Zach Collaros leads Winnipeg Blue Bombers to Grey Cup win in OT against Hamilton Ticats
Dave Clark
Former Cincinnati Bearcats standout quarterback Zach Collaros led the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to another Grey Cup win against his former team, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, when the two finalists met Sunday night in the Canadian Football League's championship game.
The Blue Bombers rallied to win in overtime, 33-25, after they had trailed 22-13 in the fourth quarter.
Collaros, who was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Player late last week, earned Grey Cup MVP honors.
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Collaros and the Blue Bombers advanced to the 108th Grey Cup with a 21-17 win in last week's Western Final against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Two years ago, Collaros led Winnipeg to a 33-12 Grey Cup win against Hamilton - the Blue Bombers' first title since 1990.
In July 2019, the Roughriders traded Collaros to Toronto, where he had started his CFL career. The 2018 season was Collaros' first with the Roughriders, but he spent the previous four seasons as the Ticats' starting quarterback and led them to a Grey Cup appearance in 2014.
Former Bearcats linebacker Kevin Brown II played in seven games this past season for Winnipeg.
Former La Salle High School and Ohio State Buckeyes standout DeVier Posey was the MVP of the Grey Cup in 2017 for the Toronto Argonauts.
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