Oliveira leads the league in rushing and could reach a milestone in the game. We do know we're the better football team, though, and when we do play our best we show that." "Obviously, we know that we didn't play our best. "I don't think any of us are really thinking of it as a revenge game at all necessarily," Winnipeg running back Brady Oliveira said. The Bombers, who could clinch a playoff spot with a win, say they're not looking for payback after Robertson's hit and last week's narrow loss. Winnipeg won the first game 45-27 in Regina. The season series between the Roughriders and Bombers is tied one game apiece. Saskatchewan (6-5) is riding a two-game win streak, with victories over Winnipeg and the B.C. "They'll come out really loaded for bear and ready for us." "They're going to make corrections on stuff that they need to make corrections on. "They're going to be highly motivated," Dickenson said. "That's something we don't approve of and we certainly don't want that to be part of the game and not part of what we do either."ĭickenson predicted IG Field will be "crazy hostile" with 32,343 fans and the West Division-leading Blue Bombers (9-3) will be amped up for the rematch. "We're disappointed that he got suspended, but we're more disappointed that he did what he did," Dickenson said. The command centre assessed an unnecessary roughness penalty on Robertson.Įarlier in the week, Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson told reporters he didn't condone what Robertson did and he was glad Collaros wasn't hurt. The league's back-to-back most outstanding player, who has a history of concussions, had to sit out three plays after the hit. He just apologized and said, `I kind of just blacked out in that moment there."' "Like I said earlier in the week, I don't think Pete's a dirty player. "We spoke and it was good," Collaros said of Robertson after his team's Friday walk-through. The defensive lineman was suspended for one game on Monday by the CFL and will miss Saturday afternoon's sold-out Banjo Bowl rematch. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback was head-butted to the turf by Robertson after a play in what ended up being a Saskatchewan Roughriders' 32-30 home overtime victory last Sunday. WINNIPEG - Zach Collaros heard from Pete Robertson this week and doesn't have any hard feelings toward him.
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