in the vable huge drive for the Saskatchewan Rough Rider starting in their own end trying to stop digging the hole that they were in they did more than stop digging actually started to climb out of it with a nice drive that ends up this is the big 52 y to emis gets him down into the Red Zone and they finish toishan Johnson six plays 76 yds Trevor Harris almost at 100 yards already in this ball game touchdown and a pick Kean Johnson has been red hot for a pretty good Riders receiving core Myers not playing today but B Amis Johnson among others lucky Whitehead will wait wait for the return as lur gets set to hammer it away can't stress how important that drive was from the Riders this crowd was going nuts great start for the bombers and Trevor Harris silences them for now lucky White takes it just inside the 20 near sideline Braes for contact taken down and we're going to send it down to our Sidelines with John L well thank you Dustin and uh Zack karus described the feeling as bizarre and surreal last Sunday in Regina sitting in the dressing room pregame without Stanley Bryant and Pat newfeld flanking him for the first time in ks's tenure as a blue bomber he was what he was what without both of his veteran Allstar Lan now Bryant is expected to return after Winnipeg's upcoming bye following uh two games out due to illness and don't disrespect to Bryant but uh Karis says that newfeld really is the glue the go the most important person in the room because of his beeran leadership and mentoring young linemen around him so CL is much more in his comfort zone this week guys thank you John I want to know where you get those sweaters I want one 13 13-year veteran Patrick newfeld Stanley Bryant real happy across this country to see Stanley Bryant recovering and Patrick newfeld out of the ufs Huskies program 13 seasons in the Canadian Football League great to get him back well especially when miles Brown and Micah Johnson are the guys that that the interior of that o line are in charge of trying to contain second and 10 here for Karis dumps it over the middle to Brady Ola again olera barels his way ahead for a first down and that's going to be there all day it's going to be a long day for the Riders de yeah it looked like to me jir Thurman saw him come out of the back field but he didn't really take him manto man so Thurman sees him released he kind of moves to that direction but doesn't come up and take him on a in a man's situation he stays back in his zone drop so Kars just says hey if if you're going to drop off and leave space for 20 I'll give it just keep giving him the rock he's got three catches already for 39 yards so play that is certainly working clis gets this one away quickly to Dey deky taken down just shy of Midfield Milligan among others in on the tackle of dembsky won't be surprised at all to see a lot of this quick game from both teams with the changes in the offensive lines that we've already talked about for both teams it's a way to give them a break in the passing game so they don't have to get in that pass protection mode and deep drops from the quarterbacks looking for those deep balls although Trevor Harris has got the 52 y already today Winnipeg needs six more yards here kis he wants more deep shot down the field Lawler almost in and out of his hands working there against Deontay Williams and the Deep shot doesn't pay off for Winnipeg well the ball is thrown right where it has to be thrown a little inside move so Zack Clara sees inside leverage from Kenny Lawler who makes this play in his sleep but you're right Deontay Williams waited for his moment Dove and got his hand on it just enough he moved that ball just enough didn't he great effort defensively and the Riders about to get the ball back jamson Sheen hangs one up there Alford takes it and Mario Alford takes it back out just beyond the 25 you've got one more coming your way after this one Reggie Balon in the C St Peters looking to stop a slide of their own against G Lewis and an Edmonton team that has certainly turned things around having won four of their last five Labor Day rematch in Edmonton would there be a new starter for the Calgary stamp Peters in this one quter a long time since we saw somebody not named Jake May in there for we'll let you tune in no spoilers get the answer no spoilers here's Harris lays one out there drops it in Oh and it is missed Frankie Hixon should have had that one out at the 50 what a nice touch on this throw from Trevor Harris I mean this is a wheel route pure wheel route to Frankie hickon as he comes out of the back field he's going to run this out and then up basically the out and up and Trevor Harris just threads this in there just puts nice touch on it drops it right where he has to on the turn and and Hixon can't come up with a kick you saw Hixon have way to stay in that's on me beautiful throw second and 10 final play of the opening quarter Harris down the field again almost intercepted oh boy Ford had laid out for that one but couldn't haul it [Music] in a we are one quarter in to the banjo B the good news three quarters left right here on CTV for the first time in 38 years oh welcome back we've got a good one Brewing here in Winnipeg the bombers lead 107 looked like it might be a little bit of a runaway there for the first five or six minutes of this football game though yeah nice special teams play by the bombers on the block by Willie Jefferson interception by Tyrell Ford his fifth on the season but you look at the passing numbers for the riders that big drive it's 76 yd drive for Trevor Harris big play 52 yards to em that was a big one important to keep them close in this game quieted the crowd a little bit and you know get them back in the fight we'll see if their defense can step up obviously we know what happened last year in this game with that being said different coaching staff on the sideline for the Riders and last year if you remember correctly the Riders were hit by Co and a flu bug and had to bring in quarterback the night before the game and it was Mayhem no excuses just say it but [Music] still corack drives this one low Whitehead's going to wait kind of bounces up on him but he'll take it at the 30 turn of about eight yards before he is wrapped up on the pl but we we've talked about it I mean this this game is a big one for for Winnipeg they get the sellout crowd year and year out and Zach colis went off last year against the attired Saskatchewan team five touchdowns he threw this afternoon a year ago matched his career high with the five as I mentioned earlier lots of blue but good amount of green traveling out here for the game as well excellent crowd on a perfect day Olivera right up the middle and he's got at least eight if not nine on the play so look at all the banjo bals Labor Day rematch games for Zach kis as a bomber how about that he's thrown 11 touchdowns and not one interception it's perfect he's been outstanding standing in this game over the last few years now does Roland Milligan have something to say about that on this afternoon well he'll factor in somehow he always does six interceptions League leading for Milligan Sher in here short yardage and I don't think he got it be a yard shy and that'll bring up a third down I think almost anywhere on the field though head coach Michael OA will will do this and then know that he'll go on third down a yard closer CU it was about two little little hesitation he got one was Marcus sails coming off the edge that made contact and pulled his legs back was even though they're basically in their own end still Michael Shay was going to go for it anyway third and one they'll do it again Sher pushing ahead this will be close this will be very close the initial spot on this side looks like it might be enough yeah I think so I think so it is where they put the foot down is enough but this was close needed to get to that 51 yd line and the ball right now well actually 40 9 yd line going out and the ball right now is right there halfway over that little