Bo Levi Mitchell got right to the point when asked about the play of his running backs Sunday.

“Mess and Roy man, they were our Caped Crusaders,” the quarterback said.  “Our Batman and Robin.”

Jerome Messam and Roy Finch played the starring roles everyone expected in a dramatic 32-28 win over their archrivals from Edmonton in the Western Final at McMahon Stadium, helping send the Red and White to another Grey Cup berth.

Both backs found the end zone in the outing, with Messam running for 71 yards on 13 carries and the ever-elusive Finch piling up 81 yards on four carries, including an incredible 50-yard scamper for his major.

“We just came out with a purpose today,” said Finch. “We just trusted our line and we trusted our reads … and were patient and made the right cuts.

“Coach just put it on our shoulders and said we were going to have to win the game up front.

“When our offence is clicking like that and our running game is clicking like that,” he added, “it opens everything else up.”

Open things up, it did, making life extremely tough for the Eskimos defence.

“It does,” agreed Messam, of the headaches the duo causes. “Thunder and lightning back there.”

That 1-2 punch on the ground was key to the club’s attack and gave Mitchell more time and space with the ball.

“I saw stuff before the game, everybody saying: ‘If Bo doesn’t throw for 300 yards, they don’t win,’” said Mitchell. “I just chuckled. I knew our game plan was sound.”

Batman and Robin bring different styles that complement each other perfectly: Messam the north-south bruiser who can also dance around defenders when needed, and Finch who can dart in-and-out of the defence and cut on a dime.

Bo Levi Mitchell hands off to Roy Finch during Sunday’s Western Final at McMahon. (Todd Korol/The Canadian Press)

“I feel like we’re the best tandem in the league,” said Finch. “I don’t think nobody is better than us. We have that confidence, that confidence and swagger. It’s not arrogance, we just know we can do it.”

Stamps coach Dave Dickenson said he tries to use Finch more sparingly in the regular season given his smaller size and the fact he’s the team’s No.-1 kick and punt returner.

Against the Esks, he also collected 59 yards on five punt returns and another 78 on four kickoff returns.

However, in the playoffs, said Dickenson, the game plan was to use Finch consistently out of the backfield and split the carries more evenly with Messam.

That plan suits Finch, who’s always described himself as big-game player, just fine.

“You have to do it in the playoffs and do it in the Grey Cup to be considered a legend,” said Finch. “And I want be considered a legend … I want to be known as one of the best to ever do it.”

Heading to Ottawa to face the Toronto Argonauts, utilizing their two-headed monster will be a big key to hoisting the Grey Cup.

“We just have to be balanced on offence,” said Messam. “We can’t worry about either-or having huge games. It’s just about running the game and stay in the system.”