Starters versus starters, the Saskatchewan Roughriders were better than the B.C. Lions on Saturday night at Mosaic Stadium.

Saskatchewan’s backups also looked capable of beating the Lions. That was until the CFL’s uncontrollable God Centre reviewed two game-changing calls that helped the visitors beat the first-place Roughriders 27-21 and clinch a home playoff game for the second-place Lions (11-7).

B.C., with its huge stadium and booming crowd counts, will play host on Nov. 1 to the third-place Calgary Stampeders (11-7), whose crowds have dwindled in recent years. The semifinal winner visits Saskatchewan (12-6) for the West final on Nov. 8.

Conspiracy theorists, have at it.

There are no plausible excuses for the two calls, one which negated a 107-fumble return for a touchdown by Rid

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