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But that drama also brought a couple of calls that went against the Stamps in the extra periods.

The first was on a third-down, one-yard plunge by Alouettes QB Vernon Adams, as he went into a pile at the goal-line with no touchdown signal from the refs. It took minutes to resolve the call, and it was deemed a TD to tie the game and send it — after an unsuccessful two-point convert attempt — to a second overtime.

Then, after the Alouettes took the lead with an unconverted TD, the Stamps faced their own third-down call, and receiver Eric Rogers made a reception that looked like a possible major. He was called out of the back of the endzone, with officials declaring that he didn’t get his foot in down in bounds.

Again, a lengthy review eventually confirmed the call as an incompletion.

But was it?

“They usually stick with whatever they call on the field,” said Rogers. “Kind of like Montreal on that short-yardage play (for the touchdown in the first OT). They called it a touchdown after a minute … in a pile.

“Our coaches felt like Eric’s foot was down at the end,” added Dickenson. “I felt like we stopped them on third down (in the first overtime), and they decided to call it a touchdown, and you can’t overturn it. It was a mass of humanity. I did not see the ball cross the line, and I don’t think (the officials) did either.”

Dickenson was clearly flustered following the affair and chose his words carefully.

“I would expect basically anyone not living in Montreal thinks there was some things that certainly went against us,” Dickenson said. “Listen … I don’t understand the rules right now, so I’m going to have to make some calls.