(Grey Cup) A Riders goof, an Als victory (Montreal 28, Saskatchewan 27)

Globe and Mail ^ | November 30, 2009 | David Naylor

[Loyalist]

It was one of the more bizarre scenes one will see in professional sports.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders were in full party mode, galloping onto the field to celebrate the franchise’s second Grey Cup win in three seasons after Montreal’s Damon Duval missed a 43-yard field-goal attempt that would have won the game for the heavily-favoured Alouettes.

But the Riders’ celebration stopped colder than a Regina winter night when the players suddenly noticed a red flag lying under the goalpost, followed by the announcement that Saskatchewan had lined up with too many men on the field.

That gave Duval another shot and this time he made good from 33 yards, making the final score 28-27 and sending his teammates rushing onto the field for a celebration from the opposite sideline from which the Roughriders had to abort theirs.

[Loyalist]

I've never seen anything like it in the Grey Cup: the Roughriders were all over Montreal until about the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter and they still could have put it away but for that one bonehead penalty.

[Robert DeLong]

Just goes to prove the game ain’t over til it’s over.