{"id":517491,"date":"2026-09-04T11:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=517491"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:27:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T15:27:36","slug":"top-quarterbacks-rourke-alexander-set-to-clash-for-1st-time-in-cfl","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/top-quarterbacks-rourke-alexander-set-to-clash-for-1st-time-in-cfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Top quarterbacks Rourke, Alexander set to clash for 1st time in CFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing personal against to the 3 traditional rivalry matches, but the most interesting clash on Labor Day weekend in the CFL looks to be the battle between organizations from opposite ends of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions &#8211; Alouettes game tonight in Montreal is more than just an opener to Week 14, ahead of Roughriders &#8211; Blue Bombers, Argonauts &#8211; Tiger-Cats, and Elks &#8211; Stampeders.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions have secured victories in 5 straight matches after a 1-5 start to secure a place in the middle of the standings in a tight West Division race, while the Als lead the league at 9-2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe quarterbacks both lead their own way. Everyone has a specific play that makes him unique,\u201d shared Lions LB Darnell Sankey, a teammate of Alexander in the last 3 seasons in Montreal. \u201cIt is no luck that they are playing in this league.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">There are a few things in common between the 2 quarterbacks: both were born in 1998, both can run when needed, and both have a similar physical appearance. Who is the favorite to win the upcoming match between the two? You can find this on the <a href=\"https:\/\/cccski.com\/sports-betting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best sports betting sites in Canada<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also, neither of them has won the Grey Cup as QB1, and the race to do it first is on.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kicking off <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/oktire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@OKTire<\/a> Labour Day Weekend with the Lions and Alouettes! \ud83d\udede <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f: Lions vs. Alouettes @ 7:30 PM ET <br \/>\ud83d\udcfa: TSN, RDS, and CFL+ <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/LDWeekend?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#LDWeekend<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DjGHdVHM2V\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/DjGHdVHM2V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CFL (@CFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CFL\/status\/2095874596138525045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">September 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing personal against to the 3 traditional rivalry matches, but the most interesting clash on Labor Day weekend in the CFL looks to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":517492,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[19375],"news_category":[16703,16715],"gn_keywords":[19377],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"The 2 QBs will face each other for the first time in the league.","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/517491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/517491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":517493,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/517491\/revisions\/517493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517491"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=517491"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=517491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}