It’s the heartland of the CFL versus a region that has its own deep love for the game.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders, in many ways the CFL’s flagship franchise, face a Montreal Alouettes team representing the booming Quebec football scene in the 112th Grey Cup on Sunday in Winnipeg.

It’s the first Grey Cup between the two squads since the Alouettes beat the Roughriders back-to-back in 2009 and ’10 by a combined four points. The first of those games featured the famous 13-men-on-the-field call on Saskatchewan on a missed field goal, giving the Alouettes the extra chance they needed to win the title. Those two games are the only previous Grey Cups between the Als and Roughriders.

The Roughriders (12-6 in the regular season) have been the class of the league most of the season, while the Al

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