push at the very end wow strer stays in the game he's going to throw got the run out to his right there's a Flags down the field multiple Flags another flag later falls in the secondary and we'll have a couple of things to sort out here legal contact on the receiver the scat one number 95 the 10yd penalty makes it a first down for wiip balado the one of the threats here has been Brady olero fall radi Ola coming out of the back field and you'll see where this penalty was created redirect there and then the horse caller Clos line on Ola that's illegal contact on a receiver trying to get out to the flat probably not going to argue that one much you nope cres set of downs for Karis he'll give it to Ola and he's wrapped up and taken down almost immediately Sanders first man on him and got kind tied up his foot so what the Riders can do defensively against what their the bomber offense is doing with Brady Oliva and that underneath stuff is they can lock up manto man so Cory may could take jir Thurman and say if olera comes out of the back field any direction you take him what that also does though is it voids the middle of that zone defense so That's where Zack colis would want to hit those Crossing routes in behind it three options wide side right for Karis dumps it off to Brady Ola again Ola makes one man he's got another what an effort after the catch from Brady Ola who's just feasting through the air here yeah and this time they're taking their linebackers and they're putting them up in the line of scrimmage so jir Thurman was basically rushing the passer there that's why he's not anywhere in the middle of the field there to try to come up and make the tackle on Ola four catches 51 yards already in this game demsky and Lawler have combined for six it's been all Brady Olivera here clis this time over the middle there's Dy he's got it down inside the 20 and Winnipeg enters the Red Zone once again so now jir Thurman here he's going to drop here and then just keep dropping but he doesn't he's got his eyes on Brady Olivera so he doesn't want Brady Olivera to escape so he's got his eyes on him so what does Zak do he throws it right in behind Jamir Thurman got kind of him guessing should I stay up and be closer to Ola on those little dump passes or should I drop back and get deep so that dempy can't make that Crossing route manto man's the answer usually down here that's what happens they'll give it to Olivera again and maybe a short gain on the play around Johnson but not much further how about Micah Johnson there Dustin he's fighting the double team cuts through the line grabs ola's shirt from behind there's an offensive lineman played both ways last week newfeld who just returned to the lineup remains down on the field here for the bombers this would not be good news we'll step away well welcome back to Winnipeg and welcome back to CFL on CTV coverage it's been 38 years Su that's a long time yeah I look back and some of those names there John Wells Lee Pon both guys that I worked with when I started in the industry and don't want to remember the 86 saskatch and ref Rider season I think we won maybe a handful of games that year not this one by the way wasn't called the banjo bowl back then here's kis he's looking to the end zone too much trying to find Ontario Wilson but Wilson never had had a shot at it and now Karis exchanges some words with Miles Brown well that was what happened miles Brown a little lighter in the pocketbook because of the Labor Day classic hit that put Zach Garis in his Street close had to figure that was going to rear its ugly head again here at some point today Brown is not a dirty player in fact we were talking with both teams this week both teams said as much and I heard one stat that I'm not sure has been backed up but I heard one stat that Miles Brown in his career which is three years now in the CFL only has committed two penalties it's pretty impressive Tire career 26 y for castile and that is up and through the lead is six however the penalty was the right call they got it yep B continues on CTV well let's take a trip down memory lane 1979 that's the crew four members from that staff are here today working this game there's a look at the guys yeah elf Johnny Nelson and Craig still here there's elf he's on the cart cam I believe Johnny Johnny in in there is our TP in the truck there's a overlooking cam Nelson Jones up there hey Nelson nice job back in 1979 was right here in Winnipeg too and there's Craig Anderson now that's on the cart that's the cart cam that's the cart cam right there they were on that game that's crazy and you remember that that CTV camera we showed you that that looked fake I think I think back then in 79 that's probably the best In The Biz I mean that looks like a big camera on that's not a real camera look how high tech this is you can barely tell the difference suit great teammate best in the business doing their job second and five here for Harris clear on the back field for man pressure Harris gets it away over the middle shaer Baker's got it turn back to the far side and he picks up some good yards after the catch nice decision to not just sort of push it ahead he turned and found some room yeah you often see that don't you he's a guy who is in year four now in shaper Baker that has the wherewithal to know exactly where the Defenders are coming from makes a nice turn there picks up some extra yards but I love the demeanor of a veteran quarterback in Trevor Harris right now he has caught down 10 nothing he calmed everything down got the big drive on the ground this s for hi short pick up you know and I we mentioned off the top in four his six starts over 300 yard passing and you know when you have a veteran quarterback like Trevor you can just see he's locked in I mean when when you're a teammate of his in that huddle you're down 10 crowd's going crazy it's a sell out here here in this rematch cley went 76 yd 52 Y at amalis nice check down there to Keon for Baker keep keep it rolling Harris again gets it away quickly that'll be short of the first down as he finds Bane First Catch of the Day for Bane short but tempting short but very tempting I bet like it's a yard and a half it's a yard and a half maybe two well they're moving that third down marker just over a yard they're going to Ru out a 50 yard attempt here for Brett lather who's one of five from 50 or Beyond this season dangerous man lurking beyond the uprights there and lucky white hit AU from 50 to make it a three-point game that is up and it is good Smooths it home from 50 nice start to the game for the Riders kicker well Brian Cox Jr SOC already in this game following in his Father's Footsteps for more on the family let's send it down to John Luke yeah thank you Dustin and imagine being seven years old standing on the field of the Louis L Louisiana Super Dome with confetti streaming down after your dad Brian Cox senior won Super Bowl 36 with the New England Patriots well that was Brian Jr 22 years ago as he witnessed firsthand Tom Brady's stirring fourth quarter drive to set up Adam viner's winning walk-off field goal and that was certainly a catalyst for Brian Jr to like you said ball and his dad's footsteps to pursue a career in pro football although not as a linebacker but a defensive end certainly making an impact in his second year with scat yeah yeah and you know we want to I want to send out a a good luck to Tom Brady Tom Brady in that Super Bowl that was his first that big drive and winning field goal and he goes up in the broadcast Booth he'll have to earn his stripes before he gets a big payday Dallas at Cleveland will be game one for him on CTV at 4:00 tomorrow will be Tom Brady's first game in the booth wish him all the best and I'm interest transitions second and nine and early movement here M Johnson's going to point as per usual officials will come together for a quick chat B major calling the shots as our referee here today procedure winipeg number 6 four it's a 5yd penalty it's still second down