Don’t tell Stan Pierre that a win is a win.

The University of Manitoba Bisons football team squandered a 28-3 advantage over the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds two weeks ago before securing a 35-31 victory with a late touchdown to avoid disaster.

“It didn’t feel much like a win, to be honest,” said Pierre, the first-year Bisons head coach.

“It was really disappointing the way we played in the second half of that game.”

His feelings are justified considering how UBC scored on four consecutive drives after halftime en route to taking a 31-28 lead with 5:55 left in the game.

“All our bad habits kind of came out in one half,” admitted fourth-year defensive back Daniel Conway.

“Basically, lots of little things that have killed us throughout the year we just let happen over an

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