RIDER RADIO: CFL Week 13 Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Saskatchewan Roughriders' Labour Day Classic

time for countdown to kick off with Justin dunk brought to you by Croft electric on the cooperator Ruff Rider radio network and 620 CKRM welcome inside Harvard Studio 620 Lounge it is the game of the year the Labor Day classic the hated Winnipeg Blue Bombers in t in town to take on your Saskatchewan Rough Riders for the Labor Day classic West Kates alongside and just a note if you're curious the Riders lead the Labor Day Classic Series 38-21 alltime West you've played in some of these games yeah is it bigger does it have that kind of a feel as a player coming into the stadium warming up preparing for kickoff oh yeah for sure I mean it's it's Labor Day it's the game for any town in the CFL that has a CFL team right this is the game that you got to be to this is like this is like having tickets to the Taylor Swift concert you know what I mean this is about if you ain't here where where were you it doesn't matter if you weren't at the Labor Day classic and I like to say that the teams that I were on helped to that lopsided 3821 cuz the teams I played on I'm F I'm five and0 in the Labor Day classic my man so yeah we need to go ahead and extend that today but nice hot day might be a little sweaty for the the fellas out there on the field but it's going to be a great atmosphere and uh you know the fans are going to have a lot of fun today if you're not ready to party today then uh you you just don't know how to party the riders need to rub your bald head over there get a little bit of good luck man 5 and0 in Labor Day Classics that's right that's right that is hard six and0 cuz when I was in Calgary as a rookie we won that one too I don't know rers fans count that one but we'll give it to you we'll give it to you apprciate undefeated Labor Day Classics this guy oh my gosh that's right well a lot of Ryder nation and I'm sure West feels the same way believe that it's a must-win game during the labor day classic and Cory mace would agree I anticipate kind of a playoff Vibe um and quite frankly the games we've been in have kind of had that feel um but it'll be heightened tomorrow I think uh with Ryder Nation showing out uh which we're really excited about so uh I believe our approach is going to be we got to treat them all like that that's what's trending brought to you by carst Holdings in teg retire at caboa proudly serving Southern Saskatchewan for over 30 years Darren Tracy Dylan and staff welcome you for all your automotive and egg tire needs carst Holdings Integra Tire aoya truly local Wes did you feel like that in your Labor Day Classics that it was must-win oh yeah for sure I feel like if there's any game that you're going to win uh as a rider you got to win a Labor Day classic I think that even in our worst year when 2011 when we only won I think about four or five games we we we pulled off the Labor Day classic and I think you know it's just one of those games that the fans come out they know they're showing up for the team they're Rowdy so they want to see a good show and they expect a win so I think if you're not approaching it like a must-win something's wrong with you I think that definitely uh you know it's just it's just that game it's the game if you're the team that gets to host a Labor Day game you're supposed to pull it out every time and to come in and play spoiler as bombers or you know as the Elks or whatever one of those other teams that have to come on the road when you can get a win that means a lot too but got to defend the house got to got to defend home field and there's no more important time to do that than than on Labor Day Cory ma was asked if the locker room still has the belief inside of it going into the Labor Day classic earlier we definitely had it right we were we were winning um man when tell you how these these guys feel and the rest of the team feels and how we've been ending these games unfortunately um has not turned out in our favor and still having uh not only the belief but just understanding the standard of what we know we can play like uh and haven't been able to attain it for whatever reason one Seco yeah it's yeah it's the writers um that's that's a silver lining for myself um you know earlier in my career and in my college career on teams maybe who weren't so good um and you find yourselves in these situations and the belief is almost gone not the case here and I love that won a game since July 19th after they beat the aforementioned Winnipeg Blue Bombers at mosaic Stadium not only is it the Labor Day classic West but the Riders have a chance to claim the season series with the Blue Bombers so how many times in your career did you feel like the Labor Day classic could be a defining game in a way of foreshadowing what's to come for the rest of the season well I think it regardless it is a defining game because it's kind of Midway through the season by now teams kind of should know their identity teams know where they're at what they're good at what they need to get better at and uh Labor Day is just a good test cuz you know each team is bringing their best and obviously uh regardless of how the records are looking the teams are going to show up and play some good football so if you can win in that type of atmosphere it's almost like pre-playoff feeli before you get to the playoffs so you if you can come into that atmosphere hous is rocking stands are packed you know you got to communicate by signals and stuff because the crowd is getting loud then you know that uh you're on the right track if you're executing on Labor Day then when it comes down to late in the season and into the playoffs you're going to have success cuz cuz you've been in that atmosphere before Trevor Harris the quarterback for your Saskatchewan Rough Riders believes he knows how to end this windless streak I'm not being factious or smart out here we need to go one and0 this week is what we need to do and it just comes down to simple execution and you know 04 and one that could easily easily be 5 and0 just based on a play here a play there and that's what pro football is is a the difference in the game lies within a few plays here and there and if you can never know when those plays are going to happen so you have to always be on it and if you're not that's when you go 04 and one 0 and five faith in this team where do you feel they're at still first place in the west division right 55 and one yeah in that classic phrase the season doesn't start until Labor Day and boy oh boy in the west division ain't that the truth no for sure and the the only I feel like the Riders are in a good spot right now I feel like Trevor just needs to worry about you know getting the team ready being a leader having the guys rally around him and going out there and and putting his best foot forward and letting the guys kind of follow his lead because right now the Riders are playing good Ball but it seems like everybody else in the west is playing better ball because they're playing good ball and getting wins and catching up to the riders or staying on their heels so I think that it's some weight needs to be on Trevor's shoulders and these coaches to go out there and Lead this team this young team and make sure that they come out and perform and and realize how important of a of a game this is and how much they need this win it's a big game and because of that we have an absolutely stacked lineup on countdown to kickoff in the Ryder Nation pregame show coming up next we will have Maguire Abel who's a two-time watermelon eating champion at the Labor Day classic and then we'll have Jeff farol a rider Legend at receiver Glenn suder a ryer legend at defensive back then we get into the 3:00 hour Daren Durant West Kate's former teammate joins us live in color on set inside Harvard Studio 620 Lounge you're not going to want to miss that he's followed by Blue Bombers president Wade Miller then the commissioner Randy ambrosie joins us live on set and we get 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remember we're not City people trying to solve a rural problem back to countdown to kickoff with Justin dunk brought to you by Croft electric on the Cooperators Ru Rider radio network and 620 ckr [Music] it's the Labor Day classic day Saskatchewan excited about it I can feel the excitement walking around downtown Regina all kinds of green and white out around the city about to flood in to Mosaic Stadium for the 5:00 kickoff against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and we're lucky enough to have on set Maguire Abel who is a two-time watermelon eating contest Champion quintessential Saskatchewan stuff we're talking about here Maguire you've actually competed against Joey chest now that's how this whole thing got started isn't it yeah basically so um couple years ago 2022 he came to the Regina X and the president of the University Dr Jeff kesen he was supposed to go up there and compete against him he's a bit of a smaller guy so he needed somewhat of a ringer to try and bring it home and so yeah he just reached out to uh Mark mccon our head coach with the Rams and got me signed up up went against him my goal wasn't to beat him it was just to get second and I got that so well done man and for the uninitiated who don't know Maguire AEL was with the University of Virgina Rams for six years total played for Five Seasons along that offensive line this is our homegrown feature brought to you by 2s auctioneers online auction house start bidding today at 2s auctioneers doca how many mini Doats did you eat in that competition and it was 8 minutes yeah it was 8 minutes I got 76 just shy of I wanted to get 80 so it was 10 a minute but yeah 76 in total he got something like 279 he blew me out of the water but it was a fun experience and just he's an awesome guy did you throw up mini Donuts after be honest I did not but they sat like a brick just in my stomach for yeah like 10 12 hours not a great feeling but it was a great experience so so McGuire clear you're able to pack some food away now were you was there a a competition amongst the team or did when the coach came to the team everybody was like yeah send McGuire yeah well they we amongst the old line we've got a lot of good eaters on there so there was a couple guys that wanted to give me a run for my money but right I was more veterans so I kind of pulled the old vet card on them and yeah I got this got this and you're competing today just outside of Mosaic Stadium Defending Your what can we call it watermelon belt yeah the belt the championship belt you have a belt for real no no I no belt they should get one that would be that would be a great look for just a nice green watermelon Champion symbol get a spinner on there I'd like that do you get nervous because it's random right you don't know who you're going against like when you're going against Joey Chestnut you have an idea what you're up against but somebody could come out of that crowd and possibly beat you like how do you approach this I just like any other competition right um look at this guy going at it on our video stream youtube.com sports.com yeah the video it's definitely oh gosh it's a beautiful video but I just try and think of it like any other competition I do get nervous but if I just refocus yeah and keep eating just keep eating so okay I I understand the Watermelons right but with the donuts like that's dry I love a mini Donuts but I mean what did they have milk what water what what were you they had water with that it was actually kind of funny I was talking to Joey afterwards and he said it was great because they kept them in the warmer so then that they they stay warm and then it helps relax your throat as kind of gross as that sound it helps relax it and then you can just he's an animal out there he's taking like 20 at a time and just shoving him right down his throat I'm oh he's he's insane so are you uh so are you thinking about getting into some more competitions now or what did you just stick into the Labor Day watermelon battles definitely just stick into the Labor Day for now but we'll we'll see what happens now that I'm done with football you never know what kind of opportunities open up but fair enough fair enough we can see you celebrating your most recent Victory I believe that is you remember what year that was from yes that was last year's Victory it was it was close we had another one of our guys will Templeton he plays for the Rams currently he was out there and yeah so it was it was real close between me and him but I just edged him out there for our radio listeners make sure if you want to see what's going on here go to sports cage.com hit the button at the top right hand corner if you want to tune in to the live stream or go to youtube.com/ Sports cage.com you can see Maguire aable absolutely decimating watermelons what's your Technique dude I you just got to cuz it's a quarter of a watermelon so it's not too too big but you have to kind of snap it and then my technique is just to go so use the top teeth and just kind of push it up and try and get as much of the watermelon down through yeah you shave it shave it off and then just it it's so liquid watermelon that you can just kind of if you once you start start getting it going down it'll just keep going down and then you just keep chewing swallowing you're making like a watermelon slushie it sounds like yeah basically just a slushy and keep forcing it down do they judge you based on pot potential missed watermelon yeah you know what I mean yeah we have couple judges go up and down watching you got to get all the way down to the Rind so yeah that's why the teeth are so important just to keep keep pushing it up and you if you snap it you get small chunks and can just kind of go andle eat the whole thing what if you just eat the whole thing that would be impressive but I'm thinking about the seeds are they getting seedless for this or they're getting seedless okay I was about to say the seeds would throw me off man you know we were thinking about doing a contest up here with you but first of all I don't think Wes and I could stick with you second of all it would make a huge mess that's part of the reason you know why you got the tank top on and you're doing your thing with the muscle shirt I would imagine like it looks like it gets messy up there it gets incredibly messy like watermelon juice is everywhere I don't the first year that I competed it was I was like all over my hair beard everything it's just it's not it's a crazy scene with the watermelon how how long is that competition did we say that already like the what it a couple minutes or do you have to just clear what's in front of you yeah it's just go until it's cleared and then once it's down to the Rind raise the hand now it's the winner there we go and your fastest time you think is around a minute yeah just under a minute right around there to eat how much watermelon a quarter of a watermelon quarter of watermelon quart of a watermelon like a big watermelon not too too big like a like a medium regular size regular size yeah in a minute down yeah can you hold it all down after twoo like the mini Donuts yeah I held held it all down in the middle of the competition it feels like a lot longer than a minute and it's going to sound a little gross but it kind of start getting watermelon coming back up but that's where you just have to go Mind Over Matter keep keep chewing and getting the watermelon down well we got you we'll get you out on this your former team the Regina Rams won the first game of the season on the road against University of Calgary dinos what do you think of the squad this year I think they've got a really good squad I know the o line at least I can talk to that they're really veteran but they've brought in some newer guys through the Thunder and just such a close-knit group they train together all off season so I think they're going to have a really good year really competitive and just yeah they're going to be good we're hoping you're going to have a good competition we will update our listeners and viewers on YouTube with your result today two-time defending Labor Day classic watermelon eating champion Maguire AEL live with us inside Harvard Studio 620 Lounge thanks for coming on man thank you very much for having me great guy built come on let's go got to go for three this is Saskatchewan Ruff Rider football on the home of Rider Nation streaming on our YouTube channel at sports cage.com that would be youtube.com slsports cage.com coming up next Jeff farol the rider Legend sh here's his thoughts on the Riders loss in Toronto and the Labor Day classic that and next that more coming up on the 620 ckm Cooperators R Rider radio network to us auctioneers equipment auction is open for bidding and starts closing Tuesday September 3rd at 6 p.m. this sale features the estate of Jim neth and others tractors IH 1086 3588 6588 806 Ford 8600 1680 and 1688 combines night 99 freight 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it'll be hiding tomorrow I think uh with Ryder Nation showing out uh which we're really excited about so uh I believe our approach is going to be we got to treat them all like that it's a must-win game in the standings because the Riders have not won a game since July 19th 04- one with that tie in Ottawa since beating the Blue Bombers at mosaic stadium in the middle of July we bring in Jeff farol on the telephone and Jeff last week against Toronto I know you felt like there were some firsttime coaching mistakes that were made in that loss yeah you know I really I really did think that I mean especially at the end of the game I really thought that we could have we could have eaten the clock up and and and not you know not allowed for Toronto to even have the ball so I was I was a little concerned about that but you know it's growing pains right we've got a first year head coach and you know even though you think that it's a pretty obvious thing the that you know the moment does get to people sometimes and I think he admitted that I I heard that he had admitted that there were some coaching mistakes and that need to be better so you know hopefully it's a live and learn type of thing but but that's a game that I think they they could have won or at least tied the game at the end there definitely it seemed like it should have gone to overtime there were two big things that stuck out to me and I think West would agree with this was the timeout that was called from the sideline when it looked like the offense had everything under control and it's easy to say in hindsight because it appeared as though Trevor Harris had hit Ken schaer Baker for a first down on second and 17 but the timeout stops that play and then coming out of that timeout the decision to throw for it and try to get the first down instead of running the football with Frankie hickon chewing up a bunch of the rest of the clock which may or may not have given the Arles a chance to even kick a field goal after Adam corack punted from the end zone so I would imagine behind the scenes that that clock management was looked at by the ru Riders coaching staff after that one-point Rouge loss how do you feel about the Rouge ending a game Jeff especially in walk-off fashion you know I'm a traditionalist and I've always thought that the Rouge was was what made our game so special you know it's certainly one of the things that made our game so special however I'm starting to change that you know Riders you know I'm a big Riders fan as you know and when the Riders lose a game on a Rouge like that I I think it needs to be changed a little bit I think the Rouge still has a place in our game but to but to win a game after missing a field goal and it looked like they tried to miss it on purpose you know har Lau was all excited for you know it doesn't it's not a good look right when when a field goal kicker misses a field goal and celebrates because because he got the single point it's not a good look I think I think the rou has a place but I think it needs to be changed somewhat um you know like like having to keep it in bounds that kind of thing or at least in the end zone like we do on punts that are that are kicked from from you know from certain points in the field so I think it needs to be changed even though I'm a traditionalist I don't want to see it abolished completely but yeah I think it needs to be changed a little bit have been picking up momentum but uh do you feel like their offense might struggle today you they've got Stanley O'Brien out and uh they don't have their full uh offensive line so how do you think that's going to affect the game well I hi W how you doing I think it's going to be I think it should affect the game I think our D line our D line played fantastic against Toronto I mean I don't know how many goal line stands have we have against Toronto and you know and I think our our our dline has played exceptionally well against the run and I think we need to do that um and I think having a you know use this term a makeshift offensive line we've had enough of that this year but since they have a makeshift offensive line I think we have to get pressure on karos because we do play a lot of Zone and behind and I think a quarterback like carar given time I think we'll uh we'll pick our defense apart so I'm I'm I'm a little bit concerned about our defensive back end and and having some of those big holes but um but I think our dline can get some pressure and keep Karis you know uncomfortable in that pocket Ryder Legend and great Cup champion Jeff farol joined Us in his segment brought to you by zipper loock Building Company and powerlift doors see them in Raymore or call 8692 5515 Jeff you're a receiver you know how vital quarterback play is for the offense to keep it consistently on the Move Trevor Harris Started Hot against the Toronto Argonauts for about the first 15 to 20 minutes but do you feel like he needs to make better decisions consistently considering those two interceptions in Toronto really gave the Argos a lot of momentum well it really did I mean you know especially after our defensive line um you know our defense and in a whole did did such a great job in those goal line stands and you know then you the quarterback DRS out and throws a couple of interceptions that's just not a number one it's not a good look and number two it's a huge momentum killer and I think he does I think he needs to make better decisions I think U you know he's had a couple drops you know we talk about some of the receivers but you know Harris is the leader out there and he knows he needs to be better um and and he needs to get the ball into the right hands make better decisions run it when he needs to I think he's a seems to be a little bit concerned about running and I I think he just needs to throw caution to the win like it's a new season now right we've got we've got seven games left and you know we're still still in first place oddly but um you know he needs to throw caution to the win a little bit start make start being the quarterback that he is with his quick release and making better decisions but his receivers need to help out you know we've had a couple drops um some players are fighting the ball and we can't rely on our you know our rookies Johnson and Myers to uh to to carry the load we need our we need our our veterans to step up as well yeah Jeff with this with the SK current skid that we're on what's what is missing from the Riders team do you think and and what what do we have in the Saskatchewan ref Riders what's their team identity boy that's a really good question W you know I've been struggling that myself because I really thought I really thought that we had a a great makeup to start the year and a record really showed that we started looking at it though we we played against some teams that really weren't they really hadn't really uh found their stride yet and you know the teams that we've lost against are sort of the the better teams in the league so I'm not sure you know your record sort of is what it is and you're five five and one so it's easier to sit on the fence and say this game this game today is really going to going to be the decision maker on on what kind of team we are but and I think that that is the case to answer your question I think we are better than what we've shown I think we're better than what our record is showing we are losing in one part of the game you know as you know what very well there's three parts in the game and you know last or two weeks ago it was our kicking game that let us down and last week it was our offense has let us down so you know I think I'm looking for you know all three phases of the game to come out tonight and play a really good game against you know against a better bomber team than than their record is showing I think as well so to to to answer it a different way I think this game is going to be the deciding factor for me to see how they come out um especially after you know a a very high-profile uh remembered coach I mean it didn't go well last time we had a a let's call it a major death in our organization and you know this time I hope that they come out and I I feel like my feeling is that we're better than our record is and we're going to come out and really lay looking on the bombers tonight Jeff you've played in a number of Labor Day Classics what do you like about the spirit around the game I played in the states and major college football and I think that the Labor Day classic uh save for maybe the first you know the first time that we had an American team come up to Taylor field I think the Labor Day classic is just the one that really exemplifies the spirit of the CFL and you know the the Rivalry um even though we do play Winnipeg you know other times during the year there's something about Labor Day that's just super strong and um you know it's just it's just one of those things that the spirit of Labor Day and and it really to me it's just the the way that the CFL needs to be or should be every game but this game is just it's just special and I I'm sure I can't see West but I'm sure he's nodding right now he knows that you know the little a little bit more a little bit fire in your rear end and it's it's almost like a playoff game and and more so this year when you're playing for first place or tie for first place so it's um you know it's just a special game the place is packed people are excited the CFL fans are are fantastic there's not like there's fights in the stand but there's a rivalry in there and you know it's just the the the atmosphere is even that much more electric Jeff if you want to see Wes and he was nodding his head just go to youtube.com slsports cage.com and you can see our beautiful faces hopefully one day you'll join us on set but thank you for your Insight in and around the Labor Day classic enjoy the game oh thank you I look forward to 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but that doesn't stop everybody around the CFL from talking about the halftime interview that occurred it was a short one with Nathan roor what is your take on that Mr sudor well it's it's twofold because on the one hand I get it I understand it uh Nathan roor who had you know was 0 and2 after you know returning to the Lions lost that first game and and wasn't real good and then the second game there was Improvement but again lost another one and this was a trip back home for him I mean this was back where he was born and he had family in the stands and and so when you add that all up it was a very very important game and you could tell at halime that it was all business for him in fact I mentioned that on the air that it was a business trip everyone else is having fun at at touchdown Pacific but for Nathan roor this was a business trip he's got to get his game back and and he did get his game back especially that first half he was on fire in the first half so I I get the reason but you know he he is going to have to understand that and believe me you know Nathan and I will talk before it's over many times that this is going not going to be optional you know this is going to be and you could you could ask Darion this as well like when you're the quarterback of a team in Saskatchewan when you're a Canadian quarterback in Vancouver and you're becoming the face of the franchise over the next maybe two or three years you're G to have to do all those interviews it's not really optional and um and sometimes it'll be at halime so you know I think what can happen here is if he's uncomfortable with them we as a network can work together to try and make sure he's comfortable able we can work with him we can talk to him about you know the types of questions he likes although we have to be able to ask some tough ones at times but at the end of the day you know if if we can work with him to make it you know to increase his comfort level with it then you know we're going to do it because at the end of the day we're going to do it we're GNA ask and as as one of the faces of of not only the franchise over the next few years but possibly the league you're going to have to do those interviews uh Darion knows Wes knows you know especially with the new TV contracts saying no is really not an option and I know he kind of doubled down on it after the game in the media I didn't hear it exactly but I heard through farand that he had said that he's been promised to do it again or something and you know I I'm again that's I didn't hear that directly so I I'm not quoting him there but um if there was anything like that you know he there'll be discussions coming up this week that you know make it clear that he's got to do those things and he's got to he's got to figure out a way if it's uncomfortable to become comfortable we can help him with that but um it's really not a negotiation it it just isn't exactly what he said after the game Glenn we have it quoted in our article on thre down nation.com quote I did it for Coach Campbell and he said that I wouldn't have to do one for the rest of my career I want to hold him to that close quote what's your reaction when you hear that yeah I that's that's um that's a a a relatively new player and I and I even include the 22 season but a new player to the league uh I'm not sure what was said between Coach Campbell and and Nathan uh you know and and to what extent he he made that guarantee but it's just not going to happen I'm just you know I I can tell you that our our network is going to discuss with ownership the president and I'm sure Rick Campbell as well to discuss what is going to have to be you know non-negotiable that that the face of the franchise is going to have to do some interviews and he's going to have to be out there and discuss the game and talk about you know good and bad sometimes so you know again I think there's a lot of room for us to work together so that he finds a comfort level with it but it it's it's going to over the next week or so there's going to be all kinds of discussions about how that if that guarantee was given by Coach Campbell it's it's not correct let's put it that way it's because it's it's gonna happen Glenn suder on the line with us on countdown to kickoff his segment brought to you by North home Windows designing building in installing Windows systems in Saskatchewan for Saskatchewan conditions Google North home windows for the uninitiated or the people that did not hear the very brief halftime interview with tsn's farand L G roor said quote we're up 316 that's all they really care about thanks faran patted him on the shoulder and ran off to the locker room and I agree with you Glenn there's going to be lots of talk about this and we've seen it the traffic on 3.com on the story the comments on social media about it are coming from all different sides on this so this is a story that is going to continue to be talked about from an overall perspective though the game the atmosphere touchdown Pacific how did you feel this went for the league well it was a huge success it really was I mean you know and and I should mention just before we leave Nathan RoR what a great game and I think he is finding his game and I think he's close to getting it all the way back so that you know for the onfield stuff he he looks like the Nathan work we remember but yeah no it was a huge success it was so successful I think that I think the theme of these games now is not necessarily to play these games in a in a in a site away from a CFL City but it's the play these to find uh a possible expansion uh City it's not that anymore I think it's more of its own Fran franchise now let's take the brand let's take the game to the audience and take them to people that might not have ever gone to BC place or to Mosaic stadium and let's take it to a different city make sure the field is right for the player safety but if it's if it's half this the the attendance that they'll think that it's worth it to bring the product and the brand to new people and I I you know from my understanding and none of this is official there are all kinds of cities that are real keen on doing this a couple in Ontario uh Quebec we've talked about Laval many times um possibly the interior of BC there's lots of the different places that you know you could you could do it with 15 or 16,000 these temporary stands are excellent the the facility the field was in great shape and this was a huge success it it it brought 25 to $30 million of economic imp back to the city of Victoria now what city wouldn't want to get involved with that yeah Glenn I was actually you kind of answered my question but I was just thinking okay I I always like the idea of touchdown Atlantic to maybe Foster getting a team out there but now we're in the Pacific so what are we going to do touchdown prairies can we get a game in Saskatoon what like what what's a good idea what's not what do you think well I I you know I think they're all good ideas honestly I again I think this is going to become sort of a franchise it's going to become this idea that you know it's not going to be do we do one this year from the League's office it's going to be which one do we do or do we possibly do two in a year you know and again this is not specific quotes from League officials but it's just the buzz I got being around the people uh that were involved Amar doen being one of them the owner of the Lions that this franchise is a huge success and the spin-offs and you know the BC fairies going across to Vancouver Island were full of orange jerseys and orange t-shirts I mean the entire Ferry the fairies were full with these fans so you know this is something that you you mentioned Saskatoon I never heard that name in any of these discussions and again these aren't meetings these are just me listening to other people talking but um it makes sense to me you know it makes sense to me there's a great Stadium up there at the ufs I'm sure they can add on to it why wouldn't you want to try to do one like that I think it would be fantastic s love it one minute left with you I want to get a chance for you to touch on the Labor Day classic so go where you want but you got about 60 seconds okay I just you know what I think you got to go strength against strength this Winnipeg team is going One Direction the Riders are are going in a different one so one of the strength like a small example of that is if Willie Jefferson is coming off the edge go after him with the Run game take West capes or you know Frankie Hixon or whom they got it and you know what I mean and run it right at Willie so he's not gonna disrupt in the passing game because he's worried about the run on every single play run right at him and make him a tackler not a pass rusher all right Glenn enjoy the game man wish you were here but we'll have to go it without you thanks buddy all right coming up in an absolutely 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know it brings back so many memories so it doesn't get old especially when you've been gone uh it's always fun to be back you guys had a great event last night at casino Regina dinner with doubles I heard people were paying like a crazy amount of money to sit with you can you believe that yeah when I first uh initially walked in the door I couldn't believe the atmosphere I thought I was walking into a small room you know maybe 10 12 tables but when I got in there and saw the magnitude of the event I couldn't believe it so I just want to thank everyone for coming out showing their support we had a amazing time I want to thank my former teammates for for coming out and the the night really wouldn't have been possible without them because I don't have a funny bone in my body and uh for you know to have Schultz and Kates and Mulla and Getty and those guy and huie and those guys come out uh you know they they really made the night what it was finish my sentence that was the first time that you saw West Kate since w wow five six six years at least so it's been a while we've talked since then but yeah we haven't seen each other in a in a minute yeah is it like the old cliche you just picked back up absolutely you know what man a lot of people don't know but I used to go you know we were done at 1:30 and so I would go hang out at Wes's house all the time you know we would play the game we would just kick it he was like we were really really tight and uh I hate that you know everything ended with him so abruptly here but we were really tight while we play together he doesn't like that either he's got a little bit of beef to deal with is going to be live with us later in September to talk about that but you guys together were undefeated in Labor Day Classics man how is that possible that's amazing it's it's it's a tough environment for anybody to come into honestly I mean this this game the magnitude of this game and the way the fans support this game I mean the team has no choice but to be amped for it so it's hard to it doesn't matter our record I can even remember uh in 2011 when I don't think we won a game at this point andg yeah and then we came out for Labor Day and but coach Miller had just come back to be the he we had kicked uh Greg Greg Marshall to the Cur sorry about that that was a rough year but uh but it didn't matter because Labor Day you can just the atmosphere just changes your attitude changes and you can throw all records out the window so I was bragging that we we won all of them when I was on the squad but did we did did you win all of them I didn't Man actually my only loss was with Chris Jones so uh you know I don't know what to say for sense what about you guys in your favorite memories from a Labor Day classic or Classics do you guys have any together before the game during the game after the game that stick out I think what sticks out the most is just the atmosphere I don't have a single Labor Day classic game that sticks out I think what sticks out more than the classic is the banjo Bowl you know being able to go over there cuz it's so hard to win and back to back especially you know going to Winnipeg to play but uh I have you know great uh banjo Bowl memories because we had a lot of success in that those games yeah the B the one the banjo Bo that I remember I'll make it quick I missed a flight out but I flew in I got to sleep in wa wait wait wait you're burying the lead there yeah I know why you miss the flight I said the clock wrong classic so anyway set the set the clock wrong missed the flight got to sleep in cuz we used to fly to Calgary in the Winnipeg it was terrible flight get in next day end up scoring three touchdowns I think we beat Winnipeg like almost 40 to six or I don't know it was bad it was a bad day for them but uh Kim Miller to tell the story We I'm I'm in the in the bathroom of all places in the in the locker room and Miller's like uh should I find you for missing the flight I was like I don't see why you should he was like all right fair enough that was the end of that but yeah how did you actually get there though you missed a team flight I booked my own flight went back to sleep and and got on 11:00 we were on like the first we were on like a 5:45 flight we were at the supposed to be at the we had the worst travel PL coming from Regina to go west to go back East we used to have to do that even if we were going to Toronto or Montreal we would have to go west first it was horrible so the players can't complain these days man they got the fancy Charters they're living the life now all right the Rival Winnipeg Blue Bombers are in town and some fans might remember Darien that you actually signed with Winnipeg right and it seemed like there was a chance that you were going to suit up for the Blue Bombers which seems crazy to even think of but from your perspective clear the air a little bit what went down there well I definitely was was interested and uh had every intention to go to Winnipeg and play um you know I can remember a conversation I had with a coach and I won't say his name because I don't I don't want to throw anyone under the bus but I just had my first child and um you know I was contemplating retiring right because um you know I just had a baby and I wanted to be there and going to Winnipeg would have took away from that so I was speaking with one of the coaches and uh he said you know what I didn't spend much time with my kids when they were young either so you're not going to miss much and that kind of rubbed me the wrong way and uh you know I I didn't really like that so at that point you know what I said I I don't want to be a part of a situation where a coach doesn't put family first I've always been in that environment starting with Ken Austin then then moving on to Ken Miller and even coach Chamberlain you know they all preach family and um you know when I felt like my family wasn't being put first uh you know I got a little bitter about that and you know decided to just hang it out that makes sense in terms of you know not playing for the Blue Bombers did you ever have the itch after that to play again or had you made peace that the days were well actually I don't know if you remember but Matt Nicholls was injured uh during training camp when I initially retired and so I got I fed a few phone calls from my agent you know asking if I wanted to double back and and go back and play but at that point I had made up my mind that I'm pretty much done is that something that was easy for you because you talked to different athletes about it at the end of their career and some of them struggle with it yeah it it's never easy to hang up the cleats you know this is a sport and you know something that I've been doing pretty much my entire