Roughriders survive Alford blunder, missed convert, God Centre ruling

We need a meme, gif or jpeg of Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Corey Mace doing a calming head roll after watching return specialist Mario Alford against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Article content

There may have never been a worse missed field goal return in CFL history. Article content Article content

Yet Mace showed remarkable composure as Alford — who had fumbled away a fourth-quarter return in Saskatchewan’s previous game — lollygagged around and nearly backtracked enough to surrender a game-tying safety during the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Banjo Bowl inside Winnipeg’s sold-out Princess Auto Stadium. One play later, working from Saskatchewan’s one-yard line, Riders quarterback Trevor Harris threw a long pass to Joe Robustelli and the crisis had been averted.

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