doson yeah the reason there is a little bit of a delay there is because the command center can help in real time they can take a quick look at it see who Moved first make sure they get that call right kind of thought of against bombers nobody on Winnipeg was pointing the other way I usually see teams pointing both both ways but nobody on Winnipeg was pointing so that is a good indication yes prman defensive Frontier for the Riders carar gets it away and this one back to the 40 and that's it that'll bring up third and long so they'll be forced to kick it away again as Devy just couldn't find any space little slow to get up looks to be okay yeah the Riders have really slowed the pace here and and that was by Design and that's you know it starts with your leaders but that start looked like it could have snowballed very quickly yeah if you're just joining us a blocked punts led to a field goal an interception few plays later led to a touchdown and all the momentum early in this game for the home side but the Riders have managed to work their way certainly into this ball game Alford at the 25 great tackle down down the field Michael Griffin juggling on the old line but last week with a couple of injuries it was emergency o line time from Micah Johnson and I was watching this game on television didn't didn't wasn't in the booth for it but every time we showed an ISO of Micah Johnson he was playing pretty well on the o line I asked Cory mace he said how much does he practice like does he take emergency reps or anything and practice through week he goes zero none we just told him hey if it's an emergency we might need you to be the O an O lineman I thought a testament to the athlete that is Michel Johnson Flags here Harris gets it [Applause] away a penalty flag on the snap essentially yeah offside against the Riders offside Saskatchewan number number 15 p is decline it's going to be second down here's Harris on Micah if you just watch the film and not known he just he didn't have a name plate you know he's just wearing number 57 and Mike is not 57 and you'd think he played offensive line he did a great job moving people around pass protecting um you know we obviously we didn't change the snap count I I kept the snap count pretty assistent because I didn't want to overwhelm him being the fact that he's not in offensive meetings he's not in any of those things and so I try to make it as simple as possible for him but uh he did a phenomenal job well it's a cab ride to get around him anyway so but yeah I I thought so too every time we showed him in ISO he was blocking somebody pretty well but that is something that Cory mace would prefer not to have to do again in this rematch let M concentrate on defense horac gets this away that'll bounce high hop right head takes it back to the 30 no further Herdman Reed with the tackle on just an absolutely beautiful September afternoon in Winnipeg appropriate on a day that the bombers are honoring Charles Roberts Brady Oliva is having himself a game we will break that down Trevor Harris as well and for the first time on C TV it is straight [Applause] fire they are really excited about straight fire and you should be too great halftime segment coming up here on CTV radi Ola so far 72 combined yards through the air and on the ground real nice first half 2 and 1/2 minutes remaining in the quarter that is up too high looking for Ontario Wilson and that'll bring up second down Kara just rushed that a little bit sailed on him a bit didn't didn't look like he had a good grip on it when he opened up and slung it out there but he missed his Target regroup same demeanor as Trevor Harris both were teammates years ago 2012 100th great cup with Ricky Ray the starter they were both backups the ring from that year stacked coaching staff stacked quarterback room empty back field for Karis here over the middle has a man W lari first down just enough about 11 yards to W lari there he remains down on the field Al tarski's missed a few games already this season again those linebackers dropping off Olivera was also out of the back field that hit clean tackle just maybe knock the wind out of him yeah maybe it doesn't look that bad cuz he got up after they came out they said no just get back down for a second so they're athletic therapists will have a little chat with W lari here Kevin clarus will take his spot rookie out of Connecticut it's been targeted 24 times in this rookie season and caught 18 of them pretty good catch to Target ratio yeah 75% is actually the best on the team among receivers big body 62 215 I always love when you look at the you look at the the roster online and you see the weights whatever the weights says you can take for the little guys you can take about 10 lbs off and for the big guys you can add 10 or 1550 cuz the big guys want to be lighter and the little guys want to be heavier clarus into the game here on a first and 10 olera on the ground barels right over Adam mclair it's about half of what they need on first down yeah I mentioned that the Riders defensively did pretty good against the run against Oliva in both their previous two games nine carries for 49 12 for 42 in the Labor Day matchup but in that first game game he had nine catches in that game for 80 yards so they're back to that game plan Buck Pierce get the ball to him through the Aira stands in to the right of his quarterback now drops off and that's where they go but he could not get his hand on that one and it falls incomplete Jamison Sheen will come out and kick it away with 133 remaining in the half you know Zach Karis is a veteran quarterback but Roland Milligan was in the vicinity and he had a little pressure on him look at number zero breaking downhill there you just wonder if he got a glimpse of Roland Milligan and also with the pressure he just kind of threw it to the feet oliv didn't want to create a turnover Alford weits on his own 15 lots of time here for the Riders that's almost blocked that was close alord takes the low driving kick and one man missed and just plunges down at the 30 like they almost got to that one yeah it was clean run I didn't get all the numbers Jackson Ford back in the lineup after being injured for a lot of this season so far but there was a clean run there wow Thomas Herron with just about got it there's Jackson Ford two did a good job of avoiding the kicker Harris takes over on his old 30 te trailing by a field goal Harris over the middle lunging out to grab it for a short pickup was emis [Music] working on dietr Nicholls Crossing route so Nicholls In the Zone look just drops some off to the linebackers and three man pressure was starting to get close so Trevor Harris dumped it off pretty nice catch for just four yards em had that deep shot 52 earlier in the game Harris one on one hopper and it falls incomplete was looking in Em's direction again and the Riders will kick it right back to the bombers with still 54 seconds on the clock very similar sort of throw that we just saw Zach karus to bradio Lera and just kind of not completely convinced that that was the right place to put it just kind of a little bit of a sidearm Defender close by protecting the football both the quarterbacks on those second Downs orack gets this one away no problem white head bobbles it but controls trying to turn it back to the far side of the field slipped though ended up on his belly halim just around the corner here on a busy day around the Canadian Football League lots to discuss on CTV Charles Roberts will be honored on the Ring of Honor here at the half perfect day to do it really is alltime leader in bomber history Poes can he find a way to put more points on the board back go to Brady Olivera again Ola Runs Out of Bounds at the 37 now Kate was mentioning for halftime the panel is going to talk about Brady Oliva and how they're getting him the football and it looks to me like Cory mace I I'll be interesting to listen to their opinions on that cuz it it looks like Cory mace is content with letting them throw it