Manitoba sports news: Alouettes quarterback Davis Alexander says Blue Bombers rookie David Reese repeatedly taunted him about his late father during Montreal’s 33-23 East Division final win on Saturday, and the Alexander Reese Taunting allegation has turned a season ending loss into a league wide argument about where trash talk stops.
By Maplestime Sports Desk | Winnipeg, Manitoba | November 9, 2026
Sources: TSN/Canadian Press, TSN/Canadian Press, 3DownNation | Last updated: November 9, 2026
Key Takeaways
- Davis Alexander says David Reese talked about his late father “multiple times” during Montreal’s 33-23 East Final win over Winnipeg on Saturday, November 7.
- Reese denies the Alexander Reese Taunting allegation. He told the Winnipeg Free Press: “I don’t know what he’s talking about.”
- Alouettes receiver Tyson Philpot says he witnessed one exchange and backs Alexander. Bombers veteran Willie Jefferson says he did not hear Reese say anything.
- The Blue Bombers and the CFL did not immediately respond to requests for comment on whether the league will investigate.
- Montreal advances to the 113th Grey Cup on November 15 in Calgary. Winnipeg’s season is over.
Alexander Reese Taunting Allegation: What Alexander Says Happened
Alexander, 28, did not wait to make the accusation. He approached Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea right after the game and told him No. 45, Reese, “was talking about my dad.”
His father, Matt, died at age 56 in August 2024 after a battle with lung cancer. Alexander and his father spoke on the phone before and after every game since high school, a bond he has talked about openly since his father’s death.
Alexander was blunt about what he says happened on the field in the Alexander Reese Taunting incident. “(Reese), multiple times, talked about my dead dad,” he said. He added that it was not a one off, saying it happened more than once and more than twice, and that there was no excuse for it in the heat of the moment.
“No matter what, there is no need for that. In the heat of the moment, there’s no excuse,” Alexander said.
What Reese and the Bombers Say
Reese, 26, from Florida, denied the allegations when the Winnipeg Free Press reached him. “I don’t know what he’s talking about,” he said. He declined to say what Alexander said to him on the field, adding only that “it ain’t appropriate to repeat.”
Reese was a rookie this season, and he played his way into a real role. He appeared in 17 regular season games, recording 19 defensive tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack, 1 interception, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery.
The two teams do not agree on the Alexander Reese Taunting allegation, and the accounts from the players around them split the same way. Alouettes receiver Tyson Philpot said he witnessed one exchange and backed Alexander. “It’s super disrespectful. There’s no place in our game for stuff like that,” Philpot said.
On Sunday, veteran Bombers defensive end Willie Jefferson said he did not hear Reese say anything, but he spoke to Reese afterward. “He just said like they was talking on the field,” Jefferson said. He did not confirm or deny the allegation. Reese was not made available to reporters during the Sunday locker clean-out.
What Happens Next
The Alexander Reese Taunting allegation is unproven, and that matters. Right now there are two conflicting accounts, one witness backing Alexander, and one veteran teammate who says he heard nothing. No audio, no video and no league finding has settled it.
The Blue Bombers and the CFL did not immediately respond to requests for comment on whether the league would investigate the Alexander Reese Taunting allegation. Until one of them speaks, the question hangs over the end of Winnipeg’s season and the start of Montreal’s Grey Cup week.
That is the part that should bother the league most. Trash talk is part of football. Every player in the CFL knows it, and most of them accept it. But a dead parent is not a play call, and it is not a weakness to exploit between snaps. If the CFL lets this pass without even looking into it, it is telling every player in the league that family is fair game. If it investigates and finds nothing, Reese deserves that clearing on the record, not a cloud that follows him into next season.
Montreal, for its part, moves on to the 113th Grey Cup on November 15 in Calgary, leaving the Alexander Reese Taunting allegation behind for now. Winnipeg goes home, and the Bombers will have to answer for a loss and now for this, too.
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