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The Montreal Alouettes weathered everything the Winnipeg Blue Bombers could throw at them before pulling away in the final 30 minutes Saturday night to remain undefeated.

Just finished watching the Bombers get crushed 44-16 by the Alouettes tonight and, let me say, it was more than just ugly.
It was gruesome.
The Bombers are now ravaged by injuries along the O-line and didn’t react well to the officiating and the Alouettes running up the score. Now comes a huge test this week in Edmonton against the Grey Cup champions in a test of their resiliency and character.
Feel free to fire off your thoughts with a post here, but here’s what I did not like:
-The Bombers were outscored 28-1 in the second half as the offence coughed and sputtered behind an O-line missing Dan Goodspeed and Matt Sheridan. The ground game was ineffective and the passing game a non factor.
-The return game is atrocious. Albert Johnson III still shows flashes, but his fumble in the second half killed any chance of a Bomber comeback.
-The fixation on the refereeing - yes, it seemed one-sided - is not reflective of a championship-calibre team. Easy for us to say, but the teams that have been there, done that before always shake off a poor call better than the Bombers did.
Those are my initial thoughts, more coming in the next few days…l

The Montreal Alouettes weathered everything the Winnipeg Blue Bombers could throw at them before pulling away in the final 30 minutes Saturday night to remain undefeated.

WINNIPEG (CP) - Anthony Calvillo threw three touchdown passes and ran one in himself as the Montreal Alouettes grabbed sole possession of first place in the CFL with a 44-16 thumping of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers Saturday night.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders erased the bad memory of a lopsided defeat Friday night at BC Place in Vancouver.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats used a new coach and kicker Friday night at Ivor Wynne Stadium to finally earn their first win of the season.