life so uh it's very hard to to hang it up but playing in one place like saskatch one for so long and then having a bad experience in Montreal I didn't want to repeat that in Winnipeg so I realized that it was time for me to hang it up we're going to have you in the booth doing color with Luke Moulder your good buddy Dave Thomas will be on play byplay I assume you're prepped up I know you are from some of the talking we've had behind the scenes about podcast so how do you feel about stepping into that new Venture I'm excited I I think that I can bring a lot of knowledge to the booth um I like to look at myself as a guy who really understands what a defense is trying to do as well as an offense so if I can kind of give some preliminary things about what I see and try to predict some things you know Allah Tony Romo I I don't want to be Tony Romo but I want to just you know be able to Showcase my football knowledge so I'm excited about that is this something that you're passionate about to the point that you want to try it out see if you enjoy it and perhaps pursue it further definitely I I think that uh right now I'm open to any and all avenues um I think this will be an excellent opportunity to kind of test my skills a little bit and see if I am on the right path so I'm looking forward to that you've been keeping up with the CFL and I know this because of some of our discussions behind the scenes about you know what's going on game planning the things that you see so from an analytical perspective can you break down this matchup between Winnipeg and Saskatchewan based on what you've seen from both teams through 11 games yeah absolutely I I think um you know at this point in the season both teams are pretty much either I think Winnipeg has weathered the toughest part of the season for them they've shown the resilience that they have and the veteran Squad that they are by being able to overcome such a poor start and uh for Saskatchewan to complete opposite you know starting off so hot and now going through a slump here this is really The Clash to see which team can kind of continue to go in the right direction or continue to go in the wrong direction so uh I think it's going to be a great game usually on Labor Day it comes down to special teams there's always a huge punt return or special teams play that could uh decide the game so I think this year will be no different so doubles I'm curious what do you think about this current receiving CT what what could you do with these guys lining up outside with the Riders right now you know I like this receiving core you know I think when you when you add a guy like a Jo Joo because I think the Riders receiving core was missing some physicality uh when the season started so for him to get into the mix uh and being able to add him to the speed of Bane and Ulus and your your more finessed guys and you can't forget about sha schaer Baker who can do a little bit of everything uh I I like the mix of this group but I also would like to see a jo jo get more touches he's a guy that I think can get better as the game goes on you want to feed him the rock get him seven to 10 touches a game and I I think you can get the best out of him that way all right you played with a lot of rookie receivers you mentioned a Joe a Joe do you think that the Riders are trying to bring him along slowly because it seems like from an upside perspective he might have the highest upside of any current Riders receiver but he's had a hard time getting a out of the target share yeah I wouldn't call it uh you know bringing them along slowly I just think that when you're a rookie you don't get those reps with the starters in training camp and I think he and Trevor are kind of building chemistry and Trevor was hurt initially when a Joe got his first snap so uh I think there's a chemistry that has to be built there between those two and I think they've been working hard on that in practice and uh you know I think it'll show sooner or later but it just takes reps to develop that chemistry and that's something that theyve been lacking because of injury you mentioned Trevor Harris there he's come back from not one but two major injuries late in his career he's coming up on 40 years old you know what it's like to come back for major injuries what have you seen from him since he's come back off the six game injured list well I was excited you know the very first game he came back he was super efficient 31 for 39 he was the typical Trevor Harris the high percentage not making any mistakes and then last week in Toronto you know I felt like I saw a different guy I'm not sure if he was Rusty or not really seeing the defense so uh I'm anxious to see him today to see uh if he can build off what he did two weeks ago and forget about the mistakes that he made last week what's it like for a veteran quarterback after your body has taken a toll Through The Years you know lots of big shots sometimes you guys get exposed to get ready for a game week in and week out when I'll say it I guess you're on the back nine of your career absolutely it gets harder each and every week each and every day that goes by you're not getting any younger it takes the body longer to recover from a lot of these shots that you take and uh and these opposing teams know that you know sometimes um you know Trevor can get up a little bit slowly if he takes a big hit and and they're going to try to take advantage of that so um I think if if uh you know he can get rid of the ball quickly try to take some of that pressure off of himself make D line you know have to pursue the ball make sure their pass rush isn't at full speed uh he doesn't have to take these hits and uh you know he can stay up right all game on the other side the Riders defense has been taking away the football at the highest rate of any D throughout the CFL this season Zack cleris has still more interceptions than touchdowns much different cleris than a year ago when he looked like he was going to win a third straight mop got my vote but we'll move on from that what have you seen from cleris this season that's markedly different from him a year ago well I think the main thing is his receiving core is different uh you know whether it be by injury you saw Rasheed Bailey go to Toronto uh Kenny La yeah Shan's out and uh Kenny Lawler is just coming back this year so um I think what you saw with Zach in the previous three years is just consistency uh he had the exact same receivers every single game and when you have that it's so easy to go out there you know where where each guy is going to be they're in their spots and they have this chemistry down pth but this year due to injury um you know and he hasn't been playing his best football uh I must say that but um you know with him throwing three picks last week I don't think you'll see that again I thought I think you've seen the worst game that Zach Karis will play I think that that was last week and uh you know he's a a veteran he's a smart guy and um you know he won't make those sa mistakes you got a game to prep for so I'll get showed on this what was your favorite Labor Day classic play and do you remember the play call oh wow I I I think um I can't remember the year but it was a quarterback draw kind of similar to a play that you and Carrie had in 07 where the running back flares out if the linebacker uh displaces from the box now it's a wideopen quarterback draw and uh I had one for about 40 yards and I I was over 30 at the time so I was kind of questioning my wheels I wasn't sure if I still could run you know and and still could you know pick him up and put him down at a good pace so I surprised myself and uh Labor Day brings out that adrenaline in you it doesn't matter your age and uh guys are always ready to play in this atmosphere I know the hammies was tight that night yes do you remember what year that was I don't I don't man I've I've had it it just seems like a blur you know uh i' I've played in so many games and then you know the trials and tribulations at the end of my career it kind of make you know it all seems to run together and I forgot about some of the good moments but uh you know Labor day is always special I think more than anything you'll never forget the atmosphere and even with the blue bomber fans coming over and filling up the old Taylor field uh you got to love that environment definitely do man fans are going to be jacked up and they're going to love hearing you on the call Daren thanks so much for joining us live inside Harvard Studio 620 lounge and do not miss Dari and Durant in the booth today with Luke Muller he'll be an analyst and Dave Thomas of course will have the play byplay so lucky that Daren Durant came and gave us more than 15 minutes of his time on countdown to kickoff on the other side we'll be joined by Blue Bombers president Wade Miller go into all kinds of things with him you don't want to miss it this is the skatan ru Riders football on the home of Rider Nation streaming on our YouTube channel at Sports cage.com and the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ruff Rider radio network looking for 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CA at mosaic Stadium yesterday was fan day and Trevor Harris really enjoys and Embraces the chance to get to meet everybody from Ryder Nation to get to meet uh you know the fans and you know uh you know you get the the odd advice of hey make sure you throw it to our guys tomorrow you know and so it's it's really fun cuz you get an array of you know suggestions and things from fans but also you get to spend time with people in the community which is really what this is about it's a premum team um they're the owners of this of this franchise and so we're we're excited to get to go out there and just kind of give back a little bit just get to meet them it's going a little bit time I think it's like one of those things growing up you everybody I think I think probably everybody listen to at least practiced their autograph growing up because they wanted to sign some I think probably you raise your hand if you didn't here the last and so it's like one of those like surreal moments that one 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fighting for Saskatchewan in Ottawa wait I'll start with this you played in a number of Labor Day Classics as a player what do this game like for you your perspective and also from the Blue Bombers point of view yeah you know as you play in this game it you know records go out the window and this is a whole new level when you got Labor Day and then the banable back to back and uh it could be one of the best rivalry type games in any sport and that fan bases uh you know both cities just uh you know open open their City up and and and the fans travel well to both games it's just an exciting game to be a part of uh when you're a player and as a fan and and seeing everybody have such a great time your franchise is very healthy right now you sold out the banjo Bowl quickly well in advance and you also sold out a game against the worst team in the CFL the Hamilton Tiger Cats how did you do that well we've uh we've had crowds over 30,000 every uh game and and we just continue to grow that fan base and obviously in Saskatchewan's a great fan base too so you know the two Prairie Provinces uh you know have support for their teams and and we you know got to see that across the rest of the league and and I think actually by filling those stadiums it helps the other CFL teams and get gets those fan bases is uh energized as well you treat your fans really well I know you had an event last night at crave where for a number of years now you've bought Blue Bombers fans the first drink of the night yeah we uh yeah there'll be six buses that show up uh that uh come in for every great or uh Labor Day and then a ton of fans Drive in so we started I think in 2017 doing this where at the Crave Restaurant you come the night before I'll buy your first drink and and we got DJ going and uh just have a a great place for everyone to come have fun the night before so I've always wondered from a from a visitor standpoint in the Labor Day always having to travel on the Labor Day do you feel slighted by that operationally does it affect the way you go no no not at all what was worse is when I played uh there was going to be an Air Canada strike so we ended up busing here we bused cuz there was going to be a strike only way to get here yeah so we bust and then we bust back and and then you know then the football club realized you can save a lot of money on a you know Tak taking bus trips right I was going to say the Riders bus yeah so we um I think until 2016 we used to bust back after the game and we said no more and you know worked with our local uh calm air a great uh great partner of ours and you know Charter in for both you know two two and from which is a big difference now but uh I remember being on one of those buses and just outside of Brandon we hit a deer on the way back you know so but used to travel with Coach Richie and his and his wife Sharon would be on the bus it was right an interesting uh bus rides home sometimes and and you didn't win very many labor days so you know getting on a bus feeling sorry for yourself isn't a great thing to be doing do you remember winning a Labor Day classic here and what that felt like yeah we won a few and uh you know but again records go out the window for these next two weeks and uh it's just a great great atmosphere and you know as a player you just love to play those big games right oh for sure wait I know you sort of look at the league sometimes too from an overall perspective it seems like it's arguably as healthy as it could be the ownership across the league Pierre Carl pelo in Montreal amard doen in BC most recently the last two owners then you have Larry Thompson in Edmonton but how do you view it because I know you're tied into this yeah I think uh you're exactly right the ownership across this league is fantastic uh that game yesterday out on the island was phenomenal uh you know what what Omar is doing in BC is is uh impressive to see and and they talk about you know BC Lions football now and you walk out there on a game day and in downtown there's people wearing lion jerseys and and it's really starting to come around and then exactly in Montreal as well that that's you know headed in the right direction obviously they've got a great team on the field too but uh you know so best group of owners that we've had in a long time all committed and going in that same direction I think being on CTV is going to be a big deal starting next week at the Bano bow I think that's great for the league as well having every Saturday for the rest of the fall on CTV is really going to open it up to other fans to to get to watch the broadcast as well there's a lot of talk around BC right now and marketing money and Amar Dolen maybe pushing the envelope there does that just make it more competitive for everybody else or how do you view the marketing money aspect of it I I I have no problem with that because if you look look at the Winnipeg and Saskatchewan markets we've been doing this for years getting our players out in the community and it's a way that we grow our fan base and I really believe that that's a successful way for us to grow our fan base across this country and and players should be paid for their time that they go out and commit to the community CFL players are the most accessible players in any professional sports and just give back to their communities in so many ways and you see that in Winnipeg you see that in Saskatchewan you see that in other cities so I have no problem with that at all we'll get you out on this because the bombers started slow but have turned it around still control their Destiny to potentially get first place in the west division What's led to things changing with Winnipeg well it's uh you know last year the you know last couple years we won every one of those close games we lost those close games at the beginning of the year so process doesn't change you go back to work got an experienced you know operation you know obviously 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a great atmosphere in here and it looks like you can speak to this more so a great atmosphere out in Victoria for Touchdown Pacific I know you just came from there what was it like yeah you know what the whole uh the entire time we were there uh the city of Victoria was so excited to have uh to have a CFL game on you know in their City uh the province was very supportive this the the mayor was phenomenal she was a she's been a great she has been a great supporter and was a great supporter we got a chance to spend time with uh members of the Canadian Forces which was always it's very special but the atmosphere yesterday was just phenomenal and uh everyone that place you couldn't have fit another human being in there and the energy was off the charts and I think it showed in the way uh it showed in the way BC played as I expect it'll show in the way um the Riders will play today in front of all these great fans indeed Randy Bros segment is Thoughts with JD brought to you by Red vers agricultural Supply your cabota versatile and deelman dealer in reders visit reders a.ca you are out watching the BC lines you just got a fan asking a question about this so much talk about marketing money in the CFL I just asked Wade Miller about it he feels like it's a great thing teams are spending money and having players go out and do marketing and be potentially out more in the community even more than AR auor already out there a lot how do you view the marketing money aspect of it considering it may have brought Nathan work back more quickly from the NFL Matthew Betts came back perhaps more quickly from the NFL than waiting for an opportunity down there they get back into the CFL yeah you know I remember being I think it was actually in this room um seven plus years ago when I first uh started the job as commissioner and I remember me and people that are were in this room right now and they wanted to know what was the CFL going to do to better Market its league and this people in this room and and and rder Nation are passionate about the future of the league and the growth of it and I agree with Wade I think that the that the money the teams are spending to get our players into the community getting them involved with especially with you know young people and new new potential audiences it's so critical and it's working look here's the thing look at what's happening with our TV ratings they're growing uh in a in a world where TV ratings across the board seem to be contracting ours are growing we competed this year against Copa Euro and the Olympics we held our own and then and the Oilers going to the final and the Oilers going to the final and then the two weeks after the Olympics our our ratings shot up again um we're seeing our social media numbers are off the charts we're seeing our our downloads of videos off the charts so all of this thing that what and again I say this with the greatest of with the greatest of of of spirit and positivity this is what all of you asked for you wanted the league to do a better job of marketing itself and it is and I think it's something we should be proud of and the other thing I should say pound-for-pound there are no athletes in the world of sports that do more in the communities than our players do and it's something we can all be remarkably and you know this firsthand we should be incredibly proud of the time and energy our players devote to the community speaking to speaking to kids and youth groups and here's the one difference uh our guys don't have a limousine waiting to whisk them away to a nightclub our guys get themselves to an event they stay until every autograph is signed Dar and Durant walked to the stadium today he but but I think it's I think it's evidence of just the quality of the players and the quality of the people we have in our league and it's something I'm I'm very very proud of you mentioned the television ratings and I think it's worth noting last last week in week 12 the CFL had its highest rated week non- Labor Day since 2019 we're talking about television ratings from an English perspective that almost touched 600,000 on average when you add in RDS and their numbers have been huge this year you get over 660,000 average viewers last week for CFL games we know that this game right here right now the Labor Day classic is usually the highest rated game of the year last year it was 975 ,000 average English viewers on TSN so to your point about the marketing money it is working and there's another side to it too that when you talk to players and agents they are now talking about football money and marketing money because to get the marketing money you have to go out there and earn it so some players prefer to get paid football money which obviously goes on the salary cap or the SMS but to get that marketing money you have to go earn it right so if the teams want to spend it I don't see a problem with it doesn't sound like you do or Wade Miller either no no and and look I think we can be very proud of what Amar dolman has done in BC look it wasn't that long ago and I again I'm looking at this very informed and educated group of fans in front of us and we know that the one of the questions I'd be asked in every fan session is what are you going to do to fix your major markets well now uh BC's averaging 30,000 fans a game yesterday it was the hottest place to be in all of British Columbia was to be in Victoria at Royal Athletic Park um with you know the investment that Amar made in bringing in some bringing in some you know some acts to spice up the game it they are investing in their businesses and the marketing money is is just another part of that invest in your business get your players out get them in the communities it is working and it's one of the reasons why so much there's so much excitement around the trajectory of the league now like we are now seeing that flywheel starting to turn in a very positive way are we going to see touchdown Saskatoon touchdown prairies touchdown Northern Canada touchdown Windsor touchdown Quebec City I'm throwing a lot at you there but what's the next Evolution touchdown Atlantic to touchdown Pacific from your view well we have already had several cities reach out to us and ask about the possibility of of their City hosting a touchdown game that's exciting uh we're going to start the schedule in process you know in the next week or two we'll start talking about you know what are we going to do with touchdown touchdown in my my view is going to be it's an important part of our of our um of assets that we have available to grow our business to get into new markets to welcome new fans and so all of those markets you talked about we want to talk about them where you know where exactly we'll be in 2025 I don't know but we'll be somewhere now we're talking about the marketing money is there a situation we got fans obviously if you're rival fan team you see a team sign up player they're getting marketing money how are we kind of controlling or putting guard rails around are these guys actually going out and earning that money yeah so there is a very very intense audit process that goes into every dollar that's spent in the marketing money category there is uh they look at what type of event was it how much did the player get paid how much time did they spend what's the fair market value for an event uh like that so I can assure all of you this is not just a blank check where you know teams can pay the players whatever they want it's done under very intense scrutiny and uh and I think it's actually very well done there's always something to learn look one of the things we've got now another topic for uh that's fascinating it was only a couple years ago that one of the things we would have in a room like this was a concern about our quarterbacking like was it was it 3 years ago that that would have been a major today we've got this phenomenal group of quarterbacks that are just shooting the lights out and these are our game's biggest stars and we want to get those we want to get those players in the market because they are the ones that have such an opportunity to attract the next generation of fans so look I I think to your to your question we we're we monitor it carefully there's a very careful audit done there's always going to be more work to do to make sure we're doing it right but I can assure all of you that um there's a lot of there's a lot of tension and a lot of rigor that goes around making sure that it's done properly you used a couple words there intense scrutiny there's been a couple of cases I guess we'll call them that have deserved that from the CFL I thought what you did with Chad Kelly was very well done and some people are wondering what is part of that last chance agreement that he has to adhere to to stay in the league and how did that come to be can you shed some transparency or light on that well the can't as you know the the actual Last Chance agreement is subject to a confidentiality provision and I won't violate that but I can tell you how it came about uh to his credit uh when we met with him on the Friday what I think it's like three weeks ago he started that meeting with an apology and and I found it to be very uh very sincere and we we we were together for quite a long time and at the end of um before we were wrapping up he said to me he said commissioner I'm making you a promise I'm making you a promise that I've learned my lesson and it'll never happen again and I said to I said to him well then I'm going to hold you to that if that's a promise made then that has to be a promise kept and fundamentally that's what the last chance agreement does it says you made us a promise now now be good to your word so you know I can't say anything else but I think it is ultimately about that very principle of being a being a person of your word and uh making a commitment to um to learning from the experience and doing doing better going forward if he doesn't convert on that promise let's say or doesn't adhere to any of the stipulations of the last chance agreement is it literally last strike and he would be out of the CF well you know again I I you know look I think the phrase Last Chance feels kind of fairly obvious right and again I can't get into the specific details of it but what I can tell you is you know our expectations are that he is going to honor his commitments and we're going to hold him accountable to honoring those commitments the other more recent case I guess we'll call it is you just got out of arbitration with sha lemon and the arbitrator ruled in the League's favor upheld your indefinite suspension what does indefinite mean will Shawn lemon ever play in the league again in your view does he have to serve an entire year like some of the NFL players that were caught where do you come out on that yeah you know uh in the arbitration process one of the questions the arbitrator asked me specifically was he wanted to understand uh what indefinite meant so as I explained to him you're looking at a Continuum of options from permanent suspension at one end of the Continuum to a specific uh penalty so one game five games whatever that would be and somewhere on that Continuum is this word indefinite and what it gives us is an opportunity to see whether or not um a player demonstrates sincere Contrition hey I saw I see the eror of my ways i' understand I made a mistake I've learned from it I never should have done it and ultimately what I would say in this case is this is the Labor Day weekend we've got we've had h a sellout in Victoria we're going to have the largest crowd ever at mosaic today for the bombers and Riders you're stealing my thunder hold on hold on we're going to we're going to see a massive crowd in Calgary tomorrow for a game between Calgary and Edmonton and then we're going to go to a sold out uh Tim Horton field in in in Hamilton that's what the story is about and everything else as relates to sha lemon we'll deal with it somewhere down the road we're not dealing with it now and I basically I was asked I said that's for another day today it's about being here in in this beautiful city in front of all of you playing playing World class football it's about football it's about Community can we get you to go on the record is this the best rivalry in the CFL Riders bombers this is one of the best rivalries in all of no listen let's be you know I mean okay uh look I I well you know this is what this is an interesting thing about yesterday being in um being in Victoria with Amar Dolen you know one of the first things Amar talked about is he said he wanted to be part of Labor Day like he he didn't want the Lions to be excluded from the Labor Day weekend and what you all know is that most typically the fourth game of the weekend has never really seen to count as part of the Labor Day classic community of games let's pull them in there I think we got to pull them in and Omar wants to be in and then what they did yesterday was special and it created an atmosphere like we're going to see today and uh and that's great for the CFL and something very special so yeah no this is what you have here in um on this day against Winnipeg is very very special and the fact that you've all come as you always do uh you show up to to cheer on your team I think today's going to be I think this will be one of the greatest Labor Day weekends of all time by the way and you should be proud CU you're a huge part of it we've kept you over time thanks for coming on Randy really appreciate it thank you this is Saskatchewan Ru Rider football on the home of rder nation streaming on our YouTube channel at Sports cage.com and the 620 CK M Cooperators Ruff Rider radio network hi everybody Haley wickiser here and very proud to be from Sha ofan Saskatchewan also very proud to be a champion of the Saskatchewan seniors 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three-time defending watermelon eating champion then we had doubles Dar and Durant in here you want to take him on oh I'm I'm I'm taking on the watermelon eating CH okay we need to set that up next year Labor Day Classic on the desk I don't want to clean it up though but doubles was in here Wade Miller was in here giving us a little balance from the Winnipeg side then we just had the commissioner Randy ambros so you guys got to keep up with that thanks a lot no pressure perfect welcome to Labor Day everybody Luke always does my man always brings the energy even more jacked up for the lab i g to mention Wade Miller but I think I won't do that hey Wade's a good guy man he's got the Blue Bombers going in a good there from a franchise standpoint on YouTube though he made the laptop look like a cell phone just like you bro yeah he was up here taking about four slots of the screen I eating good over there in Winnipeg they don't need watermelon in Winnipeg unless it's fried no way it's a good dude man sorry Wade all right boys let's get to it set in the stage brought to you by North home Windows designing building and installing Windows systems in Saskatchewan for Saskatchewan conditions Google North home windows or call 1866 362 6525 for me today guys this comes down to we we how often is the catchphrase connected football used right and I I don't think if if you're looking for an example of not playing connected football look at the last five weeks for the Riders right it's been the offense rle and then the defense has a little bit of a brain fart and then sometimes the offense and defense are going the Special Teams runs into some trouble so for me today you play Four full quarters of three face football you're going to be just fine correct me if I'm wrong listen they have a lot of momentum um they were one fumble away from winning the game The Last Time these two teams played I think that they're going to come in here and if there's any universal message from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers today it's guys let's be ourselves and that's going to start with the Run game it's going to start with being a physical football team and it's going to start and it's going to begin and it also translates into a a good defensive Squad that's going to give up some some first downs but it's really tough to score on it's going to be a really good game and what's craziest about this thing here is you've got this game you've got the banjo bowl game and you've got the buy that's three weeks and the saskatch ru Riders at the end of that three weeks could be anywhere between first and last so the par and the sense of urgency about today's game it's pable man I can't wait I want to throw this question out there because I feel like from Winnipeg's perspective we know who the Blue Bombers are stout defense difficult to score points against Brady Oliva is going to be able to run the football in some form or fashion ideally not today if you're a Riders fan Zack Claris hasn't been his mop self but he's still going to make some plays with Kenny Lawler Nick demsky Ontario Wilson the rest of that group who are the 2024 Saskatchewan Rough Riders from a football Foundation perspective Luke from a foundation perspective the saskat and Rough Riders are a team that's close-knit but is searching to like Dave said that is searching to put together an entire game and I think that it's one of the reasons why there's some trepidation amongst the fan base right now about the the losing streak but it's nowhere near the last couple of years because I think that everybody can see that this is a really talented team it's just a team that needs to put all three phases together they need to be in sync and uh we talk a lot about obviously the loss of Ken Miller to Ryder nation that was one of the things that coach Miller impressed Upon Us continuously in the locker room is we have to be in sync we have to have special teams working we have to have offense working and we have to have defense working let's all put it together guys and there's no better time than today to build on that if you look at the foundation in my eyes that has been built by a head coach Cory mace and his staff number one pillar is nobody outworks Us and nobody has outworked the Rough Riders in any game this year out physical they out physically battle week in and week out their share of adversity I would suggest they've had the most adversity that any team in the CFL has had look at the number of offensive linemen they've had to bring in they signed Jamarcus Hardrick to be the staple on the o line and they lose them so to me this team has faced their share of adversity now they just got to go ahead and find that one extra half step to get them over that hump into the wind column and I think that that comes from full four quarters and like you say Luke consistence and one of the big differences between these two teams and today it might ring really important is the fact that the Saskatchewan Rough Riders are plus 16 Winnipeg's minus8 Zack Kos has 12 interceptions this game and the one thing that makes Zack KERO so special is he's going to keep slinging it he's not going to get talked out of not throwing the football what I do think they're going to do today I think they're going to focus on we're talking about Foundation out here ol vera for sure but I think we got to make sure we know where number 10 is all over the field today in big game situations Nick demsky is the guy and more importantly in close game situations every time Zach Kos needs a play it happened last week it happened the two weeks before he looks for number 10 sure the other guys like Lawler are going to get a bunch of a bunch of highlights because they're going to make the the the fancy play the big but the plays that they need that are are Dependable are the Nick dempy throws and that is who you need to understand how they're rolling him out today it's Nick dempy I feel like from the Riders perspective we know that this defense is going to ball week in and week out we know that they're going to take the football away we know that that physical presence from this team is going to be there and I think they are a strong team mentally but I would argue that we we aren't sure what we get from the offense week in and week out Trevor Harris comes back off the six-game injured list looks great against the Montreal aletes and then goes into Toronto and throws two picks to give the Argos momentum in that football game so that to me is where the question mark is who is this Riders team offensively what can we rely on from them to me it's the quick passing game right because the Run game for whatever reason just hasn't come to fruition whether that be all the changes on the offensive line whether that's AJ oite hasn't played you know he's been dinged up all year long so you can draw upon that and you look at the numbers right number seven in the Run game number five in the pass game so if you go ahead and you activate your receivers and get that short passing game going allow them to connect and get those Yak yards like Samuel emilis loved doing I think that's the identity of the offense move the ball that The Playmakers make their plays and I'm pretty sure that's one of the things of many that Mark Mueller has got dialed up here for this afternoon calling his first Labor Day classic for the Riders well one of the things about the scatch and roof Rider offense right now um I'd really like to see a lot more variation especially when Clinton rovi's on the field in 24 Personnel uh they're probably a 90% run team like everybody sees that run coming and if you're going to be that team that's fine but you're going to need to some success in that Personnel Group to convince them that you're going to run the football right and you can do it consistently in and move the sticks the bottom line today is that the Saskatchewan R riders need first down success they need five to six yards they need right they and they need it consistently the reason they lost in Toronto they were in far too many second and seven plus situations right so second and seven all the way to Second and 10 Beyond right they were far in far too many of those situations so they've got to figure it out and one of the things that you know teams do when they have for instance the 24 Personnel in teams understand that that's probably a run right so let's get to the sidelines a little bit quickly with the football right let's get Shawn Bane who needs to get a little bit more consistent maybe that's how you create some consistency within Shawn Bane is just getting the ball a lot more to him but they needed to get it quick to the sidelines right that's going to spread the defense out then you can go back to that run game let's see if they can get that passing game going based on the weather report and we'll go to our P pseudo weather man excuse me Mr Dave Thomas the weather brought to you by 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other reason watch out for the orange zones and slow down so that everyone can stay safe safer highways that's growth that works for everyone a message from your Saskatchewan party caucus back to the ryer nation pregame show with Justin DK Dave Thomas and Luke mider on the Cooperators Ruff Rider radio network it is packed inside Harvard Studio 620 Lounge Justin dunk Dave Thomas Luke Muller along side fellas it is time for Labor Day classic edition of betting the odds the Riders 2 and a half Point favorites open the week around 1 one and a half so money has come in on the hometown team in saskat and for those that don't know Luke I don't know if you know this I'm throwing it out there the Riders are 38 and 21 in Labor Day classics all time but but but the Riders have won 15 of the last 18 Labor Day Classics this is our house and this is our game this is our game make no mistake about it the Labor Day classic is the skatel and Ru Rider football and it is our game I think you take the spread I see the Riders winning by at least a field goal but this is our game now next week we'll figure that out when we get there but this week this is the Saskatchewan R you expect to win this football game if you're down in an a is it our game mortgage is it our game weekly paycheck it's like what is it lemonade sale yeah it's probably our game lemonade sale though yeah I mean again I I think that Winnipeg's got a ton of momentum right they're they're starting to play well um some of the things but here's the when you were talking earlier today when is the last time you and the three of us have actually talked about this is the same five offensive lineman today as last week yeah that never happens like dude we've gone through like four right tackles in the last four weeks and today is literally the second week in a row where the Saskatchewan Rough Riders have and that's a lot of hours together right that's a lot of hours together so there are some positives here that are coming for the and and you kind of look at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and now you're like hey they're a little bit like us now right they had to there's this Alabama kid who they had to throw in on the on the starting front Eli aoui uh he's been a guy that they've been developing but hasn't played much so I'd like this Saskatchewan odds right now well and again just to to mention there's no Patty newfeld no Stanley Bryant on that offensive line for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and you talked about it I I think you got to give a lot of credit to Zack fry like again he's getting significant reps and it turns 24 on Tuesday so to me he's made a huge stride forward as I don't think anybody anticipated him getting the amount of time or touches or reps that he's getting he's been great man and you're right Luke I don't think the offensive line has been the same for two weeks in a row since before Jamarcus Hardrick got her since week two that's huge that's a lot of hours together right it's a lot of practices it's a lot of and more importantly the best part about it is that there's a lot of film involved there right you get to sit with TR Trayvon Tate now and talk through an entire game right and you got you get to talk through mistakes hey man when we had this call and he looped here when I left I needed you to stick on a little bit more before you before you turn to to to absorb the Blitzer coming from the outside like that those conversations can now be applied into every situation you got today let's go to Luke's three keys to the game I feel like we're getting into that territory quickly already for pison liquid systems experts in liquid