A thrilling finish gave way to chaos in Vancouver over the weekend. The B.C. Lions edged the Montreal Alouettes 21-20 thanks to a walk-off field goal from veteran kicker Sean Whyte, but what followed was far from your typical postgame handshake line. Instead, fists flew and tempers flared as a full-on sideline brawl broke out, with former NFL defensive end Kemoko Turay at the center of the storm.
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We have a postgame brawl between BC-Montreal in the Canadian Football League.
Chaos. #CFL pic.twitter.com/KjI8fKeAAX
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Turay, a second-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft and a standout at Rutgers, now plays for the Lions. Following the game, he appeared to enter the tunnel near the Montreal locker room and began exchanging words with B.C. defensive lineman Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund. One punch later, chaos erupted, as players in uniform and in street clothes swarmed the scene.
"Apparently, someone tried to get into our locker room, and you're just not going to get into our locker room," Alouettes head coach Jason Maas said, via 3DownNation. "You're on somebody else's team."
Tempers flared after the game Lions/Alouettes game in Montreal tonight 👀 pic.twitter.com/AwYiqWcs0H
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Maas added that the incident would be reviewed on film but said, "I don't think any player around the league needs to go into an opposition locker room right after a game, let alone that kind of game."
Accounts of what sparked the melee vary. Turay was reportedly talking to Montreal offensive lineman Jamar McGloster — an old acquaintance — before tensions escalated. Adeyemi-Berglund said the situation quickly turned threatening.
"They were already in our locker room, screaming profanity and throwing punches at coaches and players," Adeyemi-Berglund said on the Alouettes' postgame show. "It's not gonna fly, man. You just got to protect the locker room."
Turay, 28, played four seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, had a stint with the 49ers in 2022, and bounced between NFL practice squads and the XFL's St. Louis Battlehawks before landing in the CFL this year. A New Jersey native, he rose to prominence as a Freshman All-American at Rutgers and once blocked a field goal to beat Michigan in 2014 for Rutgers' first Big Ten win.
This weekend's finish may not have earned any awards, but it sure ended with a bang.