in these check downs and just playing off and try to rally to make the tackle yeah Zach's had it pretty much whenever he's wanted it so far today this time he'll stand by himself gets it away catch made but denk's wrapped up immediately L combo CJ Rivas both right there and the Riders will get the ball back one more time well with what happened on Labor Day you know that Mario Alford is motivated to make the big play although these cover teams for the bombers have been excellent all season long sheeno let this clock tick down if you didn't see it Alfred missed one on a punt cost him a touchdown bow kick rolls in there Alford takes it cleanly to the near sideline and he's taken down just shy of the 30 with 3 seconds on the clock yeah the only way that likely a chance for some late points in this half and a field goal is if Alfred got the big return but just surpris I wouldn't be surprised at all if they just kneel down here to go at halftime down three on the road in this game now you're fine with I I think if you're on the road you're okay with that especially the way this started down 10 nothing early now you're sitting here down 1310 that's exactly what they will do well we'll break it down the panel will break down just how Zach colis in this first half has got the ball to Brady olera stopping him on the run is always important when you're playing against the ball but they have different ways to get in the ball and right now the Saskatchewan defense is dropping off from these second down plays in zone Thurman's getting big depth trying to get in behind their or in front of their receivers and that back second layer that's giv El a chance underneath 81 total yards of offense for Brady Ola so far in this game six targets five catches and six Carries On The Ground as they've not hesitated to get Brady involved early he stands by with John L Brady got 81 total yards from scrimmage today but after your scoring Drive what are you seeing from the Saskatchewan defense that's limiting your your bombers offense yeah they're uh that's a good defense we're playing a good front um they're obviously well coached they uh they fly around make plays and they play with effort so um yeah we got to be better yeah we got to be better two-point game last week three points today for the football fan you how much fun is it to see these games in this rivalry this close weekend to uh back to back weekend yeah it's you know two of the best games of the year um you know now we're here at home and in front of the best fans in the league a pack Princess Auto Stadium the louds are the fans are loud so uh yeah uh such a fun game to be part of thanks for this BR appreciate it Kate let's send it back to you in the panel to 10 and the Riders will get the ball B to start the second half Castile steps up and Nails it away Alford carals it at the five near sideline he'll take it out there's a flag on the play as he steps out just beyond the 25 might be an illegal block they're in a return holding to scat number 25 with a 10yd PTY going to be first down you mentioned the touchdown consecutive games with the touchdown for Kean Johnson he has been on a roll against Montreal how about against the Argos good defense there too Montreal and Toronto and Winnipeg on Labor Day there's the first half here this afternoon sha Bane leads them with five receiving touchdowns desan Johnson right behind him with four first and 10 on their own 14 after the penalty get it away quickly up towards the 20 Jo Joo has another catch in his ball game off the top DUS that Jo Jo I think's got to take his game to another level now I mean he's he's been able to settle in he's got a lot of time he's got the start here in this game a chance remember it was the it was the game against Winnipeg back in July where he had that 100 yard game when he came on the field for Keon shaer Baker who was injured he was over 100 yards in that game and he's kind of platto since then that's their last win haven't won since then Harris from the pocket down the field wide open shaver Baker got it in Midfield down to the 40 trying to pick his way through the Defenders still going and eventually tra down but bounces off a tackle down inside the 10 and finally Dietrich Nicholls saves the day but what a play play from schaer Baker well Keon schaer Baker is doing some nice route running he's gone one-on-one with Granton Alexander watching little outside move like he was going to the corner and then went right across the hips of Alexander and into the middle for that post catch and nice run after the F Trevor Harris at 215 yards on the day that one goes for 81 and the Riders look for the lead now first and goal from the Winnipeg Gates Harris quickly looks to his left throws in that direction touchdown drops it into emis and the Riders go on top in the banjo during this four game win streak the strength of the bombers You could argue was their secondary it has been that but those are two veterans one in Brandon Alexander against Keon schaer Baker in this emis against Nicholls nice route running one the rout balls in the end zone too [Applause] easy emis having himself a day as well Lo puts that up through and the Riders lead 1713 and they wasted no time time three plays 96 yds emis Endzone let's take a look at EMS in the great route running from number 19 and he's going to run a speed cut here on dedri Nicholls who he got to pick him up even if it's a Zone look but look where Nicholls is looking he's looking back in that Trevor Harrison he doesn't see the big plant he bites on that plant with the right leg and has his eyes on Trevor Harris is way too late to react to that throw but a great route run by Samuel emess fourth touchdown of the season for emis and the Riders start the second half with a bang lucky Whitehead out to the 30 holds on to that ball is taken down just shy up the 35 here's karis's first half well it was a lot of check down as the panel mentioned BRD Olo really is number one Target for most of that first half the Riders were content to drop off let them throw it underneath and then try to rally to the tackle which when it's Brady Ola is way easier said than done yeah they had a few good looks at him shortly after catching the ball but he just powered through Zack tried the one deep shot to Kenny Lawler Lawler couldn't haul that way and in defended very well by Deontay Williams but outside of that not too much down the field from colar just yet dsk is going to take off here Claris finds onario Wilson Wilson at Midfield turns tackled by Thurman but makes his way all the way up to the rider 51 yeah even with pressure on him kis throws his receiver Wilson open here it's little play action fake and he's going to throw it so he has to stop watch him put the breaks on to come back and get it cuz he saw the pressure coming from inside that was jir Thurman breaking underneath on that so he threw him open backside [Music] shoulder First Catch of the game for Wilson goes for 21 yards kis again down the field has another first down up to the 35 as he gets it to Kenny Lawler for just the second time today that was a one-on-one against Roland Milligan and Milligan slipped as came out of his break I think Lawler would have caught it either way there's Milligan right there Lawler would have caught it either way because he came back to the ball so nicely but it turns out to be Milligan that's trying to break on it he slips near side short pickup for damsky pushed out of bounds boy these veteran quarterbacks backs understand that sense of urgency Trevor Harris goes down nice touchdown throw to Samuel emis and Zack colaris picks his game up couple of deep dig route throws there in this drive they need seven more clis Ola and he is stopped short here by a couple of yards put CJ Avery on that play into the boundary the Riders did and he he saw from the sideline in the first half I'm sure a whole bunch of these type of plays to Brady Olivera and was quick to break over there little adjustment defensively personnel-wise