fertilizer distribution fertilizer just better when it's wetter pison liquid systems expect the best and we expect the best from our man Luke Muller yeah you know what's interesting is is there's a lot of sort of unique ways to look at this game I think that we've talked about demsky right he's a guy that now reenters sort of that order of importance for Winnipeg while they're playing the way they are I think that they try to figure a way to get lucky Whitehead involved but the Labor Day game one of the reasons why this is our game this is the Saskatchewan Rough Riders um expectation here is because you go into this game understanding what a physical battle you have to get in today this is a fist fight you don't come in here to shake hands you don't come in here to be Sportsman like you're coming in for a fist fight today and that's what we've always expected out of L day and that's why I think one of the keys is you have to come out on top when it comes to being physical I've mentioned the the second key to the game already today first down success for Mark Mueller and this offense we have to have it we need four to six yards every first down five to six yards every first down right we have to get in a rhythm and you get into rhythms by being second and five second and four right you can go but too many times especially in the second half of last week the saskatch Rough Riders was stuck in that second and seven plus yardage situation and they just weren't good enough in that situation so we need better first down momentum and one of the big pieces is Brady olera you cannot let this kid go north south you have to get bodies on him early and you have to get him moving East West that's the way to slow down because he wants to run between the tackles he's a north south Runner he's one of the best north south runners in the league right now you get him hit early and and that involves playing on the line of scrimmage that's why being physical is so important today but you get him hit early and you get him moving East West that is a huge factor in keeping Brady Ola off the impact sheet just to maybe provide statistical proof to your first down philosophy the Saskatchewan Rough Riders this year are number seven offensively in first downs they only collectively have got 5.9 yards per first down this season conversely the winipeg Blue Bombers tops in the league they average 7.1 yards on every first down play so again are you second and medium or you second and short and if you're the w b Blue Bombers you're playing a lot of second and short and they're finding the balance right like we all know Brady alivea is a really important part of their offense right but it's not about giving him the ball every single time it's about balancing his skill set out with effective play call play calling and clock management and that's what we need we need it from Mark Mueller today we need it from the coaching staff and we need um you know we need to continue so can't drop a lot of footballs today everything's got to be Cris the energy is building to kick off these men alongside Daren D rant will have the call on the other side injury report and starters plus will'll talk about those quarterbacks that Luke loves so much this is Saskatchewan Ruff Rider football on the home of Rider Nation streaming on our 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so you can follow us along through all of the sports cage Endeavors but what you're going to see right now for the injury report for the Saskatchewan Ru Riders is that Amari Henderson Bruno leel are out game to game right now it's great to see Bruno actually taking part in most drills so he's been battling a leg injury right since training camp so that's good news for Bruno the Bell Nick weeb Jackson Ford we wondered if they'd come off the six game injured list early they will not they will spend the entire duration of the two six game list essentially that they were put on but they are both very very close the other one that's going to catch your eye today is the fact that Clint rakovich comes back in after missing last week in Toronto guess essentially due to the ratio Coy Ona is going to come in but CO's going to take the spot of Jaden dokey so dokey was taking a lot of reps with Nelson L combo nicked up at practice this week but then dokey is going to actually be sent out so Co is going to be the backup safety and then Jackson Ford who has taking a bunch of reps at safety it was interesting to me that that Jaden would be the guy that is going to go on the one game injured list for the day essentially a healthy scratch but again you look at the injury report the team is getting healthier just some long-term injuries that still are going to plague the team to AJ olette Jacob Brammer Demarcus Harter Philip Blake Ryan seier and of course on that defensive line Anthony laner II however he has been back at practice nowhere near participating but good to see him back in the building that leads us into the starting lineup which is brought to you by visit Min not in North Dakota it's only 4 hours away your easy getaway to family fun with the zoo new Children's Museum and more plan your trip at visit my not.org well for the first time as I mentioned since week number two the offensive line is the same back to back weeks you'll recall week two Philip Blake started in Hamilton and then he got nicked up in that game and it's been a revolving doores ago man doesn't it wild I know so you got left to right You' got Trevor Reed Zack fry Peter godber Logan furland and of course trayon Tate Zack fry I mentioned I think doing a terrific job at that left guard spot turns 24 on Tuesday the receiving core you get both Meyers and Johnson onto the roster which is difficult to do with both American receivers but then you bring in emilis sha Bane Jr Kean schaer Baker going to be there as well Trevor Harris he gets the call today and again for Trevor Harris amazingly this is just his fourth Labor Day start but Trevor Harris will quarterback your team with Frankie hickon in the backfield he's never started this Labor Day class no absolutely first time with the Riders of course injured last year right so defensively the defense is basically intact you've got miles Brown who turns 27 on Wednesday defensive interior along with Micah Johnson those two play so well off one another the ends are Carney and of course uh Brian Cox Jr then the linebacking Corp you've got Thurman Reas and oakair and the defensive backfield which I think is Sensational including Nelson L combo former U ofs husky who is starting at the safety spot we need a little bit better um discipline in our secondary today I think that assignment wise we've been good on the piece about like hey this is your guy or hey this is your part of your Zone but um for instance if if the down is second and 10 and Coach mace designs a defense that is that is going to Blitz or is going to or is going to demand that the quarterback get the football out quick if you as a defensive back are asked to play at the sticks you cannot go beyond them so let's say the sticks are at are at seven yards you can't go beyond seven yards even though there's a wide receiver that's running his fastest on the waggle you cannot back up any more than the allotted yardage in the defensive assignment and the reason why is again it's football IQ the ball has to come out early so it may seem scary that there's a guy that's running his fast is on the waggle but you got to remember the reason why you're lined up there is because if the quarterback doesn't throw it quick he's going to get blasted he's going to get plastered so you don't have to worry about that and I feel like in Toronto for instance there were a lot of plays in Toronto that got extended by the Argos and it's happened a couple times in other games to where if the defensive backs or the Lineback has had been in the space that they're needed to be standing and trusted the defensive call it would have been a kicking situation come up next place so little things like that today are going to play Big when it comes to the overall result let's go to the quarterback matchup brought to you by Prairie guntraders in avle for all your hunting and shooting needs visit Prairie guntraders doca and a couple of veterans going at it in the Labor Day classic remarkably though guys I had to double check and it's it's fact Trevor Harris this is just the fourth time he's ever started on Labor Day like in a Labor Day classic situation because of course he spent time in Montreal you don't have that Labor Day classic matchup so he's one and two in Labor Day this is the first time he gets a start for Saskatchewan while Zach Kos this is going to be his eighth Labor Day classic start he's two- one with Winnipeg yes he's won two of the last three here in Saskatchewan so six and one overall Zach keros knows what Labor Day is all about we'll see what he can bring tonight as he's had some problems throwing some interceptions along the way but I think he's turning into form but that's the best thing about Zach it's one of the reasons why he's one of the best players in this league is you're not going to be able to talk him out of throwing the ball right I don't care he could have 20 interceptions on there and the only people that care about it are going to be us because he's going to come out and he's going to sling it and that's what makes him special and that's the worst part and any given game day that guy can either throw two interceptions or go for 600 yards right so and again hopefully today it's the former not the ladder you know I saw him in the hotel last night just calmly going about his business I was like what are you going to do he's like going to do walkthr he h his little play sheet yeah like this isn't something that makes him nervous and to me that is a dangerous football player when they don't have those kinds of nerves they're just going about their preparation as a player you know and no one's better than who's going to talk to this than than the guy you got coming up here next there's nothing to be nervous about this situation this is one of the the the greatest situations that you can be involved in as a player in the Canadian Football League it's what you live for uh the fans the energy on the field it gives you that extra juice it's also the reason why you've got to make sure and we've talked about this a couple times on this stage guys talking about our numbers right talking about your Effectiveness number out of 10 if you play your best football at of seven in these environments where the energy is so high when the expectation and everything seems a little bit more important you've really got to fight yourself as a player to keep yourself at your number of where you're most effective right but man this is I mean dude this is the best situation look at outside I mean they've got like 3 minutes to get a $5 beer they're going to flock in here and it's going to get noisy man this is this is the this is the best place to be on the Labor Day weekend in Canada he just issued the three-minute warning perfect yeah let's do it you guys I'm sure are excited to have Dari and Durant join you in the booth you can listen to that call live on 620 CKRM what other stations across the province can you catch 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for sure I mean just walking into the stadium nothing but green everywhere obviously the odd blue jersey shows up but I mean absolute uh best day of the year for when it comes to game day in rville it's always slammed I think it's a sellout uh should be a phenomenal game fighting for first place I mean what more can you ask for on a game like this it definitely is a sellout and I believe it might be the biggest crowd ever at new Mosaic stadium so a lot of people here for the 2024 version of the Labor Day classic when you think of Labor Day Classics Chris what kind of feelings come to mind for you do you get nervous do you get excited what emotions come about well I was never a really big uh nerves guy even throughout my entire career it didn't really matter the magnitude of the game um so excitement for sure I mean the the warmup and the anticipation to get out and run out of the tunnel um each and every game but obviously especially Labor Day when you know the crowd is just that much bigger every single time and it's going to be that much louder um you know that that initial run out of the title out of the tunnel is is phenomenal yeah what are some of your favorite memories on the field from Labor Day Classics you've had some big moments in these games yeah I mean I got several that come to mind you know I was able to score several touchdowns for one and anytime you score a touchdown the adrenaline rush in front of the hometown crowd's amazing um so there there was a number of those I mean Carri Joseph's Amazing run in 2007 on QB draw for like 30 yard to win the game um huge moment in that season to help Propel the the back end of it and eventually winning the gray cup and then you know pounding them 52 nothing at home I mean I think that that one stands at top of the list it's one of the biggest blowouts that I've ever been a part of how does a blowout like that happen in professional football uh you know you just end up firing on all cylinders it's rare it's still going to be rare all the time it doesn't even matter the matchup that's a rare feat but you know when you get everything firing on all cylinders you know off def comes out firing uh you end up forcing a bunch of turnovers so you got short Fields I mean you just start piling up the points and then obviously eventually the other team's going to get a little deflated and that's going to affect their game play going forward what are some of your favorite moments off the field from Labor Day Classics be it the crowd the energy leading into the game after the game what comes to mind uh I mean leading up to the game you know we used to always have a a gathering where people could come and get autographs it was a big team team kind of signing event so you know there'd be several different tents set up where uh fans could come and interact with the players and get some autographs so I always thought that that was a great event cuz you know it really brought the community together and and got everyone in there to you know talk and see their favorite players and they did it in a manner where there was a good chance that if you were there early enough you were going to get to kind of see everyone you wanted to so you know those are one of uh my best you know kind of pregame leading up kind of memories for sure I mean after the game you know just the feeling of of winning and winning another week and obviously you're flushing that pretty quick but you can always Relish in uh a win right after do the Labor Day wins Stand Out close to your great Cup wins uh you know what I I I don't know if I would go that far I mean obviously it's been a long lived rivalry um I I would consider Calgary our biggest rival during my tenure uh just cuz we were always battling for first place we always ended up having having a mean meaningful playoff game against them you know to try to get on and go to the gray cup but this was always right there you know it and it didn't matter what the records were you know it was going to be a dog fight every single time that you hit the Labor Day classic and the banjo bowl and they're also going to be the two loudest games of the year so um it does have a special uh meaning each and every year and this year is this year brings back the true rivalry when you're really battling for first place in the West in a game of this magnitude one of your great cups came in 2007 you mentioned Carrie Joseph's touchdown run 2007 Labor Day classic that perhaps helped Propel the Riders to that great cup how did that team complete that run to a championship in your first year uh it was just a team that that could always come back and win like there was just a belief and you know it's not like we were blowing every team out or anything like that but you know it was a it was a team that um constantly found ways to win and um that's what you need I mean especially down the stretch uh you got to build that confidence and get that uh uh connection going with all of your teammates to to create that belief that no matter the situation or no matter the opponent there's always a chance that you're going to be able to win the football game and 07 they just had that belief um and I just joined the team midseason right it was actually right before the Labor Day classic is when I came back cuz I was in Hamilton who drafted me and then I got before the Labor Day game so I got to really jump on the jump on the train for the back end of that season obviously saw um you know how the the team and family atmosphere interacted within the locker room and and got some great coaching along the way so you know I think that that helped Propel me into to being a player that was ready to step on the field The Following season you mentioned great coaching and that was Ken Miller's lone great Cup Championship as a coach with the sketch when ref rers came really close to couple of times you know all about that in 2009 and 2010 but what do you remember about Coach Miller who recently passed away I just remember that he he's a coach that everyone looked forward to seeing each and every day he you always had his sayings and his little motivational speeches that uh he wasn't a big raah ra guy but he always had something important to say or some analogy about something in the in the past or in the history books that he could bring up as motivation for the team and most importantly I just felt like he treated everyone like men and he he had a keen interest in everybody's well-being uh on a personal level not just on the football field so he was always interested in how you were you doing emotionally and at home um before he even got into anything uh about the actual team so it made guys want to run through a wall for him he he was a unique coach a great individual he was always there he was always in the community and he always had time for everybody so you know I think that from a a fan perspective or from a player perspective everyone just loved him and he was a great M do you have anything that coach Miller said that stays with you today and I'll give you an example because Carrie Joseph made 30 minutes available for me to interview him on the day after Ken Miller had passed away on a Chicago Bears game day when he's a quarterback's coach they were playing their final preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs that's what Ken Miller meant to him and he said that the week leading into that great Cup in 2007 Ken Miller said and I'm paraphrasing here but if you don't win the CFL MLP award time will stop and that still to this day gives Carrie Joseph Goosebumps and he uses some of Coach Miller's teachings with what he's doing now as a quarterback's coach with the Chicago Bears teaching Caleb Williams who has all this hype behind him and the rest in the windy city so is there anything that you take from his teachings that still present in your current life uh I guess you know I'm just more reiterating what I've already said is that if you focus on your your personal relationships and your life outside of football generally speaking it will translate to your production on the field you know if you're happy at home and you're taking care of your family and you're feeling comfortable um it takes away distractions and stress that can happen when you're playing the game of football so it really allows you to to focus and be mentally prepared um to go out there and win in each and every game in each and every play so I just know he's just an individual that when you talk to you he always made you feel great and it didn't matter the situation it didn't matter what you were talking about um you could be going through a stretch of time where you're dropping more balls than you should be everyone goes through them and it wouldn't even be his first topic of conversation even though that's what a lot of coaches would gear towards like hey like we got to get this fixed it would be like hey you know how you doing at home how's Tia you know what's going on and then gradually work his way into possibly talking about okay what's going on on the field so that's awesome yeah that's the biggest thing I can take away from two-time great Cup champion Chris getl joins us live on the ryer nation pregame show you were a fantastic receiver so let's look at the Rough Riders receiver CT right now a lot of talk about a Joe a Joe he's a Canadian like yourself playing this game not from vagina though like you but people want to see him get the football more does he deserve it and do you think he has this sky high potential and if so why yeah I would like to see him get the football more I think he's got every intangible that you can ask for when it comes to a football player he's big he's strong he's mean he's fighting in the Box making the blocks that everyone needs out there for successful plays on a regular basis um and his ability to uh to turn you know 6 into 60 is is evident right he he can break tackles and he's got that top end speed so you know I I think he's a dynamic player and yeah I would like to see him get the football more so I don't pigeon holy on this one who are some of your standout receivers when you look at this receiving core currently that the Riders have I mean I think they're fairly stacked as a whole uh I really like emilis um you know again he he's got a lot of the same qualities he's got that game breaking ability uh he plays mean like he he blocks his butt off out there uh he's phenomenal after the catch constantly breaking tackles so um and a great route Runner so I I really like him I think he's Dynamic um you know Bane offers you know a little more shiftiness a little more quickness um in the game uh like to see a little more consistency probably with with catching the football but like I said earlier you know I went through the same kind of thing you're going to have periods of time where you have a little bit of struggles there and I think he'll bounce back great he's a good receiver so um I mean they have a lot of depth I mean schaer Baker you know he's he's missed some games but obviously the talent is there um when it comes to Route running and catching the football and he's a big body as well so you know they're they're pretty stacked across the board when it comes to receiver and when you got a quarterback behind Center like Trevor Harris who's extremely accurate you know he he understands how to decipher that defense should be able to move the ball around to a lot of different guys there it is from Chris getl two-time great Cup champion Regin native lucky to have you join us live in person on set inside Harvard Studio 620 Lounge we'll let you enjoy the game thanks Chris thank you all right on the other side we'll hear from head coach Cory mace leading into to the game against the Rival Winnipeg Blue Bombers this is Saskatchewan Ru Rider football on the home of Rider Nation streaming on our YouTube channel at Sports cage.com and the 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LSUS representing matey Nation [Applause] it's with heavy hearts that we take a moment to pause and recognize the passing of a beloved member of Ryder Nation Coach Ken Miller now we'll look back at his time with your Saskatchewan Ruff Riders the head coach of the Saskatchewan Ru Riders is Ken Miller and here are the rest of the Saskatchewan R Riders likeo said yesterday play like you race have fun have fun I ask you to win it for [Music] you I ask you to win up for your [Music] family and I ask you to Wi up for each other K Miller head coach of the scat R runers going to the great cup you told us yesterday you had a sense that this team could accomplish something special today give us all a sense of viewers Coast to Coast what this means to this city and this province to win this game today we are just so happy so ecstatic I'm so happy for the players so happy for our coaches our organization and the entire Province rer fans [Music] everywhere we have a tremendous opportunity before us here tonight tremendous opportunity let's seize the moment seize the moment let's demonstrate our personality demonstrate our toughness demonstrate our determination demonstrate our effort man let's play with all out one play at a time win every play One play at a time for the duration of the game let's finish let's finish every play Let's Sprint to the football let's do a great job with our effort men us play with great Poise great discipline man what do writers do R let's [Music] ride football fans we now ask that you rise and join us in a moment of Celebration as we recognize the life and achievements of ryers great Ken Miller [Applause] and remove your headwear as 620 CKRM presents today's national anthem here during the 59th Labor Day classic the loudest fans in the CFL are going to perform the Canadian national anthem get ready to sing loud and proud here we go [Music] see [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] Ryder Nation performing The National Anthem here [Applause] in common belief among CFL observers is that the season is made up of two halves pre and post Labor Day or a season with double meaning if you will well today two arch Rivals will double down on the first half of their season as playoff birs and positioning are on the line hello everyone I'm Dave Thomas alongside gray Cup champions Luke Muller and doubles yes Darien Durant here at mosaic Stadium for the 59th Labor Day classic between the Susan Ru Riders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Rider Nation the faithful are hoping that they don't have double vision when it comes to Long windless spans in a season yeah see 2022 and 2023 well in 2024 the green and white haven't won since topping the bombers in week seven the team has proven that they can dominate their opponents in all three phases but the double edged sword is that they haven't consistently been able to execute on offense defense and special teams at the same time and when they've had an opportunity to knock an opponent out they haven't been able to get a double take down at the right time for Winnipeg after an 0 start the Blue Bombers proved that their lack of panic wasn't just double talk the team has gone five- two since including a pair of impressive wins over BC the biggest reason for the Resurgence though is the double trouble that running back Brady Olivera can provide both running and catching the ball the Riders will need to use their defensive double whammy in order to stop the bombers offense and get back into the double you column so here's to doubles Darien Durant joining us in the booth cheers Saskatchewan it's Labor Day how about we make it a double well now I want a double cheeseburger oh boy Daren Durant welcome home my friend thanks thanks for having me I'm so excited to be here and be in this environment I miss it so much well that's what we were talking about man it's a real different version or vision from up on the 50 but I was you were saying and we were talking this is literally the one time you really miss the game when you see bring them out and and the team coming out that's it you just miss this part of the game right this is what brings the adrenaline this is what gets you fired up there's nothing like game day and especially there's nothing like Labor Day when we were in the locker room together what were I I know what we were thinking but when you had your offense and you knew you were going to take the field regardless of who who goes out first what were your main thoughts in that to that group well the main thing is to take care of the ball you know in big games turnovers are going to play a major major key in the outcome of the ball game so you want to make sure you take care of the ball and be sure that you're sound on special teams well the Riders have won the coin toss this afternoon for Quality Tire with nine locations across the catch one quality tire. CA they've chosen to defer so the Riders are going to go ahead and get the wind at their back in the opening quarter and Brett lther and the kick team comes out to kick this one away to the waiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers lucky Whitehead will be on the return 9.3 yard average on kick returns thus far this season while Brett lather in his kickoff 68.4 four for the seven-year Pro out of St Mary's the Riders wearing their Retro Jerseys they've got the Green Top the white pants with the green numbers and of course the decal striping and that Heritage s on either side of their helmets the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are wearing the white tops with the gold pants blue socks and of course the golden helmet with W on either side as we get set to go this afternoon here at mosaic stadium in front of a packed crowd and what's sure to be a Dandy this afternoon with two teams looking to gain standing in the ultra tight and ultra competitive West Division doubles we got Kendall Randolph who's starting for the first time in place of Stanley Bryant one of the greatest tackles we've ever seen in this game if you have a new left tackle out there in a game like this what are you telling them well very important that you make sure that you don't let the crowd noise affect you because you know whenever you're on offense fall starts are going to be a huge thing today so you have to even if you're a little bit laid off the ball make sure you don't get penalties and put the team in second in Long situations the CFL official has left the field Brett lather is going to walk off his approach for the Quality Tire kickoff nine locations across the skatan quality tire.car or Nation behind them on this feat at mosaic Stadium as we are set to go Saskatchewan in the 59th Labor Day classic high end overend kick going to be taken by Lucky Whitehead down inside his 5 yd line on the far numbers he'll cut back towards the middle get up to the 20 yd line to the 25 and that's where he's brought down and the Winnipeg offense will go to work with Zach keros at the helm the cover teams for the saskat and Rough Riders had one of the best returners in their SES last week against the Toronto Argonauts here they start off well and they've been an efficient part of the group 75 yd kick 20 on the return for Lucky Whitehead first and 10 for the bombers on their 25 yd line the crowd comes to life as the bombers get set for first and 10 as we're just underway on Labor Day at mosaic Polaris is in the gun on first down Brady Olivera the loone back in the back field to his left pre- snap motion with Wilson handoff goes to Olivera he'll get to the line not going to go anywhere ryers interior defense do a nice job of climbing it up well Michael Johnson's been incredibly effective in the middle doubles we see our first second and long situation here you've got the crowd at mosaic Stadium if you're Zach keros how do you plan to to roll out this second and seven against this defense the main thing you want to do is get a completion if you're Zach keris the defense is probably going to be in some soft coverage here make sure they keep everything in front of them bombers 42% conversion rate on second Downs this is a long one second and nine from their own 26 five receiver package three to the far side keris back to pass has time here com the heat the Riders get home it's a quill playing sack on second down Brian Cox Jr you got you've got a defensive stunt in the middle Brian Cox Jr's becoming a lot better he's showing signs that it's beginning to turn on for him here this is a one-on-one effort he's simply winning a one-on-one against Eric Lofton and we got our first kicking situation here for the Saskatchewan Ru Riders fifth sack of the season for Brian Cox Jr and it's a two and out for the bombers to start with Jameson sheen on to punt standing inside his 10 yd line wind in his face comes in with the ninth best punting average in the league just 44.1% this one gets hung up in the win Mario Alford takes it at his 49 going to dance to the outside of the sideline and then step out of bounds inside Winnipeg territory and that's where the Riders will go to work first and 10 with Trevor Harris coming onto the field so a double so one of the things that we talked about at the keys of the game was the riders need to have some first down success they haven't managed to to to really get some momentum they've been in far too many second and seven plus situations if you're an OC here with this group how do you think about this first series coming in well the main thing you look at here is just field position whenever you get great field position like this so early in the game you want to make sure you can come away with points so don't get too greedy and let's see what we can do here first and 10 for the Riders and the bomber 52 right hand hash Harris is back to pass looks quickly out that's batted down though the line of scrimmage Willie Jefferson able to get his BS on it and bat it down for a seventh time this season Willie Jefferson one of the best athletes we've seen in the Canadian Football League he's so good at doing this he gets his hands up one of the things that I was talking about here in the pregame um with a couple of guys is let's jump set Willie Jefferson right doubles I'm an offensive lineman and I know Willie Jefferson gets up in the air if I jump set him and don't let him get off the line of scrimmage I might keep his hands down and next time as an offensive lineman you have to punish a guy when a guy leaves his feet like that you have to try to put him in the dirt second and 10 for the Riders on the 52 of winipeg it's a three-man setup on the defensive line for the bombers High snap Harr holds it now he's going to look deep far side it's up and it's incomplete intended on that far side for Dante Meyers he was in an epic battle though with Terrell bonds and the rookie out of Tennessee State knocks it down Winnipeg is dedicating their linebackers in secondary unit coverage three-man Rush Harris good protection he's going to go to the right side right in front of the sideline and our young man Dante Myers can't win a jump ball hey man what's the key to those jump balls you know what you have to try to High Point it as best you can but the def defensive back did a great job of being in position and making a play Adam corack on to punt it away for the Riders he'll let this one go from his 45 yard line this is going to be a driving kick that lucky Whitehead is going to chase to the near sideline up to the 11 he'll cut back to the inside then get back and tackled at the 20 and that's where the wiip Blue Bombers will start their second possession when we come back 127 to go in the opening quarter we're scoreless on Labor Day this is sukatan Ru Rider football in the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ru Rider radio network here at Cooperators we can help you invest in a way that's right for you like the starting to invest later has to 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this season for quill Plains Chevrolet Buick GMC and wadina taking down high vehicle prices drive a little save a lot of quilt planes Dari and Durant Luke Muller Dave Thomas with you gentlemen do you get nervous on Labor Day cuz this is a pretty cool atmosphere this atmosphere could definitely make you nervous I mean there's a lot of pressure you know how excited the fans are and bragging rights can go into this game for sure I loved it man I love the uniforms that you get to wear on Labor Day and I think on the defensive side of the ball it's a different feeling right you're nervous but you're excited and I remember being part of these Labor Day games I was just as much a fan of everybody else when our offense was out there man we were sitting on the sidelines or on the bench cheering our guys on it's the atmosphere and the energy here is is match well the Bobbers are going to go first and 10 from their own 25 or 21 yd line pardon me ball will be on the right hand hash it's a five receiver look for the bombers who mooved dick Nick densky in motion to The Far Side keris fakes a hand off now he'll Throw It Up near side and that's intended for Drew alari it's well behind him though as he was throwing back shoulder and Falls incomplete we talked about the importance of Nick demsky in the offensive scheme doubles how do you look at demsky in this defense look you have to always recognize where Nick Nick demsky is he's the ultimate Swiss Army tonight that can play every position you have to recognize where he is and here you saw the linebacker and the halfback they both bracket him when he went low and it left nothing for Zach caros behind it good coverage in the secondary we're on to another second and seven plus situation second and 10 ball in the 21 of the bombers right hand hash three receivers go to The Far Side for klaris Riders load up the line now they'll drop back into coverage going to rush five though Polaris moves up into the pocket slings it out Far Side that's complete up across the 30 near the 32 and that'll will be good for a first down for the bombers first of all they missed an offside call here on Kenny Lawler and he's the guy who ends up getting this ball he's just going to come from the slot over the top he's a tough guy to cover yeah I don't like second and long manto man situations you get good receivers like Kenny Lawler going against linebackers and it makes it tough yeah Adam oair has played well right Dave I mean since he's been inserted in the starting lineup but again when you got one of the elite receivers in the league you want to get a skilled guy on him this is just Kenny Lawler's third game back after spending the Brun to the season on the six game injured list with a broken arm it's first and 10 for the bombers from their 32 bake the hand off Sling It Far Side that ball complete stepping out of bounds up around the bomber 42 yd line that was the receiver I think that was Lawler that came down with it or pardon me Josh Johnson and here you see the benefit of having a good running game right you get the Run fake the play action look the linebacker stay sucked up doubles talk about how you can open up a defense when those linebackers are forced to stay down yeah when you have the threat of a run and a great running back like Aliva your eyes are going to be in the back field and it opens up for the play action so it's going to be second down and one and Chris strer comes on he's carried the ball this season 76 times for 256 yards and seven touchdowns this a short yardage situation on second down he'll go right behind the center colen Kowski and should have enough for the first down as he does get dragged back after the play by Marcus sails and the next second second and short situation if I'm Winnipeg I'm looking at how Catan played that because there's an opportunity for a shot down field because everyone's eyes are in the back field well we've seen that in BC we've seen Winnipeg do that in the past the saskat are and Rough Riders as a defensive lineman the difference in that play was we were just too high with our pads we got knocked back and St is just too big you can't give that guy any more momentum than he can get by himself first and 10 for the bombers they're at their own 43 we've got 10 minutes to go in a scoreless opening quarter from bldo mosaic ium on Labor Day five receivers set for the bombers Here Comes The Blitz from the Riders his five will Rush flag comes down keros throws it far side and it's knocked down nice job by Marcus sails to step in front of Kenny Lawler and bat it away this will be an offside penalty against Winnipeg Good Patience by the defensive back specifically Marcus sails we've seen far too much separation in man at times especially in those second and long situations from our defensive back Pi number 10 that penalty is declined result of the play as an in will be pass it'll be second down he plays it lot more patient here so second down and 10 for the bombers ball on their own 43 yd line leftand hash what's your favorite coverage here second down what do you want to see out of a defense I want to see some type of cover two shell you know rushing three it's always hard to throw against nine droppers that's what apparently the Riders are going to do with only three down linemen here on second and 10 but now they're going to bring the house here it comes keros gets it away throwing Deep Over the Top finds on ter Wilson he's got it down to the 21 yd line keros read the defense and then he was able to burn him deep and this is what I don't like it it happened just in this drive early on second and long you can't put the DBS in man coverage with no help against a quarterback like zacharis he's seen every look there is to see well and the other thing about that is Winnipeg picks up the blitz perfectly right you see if Brady Olivera sift through he picks up the guy coming on the inside Zach Kos is able to step into the throw and he's deadly when he's got no pressure and he's able to step into things 46 yd completion for a first down for Ontario Wilson and they're knocking on the door of the Red Zone first and 10 for the bombers on this iskat 21 with 852 to go big play for the bombers who are used to doing that I'll tell you about that in a moment first though it's first down fake the hand off poo swings it near side and that's complete to wall Atari and he'll get inside the 10 down near the nine which should be good for a first down another play action look right sucks up Lake Corte Mo who's playing on that left defensive side he gets far too down into the line of scrimmage when his tackle goes away and it's because he's worried about Olivera running the football he's got to understand that he's the backside player in there he doesn't have to make an impact on that play immediately you're a guy that would love to take advantage of the RPO absolutely you use that against an aggressive defense who eyes are in the back field and when that happens somebody is going to open up for the opposing team bombers are eighth in the Red Zone conversions for touchdowns thus far this season in the CFL and right now they've got four receivers to The Far Side they'll send a Man in Motion near side with Olivera the loone back in the back field first and goal they'll swing it out Far Side that's complete to Wilson gets to the five down to the three ryers get there to make the tackle Nelson L combo amongst his friends come up with it and keep the bomber out of the end zone this is good Anticipation