HAMILTON - It's not necessarily as exciting as long downfield completions, but Scott Milanovich is making no apologies for the emergence of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' ground game.

The Ticats (8-5) have cracked the 160-yard rushing plateau in each of their last two games, both wins. Hamilton ran for 234 yards on 28 attempts (8.4-yard average) in its 26-9 road win over the Montreal Alouettes on Sept. 6 before amassing 163 yards on 27 tries (six-yard average) in last week's 32-21 home victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Two weeks ago, Hamilton was averaging 72.3 yards rushing per game.

"It's very encouraging," Milanovich said. "Somebody told me last week that the game in Montreal was an ugly win and I said, 'To me, that's the best win we've had all year.'

"That's playoff football, that'

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