for the Riders to put Avery in at that weak side linebacker 35 yard attempts for Sergio Castile just inside the right hash to make it a one-point game here in Winnipeg and he's able to sneak it in special moment here at halftime at Princess Auto Stadium Charles Roberts on the Ring of of Honor he'll join John Lou when we [Music] return for drives one low lucky white hit hustles over here bounces back towards him and that's going to stop basically on the two returns it close to the 10 nice kick corack Princess Auto Stadium the banj bable continues on CTV first and 10 for Winnipeg on their own tent trailing by one Brady olera on the ground runs in to jir Thurman continues to push ahead get some help from his friends and it'll be a pretty good second down situation for the bombers yeah you get half of it on first down you're you're in charge now that opens up the playbook in a big big way for Zach colaris a little push to the flat from Nick dempy something like that can get you the new set of downs well that is exactly what they got five yards for Ola he's got 31 yards on seven carries 60 more yards through the air [Applause] trips to the right for kis and Kenny Lawler a little bit further kis near side and that is incomplete Josh Johnson had his foot on the line when he secured that one well first of all just great escapability by Zach karos to get it out there but let's take a look as Johnson out of bounds when he catches this [Music] see if that left foot is on the white paint could be good field position here for Saskatchewan alord essentially standing right at Midfield andison jeene averaging just over 44 yards per punt this season the shadow of the uprights this bounces at the 45 and out of bounds the Riders will take over best field position they've had to start a drive so far here this afternoon basically a field goal away from or excuse me a first down away from a field goal of course they want more but Trevor Harris 15 of 22 239 yds couple of touchdowns an interception early in the game that wasn't his fault yeah slit Kean Johnson they've settled in nicely Harris in trouble this time a lot of trouble has to throw it away as he's taken down by Jamal Woods yeah he looked he almost looked hot when he first took this ball from Center in the shotgun and and that hot route was taken away and then the pocket started to close in on [Music] it like to get a little bit closer for lur here he would have the wind at his back this would be deep Harris in the pocket deep shot down the field no was looking for schaer paper but he couldn't turn around and get underneath that one yeah I think because of the coverage being hard inside like it was that was Trevor Harris was trying to throw it to that outside shoulder hoping that his receiver in shaer Baker could react to it it's to the right of your screen and he's going to throw it to the outside shoulder because he feels that pocket collapsing and now can he make the adjustment put enough air on it so he can react but chaer Baker turns late and Brett ler wanted this kick he was out onto the field then they decid send the punt team out and he kind of hung his head and went off in a frustrated fashion and now this kick will roll all the way through the end zone good decision by the [Music] bombers John Lou will have more on Brady Olivera on a special day for Charles Roberts when we return well Brady Olivera with a nice tribute for Charles Roberts today for more on that let's send it back down to John Luke well thank you Dustin and that Jersey that radio L was wearing during pregame warm-up was a one-off throwback made by the bombers equipment staff composed of the same fabric used to make uniforms in Charles Roberts's era and ol is paying tribute to Roberts because the winipeg native grew up idolizing the bombers all-time rushing leader and fun fact the two of them met when Ola was in high school but Oliva says that he's hoping to run into Roberts today just because he's now an elite running back just like his Idol and one more tribute Point Roberts has already uh has already autographed that sweet retrofit guys nice for the collection for Brady olera couldn't be more different as running backs but slightly different Brady Lera is 50 lbs heavier than Charles R different styles both productive winipeg from their own 40 pois hit as he throws got it away far side and they'll be a little bit short of a first down as he finds clerus one great things about Canadian football though is that a guy like like Charles Roberts gets a chance to play professionally whether it's starting as a great returner sometimes that's how you get into the starting lineup when you're undersized for the NFL or different leagues we'll take you if you can run this Big Field a little bit of space up here there's some space come on up second and two strer he's going to looking for Kenny Lawler almost intercepted there's a flag back by the 35 strer down and he's holding his knee and that does not look good [Music] [Applause] that is Miles Brown got the passer a scatch one number 90 it's a 15yd penalty automatic first down for winipeg Crow here at Princess Auto Stadium as soon as they announce number 90 round of booze know exactly what he's thinking don't you see well Wade Miller was quite vocal after the lab classic when Karis was hit too high miles Brown got a penalty for that kis didn't return to the game after that hit Cory mace is challenging this penalty Brown is still chirping I don't know if it's at the bombers or at the [Applause] officials well they're looking at the replay up on the big screens here Saskatchewan is challenging that there should have been offensive pass interference on the last play okay so they're not challenging the penalty and the penalty is for the Target area again now I'm sure miles Brown is trying to he's trying to argue that he got thrown into Chris strer but Sher was just losing his mind at the Riders there's been another flag that's been thrown but here here's you you just can't hit the quarterback high above the shoulder pads or low in the knee area and the leg area you just can't do it so in that situation penalties yeah comes around he should just fall to the side of him or both are penalties last week and this week and Cory mace we had a conversation with him about the hit last week and that he said look miles Brown is not a dirty player but we told him that he the target was to you got to lower your target area it's got to be between the waist and below the shoulders and last last week it was in the head and this week it's in the knees let's take a look at what they're challenging for offensive pass interference it would be Kenny Lawler down the field working against Sails this is what's being reviewed okay so they're looking at this to see if a little push there you see Lawler had his left hand but on sails and kind of pulled him down I think take let's take a look at sails right hand he's kind of pushing him in the back as a little bit there a little bit of push and pull I I don't see enough for anything there but Cory M wanted to challenge that it it didn't look to to me like Cory mace was saying he was okay with the hit on miles from Miles Brown strer to the tent we go to the field for the announcement upon further review the ruling on the field stands tkat one loses their Challenge and their first team timeout however we also have a misconduct penalty against Winnipeg number 68 we'll go back 10 yards it's going to first down for winipeg [Applause] once it's all sorted out the ball is placed on the Winnipeg 53 you you know I think what you look for on these hits is could the defender have avoided the low contact or in the case last week the high contact and I thought last week's shot by Miles Brown he clearly could have avoided it yeah and that's why he was fined and that's why he got the penalty in game question is could he could he have avoided the hit low we'll get another look at it here it's Brady olera back to the line of scrimmage this is the hit on strer that we've