by the secondary and the linebackers but it's a great effort by Kenny Lawler he's one of the inside slots here and he's the initial man blocking for the saskat against the saskat and Rough Riders um Demarcus field gets a good body on him and that's the way they're able to get a couple yards out of that realistically it should have been a loss second and goal up coming from the three yd line for the bombers is Chris strer checks back into the ball game for the bombers a quarterback and you have to look at this as three down territory you look at this as the bombers you're going to go for it on third down if you can pick up a yard or two strer goes to his left he'll be met right at the line the Riders don't keep him out as he'll dance into the end zone as he'll extend that football far enough and the bombers will open the scoring on Labor Day with a Chris strer three-y touchdown plunge bad levels are too high here habac baldonado he's had a good he's been playing well but here his pads are way too high Micah Johnson's not able to get low enough either and again stri Chris strer is like a dump truck rolling in there across the line easily Tes talk about the momentum that that gets Winnipeg here that's huge I mean whenever you're on the road and you can quiet the crowd with an early touchdown you love point points early you'll take three but whenever you can get a touchdown early in the first quarter on the road it's a huge Advantage moving forward so if you are Trevor Harris now what's your mentality coming into this next Drive is is it an important one is it hey let's stick to the script what is it the the main thing is just get a first down your first drive you throw two incomplete passes you want to try to establish the Run game you want to see if Winnipeg came to play if the physicality is there for the bombers uh you just want to get a first down or two to get the ball moving and the Riders will try to do that when they come back they Trail 7 nothing with 650 to go in the opening quarter this is the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ru Rider radio network forget brain freeze it's time to put the Chill on your internet bill switch to sassel and you can get infinet 150 for just $15 a month for 3 months that's some Frosty savings plus you'll save $25 each month for the rest of your contract keep your whole family happy with that can keep up with every device cheers to savings visit sell.com 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devastating right now and again you've got a really hungry defense led by Willie Jefferson and I think Jordan younger's been doing a good job here as the first year defensive coordinator taking over for R Hall but I think over the last two games what you've seen is a little bit of that bend but don't break mentality from Richie Hall defense so I think that after that losing streak they went on Richie Hall and Jordan younger might have gotten together there and talked things out and that's the benefit of having a guy like Richie Hall in your booth to really bring along your young defensive coordinator so Castillo puts the ball on the te for a Quality Tire kickoff for the bombers fielded by Mario Alford back at his 10 he'll get up to the 20 25 and then he'll be steam rushed at about the 30 yd line and here comes Trevor Harris and the aformentioned Saskatchewan Rough Rider offense like you say gentlemen looking for a spark or maybe to find some Rhythm as hethers was 0 for two in that first drive and very important that uh you know the Riders come out and can get some momentum going um I would like to see them hand the ball off take the pressure off of Trevor and and let's see if the running backs can can you know get some yards going here it's interesting they don't have their 24 Personnel out there either 646 to go the Riders have the ball when we come back this is Ruff Rider football on the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ru Rider radio network when you think about it connect T is exactly like the Rough Riders we both have a fearsome lineup a solid game plan and deep pride in Saskatchewan okay maybe we're not exactly alike but with Conexus you've got a team behind you committed to your success and the success of everyone in Ryder Nation so whether you're saving for season tickets on the 50 yard line or saving for your retirement visit conexus.com field advantage today now can somebody help me up I think I sprained my ACL Premier Scott mole the new provincial budget makes 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off to Frankie Hixon he'll try to bounce it to the outside but bounce being the operative word as he bounces into blue bomber's arms and is wrapped up after a gain of about two well it's a great job by number 37 Brandon Alexander coming down from his safety position and setting an edge on the defense doubles it's really tough when your safeties are about that action right amazing job by Jordan younger and Richie Hall and that defense of anticipating a run and loading the box and getting the safety in the Box making a play and now Dave we're in another second and eight situation which we knew coming in here we want it to avoid absolutely and on second Downs this season the Saskatchewan Rough Fighters convert 46.1% of the time which is middle of the pack in the CFL thre man pressure back to pass is Harris on second down he'll Sling It Out near side Hixon has it up to the 35 40 and then he'll be brought down up at the 43 but he'll run with some yac auctions Yak yards to get the first Bas andeli agency's first down of the game yeah this is a bust on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers here Adam big hill he's got to go with Frankie Hixon when he flares out of the back field and he gets there late hixon's a little bit too fast for our Hall of Fame vet big hill good job by Trevor Harris of going through his reads hitting his third read out of the backfield and Hixon it's 525 in counting first and 10 for the Riders they're on their own 43 yd line twin tight in formation Harris in the back field fakes the handoff he'll Sprint Far Side yes he ran it and then d it off to kesan Johnson that's complete for a first down up to Midfield as the Riders and Trevor Harris mov the pocket on the bombers yeah and they gave them their double tight end look with rovik is the left tight end which they normally run out of there you see a tendency beater as he pull it and throw it so first and 10 bendowski agences bring you first downs Insurance and financial services that's your first choice for insurance Cooperators bendowski Insurance 12 on the reception for kesan Johnson and the Riders are set up at Midfield another double tight set from the Riders usually when you see this you think of shot plays down the field Harris in the gun going to fake it Sling It far side again this one is knocked down is jumping the route was Dietrich Nicholls as he tried to time that up and almost came away as Kean schaer Baker couldn't get back to the ball quick enough yeah Dietrich Nichols sees Keenan Schaefer Baker break down quickly he explodes off the back leg and he's been such a blessing for the Winnipeg Blue bomber since he's been back but the guy to watch in that secondary is Ty Ral Ford leads them in interceptions with four yeah tied for second in the league of course the league leader we zero for the Riders and Rolland Milligan Jr and you've got a quiet crowd now cuz again second and seven plus plus situation at second and 10 all right at Midfield right hand hash for Harris in the gun five receiver look he looks to his left back to pass has schaer Baker and has a first down up inside the Winnipeg 40 still going before finally being wrestled and thrown to the ground by Brandon Alexander but it is a big first down so we've got another first down who feels like we got some momentum doubles what are you what are you talking about in the Huddle well you're looking for your shot play here you now moved into their territory you know you're in field goal range so now you're looking for tight coverage in order to take a shot downfield that's an interesting thought though when you talk about field goals but your kickers at 74% of the year does that come into your head at all absolutely you have to always recognize that 16 yd reception for Kean schaer Baker Riders are at the Winnipeg 39 first and 10 335 to go in the quarter Winnipeg leading 7 nothing Harris fakes the hand off slings it out near side for Shawn Bane Jr he's got it down to the 35 so a gain of four maybe five on the play well conceptually we're good here right you've got three blockers you've got a ball carrier unfortunately you got to give credit to the blue bomber secondary that's a physical group there and every one of them fights through the blocks especially the block of Dante Myers that's a young kid out there welcome to professional football you got grown men out there pushing you around right double absolutely that's a good job by the Winnipeg defensive backs and being physical and making a play second and six versus second and seven plus there you go that's the one you wanted Luke and they've dialed up have the Rough Riders here on the leftand hash of the r of the Blue Bombers pardon me another three-man Rush look for the the bombers looking like soft coverage here Harris pumps once has time now going to pull it down takes off Far Side 3025 slides down he's safe for a first down for the Riders great job by Trevor Harris of recognizing a three-man rush whenever you have nine defensive backs dropping you know their windows are going to be tight so good job of him being patient and pulling the ball down and making a first down you've got a few legendary plays breaking out the pocket and using your legs does that affect you on the next play like are you are you trying to literally get back to handing the ball off like something that takes less energy how you thinking about it well it just depends you you want to see what this free safety does here if he's in the Box you best believe you find out that this is your opportunity to go over to top he isn't this time it's first and 10 for the Riders on the 26 of Winnipeg right hand hash three receiver's in motion near side Harris fakes the hand off pumps once doesn't see what he likes now he's just going to throw it away into row number one really good job by Winnipeg here a they're they're solid on the run if it is a run and and B coverage is good here nothing behind the safeties right nothing available Trevor Harris see you can see the Winnipeg DBS they're playing extra tight it looks like they don't respect the speed of the saskat receiver so let's see what happens here second down and 10 for the Riders and the Winnipeg 26 it's on the right hand Hash a minute 50 to go as the Riders are moving towards the end zone to the north on our broadcast left five receivers for Saskatchewan Harris calls them to the line back to pass now he'll shovel it underneath a little bit of Running Room it's got Samuel emis down to the 15 down inside the 14 and it's a first down Riders I love this here's an effort to get the ball in the hands of your Playmakers you bring Sam emis from the back field on right run this little shovel action at him and it's unexpected and you're seeing a lot of three down Linen on second and long and the same thing Trevor did the previous one where he ran you can see all of everything opening up underneath for all your underneath passes and when you get that as a three-man front on the defensive line and they start having some success one of the things you start thinking as a d lineman hey man let's let's utilize four next time right like get us some help first and 10 for the Riders and the Windsor Plywood Red Zone back to passes Harris looks to the back of the end zone it's up and it's incomplete looking for K and schaer Baker lots of contact but no penalty Flags great defense by the Winnipeg Blue bomber secondary great Poise and not panicking when you don't see the ball so that's a great play and we're blessed over here with CJ revas is our strong side linebacker but I'll tell you what Raa cramy is just as good the Winnipeg glue bombers found a football player at number six the Ryder nation has seen the replay now and and and they're asking mace to throw the flag here because it didn't look like R KY looked back at all he didn't but we play on second and 10 for the Riders on the Winnipeg 12 Harris calls the receivers to the line he's back to pass looking to that backside again touchdown rers Shan Bane Jr finds the end zone for Catan great job by Trevor Harris you see a double move by Shawn Bane Jr look Winnipeg has been showing the same exact look every second and long Trevor Harris and Mark Mueller do a good job of recognizing it great call and great catch by Shan Bane Jr yeah and Bane Jr is a guy that we got to get some consistency out of and maybe that involves getting them the ball a lot more here you're looking at momentum Builders and this is a mismatch Bane on Nick howlet good job by Trevor Harris just s situating Bane to get this mismatch 101 12yd touchdown reception for Shawn Bane Jr his fifth of the season and the Riders pending the point after look poised to tie the game as we're into the latter stages here of the opening quarter as Hues on the snap corack on the hold lther puts his foot to it no doubt about it we're tied at sevens with 12 seconds to go here in the opening quarter this is the sascu and Ru Rider football on the 620 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the United members of unifor local 1s and 2s Su scheduling Rough Rider football on the home of Rider Nation the 20 CKRM Cooperators Ruff Rider radio network Mery Brothers auctioneers bring you our sideline reports with Derek Bidwell it's kind of noisy bsy it sure is down here guys and you know what the when the team came out naturally they came out House of fire tons of energy and uh the defense had a great first series as you saw but then of course they gave up that scoring play well it was not only great for the offense to come back and counter the Riders offense and put up a seven of their own but it really helped the defense rejuvenate I think their their energy and uh they're fired back up boys let's hope that they can uh stop the bombers in this next series thanks so much pitsy Nelson GM brings you touchdown drives for a ciny at AV Lee they'll find a vehicle to match your lifestyle proudly serving Southern Saskatchewan for 65 years 80 play 80 yards 11 plays 6 and a half minutes five first downs Trevor Harris six of nine for 68 yards guys hey I'm wondering how scoop car's feeling right now we've got Lake Corte Moore he was inserted into the game a little bit earlier than we're used to seeing him and scoop carne's got his helmet off this is our starting defensive end that doesn't look like he's going to step out on the field to lead this possession off for Winnipeg Well for now lucky Whitehead is going to lead his Blue Bombers on the kick return up across the 25 near the 28 yd line and no more and that's where Zach Kos and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will get the football back with 6 seconds to go in the opening quter tied at seven from a coaching Point doubles I've always thought that if you're going to play the majority of your reserve guys you play him between the 35s do you have any philosophies on that like like you play him between the 35s and then when the teams get into near the score zones you got to have your guys in there for sure I mean you think about it this a long Series going on so you want to make sure you have your guys fresh when they get close to the scoring zone right now Malik Carney Brian Cox Jr and Micah Johnson all in the sideline it's first down for the bombers they're going to swing it out near side for Lucky Whitehead he just eludes ATT tackle gets across the 30 near the 31 it'll be a gain of two the Riders got that close to a tackle in the back field but it'll be a second and long for wiip play Marcus sails does a great job of getting beyond the block gets an arm in on the ball carrier late and CJ Rivas who we see being dialed up from the strong side as a Blitzer he stops mid playay comes back to the ball and gets in on the tackle that's phenomenal effort from CJ Rivas to get the bull bomber stopped because that was a first down and more had CJ revas not reacted the way he did that's the final play of the opening quarter on the Quality Tire scoreboard we're tied at seven Quality Tire nine locations across 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auction.com and now the second quarter on the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ruff Rider radio network start the quarter second and six in their own end they'll throw it near side it's intercepted Marcus sails picks off Zack ceros he's got the football at the Winnipeg 42 yd line Marcus sails with the flip in the end zone happy Labor Day great job by Marcus sails he's the wideside corner here he comes off of his man he's reading Zack keris the entire time comes off of the guy he's covering and makes a great play on the inside half and we talked about it one of the huge differences between these two teams has been the turnover ratio that's Zach's 13th interception that he's thrown this year and that one is humongous because we score of it and again you and I spent so much time in the locker room talking about how important turnovers were in the game none bigger than in this game huge and now the Riders are in great field position already in field goal range the entire Playbook is open at this moment sorry I forgot he did not score my bad I I was like oh that's basically a score you're getting ahead of yourself two tight ends fors Su scatch one on first down inside bomber territory f a hand off Harris looks deep looking for a shot feels the pressure now slings it looking for a Joe a Joe and he can't squeeze it at the bomber 21 it'll be second and 10 you know in situations like this when there's a sudden change and a turnover you're looking to go deep so good job by Winnipeg of playing Zone coverage and and making sure they're sitting back and it's funny you say that too because I remember being in the Richie Hall locker rooms and on the sidelines and talking about that look man we just got a turnover okay the next thing they're going to go for it they're going to go yard here we got to be prepared they were there that Olympic rtms turnover the interception was the third of the season for Marcus sales the Riders are now second and 10 to the Winnipeg 41 right hand hash five receivers set three to The Far Side Harris Here Comes The Blitz Far Side Flags fly he'll swing it out but that skips off the turf in front of the intended target but Harris already pointing that would a big jumped yeah we're going to get that back it was Taiwan garbot offside win a pick number five Jefferson even when I played against Willie you know that you're going to get one to two against him a game so good job with the Cadence by Trevor Harris but I've always felt like you're willing to live with a one or two from Willie Jefferson because of the production you get on the other end of it you know you know he's going to make a play or two every single game so you'll deal with the bad because the good definitely outweighs it we got an injured Saskatchewan Rough Rider here it's one of the old linemen I think it's possibly I'm hoping it's not Peter godber but it looks like it might I think that's who it might be and so Peter godber is going to come out which means Noah Zer who we haven't seen an action for an extended period is inserted in this lineup in a critical down you're at second and five you've got a potential probably what 44 yd field goal coming up Dave well and how about this Zack fry is likely going to move to Center yeah as he's taking the gloves off right now as the Riders approach the line or at least get ready to go to the Huddle and just when we talk about the saskat and Ru Riders finally Fielding the same offensive line for two weeks in a row we get one of them checking out hopefully he's okay and how is this an adjustment for the quarterback with the center mid drive this is so tough you know to come in as a center you have to make sure you get a snap five receivers set for Saskatchewan ryers Harris is back to pass second and long slings it completed to Myers he's got it to the 20 spins away from the first tackle inside the 20 yard line for a bendowski agency's first down Dante Myers is running this at about 10 yards he cuts back inside good man coverage but better job by Trevor Harris stepping up into the pocket doubles talk about your ability to move and adjust your Lodge points how it's just about buying time Trevor's not a guy who's maneuvering to try to run so he's moving around trying to buy some time and that gives his receiver that extra second to get open sorry go ahead Luke I was going to say that Trevor Harris talked this week about the chemistry he's built with Dante Myers by voice recording the plays that they go through in practice so that he can relive them after I'll get your thought in that Darion in a moment first is first and 10 inside the Windsor Plywood Red Zone handoff goes to Frankie Hixon doesn't find room tries to Bounce It Outside meets a man and then gets back to the line of scrimmage Well Done by Hixon but again trying to get on the same page with a young receiver is what Trevor Harris and Dante Myers have done together well the problem here for the Saskatchewan Rough Riders is you inserted nozer he's the newest guy and here Celesta Haba just does a good job absorbing his block extending him and then shedding him to get in on Frankie hickon about two yards behind the line of scrimmage it's hard for an offensive lineman to come off the bench cold and to come in a game against a warmed up defense and expect to get movement up front it's very hard second and 10 here right are you conservative what are you looking at here knowing that you can potentially take a field goal well you know you're in field goal range so you want to take care of the ball you have another three-man Rush here ball in the 18 to the bomber snap goes back to Harris he'll fire it touchdown Riders it's done t Myers first CFL touchdown on laor day great job by Trevor Harris again of just maneuvering in the pocket just enough to make sure he buys some time to get the receiver open sometimes you need to get to that second level of the defense so good job by Trevor of sitting there being patient and allowing his receiver to get behind the linebackers and this is Nick howlet again Nick howlet gets his eyes sucked inside and it pulls him away from Meyers coming over the top Trevor Harris shows Payton patience puts it on the money I think moving on uh you're going to see a little bit more manto man from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on second and long situations every second and long they've been in zone and Trevor Harris has just completely torched them well the other piece around this too is is is what do you talked about if you're a veteran group and you've got Nick howed out here who's already having a tough night yeah two touchdowns Brett lather puts the point after through the upright he's 27 of 2 7 on the season and the Riders have a 147 lead on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers with 1157 to go here in the second quarter we'll be back with more from Mosaic this is saskat and Ru Rider football on the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ru Rider radio network forget brainfreeze it's time to put the Chill on your 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first downs and Harris two a three for 36 yds your typical efficient Trevor Harris you know you're going to get a high completion percentage from him it's all about keeping keeping him upright making sure you you don't allow the defense to collapse and so for him to not take those hits yeah and you know what one of the things that's that's happened here that they have haven't been doing well is Success on those second and seven plus situations uh you mentioned it right the Winnipeg Blue Bombers might have to come out of what they're trying to do because again the Riders have struggled on second and long here they're making the Winnipeg Blue Bombers pay Brett lather on another Quality Tire kickoff gets this one up in the air it's an endover Ender that'll be taken by Lucky Whitehead at his 13 yd line he'll cut to the right then comes back to the left met by one man and then Thomas boudah gets down quickly wraps him up at the 28 and here comes Zach keros and the winter P Blue Bombers and you mentioned it pregame Luke Zach might throw 20 reception or interceptions but he'll be ready to throw the next it's not going to stop him it's not going to stop him doubles if you're throwing two or three in the game you're you're still firing right you have to you can't let that bother you we know Zach's the ultimate guns Slinger and uh he'll definitely bounce back so be prepared by the way Bon's going to get fined for wearing that it's one thing to wear the uh the extra layer of protection but they've got to be labeled for the team he's wearing an all black one oops yep way to go Mr Blackwell handoff goes to Brady Olivera by the bombers on first down he'll get a couple of yards of the Riders defensive line appears intact with both Malik Carney and Micah Johnson in on the play and the tackle and Micah Johnson's heading toward another Allstar nomination here here he's in the middle and just dominates the line of scrimmage it's so hard for a guy like Brady Ola to get going when the action's happening on your side of that line of scrimmage who are some of the better defensive tackles in your day well you have to think about uh Michael Johnson for sure Teddy laurant I mean across the league there were some great ones second and six for the bombers on their own 33 left hand hash Ryder Nation on their feet keros back to pass looks sees hits over the middle it's complete up to the 40 yd Line Drew alari going to bring it in and should have a first down right around the 40 yd line of winipeg yeah good job by Zach Karis of sitting in the pocket with pressure coming right in his face stepping up and hitting for a first down yeah you saw a stunt in the middle between the two tackles and scoo Carney with this inside move I I mean he's falling in love with that inside move we're seeing him use it a lot on the spin but credit to Kos he hung in there knowing he was going to get clocked 1028 to go in the second quarter ryers leading 14-7 it's first and 10 Winnipeg at their 41 yd line leftand hash five receivers set for keros three to the fly side of the field he's back to pass going to load it up near side for that's complete in front of Marcus sails on the rider side of center it's a first down at the saskat 54 Kenny Lawler you know they're going to look for him it's dempy first Lawler second Kenny Lawler he's a sure-handed guy he's Zach karis's favorite Target and uh you know he's going to look for him in every crucial situation 14 yards on the reception for Kenny Lawler his third of the afternoon for 25 yards thus far first and 10 for winipeg who are looking to respond to a score with his score at the Midfield strike four down lineman for the Riders on first down cero sends four receivers wide side fakes the handoffs rolls that way to the wide side looking for densky but he overthrows him incomplete W massive opportunity missed here by the bombers first of all they completely fool the Riders on the Run pass option look and then they've got dempy wide open in the flat he's going to convert this five yards into at least 15 if he catches that yeah sometimes the hardest throw to make is when a guy is wide open like that and uh you know Zack Clair's kicking himself right now now you got second and 10 for a team that's done well against you in this situation 927 in counting ball left hand hash three receivers go to the wide side for Zack Kos in second and long Wilson in motion pre- snap that's where keros looks now he's flushed scrambles ahead up to the rider 50 dances away from a tackle and he'll be close to the first down when he's finally brought down by Adam oair depending on the spot it could be a first down I love this this is one of the things that Zach Alero constantly reminds you of right yeah I can kill you with the arm I can kill you with the football IQ but don't leave me any room in the middle cuz I'm going to burn you with my legs as well and you can tell this is a big game for Zach because he usually doesn't take hits like that at going for a first down at least not this early right bber is going to go for it third down red angles gambles of course loose Creek Red Angus doubles I like your thought process you got to watch the pass here trer in under center for the bombers on Third and short he'll drive his legs and he'll get just enough across the Riders third 45 down to the 44 for a first down the bombers were number five in the league believe it or not with Chris drer on third Downs 25 of 29 conversions thus far this season You' think it'd be automatic yeah with a big quarterback like strev uh you think it'd be automatic but you have to give these defenses a lot of credit they know what's coming when he's in the game yeah and today we we've seen a few of these situations here it's just pad level's been the issue so far first and 10 for the bombers after the run by strer ball on the saskat and 44 four receivers wide side for keris on first down he's back to pass going to load it up has a man wide open it's dempy touchdown great job by Zack keris recognizing Zone you know it's Zone when you have four receivers to the field your weak side halfback stays in the boundary you know you have the the defense out number great job by zacka recognizing that finding a wide open Nick di yeah it's just a seam right up the hash and we talked about it in our pregame Dave is who is the guy here when things get tight Zach keros is always going to look for number 10 here he finds him and we're looking like we're about to get tied if they convert this extra point Zach keros 44 yd pass completion when it comes to big plays this year the winipeg Blue Bombers are tied for eigh in big plays offensively with 20 that would be their 21st of the season and with a point after attempt off the foot of Sergio Castillo gliding through the uprights we're tied at 14 with 731 to go here in the second quarter we'll be back with more this is the Labor Day Classic on the 620 CKRM Cooperators rep Rider radio network it's 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straight off the field went straight into the injury evaluation tent he's still sitting on the bench in there they have brought the tent back down but Peter's still sitting on there he had his uh right shoe off it is a lower body injury purly speculation that it could be his right ankle he did have his right shoe off but Peter godber doesn't look like he's going to be going in for uh anytime soon thanks so much bidy sideline reports for Richie Brothers call Richie brother auctioneers for all your buying and selling needs visit RB auction.com so the Riders find themselves down a point after the kickoff Rouge and if you're Jordan younger one of the things that you've done especially if you're looking a blitz is youve tried to figure out okay what applies the most pressure to that new offensive lineman in our scheme five receivers now six for Zack Kos as he's going to look deep has a man key and shaer Baker but he slowed up just a tad and couldn't catch up with Dietrich Nichols in Pursuit incomplete second down good job job by the rider defense of recogn I'm Sorry by the bomber defense of recognizing the fake uh screen play to the outside and and seeing the fade on sideline yeah Schaefer Baker just seemed like he was too far away from the sideline and he realized it and he made an effort to get closer to that sideline it just didn't happen in time and you're back into second and 10 looks like you'll probably see this three-man front again from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers indeed we do ball on the sascu and 40 right hand hash three receivers Far Side for Harris who's got time now he'll sling it out looking for Bane Jr but he was upended by Willie Jefferson and just couldn't get it into Bane J's hands it's incomplete a two and out for the Riders and here comes Adam corack in the punt team and that's the adjustment we talked about with the Winnipeg defense of getting Nick halat from back in the secondary moving him up closer to the line of scrimmage because he's been giving up some big plays so they moved him up where he's not a liability to the defense and again you've got a guy who seems to be fighting father time off quite well and Willie Jefferson recognizes the fact that Trevor Harris is going underneath plants that foot gets back in on him incomplete Adam corac with the fifth best punting average in the league gets this one off into the wind a spiraling backspin if you will it's taken by Lucky Whitehead at his 32 he'll run into a couple of riders across the 35 at the 37 brought down there and here comes Zach Kos and the offense after a seven-play 81 ydd Drive ended up in the end zone last time around during the return holding Winnipeg number 47 10yd penalty be a first down and speaking of that Dave we haven't seen one of those yet in the game I believe second one there was an offside earlier and I was thinking that too you always like to see those games that are played at a high level but you don't get the the referees don't have a massive impact on them especially early on you're getting here into the the phase of that second quarter where there's a little bit of a lull of the energy before that final 3 minutes and again I think that one of the things that the saskatch Rough Riders are probably thinking about how do we leverage the last the end of this second quarter because they haven't been good in those situations over the last couple weeks first and 10 for the bombers after the penalty they scrimmage at their 20 yd line first and 10 624 to go in the quarter bombers 15 Riders 14 handoff goes to Brady Oliva he'll Break Free up across the 25 call it the 26 for a gain of six second and four you know doubles I talked about that lull you get here and again you've got to do your best to keep your focus here haboc baldonado just loses that Focus he knows he's supposed to be inside on the Gap that he's Manning and he gets outside of that Gap and it's exactly where Brady Oliva goes you can't lose focus even in these lows second down in five not the nicest spot in the world for Ola who leads the league and rushing ball is at the 25 yd line of winipeg three receivers near side for keros who's back to pass going to look to load it up over the middle has a man and it's complete up near Midfield bringing it in is Kenny Lawler and Kos found his man and gets a big first down and out of the Shadows of his goal post yeah confusion there in the rider secondary you can see when Brady Olivera Went Out In Motion the Riders didn't know how to adjust to that look and Zack Karis made him pay with the wide open receiver one of the things Dave and I talk about all the time doubles is is how much of a difference in Playbook accessibility you have in those second and fives like truly as a quarterback second and seven plus versus second five how much of a difference is that huge your entire Playbook is open in a second and medium situation now BEC first and 10 they'll spot the ball just on Winnipeg's side of center with 458 to go before halftime Olivera gets the hand off but he's met in the backfield nice job by the Riders to get there in a hurry and wrap them up for little or no gain good job by the rider defensive line recognizing run pushing the the lineman back and then making the play for a short game and have a baldonado on that tackle yeah he while he makes up for the Mist AK he made earlier on in the drive by and and you see you've seen it happen a couple times where the Riders defensive front has been sucked down too fast and then have opened themselves up for that run pass and play action look there it didn't happen it was forced the hand off second down and nine is olera gets a yard on the carry ryers show four down lineman to the bombers five receiver set snap back to Kos he's back to pass Runs Out of Time as miles Brown was in his face and he'll throw it to the turf incomplete kicking situation coming up yeah miles Brown just takes advantage of the fact that LE doson and Chris col Kowski don't block them up in that three technique and he just walks through the guys it's because Liam Dobson's looking out to his left leaves miles Brown all alone hey that's a break for the defensive lineman you work so hard in there every once in a while it's nice to just get a free run and you wondered how the offensive line would adjust for the bombers this week right with a new left tackle in Kendall Randall hey doubles how's it feel to have a defensive line getting a free Rush the scariest sight ever kick by Shen is going to take a rider bounce goes off the hands of Alford it's down near the goal line the bombers recover it no and that's our guy there Nick cette he makes up for all of the touchdowns he gave up early in this first half by just hustling and making a big play for the bombers uh you hate to see a veteran like Mario Alford make a blunder like that well the kick goes up and it just bounces in front of Alford and it looks like a little bit of indecision if I think they caught him in one of those areas of of oh do I take this or do I not because of where the ball when it bounced was around the three so he was probably trying to figure out whether he should take this and it Carin off his hands and you're right doubles Nick howed who's had two touchdowns put on him this game great job flushing it and continuing to make play after play after play and you don't see that a lot right you usually get down in the dumps you give up a couple plays you start doubting yourself a little bit but with hustle as you can see you can make up for it well and the best part about that is then it gives you a lot more confidence going into the next defensive Series where you have been a little bit of a liability exactly and you can see his energy shift right now so Castillo on to try the point after early movement on the line no Flags though that I can see and the point after is good so Winnipeg extends their lead now well to 22 to 14 we've forced Zach keros into an interception and now we've got a turnover thanks to special teams you're looking at 1-1 in that category and again that was the big difference coming into the game with the Riders being plus 16 and Winnipeg being minus8 and we talked about it in pregame right in huge games like this big time atmospheres is going to come down to special teams and turnovers and um that was a huge one there we talk about the three keys to the game right the physical battle needs to be won first down success making sure we we keep all of it but you're right it's it's it's the other and that's what you talked about in the pregame Dave is this is a team that has yet to put together a three-phase effort we talked about that was what we wanted to see last week against Toronto knowing that the gravity of that game and here again you just unfortunately for the Riders you just can't see them getting in sync in all of those phases well stunned crowd dare I say at mosaic Stadium as all of a sudden the Riders are down by eight points with 341 to go before halftime but a kick off from Sergio Castillo will allow the Riders to get their hands back on the ball Mario Alfred gets it back right after the fumble and he'll carry it up to the 25 looks for a seam to the 30 and then he'll stumble his way to the 31 yd line and that's where the rider scrimmage first and 10 trying to answer a score with a score hey and guess what guess who that was making the tackle doubles Nick howlet Nick howlet here's a guy there there he is Flushing the situations not worrying about what happened and just continuing to play and play hard feel like Chris worth there now here's a guy that has had two touchdowns scored on him and has made two great plays on specials so Trevor Harris in the rider offense look to rebound first and 10 on their own 32 yd line right hand hash five receiver look for the Riders four down lineman for the bombers handoff goes to hickon he'll jumped cut his way out across the 35 yd line for a gain of three maybe four second down coming up yeah you see this the one difference between the Riders having success and this run here which is still three yards is the fact that when they're successful they're able to get those big linemen up to the second level on the linebackers here they were forced to keep the double team on the line of scrimmage and it allowed Tony Jones to step up on Mark to make the tackle short so Peter godur still on the sideline Zack fry in at Center Noah there is at the left guard position on this second down and seven play bombers load up the line but they'll drop back into coverage Harris throws it far side and that's incomplete looking for Samuel emis on that Far Side flat just beyond his reach it's incomplete and a two and out for the Riders yeah you can see the bombers once again going to a three down line in front on second and long good job out the corner here of Ford of just ignoring his receiver recognizing the play and coming down and making it tough on the receiver well now you're 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stringing him out and Thomas beroud finally spins him to the ground and here comes the bomber offense he's taking off the black beanie maybe someone told him that he was going to get fined hoping if he takes it off early everybody forgets that he's wearing it well it might be a situation where he only wears it he only liked wearing it on the kick cover team so that was when he had it on before so I'm not sure on Kick cover is like he was just he loved being a hammer and he needed that little extra layer you have to think about the wedge you know these guys going in and breaking down the wedge he needs a little extra protection for you having a defensive lineman Run free was your worst nightmare mine was being involved in the wedge as a fullback so Zach keros is 226 to work with scrimmaging first and 10 at his 29 yd line he'll put the ball down on the right hand hash tight end formation the handoff goes to Nick dky trying to get outside gets by Malik Carney going to be pushed out of bounds to the bomber bench up near the 35 yd line call it a gain of six second and four this is where you see a guy like