Riders defeats als in grey cup rematch


POSTGAME QUOTES FROM ROUGHRIDER HEAD COACH KEN MILLER:

“I need a breath! I told the men it was unbelievable but it really was believable because we’ve done it before. The game changed at halftime. We hurt ourselves in the first half but we didn’t do that in the second. The play of the game, where it opened up, was the deep pass to Bagg.”

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ON ALOUETTES COACH MARC TRESTMAN TRYING TO BURY THE RIDERS LATE IN THE FIRST HALF, GOING FOR IT ON 3RD-AND-2 DEEP IN RIDER TERRITORY RATHER THAN KICKING A FIELD GOAL:

“If you go back to the Grey Cup, thinking back I should’ve gone for it when we had the last play before the half. I agree with what he did there.”

ON THE PLAY OF RIDER QUARTERBACK DARIAN DURANT (30/44, 478 yds, 5 TDs)

“Darian made up some plays. We have a drill in practice called ‘make up a pass’ and he did that so well when he threw back to Wes Cates was remarkable. It really was.”

ON THE PLAY OF TAILBACK WES CATES (112 yds rushing)

“Wes had a great game and he was a key to our pass protection as well so he had a really great game.”

ON THE 13TH MAN PENALTY ON DEFENSE IN OVERTIME:

“I could not believe that. We got caught, had a couple players come out with fatigue, we put a couple more in and we changed personnel groups so we can’t make that kind of mistake and expect to win on a consistent basis. We played longer than they were willing to play and that is the mark of our team.”

The Riders’ next game is a week from Saturday at B.C.

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