“I don’t want to hear anything about a defensive collapse.”

The Montreal Alouettes left Vancouver on Saturday night with a crushing 48-29 loss, but also with a rivalry that seems to be growing stronger with the British Columbia Lions.Between on-field tensions, costly mistakes, and raw emotions, it was a particularly eventful evening.
The result is all the more difficult for Montreal to swallow given that several factors contributed to the loss. Despite allowing 48 points, head coach Jason Maas refuses to attribute his team's performance solely to defensi