been talking about let's watch Miles Brown here okay miles Brown is is going to cut through there now he's getting blocked and Dives low this is what happened last week miles brown with Zack Karis he could have avoided this I believe he leaned in with the shoulder and it was a high hit and it was the right call to call the penalty on the field and I believe to protect the quarterback's error on that side to give him the fine to send that message second and 10 and that is close to a first down very close to W Atari just before we move on the only thing I could really even imagine is Miles Brown is saying he got thrown into the legs of strer but I'm not sure the replay showed that I think he was already going down he was but he sort of lunged out as he was going down yeah he was diving for him and can't dive into the legs of the quarterback so Terry Wilson who was taking some short yardage practice reps while they were looking at strer comes into the game pushes ahead and a first down for Winnipeg and things are starting to get a little heated up at the banjo bow yeah immediately Terry Wilson went and started taking Snaps stub's gone into the room so he'll be the short yard as [Applause] quarterback first and 10 kis back out there from the rider 46 time tiing down third quarter fourth quarter is going to be a good one settle in here on a Saturday pois looks down the field has Lawler slips but bounces back up and is wrapped up just shy of the Red Zone mil Brown is not taking defensive reps right now Cory Ma has him on the bench for right now Lawler on a nice in route here he does go down but he's not touched there so he gets a couple extra third catch of the ball game for Lawler goes for 25 yds that's his longest of the afternoon Lawler this time in the slot to the right of kis debski in the slot to the left goes back to Waller helmet pops off on the tackle from Thurman short pickup on first down [Applause] sent the sent the halfback and rolling Milligan there think that helmet came off trying to duck that and when he flipped his head back the way he did that's when it came [Applause] off but a Zone Blitz coming from the Saskatchewan defense with Milligan on the blitz and Thurman in coverage final play of the third quarter bombers need five for a first down olera out to the left clarus looking back to Lawler and What A Catch What A Catch by Kenny he was covered well but it did not matter I'm not sure what else Milligan supposed to do [Applause] here Karis looking for Lawler finds him reaches back hauls it [Music] in welcome back fourth quarter of the banjo Bowl coming up bombers trailing right now getting close to scoring here Riders have a lead in a game that they really need here sus yeah they really need it to stop the losing skid but also this is the game that decides the series between these two teams they both W one back in July 19th was the last time the Riders won a game and it was against the bombers they won on Labor Day the Winnipeg Blue Bombers so this is the the season series a huge one here between these two clubs and it's coming right down to the wire which is really what we should have expected after what we saw from both of these teams last week and what was an absolute Thriller 3533 is a fun one to watch that's for sure Winnipeg looking to retake the lead here at the beginning of the fourth quarter Brady Olivera does not have a touchdown yet this season having a great game so far here this afternoon kis to the end zone touchdown Kenny Lawler and Winnipeg goes back on top [Music] great catch going to the fourth quarter for Kenny Lawler to get him in position and Kenny Lawler finishes the drive by putting the brakes on and then Karis puts the ball right on him just the second touchdown of the year for Kenny Lawler of course he's only played four games this being his Fifth and now Castile to make it a five-point lead for the bombers exactly what he does early here in the fourth quarter of the banjo bow nine plays 70 yds in just over 5 minutes as Lawler dempy is going to try and go up here and clear out watch Lawler sit down in behind it in fact dky may have got away with one here there's a Roland Milligan gets kind of run over there on that corner route but no flag on the play and and ller the intended target wide open there right beside jir Thurman but the one thing that was missing since his return for Kenny Lawler was that spectacular catch just before the end of the third that was it it's back again that was Gates [Applause] Milligan Maru alord we'll wait for this kick from [Music] Castile Alford takes it on the two looking for some space Mario Alford out beyond the 30 and Beyond the 35 a flag came flying in from Midfield so we'll have to sort that out as well but what a day in the Canadian Football League Of course Calgary Edmonton coming up still later on today we're in the middle of the banjo bowl and earlier today Ottawa convincing Victory 4127 over Toronto during the return lost at home yet this sc one number 17 the 10 yd penalty it's going to be first down for wi 6 and one first down for at home for the Red Blocks yeah good bounce back game for Ottawa after their loss last week and you know when you think about where we are in the season now this is Rev meets the roow time this is the final third the West for the most part to finish the year off official has corrected the spot it's going to be first down at the 9yd line the the West is going to play against the West the East against the east in the final third of the season for the most part the West wide open when it comes to from first all the way to third oh yeah Alfred had taken his out to about the 35 a penalty against Jackson Ford has now backed it up this starts at the nine Harris trailing by five on the ground and they'll move it ahead there's a flag flying in here at the end of this one Frankie Hixon that's just his sixth carry of the ball game if it stands up it would be the most productive one that he's had believe it's going to be offside against the bombers we have tripping winipeg number 91 it's a 10y penalty it's going to be first down for Scot so it is against the bombers but it's a tripping call against Jamal Woods that will give s scaton a little bit of breathing room here with the ball now up at their own 19 and if you wanted to come to Princess Auto stadium for some peace and quiet this afternoon you came to the wrong place this crowd is going to High here the rest of the way nice carry and a first down from Hickson that's his best of the ball game attacking the backside the right side of the offensive line gets the job done for the saskat r Riders here little kick out block there nice Cut inside of that and then Frankie hitson gets to that second level and in fact into the secondary good blocking up front on that right side interested to see if they can get the running game going here in the fourth quarter this time they'll go with schaer Baker schaer Baker cuts inside one tackle and moves it out just beyond the 35 yd line Second and manageable for Harris in this offense lots of changes up front believe the key block on that last run was Nick Jones getting the start at guard trying to take a little pressure off a makeshift offensive line by running the ball a little bit rers offense just over 80 yards for game on the ground that's second last in the Canadian Football League Harris throwing here a quick one and schaer Baker stays on his feet and that lunge ahead has got them a first down well that was great second effort there cuzz had sh Schaefer Baker gone down on that first Contact he was short by good yard and a half and at this part of the field hard to think that Cory mace might try to gamble on Third and a yard there I think he might have punted it away so that second effort right there and the hand down got him the first just snuck away from Michael Griffin press set from the 43 little toss out here to Hixon Hixon found some space stays on his feet and Hixon takes it down inside the 50 in Frankie Hixon has been activated right