MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Arland Bruce III plans to stage another end zone celebration should he score a touchdown Saturday against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Bruce made the comments Friday following the Argos pre-game walkthrough for their game against the Roughriders at Rogers Centre (TSN, 1 p.m., ET). But the speedy receiver wouldn't provide specific details.
Bruce was fined earlier this week by the CFL for a stunning celebration after he scored a TD in a 30-17 season-opening win in Hamilton. After hauling in a Kerry Joseph scoring strike, Bruce quickly stripped his helmet and pads and laid down on the field as if in a coffin as part of a mock burial to honour the death of former pop star Michael Jackson.
The on-field officials weren't amused, issuing two objectionable conduct penalties for his antics.
The day after the game, Bruce formally apologized to his teammates and coaches during a team meeting.
Argos head coach Bart Andrus said Friday that Bruce hasn't shared details of his planned celebration with him.
"No, but I've shared some things with him," Andrus said, drawing chuckles from a group of reporters. "I'm good with anything Arland wants to do when he scores touchdowns, as long as its legal and within the rules of the CFL.
"That's where it was prior to last week and that's where it is now. He has assured me he is going to be within the rules and I'm going to hold him to that."
After the game, though, Andrus shouldered part of the blame for Bruce's eye-raising celebration.
"I made the mistake of telling him in camp that once he got to the end zone I didn't care what he did," Andrus said following the Hamilton win. "But he's straight with it now and I think next time around he will celebrate in an appropriate manner."
Bruce's over-the-top celebration wasn't unprecedented. On Sept. 2, 2008 in a 34-31 road win in Hamilton, he donned a Spiderman mask after scoring a touchdown, drawing another fine from the CFL.
"The biggest thing is for him is I hate to see money taken out of his wallet and I hate to see us penalized," Andrus said.