dempy you can be creative because he's so good in all faucets of the game yeah I call him the ultimate Swiss army knife even when I played with him as a rookie this is a guy who could do it all return receive and be a running back so uh you have to watch out for dimy he's been a little bit of the deshun Jackson of the CFL his whole career it was incredibly efficient nine-year Pro of course spent the first three seasons here in Saskatchewan before the next six including this one with Winnipeg second and four for the bombers fall on their 35 yd Line 220 in counting handoff to Oliva finds a hole patiently looking for it and gets across the 40 before Malik Carney brings him down to the 42 a g of seven and a first down and again you got to play on the other side of the line of scrimmage when the bombers are running the football because Brady oler once he gets those legs moving and going north south he's as good as guys like Joffrey Reynolds guys like John Cornish um those power backs Jerome messum is a guy that that comes to mind running between the tackles they're like stopping a freight train with your face first and 10 for the bombers after the run 203 to go before halftime three receivers to this near side and a five receiver package for keros who's back to pass looks over the middle finds his man but it skips off his arms and incomplete second down coming up as W Atari couldn't squeeze it okay so doubles there's 153 left on the clock you're in second and 10 and you're in your end you're end of the field what's Zach Caro's thinking right now I think he's thinking just completion you want to take something underneath you don't want to force the ball into coverage because you're so late in the second quarter and put the riders in scoring position so I think you'll see a safe conservative play here by the bombers and with 153 you're not in a rush yet though right right right there's plenty of time second and 10 bombers with the wind at their back here in the second quarter ceros walks to the line sizing it up Olivera the loone back in the back field three receivers to the near side on second and 10 snaps back clean Kos back to pass looks over the middle finds W lari he's got it and it'll be close to a first down before he's brought down by Adam oir and what you see here by the bombers is the exact same play a lot of times that gets underestimated because coaches like to go down the entire Playbook but great job by Buck Pierce and the staff of calling the exact same play and recognizing the rider defense so do you just walk into the Huddle and say same thing guys break same play Same play Let's go so now and I imagine cuz you guys talk a lot a lot more pre- snap than the defense does are your receivers coming back into the Huddle saying hey hey we need to call this again because I'm open on this exactly and and we reset the game game clock to 149 pleased and buck Pierce sees the exact same thing right he notices the coverage he was a quarterback himself one of the smartest quarterbacks to to ever play the game in my opinion and he recognized the coverage and he knew that he get something similar the very next snap and 143 there's still plenty of time here to creat your a scoring opportunity as this half closes out first and 10 for the bombers ball is at their 53 keros in the gun Riders run four keros loads it up looks Far Side for Wilson he's got it down inside the 35 to the 33 yd line a big catch for the winipeg blue bomber receivers and you're seeing Zach ceros in his prime essentially understands fourman Rush he's about to take a massive hit from Micah Johnson puts it right on the money and you can see Kenny law there look this was what what makes you a great receiver when you can take the top off of coverage and get other people open because you know that you'll draw the most attention yeah and Ontario Wilson has been taken advantage of the attention shown to Carrie Lawler because he's he's having a heck of a season 691 yards 46 catches two tugs first and 10 for the bombers who are Marching late in the first half they've got it on this scans in 33 yd line right hand hash Riders show Blitz From The Far Side they'll bring it keros saludes it he's going to load it up looking Far Side balls up and it's incomplete but we got a flag down to the play as Deontay Williams was mixed up with Kenny Lawler and the flag comes out in the end zone and you have two flags here on the play one in the back Field behind beside the quarterback and one down in the end zone yeah and generally where you see the location of these flags they're both against the defense and Kos is down on a knee Lots going on here as have two penalties on the play pass near Fury saskat number 24 ball was in the end zone the ball will be placed at the one yd line we also had a major foul roughing the passer Su scan number 90 B plac at the one yd line first down you know this is where we talk about the experience of Cory mace right and the inability to to really get his team to close out these halves we talked about this drive opening up at 247 now you got the Winnipeg Blue Bombers who've been in the last four gray cups right sort of walking down field they get Kos a break here probably because of the location of the ball in the field he's still down hopefully for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers that's not something that's going to be an extended situation for them yeah you hate to see this for Zach he's been taking some big shots throughout this season more than he's probably ever have in his career and uh you just hate to see that for a guy like Zach especially the game he's been having I mean he's been lights out using his legs making great decisions throwing the ball with accuracy well opaki statline on him Luke 12 of of 18 218 yds a touchdown and an interception and the fans are reacting to the pass interference call Cory mace is out onto the field and I'm not sure if he's thrown his challenge flag or not as the officials are coming over to confer with him the conversation might be one I'll tell you what you waited too long to throw it yeah this is this is just a conversation you know to plant that seed in the ref's mind for the fourth quarter right you probably are not going to throw the challenge flag here because you've already got word from the booth that there was a pass interference but this is just a talk to let the refs know look in the fourth quarter you got to let us play a little bit so Chris strer will come on in place of the injured Zack Claris injury breaks brought to you by work safe Su scat one but for right now it's the rider defense who are so good on the goal line last week can they equalize it this week no nope you're right Chris strer is going to go ahead and put the ball across the line and the bombers have taken a two-score lead again key number one you got to win the physical battle the pad levels have been too high in these short yarded situations Chris kenowski and Eli soou who by the way was inserted into this lineup because of the continued trouble they're having on their offensive front with the injuries they just I mean they're just pushing guys out of the way off the line worst feeling when you're a defensive lineman is getting knocked back like that knowing that you're going to have to watch that on film in front of the whole team yeah it's all about pad level when it comes to the trenches when you're dealing with your big hoggies up front in the Big D lineman it's all about low man wins and uh it looks like the Winnipeg Blue bomber offensive line is taking advantage of that well here's the other thing doubles I mean it's 2814 right in your in your mind you maybe do you as a coach I mean I always approach this as an aggressive situation like look we got 1 minute and 16 seconds to score but again you know the struggles of this team to close out these halves I'm not sure that they approach it like that I think with a veteran guy like Trevor Harris you put your trust in him you really need a score here because uh it's it's an important part you don't want to go into the half down two scores in such a big game so even if it's a field goal drive here you want to be aggressive and trust your veteran quarterback in these situations well 76 seconds to go before we get to halftime and like you say gentlemen the approach is going to be interesting as Mario Alford and Thomas bral oudah will go back to set to return this kick off the foot of Sergio Castillo and if you go back a week right this is no penalty time right because you can get yourself in a lot of trouble with a penalty with you know the bomber kicker can put it into the end zone which he's already done once on a kickoff so Castillo marks off his approach the ball down on the 30 as we're now into the Shadows here at mosaic Stadium on Labor Day none of the trainers are near Zack keros anymore so might be a good sign for the bombers end overend kick from Castillo taken by Mario Alford back at his two- yd line he gets up to the 15 looking for a seam makes a man missed and caught from behind up at the 19 yd line no more and here comes Trevor Harris in the offense with Peter godber who's gone to the locker room ah the kick cover units great job here by Winnipeg doubles you're the quarterback you got 108 like you said you need to score what do you what are you telling your offense well you were hoping for a good kick return in a situation like this but now that you're backed up you may want to be a little bit more conservative because the last thing you want to do here is force a throw and give Winnipeg the ball back with a chance to score before the half and Dave you and I have seen this situation before where it's like a little bit of an experiment on this first down hey if we get a big gain we'll go for it but if we don't let's just run the clock all right now Frankie Hixon is the lone back in the backfield extra bodies in on the offensive line for the Riders who go upright we're going to a timeout from the Blue Bombers time out Winnipeg Michael Shay did not like how that was shaping up so oh I thought he was just trying to ice our quarterback that's a thing is it Labor Day yeah maybe I love I love Michael Shay he's just such a chess player when it comes to this game he recognizes when things aren't right makes a smart timeout before you put your team In Harm's Way hey you guys both worked with Richie Hall now of course Jordan younger is the defensive coordinator but a heavy influence I would suggest still from Richie Hall do you see those Tendencies absolutely this is a Richie Halls Defense it has its imprint all over it you can see across the field every set that this defensive end that Richie's behind it so play gets whistled in Harris is in the gun with Frankie Hixon to his left Harris looks near side for Dante Meyers he's going to try to make a man miss can't do so nice job as he's wrapped up by Terrell bonds but not before a bendowski agency's first down at the 31 and the thing about the Winnipeg defense here is all of their energy on this tackle went towards keeping him in bounds they did not want to let Dante Myers get near that sideline and they wanted to keep the clock going it is now under a minute with Harris back to pass on first down going to look Far Side that's swung out to Hicks and he's got it 35 up to the 40 so a gain of nearly eight yards for Frankie hickon on first down sense of urgency time right get these guys to the line get the play called Doubles how do you look at this two two quick first downs by Trevor Harris and the Rough Riders now you're putting yourself in situation where you can push the ball down the field a little bit 50 seconds to go before half Riders down by 15 handoff goes to Hixon he goes to the left Cuts back to the right gets up to the 45 and that will be for a first down Saskatchewan with 43 seconds to go in the second quarter so we're moving the ball here we're in almost in field goal range there's plenty of time on the clock we don't need a touchdown so uh let's see what happens and defensively Winnipeg is just saying hey it's cool you can have these little Dink and dunks but you're not getting in the end zone now here comes the blitz with Adam big hill looking near side Harris going to sprint out Far Side pu tucks the ball takes it to the 50 reaches out towards the Midfield stripe he'll be close to a first down good job by Trevor Harris of recognizing that there's nothing downfield pulls the ball down and uh gets a good gain of eight yards well doubles you talked about Rie Hall still having his imprint on this defense and for me that is exactly what we saw there all of our defensive backs on the Winnipeg Blue bomber side just making sure nobody gets beat behind them yep that's what it's all about eight- yd carry for Trevor Harris it's second and two for the Riders he did get out of bounds to stop the clock with 31 seconds to go in the second quarter Riders Trail 29 to 14 five receivers set for Saskatchewan Man in Motion to the the near side of the formation is Shawn ban Jr hand off goes to Frankie Hixon he's going to get to the Midfield stripe should have a first down pending the spot see now doubles knowing I'm going for it on third down here I don't like that call I don't like that call whatsoever you waste so much time by running the ball you know you're going to go for it on third down regardless so you should push the ball in that situation so 26 seconds and holding until the sticks get set first and 10 Catan at the Midfield stripe Parris in the gun left hand hash drops back to pass looking can't find anyone to the left now he's going to be wrapped up down low as getting home quickly with Jamal Woods for his second sack of the season for the bombers and you've got Zack fry playing Center in place of Peter godber this is as good as it gets in terms of a three-man rush you talked about it Woods Push Pull extends Zack fry and then pulls him forward gets off the block able to bring Trevor Harris down and now all the cards on the Winnipeg Blue bomber side their DBS are playing at the sticks last play perhaps of the opening half as a pass is incomplete to emilis he started running before he caught it and it bounces off his hands and with 6 seconds to go in the second quarter it's third down Saskatchewan and honestly I believe that's a smart play by Ulus I know he didn't mean to drop the ball but in that situation there's no need to take a hit there you know you're not going to get the first down 6 seconds to the half so uh protect yourself in those situations and we have to regroup at halftime So Adam corack will come on to punt we haven't seen lucky Whitehead the last two returns of course return yardage this year brought to you by eessa and Suns so once again back to return is Evan Holm 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think he could come back into the game yeah as soon as he uh had that injury he went right into the injury evaluation tent Justin and uh he took off his right shoe so it's his speculation that it would be his right ankle but he did take off his right shoe and on the sideline when the tent came down he remained sitting on the trainer's table and he was just rotating his right ankle so I mean it looked very much like it was his right ankle he then walked off the field went to the dressing room with about 3 or 4 minutes left and you could arguably say that Peter godber has been their most consistent if not their best offensive lineman this year the Riders have had a lot of offensive line injuries so far this year it's a tough one to see Peter godber go down Trevor Harris came up to him RightWay of course you know the relationship between a quarterback and a center is a is a very important one right he's the guy that gets you the ball and Harris came up to him and Peter just kind of shook his head almost like apologetically said you know I I can't go so that's the first half who knows what happens in the second half but it'd be great to see him back it just didn't look very good when he limped off and went into the locker room what was your sense Derek of the mood around the team going into half time down 15 points was there yelling and screaming going on finger pointing were the guys upbeat how did you feel you know what I think they just got to pick their chins up you know after that Mario Alford uh blunder if you will where he touched the ball and then Winnipeg of course jumped on it in the end zone that special teams turn over for a touchdown I think there were kind of in a little bit of shock really and then you know it just kind of snowballed from there so they got to go in halftime they got to reset they got to pick their chins back up the veterans got to say what they need to say Cory Mason needs to say what he needs to say and they got to come back rejuvenated and fired up like it did like they did at the start of the game when they come out in the second half because as you said they're down 15 they got to get a score right away they can't be moping around and feeling sorry for themselves because they're down by 15 and they got to get a score right away the defense has been giving up some big plays through the air specifically that Nick dempy touchdown that was essentially right down the middle of field coverage bust there what have you heard defensively on the sideline uh well the leaders are trying to speak up michah Johnson and uh you know some of the other guys are trying to get guys refocused but yeah you mentioned right through the middle that's where they seem to be uh the bombers seem to have found a weakness in the Riders defense something they'll have to also Shore up or address obviously at halftime if they're going to come back and and eliminate that 15o deficit and hopefully Come Away with a win in the end but yeah they need to come out strong right away in the third quarter what's it like for you to be down on the sideline hearing this atmosphere it could be could be I stress we'll get the official number here I think in the second half but the largest crowd ever at new Mosaic Stadium can you sense the energy in the building you know the energy it was it was palpable I talked to Brady Olivera before the start of this game running back of course for the wieg Blue Bombers and he said the energy the atmosphere it's palpable it's a real thing like you can sense it it's a real thing you feel it and we sure felt it uh at the start of this one with uh This Crowd this big crowd uh being energetic and uh you felt that energy all throughout the stadium like I said the Riders and the fans need to uh mesh again like they did at the start of the game maybe the fans can help them because they need that energy they need that boost right at the start of the third quarter if they're going to come back from 15 points down I 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out without pads and helmet here to start this second half yeah you're seeing strer warm up right now and the other interesting guy warming up is Terry Wilson I know they like him in Winnipeg he's done a lot of good things apparently and they feel like he might have a chance to get himself in the conversation about the future but when you look at Chris strer doubles the way I see it is when we were playing Montreal at the height of their power and Montreal lost AC when Peterson went in um it was a it was a completely different Outlook defensively we got a lot more confident but how are you coming into this as strer now well the first thing you want to do is make strer be accurate uh he's not known to be a very accurate quarterback so you want to tighten up the coverage a little bit you definitely have to play him a little bit differently than you play Zach and make strer beat you with his arm don't let them run around the pocket and as a defensive lineman now I'm thinking things like RPO quarterback draws right so now my pass rush lanes and things like that become even more important the Quality Tire kickoff is taken by Mario Alford to start the second half he'll Scamp Ro to bounds up around the 40 yd line of the Rough Riders who will have the wi at their back here to start the third quarter after deferring the opening kickoff a return of 20 during the return Here Comes Trevor Harris saskat number 31 10yd penalty first down Trevor Harris and the offense will start in a hole after the penalty you know it's interesting when we got off er doubles you talked about wanting to run the football more I look at it from the point of the defense of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers one of the things I'm saying literally is like guys we know that they need to get the ball going on the ground but more importantly let's make sure they're not able to get to the sidelines quick either cuz that's how they're going to free us up on the run so after the penalty the ball gets spotted on the santu 20 yd line on the left hand hash Trevor Harris is 10 of 20 for 125 yards passing in the opening half two touchdowns but is also the team's leading rusher but that'll change here as the ball goes to Frankie hickon who gets up near the 25 yd line gain of almost five it'll be second and medium for the Riders and that's what you want to see to start the half establish the Run game establish your physicality up front because that's something that you didn't show in the first half yeah and when you talk about physicality it's nice to see your your main receivers K and Schaefer Baker in this instance locking up the end man on the line of scrimmage and enabling Frankie Hixon to make the cut to the outside to get a little bit more than two you get five and now like you said the whole playbooks at your disposal and try as hard as Peter godber did he is not in the game it's Zack fryatt Center on second and five for the Riders Harris looks to throw far side that is complete he's got a man cutting across the near side up to the 35 to the 40 still on his feet 45 forced out of Bounds at the 50 yd line ke and schaer Baker biggest Yak yard play of this day for the Rough Riders great job by Trevor Harris of recognizing the coverage seeing you have another three-man front by Winnipeg on second down great drve by Trevor recognizing the underneath coverage it's a big first down run for bendowski agencies Cooperators bendowski Insurance and financial services your first choice for [Applause] insurance so first and 10 the Riders set up on their own 52 yd line after the KY and Schaefer Baker reception for 27 yds 22 of which were Yak yards for yac auctions Harris fakes a handoff now slings it to K or to Kean Johnson pardon me he'll dive ahead finally going to be wrapped up but they'll call him down at the bomber 45 yd line first down Riders and there you have it when you establish the run early in a drive you have play action here you get your linebackers to step up and there's the slant right behind Adam big hill yeah and that's the nice thing you're talking about is you're able to confidently throw that knowing that those linebackers are sucked up here Trevor Harris does a great job of getting the ball out and you're right those linebackers just can't recover because they were thinking run so another first down for the Riders who are Marching here on their initial Drive of the third quarter they Trail by 15 points though 1254 to go in the third quarter lots of pre- snap movement Harris is going to get sacked by Willie Jefferson as the snack from or pardon me the snap from Zack fry was low Harris couldn't hold on to it and it n negates the play pardon me well what happened here is Willie Jefferson's on the right side of the line we leave him alone The Tackle over top of him goes down and what we want to do is we want to bring Trayvon Tate as a puller back he's the right tackle and we want to get him to seal Jefferson off but he hesitates and when he stops Jefferson notices it gets up the field and gets to Trevor Harris now you're in a tough second and 12 situation ball in the left hand hash for Harris who's in the gun five receivers set three of which are to the near side side of the formation Hickson alone back in the back field three down lineman for the bombers Adam big hill steps towards the line he'll back out Harris is going to pull it down looking for some help can't find it and he'll throw it down onto the carpet incomplete intended for kesan Johnson well that's a great job here by the Winnipeg linebackers they're in coverage and as soon as Harris starts approaching that line of scrimmage your first in your initial reaction is go get him but they hesitate just a little bit to make sure that that's what he wants to do is get out of that pocket and when he does you see an explosion reaction and they're able to get Trevor Harris to get rid of the ball and Brett L and to nobody pardon me Brett lther coming on to attempt a 55 yd field goal winded his back 29 of 39 of the Season his previous long 49 wow good snap clean hold lther steps into it it's up you go and it's good Brett lther with a Reliance Heath water heater Ral field goal from 55 yds to cut into the lead Reliance Heath water heater rental serving Southern Saskatchewan for over 50 years with short-term flexible contracts call 522 5866 and with 1146 to go in the third quarter it's Winnipeg 29 sasat 17 this is Saskatchewan Ru Rider football on the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ru Rider radio network hey it's Trevor Harris from your saskatch one Ru Riders you know what I love as much as throwing touchdowns driving a great truck from Capital GMC they have a huge inventory of trucks SUVs luxury cars and more you'll find something that suits your style and budget they're also big supporters of the Riders and our communities so whether you're a DieHard Riders fan or just looking for a great deal check out Capital GMC today they'll make you feel like an MVP Capital 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just working with a teammate here to see if he can put any pressure on that right angle ankle uh his right ankle is heavily taped it's just known as a lower body injury but his right ankle is heavily taped and before he went in uh in the in the first half he did have his right shoe off so it appears to be his right ankle Peter gur still a question mark he's trying thanks guys and of course your injury updates brought to you by work safe Saskatchewan first and 10 Chris strer into the game for the bombers at quarterback going to hand it off to Johnson he'll try to elude the pressure in the back field can't get away as he's caught from behind by CJ revas it's second and long we talked about guys playing at an All-Star level CJ Rivas right recognizes the formation sees the receiver on the other side coming from left to right this is smart approach by Winnipeg and my mind doubles get the ball out of strug's hands and into the hands of your playmakers that time it didn't work for them exactly good job by the rider defense is CJ Rivas of keeping his outside on free and making sure that nothing got outside of his reach strer compl completed 58.7% of his passes thus far this season it's second in Long now for the bomber offense deep in their territory back to pass strer can't get it away as Malik Carney was there and strer had to sidearm it and it bounces off the turf incomplete well and there's Chris strer for you right you know that he's such a physical threat especially with his legs but again it's that Adrien mcferson thing in Montreal right doubles you know that when he came in the game the pass wasn't going to be much of an advantage for the aletes in their Prime and it's the same thing here in my opinion with strer in the game for Winn yeah good job by by coach Mace of switching up the defense and getting a little bit more aggressive knowing that you can put pressure on strer and make him throw the ball Jameson Shen on to punt for the bombers standing at his 25 yd Line This kick a high spiral Mario Alford a little late getting to it he does and he'll run right into the arms of the tackler up around the 35 yd line and that's where the Riders will go to work on offense when we come back 1037 to go in the third quarter winipeg in front of Saskatchewan 2917 this is Saskatchewan R Rider football on the 620 CKRM Cooperators rep Rider radio network when the growing season is limited you need the right equipment at the right price Redhead Equipment is your go-to for premium used equipment including certified pre-owned kih egg units with 10 locations in Saskatchewan we can find you the right unit to get the job done plus you'll get peace of mind with a 12-month powertrain protection plan you can also count on our kih Factory trained technicians to keep you up and running visit redhead equipment.com making track since 1948 football fans score $200 in free plays with play now.com green2 200 play now.com is fully operated by sea and whether you're a new 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there any discussions that take place of course I mean you all recognize what's going on and you want to make sure that you put the pressure on the Winnipeg offense to make a play so first and 10 for the Riders they'll scrimmage at their 35 yd line after the eass and Suns FR return by Mario Alford handoff fake to hickon then they'll dump it off Far Side ball comes out but the Riders are able to fall on it as a heavy hit was levied on the receiver for the Riders but Johnny on the spot was Frankie Hixon after Shawn Bane Jr had it bounce off his arms after the reception I've always liked Brandon Alexander man he is such a hard-hitting safety and here lays the lumber on emilis who b or sorry on Shawn Bane Jr wow that's what we call in the game of Madden a hit stick Riders though come out of this in second and one because they recovered the fumble yeah Shay Patterson comes into the game for the first time today on a short yardage opportunity from his own 44 yard line bombers try to go low Patterson goes high but we have the first down across the 45 near the 47 yd line hey doubles I'll tell you what man I I've gotten to know sha Shay Patterson a little bit you'd love that kid that kid reminds me of a young you yeah when I watch him play man he he shows the toughness the grit the fight everything you want to see in a a future quarterback but more importantly man he does the work guy's the first one in the building right he's constantly pouring over his film I got a lot I admire the kid first and 10 for the Riders after the Shay Patterson run 910 to go here in the third quarter extra bodies on the o line for the Riders as Harris drops back to pass he'll be flushed from the pocket going to pull it down going to go first run he'll go down around the Midfield stripe and then he gets tackled well after he was down and had given himself up and a late flag comes in from Tom bessi well first of all the entire 33,000 fan base here watching the game holds its breath every time Harris runs with the football major foul roughing the passer wiip back number 45 15yd penalty automatic first down and I also feel like WI a pick gets cheated here I mean you're just looking at a a defensive lineman making an effort to make a tackle and he does his job and he and I think the crowd talks him into talks the ref into the penalty yeah there was nothing really malaci there just a great Hustle by Winnipeg and uh you know too bad celestian Hab first and 10 for the Riders at the bomber 40 yd line 853 to go here in the third quarter they Trail do the Riders by 12 points it's 297 Winnipeg ball on the bomber 40 right hand hash three receivers far side and a five receiver set for Zack keros five down lineman for the bombers who'll Bring It On The Far Side Harris is flushed that way but he'll Sling It Out complete across the 20 35 down to the 32 yd line nice reception there for the Riders as Harris had to scramble but then was able to find Samuel emis for close to a first down Adam big hill looks like he's supposed to be in this region where the ball eventually goes I think his eyes got sucked up into The Tackle Box there and Trevor Harris finds emis in behind him call it a gain of8 and A2 yards so second and a long one here for the Riders at the bomber 31 yd line Patterson into the game once again he's got company in the back field but they'll Sprint out towards the line now it's an empty set for Patterson he's going to go for a run to his right he's got some room gets across the 30 is caught from behind but not before he gets a first down for the Riders as he was tracked down by Tony Jones yeah you you can see the switch up there by Mark Mueller on second and short uh putting a lot of guys in motion and Shay Patterson does a good job of getting the first down and finding a little Slither there for the first down and unfortunately we've got another man down for the Riders and it's Zack fry oh no so Zack fry is now Hurt No oer already in the game so Miles brown or Micah Johnson or Micah Johnson is about to become an offensive lineman you know we talk about those small rosters right doubles in in the CFL you got the 40 two-man rosters yeah and there you see michah Johnson who has switched his jersey he's now wearing the number 57 running onto the field and uh you know believe it or not I think he will probably Excel because he's a tough guy yeah no and uh you know he has fight and that's what you need as a guard well the other piece of this too is is now that you're seeing the injury to nozer Peter godber is now putting a lot more pressure on himself to get back into this game and you saw you saw the the effects of godber going down on that previous possession with the snap uh on First and 10 being in the dirt and going on the ground and putting us in a second and 16 situation so how many how many times in your career did you have to go to the defensive line/ o lineman I don't remember a lot yeah I I don't think I can recall ever a time when uh you know we had to get a defensive lineman coming in for significant playing time always on the goal line but never in uh you know an infield situation well and here comes Peter godber checking into the game so he he's rolling back out there I mean football's about toughness right we just going to try to tough this out at the center position as you know as defensive lineman Dave we always act like we're we're set we can play online in practice you know we act like we can kick set and and P we can't do any of that it's we might be able to run block but that's about it Mike told me that when he went in for a couple of plays a couple of games ago he said you know what the guy beside me was just telling me what to do he said godber told me where to go I didn't know I hope for the best you have to worry about the Playbook here right with Michael Johnson in he doesn't know a lot of the calls I'm sure he gets very limited meeting time so uh interesting to see how the offense looks here first and 10 for the Riders after all of this on the bomber 29 yd line Harris hands it off to hickon and he'll get down inside the 25 yd Line running behind the makeshift offensive line for a good gain on first down well first of all Mikel Johnson goes out there and looks like an all Canadian at Right Guard and the other piece of this is Logan furland bumps down to Center and he does a great job chipping and getting to the second level where go is their linebacker and that's the reason why hixon's able to get to the center second level and get about what they give him right there it looks like they gave him six the clock is is the play clock and is all messed up between the sticks and the down marker we got her second and five up here 24 of the bombers Harris in the gun fakes the hand off looking near side can't find anyone now he'll dump it off off underneath the hickon makes the first man miss Dives ahead first down for the Riders I'll tell you what Micah Johnson gets his first pass Pro look and he does a pretty decent job here teaming up with Logan furland making sure that nothing really seeps in in front of Harris good job navigating a little bit of pressure there by Trevor and finding Frankie Hixon and like I said if there's a guy that can step in on the offensive line without playing offense and and make an impact is Michael Johnson yeah cuz at the end at the end of the day football is based on on violence one to one man on man violence if you'd have told me in the Labor Day classic Micah Johnson was vying for the offensive game Star I might have called you on it 554 to go hand off to Frankie Hixon on first down for the Riders In The Windsor Plywood Red Zone he's wrapped up immediately dropped after a gain of maybe a couple I'll tell you what Jake Thomas number 95 for the winipeg Blue Bombers doesn't give two Hoots about us praising Mich Johnson for his ability to switch sides because here he manages to get inside of Micah Johnson to the outside of Logan furl in the center to get Frankie hickon behind the line of scrimmage Jake Thomas has done this for such a long time really one of those underrated guys in the league he absolutely to vet who seems to not be losing a step at all second down and nine as they'll give Hixon a yard on that carry ball in the 16 to the bombers Harris in the gun three receivers near side Harris pumps once throws it up to the goal line incomplete in and out of the arms of Samuel emilis who went up to try to get it but he couldn't squeeze it in tight coverage and it'll be third down yeah these are the type of plays you would like to see Samuel EMES make uh you look at him and you refer to him as a elite receiver in the league and this is what you want to see from one of your top receivers you have to come down with this catch good throw by Trevor Harris you can tell he's he's thinking about that goal post that he he's leaping up against but you're right he's good at here's the thing about emilis the reason you say it doubles is cuz he's capable of making the play it'd be a different thing if he was just another guy out there but when you got your Elite guys you need them to make that play So the Riders will have to settle for a 25 yd field goal attempt as the snap is back lther puts it up and through in Reliance Heath water heater rentals bring you another field goal and that cuts into the lead now 29- 20 with 452 to go in the third quarter we'll take a timeout and come back with more this is saskat Ru Rider football the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ru Rider radio networ work the Saskatchewan cancer agency invites you to join Healthy Future Sask Saskatchewan's largest health research project if you're between 30 and 74 you can help us uncover the causes of cancer and chronic diseases we're recruiting saskin residents to complete a health and lifestyle questionnaire with an optional visit to our study center your participation can have a lasting impact on tomorrow's health for more information sign up 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break doubles and I were talking mic Johnson's not playing on the offensive line it's definitely takes away from the defensive front Caleb Saunders is going to be asked to share the load a lot more than he's used to well Chris ster into the game for the bombers we without Zach keros Riders bring the heat Malik Carney gets there but the dump off underneath complete to demsky he'll be forced out of bounds by Deontay Williams up around the 50 of saskat which should be good for a first down and you can see the defensive line and the linebackers now they're starting to attack that line of scrimmage they're okay with strer throwing the ball that's one of those things it may have been a disconcerting play to the fans but as a defensive player you're like you're not going to be able to do that all game right exactly you have to tighten the coverage make a guy who's known to not be so accurate beat you with his accuracy so first and 10 for the Bobbers at their 50 yd line 409 to go in the third quarter Winnipeg leading 2920 a little mistiming with a handoff to Brady alera but he makes the most of it gets across midfield for a gain of almost seven and there you see coach mace again with the Blitz from the outside you can see that he's a lot more aggressive against Chris strer than he was with Zack Caris and understandably so even in these second and four situations right you you'd probably want to load that line up it's going to be interesting to see what they call in here but here's the other thing too on second and four Winnipeg's got access to Brady olera sters in the gun second and medium for the bombers crowd comes to life hand off to olera he'll meet the riders in the hole up at the 50 but it'll be close to another bomber first down unfortunately the saskat ru Rider defensive front they get a little bit too aggressive and they stunt down hard inside side and olera sees it cuts outside immediately and gets that first down and this what we talked about with Michael Johnson being you know having to fill in on the offensive side of the ball you're now missing that toughness that strength on your defensive front that can slow down that Winnipeg Blue bomber Run game you don't have anybody else playing on the other side of the line of scrimmage you don't have the league leader in sacks on your defensive line so first and 10 for the bombers Chris strer and the offense in the middle of the field ball on the sasano and 50 244 and counting to go in the third quarter two receivers near side hand it off to Olivera looking for a hole he'll get up near the 45 yard line drag the pile a yard or two beyond that but a second and medium situation coming up again for the bombers who are content to hand the ball to Brady Olivera well the one thing that you can't do as a defensive lineman is wait on an offensive lineman to approach you in the run and that's exactly what Brian Cox Jr does here he's got number 65 in front of him and sorry number 69 and he just sort of Waits on Kendall Randolph to attack him and because you waited you're giving Brady olivea a chance to get his big body moving North South gain of five for Olivera on first down it's second and five extra bodies in on the offensive line strer trying to get the snap back and get his offense set I would expect another run here being that Michael Johnson's not in the game and they're going to fake the hand off and strer is going to try to get to the outside it's a race with Roland Milligan J who gets there and knock him out of bounds after a gain of maybe a yard third down coming up bombers Roland Milligan Agent Zero one of the best pound-for-pound players in this league this is a great reaction by the entire unit for the Saskatchewan Rough Riders they knew the Run was coming in some way shape or form and as soon as Chris strer declared himself as the primary Ball Carrier everybody just Sprints to the sideline it's