The plot line of one of cinema's great triumphs, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, involved a missed field goal in the Super Bowl. It happened because Dan Marino, who played himself in the flick, failed to get the laces out for fictional kicker Ray Finkle.

Finkle lost his job, ended up in a mental hospital and assumed a missing woman's identity to exact his revenge on Marino. How it didn't win an Oscar we'll never know.

We bring up the classic comedy because of what happened Saturday night at McMahon Stadium. Bombers kicker Lirim Hajrullahu missed a 52-yard field goal with 1:27 remaining that would have given Winnipeg a two point lead. The replay showed holder Brian Brohm failed to spin the ball enough to get the laces facing the uprights before Hajrullahu made contact.

Making contact with the laces can cause the football to go off target, and Hajrullahu's kick didn't miss by much. The second year kicker, however, didn't put the blame on Brohm after the contest.

“It doesn't matter,” Hajrullahu said. “The laces don't make that big of a difference. From out there I can't put that on the laces. The ball just hooked a little bit left by not even half a yard, and that's the difference. It's unfortunate. I wish I could have that one back.”

The field goal miss was just one of several significant mistakes by Pat Tracey's special teams units on Saturday night, but Tracey won't have to explain to the fans what went wrong because O'Shea is the only CFL head coach who doesn't allow the media to interview his assistant coaches.