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of the Canadian Football League  EDMONTON -- The Montreal
Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders are tied 11-11 after
three quarters at the 98th Grey Cup in Edmonton.  Montreal
jumped out to and early 7-0 lead only six minutes in on an Avon
Cobourne touchdown.  The score was set up when the Roughriders
elected to punt the football from their own goal line instead of
taking a safety and giving up two points.  Punter Eddie Johnson
hit the ball solid, but a 15-yard, no-yards penalty set Montreal
up on the Roughriders 38.  Montreal head coach Marc Trestman
often talks about his offence being pass-first, but the
Alouettes got their first score largely on the ground.  After an
eight-yard scramble by Calvillo, Cobourne ran the ball down the
15. Calvillo hit former Roughrider Jamel Richardson with a pass
which he took down to the three.  Cobourne then ran it in from
there through a huge hole opened up by guard Scott Flory, who
sealed the inside, and tackl