HAMILTON – With the game on the line, Scott Milanovich wasn’t tempting fate.
Marc Liegghio’s 41-yard field goal into a stiff wind on the game’s final play earned Hamilton a 29-27 win over the Edmonton Elks in the annual Hall of Fame game Saturday night. But Milanovich, the Tiger-Cats head coach, didn’t see it, keeping his head down as Liegghio’s kick sailed through the uprights.
It’s something Milanovich began doing last season, and with Liegghio having made 18 straight kicks, he’s not about to change.
But Hamilton quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, who engineered the 13-play, 67-yard yard drive that set up Liegghio’s game-winner, looked on.
“I’ve just got so much trust in that man (Liegghio),” he said. “I knew if I got him anywhere close we were going to have the game.
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