{"id":271420,"date":"2025-11-09T05:06:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T05:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/271420\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T05:06:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T05:06:24","slug":"trevor-harris-on-late-western-final-comeback-its-our-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/271420\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Harris on late Western Final comeback: ‘It’s our time’"},"content":{"rendered":"

REGINA \u2014 A duel between two of the best teams in the CFL in the Western Final could have gone either way.<\/p>\n

Could have, but it didn\u2019t. The Saskatchewan Roughriders took down the BC Lions in electric fashion, scoring a game-winning touchdown with a dozen seconds left on the clock to capture a 24-21 win at Mosaic Stadium.<\/p>\n

For the 33,350 fans in attendance, it might have been a nerve-wracking experience. When you hear Roughriders\u2019 quarterback Trevor Harris<\/a> talk about it, there are no nerves to be found.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe meticulously drove the ball down the field,\u201d said Harris about his game-winning drive that ended on a touchdown pass to receiver Tommy Nield<\/a>. \u201cI wasn\u2019t scared to take the underneath stuff. In doing that, it kind of loosened up their middle zones, because they knew that we weren\u2019t afraid to do that. And then we were able to shoot it over their head on a couple of intermediate passes, which was pretty fun. And then Tommy Nield<\/a>, option route inside the 10.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe move on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Roughriders move on to face the Montreal Alouettes in the 112th Grey Cup in Winnipeg on November 16, thanks to a fourth-quarter comeback that will be remembered for some time by everyone in Regina and beyond.<\/p>\n

After going into halftime trailing 7-4, the Riders took an early lead in the third quarter on a Kian Schaffer-Baker<\/a> touchdown catch, then added to their lead with a field goal by Brett Lauther<\/a>. That\u2019s when Most Outstanding Player candidate Nathan Rourke<\/a> took over for the Leos, showcasing his trademark playmaking ability by scoring two fourth-quarter touchdowns, one as a passer and one as a runner.<\/p>\n

\u201cNathan Rourke<\/a> is an outstanding player, might win the MOP and very deservingly so,\u201d said Harris about his Western Final opponent. \u201cHe made some big plays tonight, some of the stuff where he\u2019s stepping up in the pocket. It was pretty awesome, pretty fun duel.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we\u2019ll take it because we ended up getting the last laugh. He\u2019s a great player, has a great future. He\u2019s gonna be the face of the league for a while, but, not yet. We\u2019ll take this, but we\u2019re not done yet. We\u2019ve got one more week to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harris spoke on Friday before the game<\/a> that he feels this is the Riders\u2019 time. When Rourke scored the go-ahead touchdown the next day, the same sentence could be heard over the broadcast coming out of the Lions\u2019 quarterback.<\/p>\n

But at the end of the day, despite featuring two great pivots, only one could come out victorious in the Western Final.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know my comments yesterday were a little bit more brash than what they normally are, but I saw that Nathan on that (touchdown) sneak he said: it\u2019s our time,\u201d added Harris with a smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s our time. I think it\u2019s our time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Riders will look to prove it\u2019s their time a week from now when they take on the Montreal Alouettes in the 112th Grey Cup at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"REGINA \u2014 A duel between two of the best teams in the CFL in the Western Final could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-271420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}