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Montreal Alouettes wide receiver Tyson Philpot hopes to help the playoff chances of his brother\u2019s Calgary Stampeders in Saturday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
But there\u2019s another reason that applies to everyone on the Als: they want revenge for the embarrassing 44-28 loss they suffered in Winnipeg in Week 13.<\/p>\n
Montreal will get that chance today at 6 p.m. CT with the Bombers in town.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe kind of got our ass kicked,\u201d said Als quarterback Davis Alexander, who declined to speak to reporters after that game.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, I think I probably would\u2019ve gotten fined. I would have said something \u2014 nothing about Winnipeg or their players or anything like that, literally, nothing about them \u2014 but I think I would have gotten fined if I would\u2019ve spoken to the media. I was hot,\u201d said Alexander.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was some stuff on the sideline that went on, but, yeah, just a lot of frustration with stuff on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bombers weren\u2019t given much of a chance to win. They were average at best in their first 10 games, while the Als looked unbeatable and had clearly established themselves as the team to beat in the CFL.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think we took Winnipeg lightly at all,\u201d said Alexander, who threw four touchdowns in a losing effort.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut sometimes it\u2019s nice to get your teeth kicked in and you know, reset. It\u2019s like \u2018Hey, you\u2019re not untouchable, this is a friendly reminder, get back to work.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bombers have had their arm raised on their last four regular-season trips to Montreal and have won seven out of the previous eight head-to-head meetings.<\/p>\n
They would trade all seven of those wins in a heartbeat for the two post-season showdowns that didn\u2019t go their way against the Als in recent years \u2014 the 2023 Grey Cup and the 2025 East Division semifinal.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, they\u2019ve been the cream of the crop of the CFL for quite a long time now. (Mike) O\u2019Shea has done a tremendous job there,\u201d said Als head coach Jason Maas.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t beat yourself against them. You got to hold on to the ball, you\u2019ve got to try to take it away, win the turnover margin. Penalties, they\u2019ve led the league the last eight years with the least amount of penalties, so they\u2019re a very disciplined football team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maas added: \u201cBut I know this: when we\u2019ve played the two biggest games we\u2019ve played against them in the last three or four years, we\u2019ve come out on top of those. So our guys are not afraid to play them. We\u2019re ready to play them and excited to play them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even though these teams don\u2019t meet that often, there\u2019s a bit of a rivalry brewing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt stems from the Grey Cup in \u201923. They were the dynasty, they were the standard of the CFL,\u201d said Philpot. \u201cObviously, they still are, but we\u2019ve been able to sneak our way into a couple Grey Cups and we\u2019re trying to emulate the greatness that they had.\u201d<\/p>\n
WILSON ON WINNIPEG DEPARTURE<\/p>\n
Quarterback Terry Wilson was listed as third on the depth chart for Winnipeg\u2019s pre-season opener behind Zach Collaros and rookie Taylor Elgersma \u2013 and he wasn\u2019t happy about it.<\/p>\n
Wilson was the No. 3 pivot in 2024 and 2025 behind Collaros and Chris Streveler. He paid his dues and felt like he was due for a promotion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw myself being number two,\u201d Wilson told the Free Press on Friday. \u201cI have no issue with competing, but I just saw myself at a different point coming into this third year and that wasn\u2019t the case.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before the team took off for the game, which was in Saskatoon against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Wilson sat down with O\u2019Shea and informed him that he wanted to explore other opportunities. The Bombers placed him on the suspended list before releasing him a few days later.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told Osh how I was feeling and what was on my mind,\u201d said Wilson. \u201cHe sat there, and he listened. They asked me if there was anything they could have done, or if there was anything that could possibly change my thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Wilson went on to sign with Montreal in July. He\u2019s appeared in seven games and has five touchdowns as a short-yardage specialist.<\/p>\n
He is currently on the practice roster. Now that Wilson has had some time to reflect, he isn\u2019t so sure that he would handle things the same way.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmotionally, and I say as a football player that\u2019s competitive, I was upset with it. I probably pulled the trigger too fast,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut hindsight is 20\/20. I can look back at it and know for the future that you control what you control, take it a day at a time, and keep stacking days.\u201d <\/p>\n
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Taylor Allen Taylor Allen is a sports reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press. Taylor was the Vince Leah intern in the Free Press newsroom twice while earning his joint communications degree\/diploma at the University of Winnipeg and Red River College Polytechnic. He signed on full-time in 2019 and mainly covers the Blue Bombers, curling, and basketball. Read more about Taylor<\/a>.<\/p>\n Every piece of reporting Taylor produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print \u2014 part of the Free Press\u2018s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press\u2019s history and mandate<\/a>, and learn how our newsroom operates<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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