great tackling angles and it's forcing the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to keep this field goal attempt at 52 yards Sergio Castillo good on 34 of 41 his long is a 60 on the season he's done it twice this time from the left hand hash crowd comes to life for Castillo it could be trouble if he misses with Mario Alfred back there Castillo clean snap kick is up and he puts it through the uprights to extend Winnipeg's lead to 12 points to make it 32 to 20 as he's good from 52 yds with a minute 30 to go here in the third quarter back with more from Mosaic Stadium this is saskat and Ru Rider football in the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ru Rider radio network at Redhead Equipment we want to help you find the perfect trailer to get the job done regardless of the application that's why we offer a handpicked selection of new and used trailers from some of the most trusted brands in the industry including bws Trail King Newar Decap G core and side umper from equipment to grain trailers belly and end dumps to lightweight aluminum options will help you haul more faster visit redhead equipment.com 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make saskatch and workplaces the safest in Canada so 90 seconds to go of the third quarter well this this quarter is flying by too right Dave and you're still down 12 I mean it feels like this is a must- score situation here for the Riders whether it's a field goal or a touchdown you need points Trevor Harris and the offense will try to do just that starting at their 40 yd line four down lineman for the bombers on first down ryers sent four receivers to The Far Side of the formation fak a hand off and now they'll Sling It Up Far Side that way it's complete nice job to come up with I believe that's Shawn Bane Jr and he'll just dive ahead near the 42 yd line and that's emils pardon me so it'll be second down and medium for the Riders yeah a little RPO right there by the Riders good job by Trevor Harris of getting the ball outside and um you know getting some positive yards I've always felt with an RB RPO with a guy like Trevor Harris you're not going to convince the defensive front you know what I mean like yeah they're they're not really looking at Trevor as a threat to run well Opa suaki statistical anomaly Trevor Harris was our leading rusher in the first half surprise second down and eight for the Riders ball in the 42 yd line Harris in the gun he's back to pass looks over the middle that ball is in and out of the arms of the receiver tried to find Ken schaer Baker coming across the middle and Schaefer Baker had it for a second but it pops out on contact incomplete big hit by Evan Holm coming down from his halfback position Richie Hall is known for playing quarters coverage with guys sitting back and and being ready to attack on in-breaking routes this is the problem though doubles and we've seen this sporadically this year is dropped balls on plays that you got to to make and K ksb I mean this is a perfect throw from Trevor Harris in this situation and you can't drop the ball when you're one of their Premier Playmakers lucky wet head back into the ball game is Adam corack going to Boom a punt back inside the nine yd line of the bombers some room to run for Whitehead who steps Out of Bounds at the 25 not seeing much of a running Lane there and with 20 seconds to go that's where the bombers will start their next Drive well you know what if I don't know how you feel about this doubles but if I'm if I'm um Pierce I got to think that you look at something like you know a quarterback option like maybe you make Chris Trevy your primary running back right in certain plays because the defense is going to be keying on olivea but do you go to strer as your Premier Runner I think you you have to do a mix of things right you know you're going to lean on your run game and Winnipeg is definitely going to attack this Rough Rider front with Michael Johnson being on the offensive side of the ball to look for heavy Run game from the Winnipeg offense they've brought their extra offensive lineman in every single down it seems first and 10 for the bombers backfield empties scrier hits Olivera out of the back field and Brady olera has got number four when it comes to yardage in Yak yards this season when he catches the ball of the back field and he gets another one there just a tremendous allaround back in Brady Olivera there's nothing he can't do and uh what a weapon to have when you're down your quarterback and you can have such a good back to lean on so three quarters are in the books on the Quality Tire scoreboard it's Winnipeg 32 Su scat2 Quality Tire nine locations across saskat 1quality tire.car football on the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ru Rider radio network hey this is Trevor Harris quarterback of your Saskatchewan Ru Riders when I'm not on the field I trust Capital Ford Lincoln for all my vehicle needs whether it's buying a new or pre-owned vehicle getting service or finding the right parts and accessories Capital Ford Lincoln has it all they're also great supporters of the ru Riders and Saskatchewan that's why I'm proud to be part 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every situation here when it comes to the short yardage I was thinking about the play earlier they got nine yards from Brady Olivera but one of the reasons why was is you could tell with strer back there they are looking at him as another running back and he he froze them just by having the ball and Brady Ola got out to the flat unguarded exactly they're loading the Box expecting to run good call By Buck Pierce to switch it up a little bit and throw it with Chris ster because you're really not expecting that first and 10 for the bombers at their own 38 yd line incidentally the bombers when leading after three quarters are 4- one the Riders are 2-2 when trailing after 45 minutes is the handoff on first down goes to Brady Olivera and somehow that pile just kept moving and moving up near the 45 yd line and a great gain on first down of almost seven well this is Advantage Winnipeg this is what they want to do they want to own the tempo they want to slow the game down and they want to Pound The Rock here in the fourth quarter they it's second and three now with two running backs right so that this situation is perfect for the win Peg Blue Bombers and it's a little scary right now for the catel Rough Riders Ryder Nation comes to their feet second and three a critical down with 1319 to go in the fourth quarter ryers Trail by 12 balls on their own 45 yd line of Winnipeg strer in the gun one back to his right he'll hand it off to olera who's met right at the 45 yd line and won't have a first down great penetration there by the ryer defensively line to negate the run as miles Brown a couple of days ahead of his 27th birthday gets in on the stop well that's a great job too by jir Thurman yeah up front you can just see they sold out completely with the run good call by coach mace to make sure that if anything is going to beat you is not going to be the Run yeah because here's the other thing too they've continually put Michel Vanderpool their extra offensive lineman in the game at the guard spot and told Eli aoui to be their fullback so they're they're now fully committed to this Run game for the rest of the fourth quarter 1227 to go Jameson shean on to punt it's a side winding punt that Alford takes it as 18 heads up the field steps Out of Bounds at the 30 and here comes Trevor Harris in the rer offense with 1219 to go in the fourth quarter back with more in a moment this is Saskatchewan Ru Rider football on the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ru Rider radio network your cooperator adviser can help find life insurance that suits your lifestyle like the let's keep Granny's Cottage in the family plan talk to a local adviser today about life insurance designed to fit your life and give you greater peace of [Music] mind looking for a local Cooperators adviser give Dylan holmeson in Regina call at 306 35926 and see the difference a personalized plan makes Cooperators investing in your future together the professionals that thrive wealth management are dedicated experts in 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of it so happy anniversary you two 35th wedding anniversary and glad that you're listening in today what are you thinking here you have to be aggressive here you're down two scores uh almost Under 12 minutes here let's see how it goes first and 10 for the Ryder offense at their 30 Harris looks near side Dante Meers has it nice timing route to step out of Bounds at the 40 good throw by tror Harris timing routes is something he excels at Great throw first down Riders and also a real familiar feel to the secondary approach in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers with Jordan younger and Richie Hall you see guys playing off the line right just sort of allowing things to develop in front of them again you have that bend but don't break mentality you also want to leave it in your hands of your very capable defensive front Myers gets the first down so it's first and 10 suat one on their 41 yd line Harris is in the gun three receivers near side that's where Harris looks can't find anyone has to pull it down takes a step forward then just throws it into the feet of Adam big hill and it'll be second down yeah you can see Richie Hall's defense and Jordan younger they're just being conservative they understand the time and situation of the game and they're making sure that they keep everything in front of them and you had trips to the right side of Harris and the communication from those defensive backs on who needed to cover what when the trips and the bunch left after the snap it was perfect everybody was covered second down and 10 for the Riders at the 41 four receivers go to the wide side left side of Harris back to pass hit as he throws but he's got Dante Meers and he hangs on after a huge hit into bomber territory to the 42 and that's typical Trevor Harris that's what we love about him he he'll sit in the pocket he'll make all the tough throws he's been extremely accurate and you see there him being accurate once again and one of the things that you love about receivers are they tough this is a hit that Dante Meyers knew he was going to have to take as soon as he made his break soon as he just sort of inched his way towards the hash on the right side he knew this he was going to have to take a hit and he made the play 27 yd reception for a bendowski agency's first down Ridder set up at the bomber 42 first and 10 ball right hand hash Harris Far Side complete up near the 35 yd line the pile is going to move a little bit but kesan Johnson hauls it in for a gain of about six there you have it another RPO by Trevor Harris and Mark Mueller uh I like how he's mixing up this offense he's still showing some threat of the run while keeping the pass game active and the other thing about this is this is generally the spot when you're nearing the red zone that Jordan younger and Richie Hall are going to ask a little bit more of the coverage maybe tighten down a little bit and especially let's get active on this defensive front second down and they call it three for the Riders ball on the bomber 35 backfield empties Harris to throw near side complete to kesan Johnson still on his feet to the 20 going up to the 15 before he's finally wrestled down and pulled back by Evan Hol but a big first down for the Riders and kesan Johnson again soft coverage by the win pack blue bomber defense Trevor Harris does a great job of hitting his underneath uh receiver and uh moving the change once again and Kean Johnson's done this since he came to the saskat ru riders in Camp catch after catch he's a very dependable player but he runs hard too once he has the ball in his hands he's able to pick up some Yak Winnipeg though Winnipeg is comfortable in this situation first and 10 for the Riders on the bombers 16 handoff goes to Frankie and he'll jump over a man at the line of scrimmage and be wrapped up midair after a gain of three maybe four it'll be second down for chatuan well it's a fantastic job here from the linebackers or sorry yeah this is the defensive and I think it's celesti h but either way there was a lot of Separation created because they had a downward action from the tackles and whoever that defensive lineman was extracted all the space out and got in on Frankie right on time cuz Frankie might have taken that for an easy first down second and six for the Riders In The Windsor Plywood Red Zone the Riders 53.6% Proficiency in the red zone for touchdowns ball near side for kesan Johnson he'll have a first down up near the five once again Trevor Harris taking advantage of the soft coverage by the Winnipeg Blue bomber secondary he's super accurate on all these short throws and he shows it once again yeah and this is where the soft coverage is going to disappear against this defense right now they have their backs on the the to the wall they've got their feet on the goal line it's going to tighten up here I wouldn't be surprised to see some Blitz first and goal from the 6yd line for the Riders the bombers defense in the red zone are tops in the league at stopping their opponent from getting in the end zone Harris PP fake Kean Johnson wide open TouchDown Riders there you have it amazing double move there by kesan Johnson and during the entire Drive Trevor Harris took every single underneath throw great call by Mark Mueller setting that up the entire drive by taking the short throws and then when you get close to the end zone you hit them with the double move and I'm shocked that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers approached it schematically like that they left keesan Johnson on the island they gave the defensive back zero help and you're right that double move froze WI a pigs defensive defensive back and it's money time this is this a itical kick here too point after attempt to come from Brett Lo in towards the South End Zone kick is up and it's through and the Rough Riders have cut into the lead now 3226 would have Peg leads with 731 to go in the fourth quarter back with more from a soldout mosaic Stadium this is the 59th Labor Day 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19 plus use your game sense is schedu in Rough Rider football on the home of Rider Nation the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ruff Rider radio network 3227 now the bombers leading the Saskatchewan Ru Riders 731 to go here in the fourth quarter Brett lther with another Quality Tire kickoff after the Nelson GM touchdown Drive Nelson GM and the ciny in a Le they'll find a vehicle to match your lifestyle proudly serving Southern Saskatchewan for over 65 years 80 yd drive for the Riders 435 off the clock four first downs Trevor Harris six of six for 76 yds including the touchdown pass to kesan Johnson for 6 yards and the Riders are back in business just trailing by five and I'll tell you what for the first time in this game the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are going to have to contend with 33,000 fans in Mosaic now the pressure has completely switched over to this Winnipeg offense and Chris drer and we're going to see if he can put the ball in air and make some plays lther end overend kick will be taken by 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Rider Nation the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ruff Rider radio network 727 it would a be gentleman that the momentum has shifted to the home sideline agree yeah whenever you can go down and score and get the crowd involved and now Winnipeg has to deal with their backup quarterback and and you know this Rough Rider defense is going to force him to make some throws and show that he can be accurate and we're going to see if he's able to do it in some of in one of the toughest environments in the league biggest thing from a defensive standpoint here alignment assignment execution all the pressures on the wieg Blue Bombers we can't have a bust here and allow something to sneak through the cracks we're at a critical Jun the nice part about it is this is exactly what you want as a defensive player you want the pressure on the offense and you want to have your home crowd at your back cuz they're about to get loud 725 to go 3227 Winnipeg leads the Riders they're first and 10 ball in their 32 yd line crowd comes to life strer back to pass looks over the top he finds him the man coming across the 45 yd line big first down to Drew waltari who's able to haul it in for a gain of almost 12 what a throw by Chris drer this is exactly what he needed to do in this situation show that he can sit in the pocket be accurate and he throws a dart to Drew wotas and he got hit by a defensive lineman too and if you're the defensive backs and you're this you're okay though right you still don't believe that he can do that consistently but you do need to tighten up first and 10 for the bombers after the wall carski reception at their own 49 yd line 637 and counting to go in the fourth quarter two receivers Far Side for string take the handoff or do give it to Brady Olivera but nothing doing a little run pass option and both options were covered and what's impressive here is that this Ruff Rider defensive line is controlling the Run game without michah Johnson up front you know he's such a beast and uh for this team to be holding the Winnipeg Run game down without him is amazing yeah well the other part of that too though is the way that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are Zone running that plays into the hands as a defensive lineman because you're able to back door and allow yourself to use your athleticism a little bit more than if they were just attacking right up front second and nine for the bombers Crow on their feet at mosaic ball on the Winnipeg 50 ryers bring the house throw it far side it's incomplete ryers pick it up on off the turf I think it's going to go as an incomplete pass as opposed to a lateral but it'll be a third down nonetheless and that's why I was saying as a defensive player you're okay with strer making a throw that you're not used to see him making earlier on because you know at some point when the pressure's up the high likelihood of him making a bad throw is there exactly he's not a guy that's known to be accurate on a consistent basis and there you have it Rough Rider defense playing manto man and making him be accurate with the ball and he can't do it so when you're on the sideline right now doubles you're getting your huddle together what are your thoughts what are your what are you talking about with the guys right now well the main thing is you want to get first downs you don't want to put yourself in a situation where you're in second and long you know the Winnipeg defense is going to play soft coverage so we'll see how the Rough Rider offense comes out and handles this situation jamus and Shen on the punt for the bombers two returners back for the Riders and Mario Alford and Shawn Bane Jr the kick is an end over Ender that'll be taken shot by Shawn Bane J here at his 12 yd line he'll make the first man miss Scamper up the sideline step it Bounds at the 23 call it the 24 yd line and the Riders offense comes back onto the field with 518 the punt return for iasa and Sun celebrating 100 years as you're trusted in it to minute dealer visit ea.com 12 in the return for sha Bane Jr I like your approach of just getting first downs here right you got 5 minutes and 18 seconds on the clock you're right you don't have to rush it because you also know if you're able to manufacture a drive and get the points all the pressure goes back to a quarterback that can't beat you with his arm so first and 10 for the Riders balls at their 24 yd line 59 to go in the fourth quarter the green and white Trail by five Harris in the gun four down lineman for the bombers Harris back to pass has time finds a man but it's dropped he was a little overthrown but still Falls incomplete intended for Shawn Bane Jr yeah you hate to see this from Shawn ban junior he dropped such a crucial pass even though he's going to take a huge hit here but big time receivers need to make plays in the fourth quarter regardless of what's in front of them well doubles and that's the third drop ball from a primary receiver we've seen it from emis we've seen it from ksb and now we've seen it from Shawn Bane Jr and you could tell he knew he was about to get hit here now Winnipeg's chopping at the bit here it's second and 10 right they they the the advantage is with them on this situation three down lineman for the bombers big hill is going to show Blitz then stops throw over the middle that's allall complete ryers bring it in across the 45 yd line nice job by Kean schaer Baker for a first down that's what you want to see big time players make big time plays in Big Time situations especially when you're going over the middle you know you're going to take a big hit in these situations you have to come down with it and he does a great job of catching the ball in traffic now if you're Jordan younger you have to be looking at the clock saying to yourself okay well you know how how long can I try to hold them off here right how long can I hold off on throwing a blitz at them tightening down on this coverage ryers bring an extra body in on the offensive line on this first down play they hand it off to Frankie hickon he'll go to the left not a lot of Running Room will'll get a couple of yards up to the 39 I don't like that yeah here we are we're in a second and long situation here uh still plenty of time even if you have to punt here you did a good job of getting a first down or two where you can Punt and flip the field and hopefully make a stop if you can't convert this second down you know but that's going to cause a lot of anxiety in Ryder Nation this is a a fan base that's watched the last three minutes of a game I mean it was an advantage for us at the beginning of the year and the organization and the team just hasn't been able to manufacture victories in the third last three minutes of the game as of late Hixon gets four yards on that carry it's second and six to scant one on their own 40 Here Comes The Blitz Harris sees it throws it and it's incomplete knocked down and the Riders are going to have to kick and we talked about this Luke right we talked about when would this rough this blue bomber defense decide to bring some pressure and make Trevor Harris get rid of the ball if you allow him to just sit back in the pocket he'll pick you apart yeah they commit to it right this is this is Mo apples and bananas all when you're Richie Hall that's the call you're bringing the house Trevor Harris does what he needs to do and get try to get the ball out quickly and this is not a good sign here they got a Hall of Famer and Adam big hill down clutching his knee yeah you hate to see this uh you know big hill is such an amazing player and uh when you're laying on the ground like that and you're grabbing your knee it could it is never a good situation oh yeah he he got his foot planted and so when I talk when I say folks Mo apples in Richie Hall's defense Mo means middle and real blitzing and apples is stands for AAP so that was their call Mo apples right bring the mike in the will bring the mike in the a gap and that is why Adam big Hills down because he took mean cut but the cut was timely from the saskat running backs you got to throw that block doubles exactly I mean you have a guy like big hill coming downhill running full speed and no no running back in this league wants to take him up high so good block by the uh Rough Rider running back but uh unfortunate to see Adam big hill down on the turf so knowing big Hill's down strategically now the thought process changes cuz you're going to punt the ball right and it's going to be interesting to see how Cory mace approaches the next series right you're going to be in that thre minute mode do you now engage your Blitz I I think we'll see a lot of create a lot more creativity on this drive from the Winnipeg Blue bomber Run game this is not the time to put the ball in the air and and and put it put the put the game in Chris tr's hands but you have to show some creativity no more Zone runs up up the middle the same thing you've shown for the previous two or three drives so we'll look for some creativity from this blue bomber offense you got guys know better than anyone everybody in the world knows you're going to run the ball yeah how difficult is that because on an offense you're not fooling anybody on a defense you know you got to get there right well listen I'm going to be honest with you at some point in time when you're an offensive line you say stop us right stop us you know what we're going to do this is why the third the three minute Mark of a game is so important because even though you know what we're going to do we're going to do it anyway and that's where Champions are made right and not only that we talked about about the pad level all game this is when pad level is so important we're going to see because the low man always wins he number one right Dave win the physical battle absolutely and Adam corack going to put one up in the air that lucky Whitehead will take it his 21 yd line he'll bring it up to the 30 has a lane to the 40 still on his feet finally tackled up at the Winnipeg 51 yd line but a good return for Lucky white head and again a lot of field position there for the winipeg Blue Bombers as they'll flip it thanks to that return good return by Lucky Whitehead uh you you really needed a good coverage uh snap right there to make sure that you can kind of pin the Blue Bombers back a little bit but now with the ball almost being at Midfield uh even if they have to punt is a long drive ahead of the Riders if they get the ball back some of these situations have called for Cory mace to Blitz but there have been times where they've been delayed Blitz if you're going to delay if you're not going to show right away timing is critical you have to be perfect when it comes to time timing if you are blitzing here 31 yd punt returned by Lucky Whitehead has the bombers set up first and 10 at their 51 yd line here come F the hand off strer dumps it out Far Side to densky he'll make the first man miss has room to run across Midfield steps out of bounds but right at the first down stick with Nick dky and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and that's how we'll get to the three-minute warning 238 to go on the ball game bombers 32 Riders 27 this is saskat and Rough Rider football on the 62 tkm Cooperators rep Rider radio network I know power meets Precision with a T9 series with PLM intelligence from New Holland the 6 model T9 lineup delivers up to 699 Peak horsepower a redesigned cab and new levels of precision technology including optional dual intell vi2 display get more of everything in a T9 with PLM intelligence from New Holland check out our new lineup at Redhead Equipment your new New Holland dealer redhead equipment.com track since 1948 it's another summer road trip when you pack up the family car with picnic baskets blankets toys and your dog Roy there's one thing you may be forgetting make sure you have tires that are ready to handle the road trip with a quick trip to Quality Tire old 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look for great call By Buck Pierce to get the ball on the perimet we were talking about it in pregame when the game is close when you get into those situ ations they're going to look for number 10 they're going to figure out a way to get the ball to number 10 Lawler is their big play guy when they need a play though they go to number 10 first and 10 now for the bombers on the rider 49 yd line there's 223 and counting to go in the football game handoff goes to Olivera tries to bounce it outside but he's stuck right at the line of scrimmage the Riders make the tackle and it'll be second and long Winnipeg well this is actually Malik Striker I think who's being inserted into the game and this is a great job by him joining actually no sorry it's Demarcus Fields this is a fantastic play from a rookie recognizes the Run they've probably been talking about it the whole time in the Huddle right and adds himself as the end man on the line of scrimmage to hold one of the best running backs in the league to one yard fantastic physical play now interesting matchup here because you're going to have Demarcus Fields come up out so you got to put somebody into the secondary which is going to be either Coy or Godfrey Ona well wondery right well I'm wondering if you put Godfrey back at safety and just move L combo over right and this but this is a situation where I wouldn't really worry about who is in my secondary you Pro you have a 90% probability of a run here or some short throw I don't think they'll Force the ball into the teeth of the defense and try to make a play with so uh if we can just protect the perimeter I think the Riders will be in good shape well and just like when they went to number 10 the first second and long you've got to make a tackle too right let's use our fundamentals second down and nine two minutes in counting in the fourth quarter snap to strer he pulls it down tries to get outside breaks a tackle still on his feet up to the 50 and then he's brought down Malik Carney hauls him down with some help from Marcus sails and it'll be third down we just mentioned fundamentals right you get Malik Carney starting the tackle and then you get number eight Marcus Sals a bet himself adding and setting the edge on that defense strer can't get anywhere and they're forced to kick a field goal 56 yd attempt Now Dave we got one of the best returners in the league here back here and if they miss this you might see some trouble Gio got Castillo 101 from 52 this is a 56 yd effort Nelson Lao late coming onto the field now we're set Ball's back down kicks up and it's good Castile makes it an eight-point advantage 35-27 winipeg you know you need it clutch clutch kick by castio 56 yds the about this isatan and Prairie Wind if you can have it in the fourth quarter and have it at your back it's to your advantage and uh you know coach OA he knows all about that it was barely blowing but it was blowing just enough right so the Riders are going to have to take a kickoff as that is the rule in the final three minutes of play they'll have to try to get a return with 95 seconds to go by the way the 50/50 jackpot at $1.2 million you know this is the first first time I actually don't care about the 50/50 jackpot I'm I'm I'm anxious man I'm anxious we're down by eight all right doubles what's the conversation now you got 90 seconds you know you're in no huddle right you have to be swift if you can if you get in a situation where there's traffic do not try to fight to break tackles make sure you get down we need to get back to the line of scrimmage lineup you need to get in as many plays as you can and Winnipeg knows you need eight points so they're actually going you're going to be able to get a few catches here absolutely what w saying is you're just not getting into the goal line there's going to be soft coverage Trevor Harris knows that just takes take what they give you and uh get down Castillo's kickoff going to be taken by Thomas berah back at his goal line had to go over his head to catch it does and brings it up to the 20 and that's where the Riders will go to work I don't like that move by Mario Alfred you you can see the trajectory of the ball the entire time you have to go receive that ball you're one of the Elite returners in the league you have to feel that ball was like what the heck why am I getting this give him credit cuz if that ball goes into the end zone it's a two-score game oh great catch by him but I would I would have loved to seen uh Mario Alfred receive that all right like you said doubles you're going to see some soft coverage here I doubt you're going to see any Blitz action Willie Jefferson's going to try to play a role somehow looks like we got a three-man front to begin with and if you're Micah Johnson what are you thinking as he's lined up right now the best you can right Right Guard first down Harris back to pass looks finds emis up across the 30 near the 32 yd line that'll be good for a first down good start you mentioned Micah Johnson though Willie Jefferson he's on that side to Micah and he here he goes an inside move and slips both Micah and the right tackle first down Riders ball on their 33 122 in counting trailing by eight Harris to pass Far Side wide open is kesan Johnson the 40 puts his shoulder pads down gets up to the 45 and you can almost hear the Winnipeg Blue Bombers saying no that's all right you can have those all game right you got to get down to the goal line and cross it you can have those and it's exemplified by the amount of space that the receiver had when he got the ball yeah they're definitely sitting in soft coverage the Riders are definitely taking advantage of the underneath 109 and counting to go Riders get the snap back to Harris looking can't find anyone now he's going to Sling It Out of Bounds smart decision by Trevor you don't see anything downfield you can't take a sack in that situation good job of throwing the ball away and again great communication by the winipeg blue bmers on the strong side of their secondary they had a three receivers to their right and again as the receivers move out of their pre-nap formation they communicate it well and they go with the right guy and Trevor Harris has nowhere to go with the football second down and 10 for saskat on their own 44 yd line unique look here by the Winnipeg defense you now have Willie Jefferson right over the center and guard so let's see if they can take advantage of that Harris throws it faride complete it's just inside winipeg side of Center as Ken schaer Baker brings it in yeah and the nice thing about that is Trevor Harris a throws it quickly but because Willie Jefferson's in the center doubles he's throwing to the outsides yeah yeah you have to take away his ability to bat the ball down 57 seconds to go ryers trailing by eight first first and 10 on the bombers 54 Harris back to pass inside keesan Johnson's got it he'll be wrapped up and brought down by Tyrell Ford but again he'll be close to a first down inside the 45 I've actually been in this situation as a defensive lineman in this type of Defense now you start to say all right guys enough with the soft coverage let's go make a play on the football first and 10 Saskatchewan 49 seconds to go in the fourth quarter trailing by eight Harris calls his receivers to the line he's back to pass looking over the middle that's caught down to the 33 yd line that's coming up with Kian schaer Baker again strong catch by schaer Baker going across the middle you've seen that countless times in this fourth quarter of him making big catches in traffic another huge catch there yeah and you know what I really love the decisiveness of Trevor Harris this drive first and 10 for the Riders at the 31 now of B of Winnipeg throw it far side it's deflected and Falls incomplete almost intercepted intended for emis it's second down well this is a really good reaction from Tony Jones they did this at the beginning of the game against the bombers where they sucked the linebacker inside and then through to where he replaced he almost falls for the same thing but he's manages to recognize it at the last minute and leaps out to get a hand on it second and 10 Saskatchewan 34 seconds to go in the ball game where you going with the football you still have to do continue to do what got you here if Winnipeg is going to play soft defense is still over 30 seconds left take the underne throw and you're in three down mode second down Harris throws it near side that's complete to a Joe a Joe he's trying to move forward not going to get much down around the 27 for a gain of four it's third down I don't like that I feel like that's worst case scenario well you're in a a third and manageable situation you're the third and six you still have we consider third and six second and six as a medium situation you still have your entire Playbook at your disposal and uh this is a good situation for the Riders because you can predict cover in these type of situations and I don't think Winnipeg is willing to just give up an easy first down here so Trevor Harris comes to the sidelines for a conversation with the coaches after the Riders call a timeout with 29 seconds left in the fourth quarter it's third and six ryers down by eight ball is on the Winnipeg 27 yd Line This Is It Riders break the Huddle and it looks like Winnipeg has gone back to a four-man front they were in a three-man front this entire drive now they're looking to get a little bit more pressure on Trevor Harris tightening down too here comes the pressure as the snap comes back Harris to throw hit as he throws towards the endzone caught at the one ryers bring it down Samuel emis at the one with 24 seconds to go fantastic job picking up the blitz Trevor Harris he's been deis of ball Drive doubles talk to me way to sit in the pocket man you know you're going to take a big hit Trevor Harris sits in there takes a hit gives his receiver a chance and this is what we expected from Ulus early in the fourth quarter when he dropped a huge pass across the middle you have to make these catches across the middle and he does a good job this is what big time receivers do in crunch time situations they're reviewing the play to see where emilis landed when he did catch the ball they say it's at the one and they whistle it back in so the clock is ticking it's first and goal Harris stays in he's under Center goes to his right Flags come down Harris to the goal line no signal yet oh I don't know I don't think Winnipeg's offside here they might be I don't like keeping Trevor in the game there if you know you're going to run a sneak there's a high probability chance that you're going to get it you need to put your sneak quarterback in the game I don't like Trevor being in there in that situation so the officials are conferring right now as to what the flag was no touchdown signal so Harris is right now listening in he's right in the middle of it and being pushed away Harris is just simply trying to advise them on what happened so the officials still confer for a simple offside or illegal formation you wouldn't think it would take this long yeah it didn't look like Winnipeg was offside but again we're on the angle that course they off well here comes Tom bessi with the call the previous play is under review by the command center oh great that's that's what nobody here wanted to hear wow so doubles you're in this situation right now it's going to be either a touchdown or it's going to be on the one yd line with 14 seconds left three quarterback SE sneaks if necessary absolutely you put Shay Patterson in he's your sneak guy give him in case you get stopped on first down give him a chance to get it on the second or third try they just showed that the bomber defensive one of the bombers defensive linemen may have had his hand over the line after review we have a touchdown there you go all right so now you got go offside winipeg will be declin now you got to go for two what do you thinking having to go for two here yeah you have to throw the ball here look for some type of pick play or rub play the some under something underneath where you can cause some confusion in the blue bomber secondary you know they're going to be a little bit more aggressive here so I would look for a pick or a rub to uh get a guy wide open underneath well we've seen both we've seen the rubs to the sideline and we've seen the picks to get guys freed up in the middle of the field right below the safeties here we go two-point convert to tie it Harris in the gun and now we're going to get a timeout by Winnipeg timeout Winnipeg how often are you practicing your two Point convert play oh it's it's essential you practice these things every single day because you whenever you have a two-point conversion to win the game you realize how important this situation is so it's definitely something you go over on a consistent basis situational football is the best thing to do during practice it's the funnest thing as a player because you're competing right and you're putting yourself in the exact position they're in all right guys here's the situation offense we need a two-point conversion defense we need a stop boom let's go all right 14 seconds on the clock that's inconsequential as it's a two-point attempt by the Riders hey let's keep in mind we got a defensive lineman playing Right Guard absolutely got to protect him in this situation ball on the three yd line two-point convert Harris in the gun back to pass loads it up fires it and it's knocked down incomplete Harris can't believe it and the bombers knock it away with 14 seconds to go and Winnipeg actually did the opposite of what I thought I thought they'd be more aggressive here and just smart call by Jordan younger to sit back in coverage look they have all eight guys in coverage they're in zone smart smart call defensively and that's the game well and Tony Jones they put him in the middle when Adam big hill was out and you've got a athlete out there who's a little bit younger and it's clear he can move around a lot better than big hill does and and because of the fact he's able to get in on this play get his hand on the ball the rider now and I'll tell you what doubles you're looking you are now on the outside of having to go to Winnipeg in a must-win situation yeah you have to this this Labor Day classic game is a game you have to get because the odds are certainly against you when you have to go over to Winnipeg for the banjo Bowl it's it's not a very friendly environment to be in not a EnV we rarely win there so uh this is a game you had to have we were talking in the pregame this is our game this is the game you're supposed to win well there's still 14 seconds can the Riders dial up a miracle at mosaic so here comes an onside kick obviously now here's the nice part about this situation lather is very good at these and he's also very good at kicking it to himself so you're going to have two options here and you see to the far end by the sideline of joa Joe who's one of your better athletes uh if you can get the ball in position where he can jump up and knock it out of bounds you give yourself a chance so here it comes onside kick attempt for lather has the ball on the right hand hash it's up in the air it's gone 10 yards it's up Riders touch it it's still loose on the turf