now in this Riders offense Bo I love the play because it gets it gets him outside and into space Frankie hickon gets that little pinch out now look he's got some space outside gets a block up front from his fullback and away he goes he's into the secondary that's Brandon Alexander the safety that brought him down Mark Muer you'll see for the Riders changing things up a bit here in the fourth quarter of the banjo bow Harris on the ground again a slip though and Hickson goes down great at the line of [Applause] [Music] scrimmage this was a drive that started at the rider nine so they already flipped the field worst case scenario best rushing game of the season for Su statua was their win against the bombers back in July Mark mu trying to tap into that got a throw here though Harris looking for 10 down the field he's got 10 and a little bit more drops it in there to Bane and takes it down inside the 35 boy I would suggest that there was a the wrong route run maybe not by Bane Maybe by schaer Baker didn't matter because Trevor Harris threads the needle there's four Defender five Defenders for the bombers right around that throw but two receivers that close doesn't happen very often 16 yds for Bane on his second catch of the ball game down to the Winnipeg 34 JoJo will slide around to the right come in to block Harris with time down the fields broke it up for defending against emis and it flies over both of their heads Tyrell Ford's having an a an All-Star season he's got five interceptions that's one behind the league lead with Roland Milligan tended with Target is all by himself and emilis there he tries to get him on a outside move but a quick speed turn a blind turn by Ford gets him right back where he wants to be and he's over the top to knock that away they are within field goal range for lather lots of time left in this game they Trail by five Hixon will clear out Harris he's in trouble gets it away finds Bane Bane trying to turn it up the field nice tackle made on the play there by Bridges sending the field goal team out that was a great inside move on that play by Willie Jefferson and Trevor Reed may have got away with one there but deep in field goal range for lather just would have any penalty there if they took it which they would have probably declined anyway and put him in third down but a penalty would have kept him in field goal range anyway oh they're out to make it a two-point game a 35 yd attempt from just inside the left t for that to hold that kick is up and it is good 2321 the Riders trailing the bombers in the 20th banable by a you are ahead by a you are ahead by [Music] ay Princess Auto stadium in Winnipeg bombers looking to extend their winning streak to five games pois fakes the hand off wanted to look deep now he's got a run dumps it offski has it heavy hit just shy of the 50 Deontay Williams finished him off and we saw W Atari who was injured a little bit earlier in this game he's feeling this one as well yard short of the first down and we will step away as the athletic therapists come out to take a look at w Atari after this hit great [Music] there well hopefully you're enjoying this Labor Day rematch here on CTV and if you are good news we're coming at you again Hall of Fame game next week Ottawa versus Hamilton and then every single Saturday the rest of the way taking you all the way up to the east semi East final in the great cup always love the Hall of Fame game that's always uh must see and then of course with Ottawa they've been great this year outstanding that Montreal Ottawa matchup second week looks good too well I guess it would be third counting this one Terry Wilson in on short yardage if you're just joining us strer injured earlier in the game on a low tackle from Miles Brown and it is a first down Wilson gut just enough yeah and I know there will probably be bomber fans that say you know when I mentioned earlier that heard from both coaches that Miles Brown has had two penalties in his career he's not that type of player well now it's three in his career and all three were controversial penalties against quarterbacks and I'm sure there are bomber fans saying that can't be a coincidence leave it here to Brady Ola Zach Claris has one touchdown today but it's a big one on the career list as he now is a hunger well when you take a look at these with the bombers of course yeah when you take a look at these two quarterbacks out here and their path through their career but also possibly postc career to the Hall of Fame I think Zach kis is a no-brainer with his mops and championships under his belt and he will pass deer Brock he will pass Michael Riley and he will pass Daren Durant on the alltime list probably up to 13 if he stays healthy all year ryers are going to bring some pressure colis down the Fieldy not there haven't seen much pressure from the Riders defense today and that time forced Karis on second down to essentially throw it away CJ Avery he's the free guy off the edge right here but the Cory May decided to send the [Applause] house and demsky tried to make an inside move on Nelson Lomo the safety but then was a little late getting n of that break to get up field Alford and ban back to receive the punt jamson Sheen less than six minutes to play two-point game here in Winnipeg Alford watches takes it cleanly at the 12 Maru aler trying to fight the space on the far side a race against Ford Ford triying to stay with him and he does CHS him down takes him down on the far side how about that that's why Tyrell Ford such a great Corner he's got makeup speed we know all for's fast pass Ford with them every step of the way well the first Monday Night Football of the season is a good one New York Jets with Aaron Rogers assuming he survives the first game of the year this year taking on the NFC champions San Francisco 49ers catch all the action Monday 8:15 Eastern 5:15 Pacific on TSN this place is going to be loud the rest of the way Harris is it the hi nowhere to go Trevor Harris today moving up a list himself suits well today he's got 274 that moves him past Darien Durant that's what I mentioned between him and Zach Karis they're so close in their numbers and will continue to move as active players up the list Michael Riley next CFL history and Peter Brock in there too two touchdowns today for Harris shoves it ahead nowhere to go on second down and this drive amounts to nothing and they'll have to kick it away with the clock ticking just great redirection from the D line for the bombers to you know the design of this play is to try and get that front four up the field a few steps so that you can do that underneath little shovel pass in behind them they redirect it in a heartbeat and shut it down this is it to the wind driv to oh lucky whad takes it just outside his own 40 whad far side and moves it back onto the rers side of the field with 358 on the clock Roland Milligan is filling the stat sheet and one of those stats is special teams coverman he's leading the league in special teams tackles and I can't emphasize enough how difficult that is when you got to cover a kick like that which is a a battle all the way down the field for 45 yards and then you got to line up in 20 seconds or less and play defense and you take a look at his numbers they're off the chart that's second in the league behind Tyrese beverett Montreal with the defensive plays but he's also contributing on the teams in a big way dky in the flats they one man miss tripped up at the 5050 picks up about three on first down you have to be in great shape to do that you're covering a kick 45 yds full speed fighting one or two guys off and then in 15 seconds you got to catch your breath hustle over and get part of the first defensive play which is coming your way take on a block get ready for a tackle so now by about now he's starting to get his win back we got to be in shape to do that Haw takes down inside 3 minutes second and six kis on the run to his right finds sty oh what a tackle that tackle will keep them just short CJ Rivas on demsky and there will be a third down decision I think you got to take the points do you look at this dempy trying to push ahead Rivas hangs on oh Super Saturday about to wrap over on TSN stamp Peters Elks rematch game in about half an hour don't want to miss that that's going to be a good one a cloud bethl Thompson on Labor Day almost 500 yd passing career high looks to run it back at Commonwealth they're going for it here bombers are going to go for it it's third and one no strer he's injured Wilson pushing ahead and he's got it has an opportunity to step up and that's exactly what he does I'll tell you what that was I think a gutsy call by by Mike OA to to go ahead and go for this they don't have strer who's their short yardage guy Terry Wilson gets it done and that's great effort but I I would have taken the points there I I would have been a 51 yard right but you got a long range kicker who's made 9 over 50 with the wind he's got the wind at his back and you got a chance to make it a a four-point game but now you got a chance to really kill this clock down here right Brady Olivera I'll be stunned if he doesn't get this ball right here Karis oh he doesn't they'll give it to Lucky and lucky look at lucky go takes it up just shy of another first down those Mark of about two yds short how about the timing on that hand fly sweep that I'm not sure Karis even did he touch it because lucky white head was so pumped and Jack to be getting this I think he intercepted the snap Zach might have just got his hands on it does he even touch it it's like yeah boom boom wow even even kis kind of took a second look there perfect timing yeah now with second and two they're going to stay with the regular offense this would be Chris trer time oh they're going to go direct snap to Brady Ola and olera I believe has pushed ahead far enough for a first down haven't seen that yet no that's Buck Pierce digging into the playbook in a crucial time and they have a injur injury to their short yardage quarterback they go with a wildcat direct snap to the tail back in bradi Ola for the first down 155 on the clock and it will run bombers in a good spot here then field goal range leading by two at home pois this time they'll give it to Brady Ola and Ola tackled by CJ Rivas got about five yards on that first down carry time out the [Applause] skatan going to say either right now for Cory Ma on the timeout or the play before asz that clock was running he lost 15 seconds there but will stop it here it won't start till the snap of the ball and he needs his defense to get a stop to give Trevor Harris maybe 45 seconds got to get the stop here force a field goal from casle get the ball back exactly trailing by five exactly going to be tough if you can't get that done Ryder's defense got it happen Zach kis with olera to his right he'll clear out kis on the run to his right and he slides and it'll be a field goal attempt 127 on the clock here nothing opening up for Zach that time great call by Cory mace defensively to have CJ Rivas track Brady Olivera I think that was the idea with this play if Brady Olivera is open to the flat here give it to him if he's not just take take the loss drop down give it up ground down a few more seconds and you go out and put the field goal team out there Castillo three for three today and you don't stop the clock with an incompletion smart by Karis 39 y for castile to make it a fivepoint game and that's exactly what he does 65 seconds remaining and the bable and the Riders will need to drive the field to get the win we saw Harris last week great drive at the end of that game couldn't complete the two points but excellent Drive can he do it again here this time they wouldn't need the two AIS 273 yds 20 of 30 today two touchdowns and a pick they would wouldn't need the two but they do need the major and they need the major because O'Shea got it into a real comfortable position with that third down and a long one that was a long one without your short yardage guy Ryder defense didn't get the stop there they got an extra they got two more first downs and then a Chip Shot took valuable time took yeah away from the Riders here over a minute off the clock P Alford looks for a return the crowd at Princess Auto Stadium Rises to their feet Alford takes it at the 11 Mario Alford looking for some room not going to find it stop just shy at the 35 now 14 more seconds than I guessed at but he's got a minute [Applause] windless in their last six five losses of a timee their last victory at home against Winnipeg season series on the line here in the band they'll start on their own 34 bers will set three Harris gets it away Baker it in oh shaer Baker went up and got that one in a nice Chunk on first down for Harris D Baker with a curl and he had to fight back for this one take the hit up to the 48 Harris again that time too high sa spot for schaer Baker and he couldn't get it clock will stop dri Nichols closing down Brandon Alexander on his [Applause] way right there got to fight the crowd [Applause] too second and 10 for Harris Far Side intercepted Thal taken away and that will do it for the B bow the bombers defense seals the deal second pick of the day for Terrell for [Applause] [Applause] second interception of the game for Harris the Riders will be winless in seven Victory formation for Karis in the [Applause] bombers let's show you the interception by Tyrell Ford that's emis he's going to run the out Road here but watch Tyrell Ford if you freeze it right now that is a joa Joo that's Ford's responsibility he says you know what I think he's going to throw the out I'm playing the play and I'm taking the football [Applause] Blue Bombers on the verge of winning five in a row and that man Mike O shave winning his coach in franchise history a salute to the crowd from o he won't admit it but it's a special day for himis fired up bombers take the B B again move up with a tie with the Lions the bombers now have the season series against the Riders the Calgary stamp Peters and the BC Lions in a pretty good spot once again after a tough start to the season for Winnipeg losses to Montreal Ottawa BC Calgary everybody saying what's going on since then they've now won seven of their last nine let's go to John Lou who's with the head coach of the bombers Mike H Mike you're now the winningest coach in blue bomber history who would you like to dedicate this accomplishment to or the people that you give credit to yeah I don't know I'm not really big on dedications obviously you know you surround yourself with with great people and you stand on their shoulders every single day and they just keep lifting you up so um how about Jake Thomas 200 games that's unbelievable it's good tough win today too you said that uh stats accomplishments aren't something that you really Savor take part in but the fact that you've been in this community two gray cups four straight appearances how does this deepen your relationship your I guess your your your fabric within this community that loves this team and it's football so much yeah from the moment we got here as a family they just there was a a real easy recognition in how much the community got behind uh this team took us a couple years to get it going a little bit but uh you see the crowd tonight phenomenal sold out they're full throat they're very intelligent they love these guys and uh yeah I do too were you aware that you were up on the scoreboard as the Clock Was winding down the fans that Roar intensified that was for you were you aware of that no I was not i t not to look up there I don't look at anybody when they yell my name either so but Hey listen this is a great place to be it really is these fans the city the community The Province um just absolutely terrific thank you for this mik and congratulations again yeah thank you 103 career victories for OS here in Winnipeg this one means a little bit more the banable goes to the bombers again 26 21 the final that's it from Winnipeg let's send it back to the panel