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Tiger-Cats 33, Redblacks 12

HAMILTON — The losing is bad enough — nine straight defeats and a 3-13 record have been eating away at Redblacks coach Rick Campbell.

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But following a 33-12 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday, Campbell was also angered by a CFL Command Centre decision to call pass interference on the Redblacks with his team losing by just three points into the third quarter. For sure, it was a momentum-changer.

The play in question: Ottawa’s Sherrod Baltimore intercepted Hamilton QB Dane Evans in the Ottawa end zone on a pass intended for Brandon Banks, who had been knocked off stride by Brandin Dandridge during his pass route. The Ticats challenged the play and got the pass interference penalty on the Command Centre review. When Ticats backup QB David Watford plunged into the end zone for the touchdown and the convert was made, it was 19-9.

“I’m happy with the refs (who did not call it pass interference),” said Campbell. “I’ll leave it at this: I’ll be very interested in seeing what the league says if they review that as being a good call by the Command Centre or not. If that’s pass interference, I’ll have to relook at the rulebook. We have a man in man coverage on a different guy and they run a route where they cross. Our guy doesn’t even know where 16 (Brandon Banks) is. The refs make the make the right call on the field and a guy in downtown Toronto changes that? I have to learn better.