right at the 45 yd line Riders say they have it officials waiting for the signal as the battle and pile of players is right there Riders have it Riders have it well the first thing that you go you're going to note is the bombers hands team has hesitates to block anybody lther kicks this ball up in the air and Winnipeg stands and watches the ball doubles youve seen this in special teams meeting as the GU getting the ball you have to attack the opponent that's kicking Winnipeg sits there watching guys and that's the reason we're able to get hands on it first and 10 Riders have the ball at their own 46 yd line into a bit of a breeze here at mosaic 12 seconds left no timeouts LA's got to get ready first and 10 for Harris back to pass looking over the middle receivers run into each other and it's intercepted play comes down it's intercepted by Holm and he's just going to dive down with 3 seconds left on the clock right at the rider bench but there's a flag down in the bombers secondary this is the right call by the way and it's going to be pass interference against the bombers and more importantly it's up the 15 yd variety or is it a spot foul oh well hold on if it's a spot foul Winnipeg spot of the foul automatic first down hey man listen we talk about legendary stories we've all seen it right doubles we we we've been in these games how cool would this be for as much criticism as Brett lather has taken as of late to be able to kick the game winner in 2024 in a humongous game with standings implications this would be fantastic this would be huge he's shown throughout his career that he is money in these situations he's definely in game-winning situations I hate the fact that the wind's picking up oh they're backing the ball they're backing the ball up they're backing the command center is adjusting the spot of the ball so it's now going to be a 60yd attempt for the so we're looking at a 60 yard attempt Against the Wind it seems to be dying down a little bit here here let's see what happens coach mace can't believe it as again this is a command center call as much as I hate to say this but the Riders are I will hate to be Andy Fant right now in this situation having to make such a crucial call baby go Lo 60 y for Brett Lo from the right hand [Music] hash Ryder Nation holds their breath as Adam corsack back get set to hold the kick from his own 50 yd line the snap is back the kick is up short lther is short it's going to land five yds short right down the middle and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will win the 59th Labor Day classic by a final score of 35- 33 as the command center moved the ball back 8 yds after the fact and that was eight yards that the saskat and Rough Riders needed to win the game Daren Durant welcome home it's been a pleasure oh it's been a blast welcome you guys are the best I such a good time with you guys and what an amazing game this is this will go down as another one of those classic Labor Day games and I'm just happy I could be up here and and share this moment with you guys we can't wait to honor you as you are rightfully inducted in the plaza of Honor congratulations thank you coming up it is the fifth quarter postgame show on the Quality Tire scoreboard make the final win P 35 Saskatchewan 33 Quality Tire with nine locations across Saskatchewan quality tire.car postgame show is next this is saskat and Ruff Rider football on the 620 ckm Cooperators Ruff Rider radio network considering your University options for the upcoming year consider first nation's 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were going to pull it out at the end but the command center adjusted the spot after a pass interference penalty was called on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Brett lather comes up about 5 yds short on a 60yd field goal we'll have to ask head coach Cory mace what explan he got from the officials as to the adjustment on that spot foul for the pass interference call that was made Valiant effort by the Riders at the end Trevor Harris drives them down the field Sam emis makes an athletic catch to help get Trevor Harris in the position where he could sneak the football in for a touchdown two-point convert knocked down by Blue Bombers linebacker Tony Jones but the Riders recover the onside kick it just was not to be for Saskatchewan on the evening against Winnipeg as they fall 35 33 Trevor Harris pretty good from the quarterback position 30 of 49 368 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions in the football game Frankie Hixon from the running back spot 10 carries for 32 yards difficult to run against that Winnipeg D but Trevor Harris did use his legs four carries for 27 yards and a touchdown in this one the rookie Dante Meyers continues to be productive for this offense led the way with 86 receiving yards on five catches and had his first career CFL touchdown in this game kesan Johnson just behind him eight catches for 84 yards and one touchdown Ken sha for Baker five catches for 79 yards Sam emilis six catches for 72 yards and on defense who else but Roland Milligan Jr Leading The Way with six defensive tackles including a thumper on Chris derer knocked him out of bounds there in that second half Ultra physical defensive back CJ revas had five tackles in this one including a tackle for a loss as part of the fifth quarter postgame show you're going to hear from head coach Cory mace outside the Riders locker room live on 620c km and across our radio dial around the province but also live on youtube.com slsports cage.com make sure to hit us up there you can see everything live in color including head coach Cory mace it's now time for your postgame rewind brought to you by Prairie guntraders in aen Lea for all your hunting and shooting needs visit Prairie gun traders.com [Music] classic keris back to pass has time here comes the heat the Riders get home it's a quill playing sack on second down Brian Cox Jr strer goes to his left he'll be met right at the line the Riders don't keep him out is he'll dance into the end zone and the bombers will open the scoring on Labor Day with a Chris strer three- yd touchdown plunge Harris calls the receivers to the line he's back to pass looking to that backside again touchdown Ryder Shan Bane Jr finds the end zone and six in their own end they'll throw it near side it's intercepted Marcus saes picks off Zack keros he's got the football at the Winnipeg 42 yd line ball on the 18 to the bomber snap goes back to Harris he'll fire it touchdown ryers it's Dante Meers first CFL touchdown on laor day four receivers wide side for keris on first down he's back to pass going to load it up has a man wide open it's dky touchdown kick by shien is going to take a rider bounce goes off the hands of Alford it's down near the goal line the bombers recover it no Chris strer is going to go ahead and put the ball across the line and the bombers have taken a two-score lead good snap clean hold Lo steps into it it's up and it's good Brett lther from 55 yds to cut into the lead to the wide side left left side of Harris back to pass hit as he throws but he's got Dante Meers and he hangs on after a huge hit into bomber territory to the 42 first and goal from the 6yd line Harris PP fake Kean Johnson wide open TouchDown Ridder Castillo this is a 56 yd left balls back down kicks up and it's good here comes the pressure as the snap comes back Harris to throw hit as he throws towards the end zone caught at the one rers bring it down Samuel emis at the one with 24 seconds to go it's first and goal Harris stays in he's under Center goes to his right Flags come down Harris to the goal line no signal yet two-point convert Harris in the gun back to pass loads it up fires it and it's knocked down incomplete so here it comes onside kick attempt for lather has the ball on the right hand hash it's up in the air it's gone 10 yds it's up Riders touch it it's still loose on the turf right at the 45 yd line Riders say they have it officials waiting for the signal as the battle and pile of players is right there Riders have it Riders have it as Adam corac gets set to hold the kick from his own 50 yd line the snap is back the kick is up short Lo is short it's going to land 5 yds short right down the middle and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will win the 59th Labor Day classic by a final score of 35- 33 is the Rough Riders fall in the Labor Day classic you'll hear from head coach Cory mace coming up this is Saskatchewan Ru Rider football on the home of ryer nation streaming on our YouTube channel at Sports cage.com and 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44 yd touchdown to Nick dempy and then of course you've got the fumble recovery In The End Zone by the bombers so three plays going to be the thorn in the side and we do have Coach Cory mace last live with us his postgame comments brought to you by KFC's new Spicy and original recipe snacker wraps they're here and right now you can get two for just $5 coach mace I'm curious on the spot at the end of the game that was changed from the command center did you get an explanation from the referees I didn't do we have Coach mace with us well this is awkward doesn't seem like we have Coach mace with us we'll go back to him in a second so what did you guys think about that spot that got adjusted at the end of the game Sorry say that again the spot that got adjusted at the end of the game well listen I mean I'm not sure what went into the call I thought that the Saskatchewan Rough Riders were were going to be in a situation where they were going to be in field I I'm you know as far as the the respot sorry um as far as the respot it is what it is um I think the Dave said it best S one the reason I asked you the question I was looking at the stats I mean everything kind of went in the saskat and Rough Riders way today and uh give credit to the bombers I think that they went out and executed to win that game with strer in for the entire second half that's probably a situation that the saskat and Rough Riders were salivating over right and and they just found ways to make plays to today um we talked about it in the pregame right you had to be physical today there was times where the pad level was was too high you knew that in close situations they were going to find a way to get the ball to Nick demsky and they did and it's pretty out outstanding I think to see the bombers playing the way they're playing that team is run the table they had a horrific start to the year and now they're sitting in a spot that that they're looking at the rest of the West in first place right like you got to give him credit we do apparently have head coach Cory mace downside downstairs excuse me just outside the Riders locker room coach mace we were just talking about did you get an explanation from the officials as to the respot at the end of the game no man I I asked uh they just said it was the the spot foul uh that they moved it back I asked about the time on it um but uh yeah they just said that it was moved back so it was tough cuz we had already you know sent out the team there but makes it a tough kick now but um that's what they gave me coach you can hear the emotion in your voice at some point you just have to question the football Gods because you've got guys like Micah Johnson that are going and playing offensive line the work ethics there the installation is there the belief is there everything that you would check on a check mark list is there just the result isn't yeah you know it's uh it's tough anytime you know you got to go into a game with playing a defensive lineman pretty much for the whole second half um you know that's not it's not on your bingo card so to speak but um you know I'm I'm I'm extremely proud of uh how the guys were able to operate in the second half man uh we dug ourselves a Hole uh going in halftime uh but we made a push for it uh towards the end of the game I thought uh we were able to put ourselves in a good situation go win a game so um there was some things in the second half the execution was great we just uh we got to start we got to start the game like that um instead of waiting for the second half you know that's kind of what we talked about there but I am proud of the guy's effort uh all things you know all different circumstances um with how things turned out injury-wise yeah hey coach talk about the sense of urgency that the team feels now I mean we have a back-to-back here with Winnipeg and then we got the bye coming in um you know in terms of prep like do you feel like this is a must-win game coming into next week now yeah man Luke I think uh you know I thought this was a must-win they're all they're all freaking must-wins right now um the West is tight man like you know I just heard you guys talking about where Winnipeg was before now we're where they're at um just hitting a little run right here and you know we got a lot of Western opponents coming up um and we're all kind of hovered right there um you know within a game or two so uh they're all must win and that's that's how we're going to attack it coach ma can you take us through your conversation with Mario Alfred off after excuse me that botched punt return yeah you know we we talk about it there's just uh you know just tough break for real you know he's a he's a vet um you know he's been in so many different situations like that um you know so uh there was a chance obviously you know not something again that you wanted to happen but we we turn around and you know at that point you know you can't just bury the guy you got to lift them up we got games to we got the rest of the game to play he's an explosive guy he can score for us so we got to bounce back put our team in good field position so there's more uplift instead of you know bury him at the time there's no need for that he's a he's a vet he knows coach given what you said regarding of course the importance of next week's return matchup in Winnipeg how do you approach this week to get yourselves set yeah first thing is just figuring out you know all the different injuries what we're going to look like roster wise um you know once I sit down with the uh the medical staff after after all the uh the interviews and stuff like that um you know we have a plan of attack as far as how to game plan and in these back to backs uh like this so um you know once I get a little bit of information on how banged up we are or we aren't uh I think that'll help us you know develop the practice week so uh but as far as scheming and stuff like that obviously they got they got some things they got to look at you know as far as healthwise for them as well so um yeah I'm I'm sure they're thinking the same thing coach ma it's really clear that the fight in this team is still apparently there coming back right down to the wire even when it looked like after that knockdown on the two-point convert that the game was over you recover the onsite kick have a chance to the win to get the win what does that say about your football team I mean we've we've dunker we've proven that I think uh you know I'd say outside of a game or maybe two at the most that that's the kind of team that we are it's why it's so frustrating that we can't we can't find a way to get out of these with wins um because these guys battle their tails off man I mean um you know I'm just proud I'm proud of that um but we got to find a way to win cuz there's no uh there's no dubs headed out for for just being proud thanks for the time coach mace we appreciate it appreciate you guys Hey listen coach M mace made the best of a tough situation there um you know you're going to hear it's really easy to spend that oh this team played down to the last whistle again right and oh man they battled they been but as a competitor at some point you just at the end of the day there is no sort of positive way to look at it right you lost the game again in right in in the last little La last little bit of the game and as a competitor it just hurts and now this team has has to figure out how to dig a little bit deeper you can tell they've been going into and scraping the bottom of their well in terms of effort in terms of focus like they've done a great job mitigating certain circumstances the injuries right they're not the only team that's having these injury problems right so as a competitor you you you you've got to figure out now what is that extra piece right and and as admirable as it is to fight to the last minute the evident thing about this team is the same thing that we talked about in the pregame this team has yet to put together a three-phased effort offense defense and special teams they haven't managed to navigate three of those things all in the same game there there always been something that has they've come up short on here it was right special teams where you allow a score unfortunately off of that turnover but this team has to find a way to get in sync they need to find a way to put together a three phase effort otherwise they're going to continue to get their hearts broken coming up on the other side we will have our game stars from the offense and defense stick with us this is Saskatchewan Ruff Rider football on the home of Rider Nation streaming on our YouTube channel at sports cad.com make sure you hit that subscribe button there as well and the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ruff Rider radio network the fent 500 vario is the right fit for your farm whether you have a large cattle or dairy operation midsized grain Farm or hay production that defines your operation 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effort that you put in today going from defense to offense I can only imagine the athleticism and the mental fortitude that it took but in saying that what's the belief right now in the locker room is it just seems like it's one small thing each and every week um we just got to keep fighting man um nobody lost confidence nobody's losing confidence in in in each other we just got to keep fighting and um eventually you know things will turn and things will spin our way um feel like it's been some crazy stuff has happened down this um stretch of losses and there so much good things we're doing out there on the field so you know for us we just got to keep chopping and just figure out you know you talking about losses difference between you know two to three plays sometimes one play being the difference so I think we just got to continue to learn and just understand you know how how detail oriented we have to be and it's just the small things that you know eventually can catch up and add up to a loss and we just we can't have minle mistakes man I just think we've been making too much minle mistakes on defense and you know you got to make an offense earn it and when you just giving you know free things up like that it's going to be tough to win M when you guys knew that strer was going to take the Reigns of that offense in that second half did it change your mentality how did you look at having him and his unique skill set be the guy on that offense right it's it's just kind of like what you said man we understand he has a unique skill set so um you you'll get you'll get different play callers and you understand that he's a um definitely a threat to run the ball quarterback design things and um ability to get out of the pocket and throw so as a defensive line you kind of you know you don't tail tailor back your rush but you just you're you're aware of um of who's behind Center one of the things that you as a leader um can bring to the table in that locker room now is experience right you're going to have those young guys reading the you know reading social media you know you're going to see the parody in the league you're going to see whatever the result is between Calgary and Edmonton tomorrow that's going to obviously sneak into people's minds what do you talk to your guys about when it comes to the parody and just having to win a really tough game coming on this back to back I mean just just just guys understanding the moment and understanding it's only going to get tougher from here you know every every game counts every game you know will be you know it'll be under a microscope from here on out so for us is just understanding the situation just telling the young guys that you know it's be we have to find a way to play mistake three football and um you know you guys just just do your job it's just a belief in you know just doing your job and a lot of times when you start losing like this you have guys trying to do too much and you know things get worse so just trusting in the staff trusting in what we're trust what we're building and just guys got to do your job and I know it's super cliche and um simple but you know you got 12 guys on the field at the same time and it we can't just take turns making mistakes michah what was coach Ma's postgame message to the team in the locker room he just told guys he he fought hard he was proud of how we fought but he said we have to we have to start like that at first we were talking about finish finish finish and we didn't get out to a good start but we finished strong but um it wasn't enough so he's just telling us we have to put a complete game together man from start to finish and I think um everybody's confident in the in the talent in the room he hasn't lost faith in anybody in the room he continues to build us up so for us man honestly I just want to just win for them win for the staff I think they're doing an amazing job with us and you know a lot of things that done happen it's just we got to do better as players Micah I I call upon your veteran Viewpoint for this how close is this team how close is this team to not just getting into the wind column but figuring it out I mean we're right there man you know we're right there I mean you're talking about literally like two to three plays and that's a difference from us being five and six and potentially being six to three or you know seven and three something like that so it's tough man no doubt about it and you just got to try to stay stay locked in and keep the belief up especially you know when the um losses are piling up when the losses are piling up like this so for us man it's just about just keep continuing to grind thanks for your Insight in Time Michael we appreciate it no problem coming up on the other side our offensive gamar selection we'll hear from him just outside the Ruff Riders locker room live and in color on our YouTube channel if you're on our YouTube channel make sure you hit that subscribe 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ready let's go to him our offensive game Star is Kian cha for break Baker excuse me brought to you by Prairie guntraders in a Le for all your hunting and shooting needs visit Prairie guntraders doca that's for our postgame rewind but our game Star brought to you by Quality Tire with nine locations across the skatch win quality [Music] tire.car the locker room yeah I think guys are just really trying to keep their their chins high after that one it's never easy coming in a game and leaving everything out there and you know not finishing with the win unfortunately there was just not enough time on the clock for us to keep going but we just got to be real thankful and grateful for that opportunity just to be out in front of such a great crowd and community and just doing what we love Kean coach said that we've got to start on time we've got to start quicker what wasn't going right right off the Hop yeah a lot of things you know I mean just offensively we we struggled a little bit we were getting into a couple two and outs and couldn't get no momentum going and that's just giving the defense a shorthand and making them having the play extended drives so I think we need to just keep drives going as an offense defensively they they leave it out there every single week they're nose to the ball every single time and we we just all got to be better each and every single one of us we all just got to look in the mirror and not Point any fingers and each and every single one of us can give some more I can assure you that hey Ken we talked to mikah Johnson here before you jumped on and and and he sort of repeated what we were we were thinking um this team has yet to put together a three-phase effort right in in the last little bit how do you guys get on in sync when it comes to offense defense and special teams yeah I think it just comes down to chopping wood and carrying water you know day by day is just laying a brick down not trying to build a brick wall at once it's laying Brick by Brick at as perfect as we can just one by one and once we stack all them together we're going to look back and have a brick wall and no one's going to be able to run through US Ken I've got the opportunity to watch practice every day you can clearly see the care the compete how hard this team works in the com camaraderie that you've got at any point do you have to I know this sounds ridiculous guard against trying to do too much and play outside of your bounds if you will no no I I don't think so I think you know everyone's hurt tremendously from this loss personally and you know just from the standpoint of all of our fans and families and coaches that we've let down so I know this is weighing heavy on my heart and we're going to all be back in here tomorrow and given everything we got day in and day out to reach the end goal and that's to get a great cup but we got to just take it one week at a time and unfortunately we didn't go 1 and0 this week but can't do anything about that now it's in the past and we got to look on to what's next and that's going one and0 again in Winnipeg next week K during this winless stretch the team has lost a number of games by very close margins how close is this team to breaking through and being on the other side yeah we're right around the corner you know this team believes and has so much fight every single day we come in here and we're continue to build relationships and bonds that will never be broken you know I'm just honored and grateful to be playing alongside these guys and they make me a better man every single day so I'm going to continue to push them to be better man every single day Ken how much inspiration do you have from the effort Micah Johnson has coming in along the offensive line like I'm losing count the number of old linemen that have gone down this year like how much does that change what you do when you see so much change in front of the [Music] quarterback yeah at the end of the day it doesn't change what we have to really do cuz it's always just next man up mentality and whoever comes in we know the standard and even mik I hav't to step in that old line he knows the standard and what he's got to bring every day and you know that just speaks volume to his character and just who he is as a man and he's such a great leader in this team and just watching him being able to go out there on offense and defense and leave everything thing out there every single play is not anyone can just do that stuff so we we appreciate him and all he's done and we all need to just learn from him and take his tenacity that he brings to this game every single day Kenan we'll get you out on this how do you refocus and go into hostile territory in Winnipeg at their home stadium for the banjo Bowl oh yeah you got to love a little adversity you know all the the trials and tribulations that we've gone through this is only brought all of us together and we know when we all play together nothing can stop us and no one can come in our way so we're going to continue to just keep building keep stacking and man just don't Flinch we ain't flinching that's all we know we ain't never going to Flinch thanks for the time K and we appreciate it yes sir appreciate you have a good one God bless Hey listen I appreciate what kenen Schaefer baker said here but respectfully you're not going to be able to cliche your way out of this Micah Johnson said it Ken schaer baker said it you can be this close but you can be this close for the rest of the season and at the end of the day all you were was this close this team has to find another level right I'm telling you guys right now that it is not enough to be one play away for the an extended amount of time that's fine when it's like two or three weeks but you're going to have to figure out a way and it's on coaching but it's also on the gut you're not going to be able to Brick by Brick this away you're not going to be able to get in there and just say you know everybody's got to you have to find it you have to so if you want to be known as a resilient team if you want to be known as a bunch of guys that are going to then eventually the light's got to come on in terms of making that one extra play right you can't be it's it's not it's one thing to be this close but it's one thing it's an completely different thing to be this close for an extended period of time and at the end of the day you you don't get an asterisk next to the season saying oh well they were this close right and the reason I'm saying that is not to critique the reason I'm saying that is because that is what myself I think doubles I think Kate's gets laugh that's what we'd be saying to each other in the locker room we wouldn't be sitting there talking about oh yeah you know what we're this close guys we'd be telling that to the media that's fine Kia Schaefer Baker did exactly what he probably should have done when it came to us but when you're in that locker room you don't accept this close and I was down there in the Toronto game I heard a little bit of the players only meeting those guys are emotional right they're going to have to find a way because you can't be this close that doesn't that doesn't get you to the next level being close it's about winning and this team has to figure out a way to execute because again we talked about we talked about this next three phases or three weeks excuse me we talked about the Labor Day classic we talked about the back toback and then the bye you're literally looking at going from first to last potentially if you don't handle business so right now outside of the cliches outside of everything guys are going to have to look each other in the eye and say fellas we got to handle business period well said my man this is Saskatchewan Ruff Rider football on the home of ryer nation streaming on our YouTube channel at Sports cad.com and the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ruff Rider radio network since 1972 rayway has combined 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Zack keros in the first half before he left the game individually Trevor Harris threw the ball 49 times for 368 yards and three touchdowns Zack Kos before he left the game at half 12 of 18 for 218 and then Chris strer came in and only threw the ball six times for 46 yards in the second half rushing the ball the leading runner for the Riders was Frankie Hixon 10 carries for 32 yards Brady Olivera 12 Touches for 42 on the ground leading receivers kesan Johnson for the Riders eight catches for 84 yards D Meers five for 86 and a touchdown also catch a touchdown pass with Shawn Bane Jr as he ended the night with two receptions for 16 yards on the Winnipeg side Drew alari was the favorite receiver for the bombers he had six targets four receptions for a total of 48 yards leading the way was Ontario Wilson with 75 yards receiving here tonight defensively Roland Milligan Jr racks up another six defensive tackles and a special teams tackle Agent Zero that's right Malik Carney and CJ Rivas each had five tackles for the Riders the interception of course made by by Marcus Sals he also ended up with a knockdown tonight your statistical story for Opa suvlaki final thoughts fellas before you go I think my final thought is what I said here before the commercial break it sounds good to say hey look you got to keep chipping away at the Rock Brick by Brick all that but at the end of the day you got to handle business and and the facts of the facts right now is this team needs to put together three phases of a football game offense defense and special teams they do that they're going to compete they continue not to do that though they're going to continue to have problems and again I I can't State the the sense of urgency here um of their situation this next game here you've got to have it like literally you're looking at going from first to last and at the same time yeah you just again you just you just can't cliche your way out of it you got to figure out a way you got to dig deeper and uh and that's going to start with everybody it starts with the coaches and starts and and and also the guys in the locker room obviously again razor thin razor thin Edge between winning and losing right now and unfortunately this team is now starting to find a few more ways to lose than what they were at the start of the year they found ways to win right that the things that were making them successful here at the beginning of the year right strong second half fast starts in the first quarter great execution in the last three minutes of the game it's it's it's all turned around and I get it right like that's going to happen but right this is one of those things where you're going to find out who the guys are that just know the cliches and who the guys are that are just are are really about that action cuz again I'm telling you guys in the locker room you don't you don't do that right now this team is is is probably really disappointed in in the things that they're they're putting out on the field because they're not equating to a w gifts and butts were candies and nuts it be Christmas every day feel far from Christmas than for this is scatch you and Rough Riders there have been 19 banjo bows the bombers lead that series 127 so the Riders do have seven wins in those banjo balls fellas great call especially not to highlight the quarterback too much l doubles up there sounded professional if I do say so myself that was freaking awesome that was uh you know personally that was that was huge for me man doubles is is my guy and to be able to sit out there with Dave who's been doing a fantastic job all year and and talk ball with with my other guy I mean man yeah selfishly that was really fun for me but at the same time it would have been a lot better if if if the team had managed to pull out a w hopefully it's not the last time doubles is in the Boost all right West Kates will join me Dave and Luke are done they're off to enjoy the night or do whatever they're going 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at the stats across the board you would never think that we lost that football game um Winnipeg came up with a great game plan I thought especially when Claris was in there against that zone and what they were getting through that zone uh again ryers tough break on the offensive line um and then to be honest I I don't know I was asking you guys off I I thought we deserve some time back on the clock uh when that penley's thrown but I guess maybe I don't know the RS totally so yeah I thought the spot to me was the key thing yeah yeah right like you spot the ball they said it was a spot foul but then all of a sudden it gets moved like 8 to 10 yards like what's going on they moved back five and then they were like no no no no I think we need a few more like you avoid all this conspiracy stuff from Ryder Nation yeah Command Center officials I'm going to give you some free advice when you spot the football once yeah not like you said multiple times it was it was very small town Small Town Football when you used to go in ref Style No we're going to spot it we're going to spot it over here it's like and then I thought 3 seconds was late yeah no definitely 3 seconds was short because any football play doesn't last 10 seconds so if there was 15 on the clock and they lost 12 when it was a p it was a quick pass too right so even if the ball was hung in the air which was like a 10 yard pass so you say maybe six seconds go off the clock so they should have had at least six to eight seconds and that's plenty of time to run another play in the CFL they could have got it closer and with the spot I thought any pass interference was at least 15 but if it's like 40 yards downfield okay it's a spot foul but it's at least 15 so I think the refs are gonna be making some apologies tomorrow morning well I guess it's the holiday tomorrow so maybe Tuesday but that yeah no some was off I I don't know um if you guys talked about this too like Justin do you think I I don't know if Brett's got that kick in his leg anymore that distance he looked pretty good earlier in the game from 55 cleared it with some most kickers don't have 6 I was different kick for sure that was that was a tough spot to put him in and that's where I was like you know what do we need another six yards there somehow with maybe 8 seconds on the clock or nine seconds on the clock something quick yeah I'm well when they first lined it up on the first spot I was like oh yeah yeah 57 that's it or no what was it 52 or something like that I was like that's in his range and then they moved it back and I was like yeah then they moved it back again and I was like oh he ain't gonna make in my head I'm like he's not going to make this like that's damn near 60 yards like what are you going to do with that any kicker I yeah I think the best kicker in the league might go in any League might come short on a 60 Y in in the in the clutch like that that's Sergio Castillo's hit a couple over 60 but I think he's the first kicker in CFL history to do that multiple times right in the same season Brett Lo's career-long field goal attempt is 57 yards so it's close but to your point you know little bit closer to 50 is better than close closer to 60 for sure Barney you're going to be doing a special Sports cage 3 to 5 tomorrow on 6:20 CKRM give us a little tease as to what's to come yeah you know what maybe it's like that whole 24-hour Ru when you're a parent with kids you don't maybe people want to call I don't know kids bro I don't know what you're talking about call in you know this right when you don't yell you don't go to the coach with you give a 24-hour buffer so if they if they don't get in on with you guys here in a bit maybe they want to wait till tomorrow between 3:00 and 5: they can call in and text in uh we're going to have Dave Thomas on Darion Durant's going to be on we're going to break it down with Daren and also one of the rer coaches we're not quite positive on who it's going to be one of 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talks behind the scenes with regards to the command center to have some explainer videos after close calls are made but I got a feeling that there ain't going to be one for this one we'll see though let's go out to the echo sound hotline Derek from moja what did you think of the 59th edition of the Labor Day classic well I thought that it was a really really good game I had a big weekend I was in uh color Station Texas last night was Nor landed I went to the Labor Day classic of course like unreal weekend for as far as football is concerned I feel like uh the Riders and the off the defense is outstanding especially the run defense you get the offense you see the stats you just heard the stats I think the special teams have been the EXT Factor the last five weeks there's been a gap usually one or two plays the specially offes where you see the momentum has really shifted for the other team on a special team a simple special team play whether it's a big run toari Grant Toronto or this weekend like there was the a touch and a touchdown like this tonight but I I think they're that close I'm not sad about the team being what it is but I'm seeing that there is a lot of growth and I'm it's a really promising future big clean up that special teams thing I think that's the biggest difference but what a weekend of football I had the best weekend ever if you're watching live on our YouTube channel at sports cage.com you can just see that Mario Alford blunder that Derek was referring to so make sure you go to our YouTube channel youtube.com/ at sports cage.com be a friend tell a friend hit that subscribe button as well and you can see Wes and I live in color and also the highlights from the game that we're going to roll through as we talk to the callers and take their text messages as well Derek thanks for being the first caller and checking in with us that does sound like an epic weekend but both his teams lost Notre Dame beat Texas A&M and the rers lost to the bombers so we need some good luck in rer nation okay let's go to Darren out in Rush Lake what did you think of the Labor Day classic between the bombers and the Riders hey thanks for taking my call boys long time withler first time caller I got hey we like those Darren first time caller man keep it going yeah I got I'm great I got a few macro points and a few micro points which ones do you want to hit first hit them all but be concise well okay so macro how is this the Craig Renard football team we're going to put up with like we've had four years years of Craig Reynolds football and this is what we get close but never close enough we've seen Nathan Ro sign we've seen Matthew bet sign we see Austin Max signed and we're never signing anybody and we're like the richest team in the CFL and I just question why does this happen any comments I mean Craig R's been around a little bit longer but he's had teams underneath him that have gone to multiple West finals and been also close I know that's not gray cups but I think there's a different Renewed Energy with Cory mace here and re would have had a hand at least in that selection process but you know as to your point for potentially bringing in a Nathan War you have Trevor Harris here you've committed to pay him just under $500,000 so you're not likely going to make a change at quarterback and I don't think roor based on my own sourcing Darren was going anywhere other than BC right he was born out there in Victoria on the island where he played in touchdown Pacific and he referred to that team as being a family and he is a man of Christ and deep faith and when he talks about that that really means something to him Matthew Betts I feel like was a little bit similar in that way where he was with the BC Lions before and he knows that defense so he can come back to the CFL and play at a high level very quickly we saw him with a sack in that touchdown Pacific game and you mentioned Austin Mack too similar situation if you're Austin Mack you want to go back to a team where you know the offense under Jason Moss you want a gray cup with Cody Fardo and you're comfortable it makes for an easier reassimilation I'll call it but I kind of understand where you're going in terms of spending the money but the Riders did go out in free agency and pager Marcus Hardrick and some other guys to come out here like Malik Carney who playing and fair enough he got hurt all I'm saying is you sign those guys for 20 30 grand more you sell that in jerseys and you get that back so quick man it's not easy it's not just as easy as saying well you sign him for 20 or 30 grand more because realistically with all due respect Nathan R wasn't coming here mat bet wasn't coming here Austin wasn't coming Nathan R okay I'll give you that one okay well let's move on to the game and so I get we signed old Jette big free agent signing awesome loved them great guy eats raw meat all that stuff that's awesome but then is a totally a totally different backup than than the back than the running back ulette is so why wouldn't we sign a running back who runs similar style to olette to be the backup who would your example be wow I mean there's a million down in the states there's 2,000 running backs come out of there every year there's got to be some dude that's got to West hold up let my man Wes get in on this they're not proven though yeah right exactly and if you have AJ olet you want a change of pace back there's it's very rare that one you're going to find two running backs that that run similar matter of fact I don't know if that even exists in history everybody's got a little bit something different to their game that thunder and lightning yeah you want a little change of pace cuz that throws defenses off at the end of the day even if you got two big backs or two small time I'm on your page there yeah sure yeah sure I get you and last thing last thing and I'll let you guys go because I I've loved the debate it's been awesome do our receivers need to squeeze the ball a little more tighter is some of that on them tonight because I feel like we were dropping a few balls we should be catching I would agree Shawn Bane Jr needs to catch a football more consistently considering he their M like he's he came into the season as their go-to guy so he needs to be their most reliable receiver he needs to have the best hands on the squad just based off of the way they lean on him and the way they feature him in the offense but at the same time receiver is a lot harder than people realize you're running one way the ball's com in a different one at a very fast velocity sometime you're not going to catch them all simple as that but yes you you get paid to go out there and catch them so you need to make those plays especially the important ones Darren man enjoyed it we disagreed on your first point we kind of met in the middle on the second one and the last one we agreed so there you all in good fun de thanks and have a great night you guys you too Darren thanks for calling let's keep it going on the echo sound hotline Randy in Regina what did you think of the 59th edition of the Labor Day classic wow we have a little issues there what you guys think or what start come again what was that where would you guys start here where are we starting there's a couple of key plays I think to me that stand out the Nick dempy touchdown on a coverage bust yeah and Mario Alford giving away a touchdown in Regina we know they're going to throw the long bombs and they did it to us twice today again they know that dski is going to you know give claros time he's going to throw long bombs and he didn't say it against killed us and you're seeing it live on our YouTube channel at sports cage.com if you're on your browser youtube.com/ Sports cage.com the full highlights running you can see West and I live in color as well but your point is well taken Randy there were a lot of deep shots especially when zacharis was in the game that were being hit but the one that stands out most to me is that Nick demsky touchdown where a complete coverage do you have any other points Randy we're not looking good we're in trouble this year is all I'm going to say all right man short and sweet we appreciate the call Randy you know what I didn't like about that dimski catch the fact that the riders came out in the same defense the next series and got hit again right in the same spot I'm like bro how you going to let like sit back in the same coverage and let ceros gas you again like what are we doing out here come on now I think without knowing the defensive call there was something going on with Nelson lbo there because I know what you're talking about Ontario Wilson a skinny post route down the middle of the field a deep shot and lbo wasn't there now I don't know the call but it felt like the same thing on demski as well just without knowing the call that's what it seemed like to me so if you want to talk to us on the echo sound hotline 306 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boys at your locally owned Integra tire stores in ainoa and grenfell truly local hey rer Nation got a question or a comment on today's game text it to us for the writer Nation radio Round Table postgame show 306 936 6262 don't miss any of their calls catch the podcast at sports cage.com your Saskatchewan Ru Riders fall in a tight one in the 59th Labor Day classic 3533 to the Rival Winnipeg Blue Bombers let's keep it going on the echo sound hotline with your calls and we go out to cam from CRA I hope I'm saying that right correct me CAM if I'm wrong is that right yeah C CR care yeah you bet awesome dude what did you think of the the 59th Labor Day classic oh I listened to her from the call mine um I really like actually the new uh all the new radio voices and everything and you guys doing the Plus game show it's it's uh I like it a lot better last be honest cam we like feedback so you can be honest don't hesitate no no I called in last year I've called in I usually call in them once a year and uh no I like I like what you guys are doing this year and and I think that's all good um K what are you combining out there before we talk about the game um doing some wheat here at the moment all right how's the crop it's decent yield or what it's going all right yeah yeah it's going okay no complaints here actually yeah that's for sure right on there we go but uh with the game there yeah I don't know where to where to really start it seems like this uh this Rider team keeps finding ways to lose every single game so um I'm not going to be one of these guys that calls in and blames the command center you'll probably get what 12 more of those calls tonight so um I'm BL I think I think it's simply it's simply it's it's losers finding ways to lose I think personally who why do you think that because they started the season so well I don't that's great I think maybe there was a bit of a new coach bump there and uh he had I think he did have them going out to training camp and and things looked really good to start there um but I think they maybe come back down Earth a little bit on that and uh and we got a 38-year-old somewhat banged out maybe he's fully healthy Maybe is not quarterback now and I just I don't know how many CFL teams are going to win a GRE cup with a 40-year old quarterback I'm kind of with you Cam I'm I feel like you can kind of learn to be a loser in a season because sometimes you get into situations and you kind of start thinking oh it's happening again and you start kind of talking yourself into kind of accepting your fate and not making your own fate so I feel like these Riders are playing close games and staying in it but they're they're not finishing they're not they a got they don't have that killer instinct like we need some of that Jordan you know what I mean Save the Last Dance screw you guys we're winning this type of mental you know what I mean you bring this up Cam and it's very interesting when you think of Corey mace because for his entire career he's been a part of winners right Calgary stamp Peters as a player than as a coach then with the Toronto Argonauts wins the great Cup in 2022 in 2023 they go 16 and two so this is much different territory for him I think he's handled this well from the outside but it's definitely something that he really hasn't had to deal with a losing streak this long you know I'd have to look it up but doesn't seem like that's something that he would have had to deal with so you make a decent Point can when you bring this up yeah and I think I don't know if it's like is there there must be a script I guess for Rider coaches after losses when the first thing they need to say is I'm proud of the guys I really thought when Dicky was gone last year I'd never have to hear that that word again was I'm proud of the guys and what what do we get tonight first thing out of the gate how he's proud of the guys which I I mean I guess you got to say something to the media but I just I don't know and I I Luke made a point about that too about the whole cliche thing after losses and and uh I I did agree with Luke on that and obviously the players they they got to just answer answer the media's questions a certain way I down that but it seems like the I'm proud of the guys thing is I'm Los I'm losing on that one a little bit that's fair cam anything else you want to get in quick before we let you go uh it's all good hopefully uh hopefully the banjo balll will go go a little better and uh hopefully the crops keep on coming in good too indeed man we hope the same for you out in the fields and if there's more Farmers out there on the combine feel free to call us on the echo sound hotline 306 93662 62 or toll-free 1866 767 0620 let's go to Ryan in Regina I'm going to guess Ryan you're not on a combine but what did you think of the 59th Labor Day classic dude you're right I'm not combining and appreciate to that last caller but he seems a little I'm no no fense but a little young in in the ways to know that the Riders will always crush your heart so don't get too upset right now because in five years from now we we'll break always what do you mean always dude I've been around for enough times when you just think that they're close enough for only seven yards short and I'm gonna that's one of my biggest points I'm get to ler right away but your very first caller he flew in from norre Dame he came into the Labor Day game he said what a great weekend that's the best thing I found about this weekend no matter what was going on my kids had fun we went to signings we met Co we met coach mace like everything that we could do this weekend the electricity the crowds yelling at bomber fans riding the buses it's just such a good weekend in the city and you can just steal the electricity and if no matter even if like a good was a good great weekend yeah we lost I will agree with you Ryan just one second here because being an outsider I felt embraced from Ryder nation and coming to Saskatchewan for my first Labor Day classic I just want to say this that the feeling around here is absolutely special and rer Nation full credit to them I don't think they're going to let a loss put a damper on the weekend and from what I've seen from Ryder Nation you know it's unbelievable it's like the entire Province gathers here on game day not just for the Labor Day classic and yes it was the largest announced attendance in new Mosaic Stadium history but it is just incredible to see you know I'm a guy close to the Toronto Argonauts and yes the Hamilton Tiger Cats do well sometimes but that building ain't full very often so it is amazing and I love your attitude there Ryan where you know it's about Community it's about people coming together that despite the result the weekend's not that's right that's right and you feel it and you feel it feel it next year and the year after that and I felt that 10 years ago and 15 years ago I remember great Labor Day games you guys talked about 2007 TR Joseph I was there at that game it was just s like good memories um but in saying that you know like we G have a great weekend I I didn't go to the game I listened to you guys I laid my pavement stones after a year and a half so it looks really really really good just a shout out to my myself just real well done DIY in that long weekend I got you just you swe it out and you listen to you guys on 620 man that's right man on the combine DIY projects just tune Us in that's just how we do it so okay uh very first time I called you guys was the beginning of the year Brad lofter made the field goal it was great second time I called you he missed a couple I was like oh this guy sucks now I'm going to call you and say you know what he was on it that last goal that 60 yards is a tough one to make no one should be upset with him he made his two field goals today it was dead on straight that's a tough call to make for any any person in that kicking position let knock it down on him he will make he's going to make a great play at the end of the season I'm calling it right now it's going to make a good game for us he's going to come out with the win he's going to run into the crowd like he did a couple Labor Day games ago he just ran into that crowd armed up in the air let's not get let's not don't get down Brent you got epic parties honestly I was sitting there saying if he makes this I'm going stop talking mad about BR I promise and then they moved the ball back four yards and mve back another three yards and I was like oh no he ain't making this it's so weird if you were watch if people were watching on TV they were eight people were surround their TV with their like chewing their fingernails I was outside with my radio I stopped what I was doing I was like around the radio just thinking come on come on come on come on but in the back of my head was like that's pretty long it's no Dave Ridgeway but is let's go buddy I got you back let's go Riders there we 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classic was a tough one tonight for sure um honestly one of the points I'd like to bring up uh Mario Alford giving up that touchdown really hurt us I thought that changed the whole energy of the game I felt like yeah it was 147 and the Riders were about to get the ball back yeah and another point is I saw we signed a running back this week I was surprised he wasn't on the depth chart there yeah it's hard to learn offense in a week yeah he wouldn't he he'd only been in there for a couple situations and then if he's not on special teams like there's no waste there's no point in wasting a roster spot for a guy is just going to stand there and watch basically maybe get in for a few plays he's not I don't know unless he's like a a 4-2 guy I don't think you're really rushing to get him on the roster like that S rodri Thompson Jr the guy's an American rookie too right he's got to get time to pick up the CFL there's so many nuances as Wes can speak to as an American who came up here and assimilated to the CFL game it takes a whole season to get used to this stuff and if you're watching live on our YouTube channel you can see what Jeffrey was talking about the Mario Alford blunder I guess we'll call it that led directly to a touchdown and you know I feel like low key we talked about the end of the football game and the battle and the resp spotting multiple times on the pass interference penalty but that blunder was massive it was 14-7 for the Riders it really felt like they were in control of the football game the offense was going and then all of a sudden you just give up seven points out of thin air that cannot happen like the ball took a weird kick but he just was a little too nonchalant about how he reached up and grabbed for it if you see something like that keep just keep your hands off of it most P returners they'll just let it go and then kind of wait and try to maybe get a a no yard kind of wait and bait some guys into breaking that 5 yard Halo but even more so and I remember talking about it with the fans I was around that single he took on the kickoff where the in the back of the end zone I really thought he could have played it out left it alone and maybe it would have rolled out the back cuz that one point came down to bite him at the end when they were down eight instead of being down seven off of that single that he gave up early in the game but I but that was a big single because had that not happened the Riders could have kicked the field goal to or kicked the extra point to tie as opposed to going for two at the end there so I thought Mario didn't have his best day I'm a huge fan of Mario Alfred and I will I will not yeah he's a great player one of the best returners to play in this league definitely in recent history but he didn't play his best game today he didn't seem focused I think I might have been wrong I think it would maybe tied 1414 but nonetheless it just took all the momentum away from the Riders and gave it to the bombers and to me what stuck out was the lack of hustle to try to get the football back yeah it almost seemed like he was trying to act like he didn't touch the ball but it's so cleared everybody in the build you know over 33,000 people that he touched the football and he's kind of like not diving for it like I'm not saying he let Noah how pick it up for a touchdown but it kind of seemed that way well he know he knew he was out of the play cuz it just it took a wicked bounce and then he kind of looked back and realized that he was in no position to get there first so he kind of tried to H maybe maybe maybe I can act maybe I can act to the ref and maybe he'll call something but they would have replayed it and known he touched it so yeah he just was just a little if you think you didn't touch it you know like on defense when they get a fumble or they think it's a fumble or a pick they take it all the way back to the end so just in case like on that play the ball is live dude the whistle hasn't blown yet you know you got to go after that football to me that was one of the major turning points of this football game because you essentially gave seven points away right the defense wasn't even on the field to try to stop it yeah yeah you got well I don't know you kind of got to play that cool cuz he knew he wasn't going to get there first he maybe could have tried to sneak in there and get it but I'm like yeah you never know punch it Forward let somebody else get it I didn't touch ref you had seen me touch it did you everybody in the stadium was like yeah you touched [Laughter] it sorry jeffre you got any other thoughts on the game uh no honestly it was just a tough fun and like I said we're shooting oursel in the foot but uh hopefully we can win next week honestly guys and uh thanks for answering my call and uh questions and comments again guys you bet man enjoy Labor Day weekend thanks for calling yep bye-bye thanks let's go to Jason in Regina are you with us on Mario Alford did he lack hustle on that punt return blunder we'll call it hello hello can you hear us we got you got you sorry I was getting a little bit of cross uh cross whatever anyways uh my call is going to be short sweet to the point uh I'm really disgusted with these guys right now uh we're just every week we're finding a different way to lose some way somehow somebody you know lther missed his four field goals a couple of weeks ago Alfred makes that mistake today I've got no faith and no belief left in this team I'm usually the most supportive of Ryder fans but I've got no faith or belief left in this team anymore we need a bunch of dogs in that locker room but instead of pit bulls and rottweilers we got a bunch of CH Chihuahuas and Toy Poodles they're all talking the same message they're all barking no bite it's they're a joke I don't expect them to win next week because we almost never win the banjo Bowl uh I expect Calgary to sweep Edmonton and their labor day uh home and home so a week from today we're going to be sitting in fourth place looking up and there's not going to be a crossover this year we'll be lucky to make the playoffs I'll Enlighten you the banjo bow record there have been 19 editions of it and the bombers are 12- seven in those games so the Riders have won seven of them Prova can't just say they're going to lose provocative statements Jason you're coming in hot with that stuff I hey I was in five banjo bows we won three out of two or was playing you got a winning percentage Yeah Yeah over 500 that's legit yeah yeah I'm 60% so calm that down Jay relax no but what what else you got for us you you I just I I've got no belief left anymore uh all right we'll see if the Riders prove you WR they're playing some good football they're not getting blown out Jay come on you can't be that dejected you can't be that disappointed with one show for the last two months last eight games a tie you forgot about the tie that's all I got guys thanks Jason let's keep it going on the echo sound hotline if you want to get in and talk to me or west 306 936 6262 Eric in Toronto all the way out in Ontario my man following me to Saskatchewan what did you think of the Labor Day classic well just like the last caller I'm totally disgusted and I hope that people will be um bringing this up a little bit more there like uh I think Ryan said a little bit earlier on that he thinks maybe in the next five years we'll have a championship that's really disgusting I got to tell you I really I basically have a onroad uh season ticket when they come out East Hamilton Toronto Montreal Hamilton uh Ottawa I'm there and I I I was there again this year and I'm totally disgusted of what's going on you guys had a quote was really interesting a few minutes ago I think West said that that you learn to be a losing a losing season that's the pr problem with um the Riders ryer Nation deserves better rer fans from across the world you guys love it when you have calls from Australia whatever t and but we we deserve better you know four gr cups in 100 years do you imagine that that is unacceptable no Championship over 10 years that is unacceptable let's be a real and stop complaining about the players the QBs the referees the command center and the new coaches oh by the way Montreal turned it around with a new owner new coach new QB and won the gr Cup last year what else do you want what's the problem well maybe it's because we settle for average the last caller and Ryan just said it we don't demand for more rer Nation deserves more but we settle for a great Cup every 25 years and so well you know like the direction the board of directors have no pressure to offer a better team seriously look at the stats four great cups in 100 years the worst in all the CFL a private owner would never settle for this if you want more you need to demand more the only way to do this is with our interest so I'm happy about the last call I hope we get more of this about with our interest in our dollars stop going to the games stop buying merchandise when the B board of directors see the sales going down they will wake up and act but until writer Nation buys buys buys with an average team the organization will never act I appreciate the passion but I don't think that you can say I appreciate I appreciate the passion but I don't think you can say that the Riders settle for not winning I was trying to let them finish there's a bit of as asteris to that because there wasn't even a salary cap until 07 so you're talking about unfair like salary or disposable money for most of those big city well those big Market teams the Riders have always been a publicly own team never really had the the money to pay guys the same as like the Toronto the Vancouver's the Calgary's now since 07 which we won a gray cup the first year there was a salary cap the Riders won a gray cup came back six years later won another one if my Math's right six years and we've been in the playoffs most years since then so relax a little bit and it's it's not just about it's about enjoying the atmosphere and the like all this don't buy tickets and don't buy jerseys relax easy man it's it's still a great there they still put on a great show the Riders are doing what they can for this this community this community supports the team and this the team supports the community the things that happen around Saskatchewan based on the Riders is bigger than wins and losses so let's let's let's ease up just a little bit yeah I just don't have any time for saying that the Riders anybody in the organiz ation settles for not winning everybody wants to win you talk to Cory mace Trevor Harris Jeremy OD day Craig Reynolds anybody on the board anybody in the business office they want to win and these people work hard I think we need to realize that this is professional sports and I feel like I've said this multiple times throughout the winless streak but the teams on the other side get paid too the Winnipeg Blue Bombers don't just want to come in here during the labor day classic and lay down and give the Riders a win like that's not is what is going to happen and I think Corey mace and his staff do demand excellence and these players by what they have said publicly and I think their actions speak even louder than words demand Excellence themselves they have Never say die kind of attitudes this season you know look at this game right you could have been like oh this is over down eight we're not going to put a drive together here what do they do Trevor Harris goes down the field they don't even get the two-point convert a whole bunch of you know Riders fans leaving the stadium but they recover the onside kick Brett lather pooches it up there and he's got a chance to win the football game so I don't think the Riders settle let's just be careful with our absolutes that is something that I think especially during this losing streak has come up a lot of times with ryer nation there's no absolutes here this franchise this organization they want to win as bad as anybody else out there let's go to Derek driving on Highway 11 what did you think of the 59th Labor Day classic uh we had a great time I'm uh here with my brothers we had an awesome time as usual at the Labor Day uh one question for you and then one one comment a question uh your in your um awesome uh pregame show are you aware that there's about two or three times uh today that you're interviews with individuals didn't get out to the audience yeah that was off the top yeah we picked we'll get it fixed don't worry yeah thank you for tell letting us know though yeah um so comment um we're talking about players uh you know Alford missing uh you know his missing the the ball there on the punt and and touchdown and but really the game is also one and loss with the with the coaches and uh today uh there was uh there was a win Advantage uh the Riders won the toss uh at the beginning of the game Winnipeg chose the ball we had a CH chance then to choose the side of the field and we chose the wind in the first quarter and did not have the wind in the second quarter in the second half because we deferred we had the choice we again we chose the ball and not the wind so in a game where comes down to very very close plays and it came down to um you know a field goal today and maybe if we had the wind with us maybe it would have been a bit of a closer field goal but um that's easy to say though I think the win was minimal and you probably that situation would rather have the possession yeah that one the win wasn't as much of a factor as getting the ball to start off the second half especially when considering they were down so I understand where you're coming from but like believe me I've been out there that wind wasn't that win wasn't really making a difference to where you would give up a possession to have the win last or yeah and then whenever if you get the ball first you usually take the win okay anything else I'll disagree no that's good no fair enough all right thanks Derek safe travels home appreciate you calling if you want to get in on the echo sound hotline dial us up 3069 3662 62 we're tollfree 1866 767 0620 this is Saskatchewan Ruff Rider football on the home of Rider Nation streaming live on our YouTube channel with all kinds of highlights full credit to the crew behind the scenes working their tales off to get those out to you so make sure you tune in to our YouTube channel youtube.com slsports cage.com be a friend tell a friend hit that subscribe button and of course we're on the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ruff Rider radio network since 197 3 RJ sales and service in wadina has been Saskatchewan Shortline experts they sell and service all the brands you want to use including Morris seedmaster dagelan Mand RightWay Lenin Kell built Elmer and sford plus they have pre-owned equipment available from the biggest names in the business before you buy 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place Daryl in Swift Current what did you think of the 59th Labor Day classic Daryl oh got over the disappoint a little bit by now but uh what I was wondering about was uh challenges um over the last few years I was wondering do we still have the same person uh up in the booth that's uh telling the coach whe whether to make a challenge or not or I think usually you do you have a couple of coaches it's all about how quick the replay gets played as well that factors in a bit but you do need some coaches trying to watch the I've always thought that a home team should play the replay like as quick as they possibly can just so the co yeah just so the coach can get eyes on it and all the coaches can see so you can kind of make a concerted effort to say yeah let's go ahead challenge that but there are guys in the booth that maybe have a little better view of like the TV version or whatever the case may be and they they'll say yeah go ahead and throw the flag because we think it's it's worth challenging but sometimes if it's splitting hairs they like H I don't know if they're going to get that so then you kind of try to save it for something a little more obvious right well the reason I'm tonight with what we got the penalty on Kos ring the passer there's no way that I thought by by watching that replay a few times that that was pass interference and I just can't couldn't see what what we could lose by challenging that play it was the it was the shoulder coming in as he was throwing it was like a little he's talking about the pass interference though and I agree the pass interference call on the same nonexisting cuz they had two penalties that were enforced on the same play yeah my bad yeah I didn't think what I thought was maybe there was a little Jersey pull as uh as the receiver was going up that we didn't quite see in the replay that made the and the thing is we had nothing to lose you challenge that play you win the challenge they get the 15 yard penalty and a first down Karis is out of the game ster is in uh you don't challenge they had the first down at the one yard line with treler guaranteed touchdown so yeah that would have been a good time to use it that's a fair point you know I think that would have been an interesting one for the command center in the sense that there was two penalties on that play but they both were so I think your point is well taken that it could have been in hindsight but usually you want to save it for much bigger plays and Cory M probably thinking well my defense held them three times last week against Toronto on the goal line not against Chris trer though you're dreaming I don't know if he's ever been stopped yeah yeah no it it have been much better to just have that uh that um roughing the passer and have them back at the 35 whatever wherever they would ended up as on the one right yeah no good point good point all right that's all I have to say and like you said I I feel a little bit bad for for the guys that are forming in with their tremendous frustration because I've been I mean I'm 66 years old I've been a fan of that team for you know and we've experienced that we're back to the old Bob Hughes days we snatched defeats out of the jaws of Victory so it's a little hard to take and I understand people's tremendous FR frustration like four gray cups and 100 years it's seems unbelievable so thanks for the call darl have a nice night all righty yeah take care bye let's go out on the echo sound hotline to Ken in Colona what did you think of the Labor Day classic between the bombers and Riders hi there I actually at the game um the the reason I think we lost is special teams we get all played again and I think we need to shake some stuff up there I think Alfred needs to be somewhere else right now regroup uh too many drop passes we drop passes at the worst possible time sometimes and that can kill a drive uh Red Zone our red zone is too poor like especially the first half even beginning of third quarter we marked like we probably ended up 400 and some yards offense but we move between the 20s pretty well but then we get down there and we seem to have that play I can just pull myir where he run run for two yards and then now we we got to be 100% from there on in and it just not it's not good enough and the last one was uh the old line we had so many injuries right now I like I think I don't know what the third quarter I think uh Johnson came in right and that hurt our defensive line too he did a great I can't on how he does that but he did like he hung in there considering we had I would want to guess how many old L be a dozen or 14 guys now hurt but so that's that's the first thing now the second thing I want to say about is um we talk about claros now if claros is hurt if he got a concussion which I it sounded like they said he had a concussion right or concussion protocol well a protocol is you can't come back in seven days seven days they got to retest you so that means he should not be playing next week under no circumstances if he went out on concussion protocol CFL better make sure he's not playing next we because it's by the rule RS it's seven days s days they re recheck them and if he passes then he can play well the game's in six days so that's one thing another thing I noticed at the game oay he's always in the refs here like I's on that side unfortunately and I'm watching this guy constantly talking to the refs constantly during a play I think he's always half time he's on the field which you shouldn't be and that so many penalties went right when they're by the bench he's all always in their a drove me nuts final thing I say I watched a lot of sports my days wiip Pig fans to me are the worst fans in all the sports baseball football hockey all of it they're the most annoying the most rude and probably ugliest fans I've seen like they're just sh fire you know what I mean like so annoying like I every like i' I've been to BC Calgary I've been a lot of places and they know you have fun with the fans these guys are just plain ass annoying like and they're coming to our stadium and I I don't know like back in the old days I bet you they wouldn't fist fights but nowadays everybody's more polite but I'm telling you it's so annoying like next year I will not be sitting on the sunny side like cuz they're all on thats side like a bunch of marmots but like I'm going to be in the other side of the stadium because they're so annoying like their rude weed Hotel here at the Delta they're just annoying people you I hate the point but they are they're annoying and I I don't care who wins the great cup but I hope it's not them I ain't going to lie and I I thought I saw on social media that there actually was a fist fight at one point but I remember when me and Daran Durant when me and doubles we roomed together for a little while and we were in Winnipeg and the fans called the hotel and kept asking for our room until about 2:00 in the morning till we were like we called down to the front desk like can like do y'all not realize that these are fans trying to call us like stop like no more calls to our room like it was a blater game so it wasn't like we were really losing sleep but it was just like come on I'm surprised he didn't knew how to call but maybe somebody T anyway that's my comments for tonight thanks for the call Ken we appreciate it thanks let's keep it going on the echo sound hotline Peter in Montreal what did you think of the 59th Labor Day classic hi I thought it was a fantastic game I sat on the edge of my seat for the whole game I thought they played really well waited a little too long to to to put the pedal to the medal but all in all I was really happy with the game are you a rider fan or you a bomber fan just I I'll be honest I'm an Outlet's fan first but Riders all right been a Riders fan long long time I love I love watching them play and as much as people say all the other ones Ray cups the times they've been there they've been exciting um and it's a good team to watch I enjoy watching it yeah that's what I'm talking about see I appreciate that thank you thanks for the call Peter yeah you're welcome have a good night LEL had to take you too have a great night man we need more of that the echo sound hotline all right a couple more text messages on the other side we'll actually read some before the end of the night is done I promise this is the scat and Ruff Rider football on the home of ryer nation streaming on our YouTube channel which has highlights going on if you want to check it out and see Western I live and color go to youtube.com slsports cage.com be a friend tell a friend and hit that subscribe button it don't take much to get all the goods from 620 CKRM in the Sports cage and we're also on the 620 CKRM Cooperators Ruff Rider radio network howdy Wood Country Woody here you know what's dumb not knowing if eggs or fruits or vegetables know what's smart Regal aluminum 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be held back in the banjo Bowl they said he went into concussion protocol but you'll have to keep it tuned to the sports cage and sports cage.com to see if indeed he will play in the banjo Bowl thanks for that text message coming in Grant from canwood said well here we go again one or two crucial plays kills the Riders which indeed is true dur during excuse me this windless streak that goes all the way back to July 19th fumble two long passes on possible missed coverages and he says the TSN website is horrible no play updates impossible to follow a game on the site well Grant I got an idea for you check us out on the live stream listen to Dave Luke and Darien Durant tonight was in there for a three-man booth and check us out on the sports cage YouTube channel youtube.com Sports cage.com Dave hits us off with all the stats right in the yeah that first hour after the game so you got tune in early if you want to get a chance to win Riders tickets to their next home game get in on the pick the score weekly contest on 620 CKRM there's a winner every Friday sponsored by SaskTel pick the score with ckm and SaskTel tune in for your chance to win tickets to the next Rider home game sasel stay connected all right you know what's up next Wes banjo Jo Bowl for the uninitiated out there there have been 19 editions of the banjo Bowl the bombers have won 12 the Riders have won seven you've won three of those personally yourself you have a winning record in the banjo bow so who's to say the Riders can't win out there in Winnipeg what are your thoughts on that one I think they can go get one for sure I mean there's uh it's it's been close it's been back in fourth and I think the bombers are probably primed to lose one at home they've been playing some good football but the Riders are right there with him you look at the stats you talking about if if somebody would have told me Zach keros threw for barely over 200 yards and Brady Ola didn't even hit 50 I'd been like oh the Riders crushed them but there was a couple mishaps here and there that that made it closer than it should have been and then yeah it came down to a basically an unmake kick really I guess our caller was right maybe the wind would have helped it three more yards I I don't know anyway but at the end of the day the Riders the Riders are right there I think as long as they can get out of this little slump that they're in and I know they're not going to lose out for the rest of the year but they do need to start keeping Pace because the rest of the West is is winning games and the riders need to get back on track so next week is a great week to do it because you don't you definitely don't want to uh give it up and and they can still get the uh no I guess they lost the the um basically the the tiebreaker not yet that would be decided in the banjo Bowl yeah all right there we go could be a point differential there let me just check that real quick well they would actually be ahead by eight points in the point differential right now okay but I mean essentially it's going to be decided in the banjo Bowl for the season series I think a couple takeaways for me do the riders need to win a game yes haven't won since July 19th do they need to get better and clean some things up yes do they need to play full 60 Minutes as the cliche goes yes but they still hold their fate in their hands they can get first place in the west division and the bu that comes with it and the team has been right there outside of the Edmonton game where Trey Ford started and brought a bunch of energy to the Elks team and they dropped I think it was 42 points on this defense every other game in this stretch what you going say even then they we're in it until about seven minutes left and then yeah yeah every other game of the stretch has been decided by one score or less and I think it's actually Four Points or less if memory serves so it's been some tight football games the riders need to make those critical plays and avoid those errors that have cost them games in this winless stretch for Dave Thomas Luke mullinder Darien Durant who was in the booth and on the set pregame West Kates Justin dunk I want to give a shout out to our crew Katrina Matthew Joel Ryan and Ryland as well as our producer Dave Roberts and all of the people at Harvard media that make this broadcast possible from a week in week out basis during the 2024 season my first with the organization very excited for what's to come moving forward as we get better at this YouTube thing so go there youtube.com slsports cage.com for the broadcast on the home games we might have a special one coming your way for the banjo bow stay tuned for that make sure you're listening to the sports cage as well from 3:00 to 6:00 on weekdays Tomorrow there's a special edition with Barney shinr 3 to 5:00 p.m. on 6:20 CKRM that does it for the 59th edition of the Labor Day classic from Mosaic Stadium the Riders drop a heartbreaker 3533 to the Winnipeg 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