Poor Art is going to think I abandoned him as there are no Garfunkel's for a 3rd week in a row.
Group A - Saskatchewan Roughriders, Calgary Stampeders, Hamilton TigerCats
Group B - Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Montreal Alouettes, Edmonton Eskimos
Group C - BC Lions, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Redblacks
As the snow has fallen in several parts of the country I find myself yearning for my fuzzy leggings which are stashed at the back of the closet for cool autumn days or winter which I guess it is now. The weather people assure me that all this white stuff will melt by the weekend and we will have double digit temps for the only October Roughrider home game this month.
Did you know the Rider Store has leggings?
We don't really need them because if there is a team that's hotter than the Roughriders I don't know who they are. Sure some will say Hamilton but what I'm seeing happen with the Riders is special and I'm not the only one saying that because Cody "Fudge" Fajardo is saying it himself. These guys are working for each other. They are playing for hearts and brother hood. It's not just the sprinkles anymore.
Hamilton might have that. * hides yellow/grey plaid leggings bought at Walmart * I wouldn't be able to tell you for sure except that it seems something special was found in Dane Evans. And look - any day a team beats my arch rivals aka the Bombers, it's a good day.
If the Riders have a brother hood then what I see from the Blue Bombers is the exact opposite. I see guys who have talent and stats but care more about those individual accomplishments than the greater good of the team. All you have to do is sit back and wait until the Bombers feel confident and then hit them with your plays because they don't respond. Is that what I hope the Riders game plan is for Saturday? no way but it seems to be working for a lot of teams lately.
Conversation over on ABC Rider Fans has been about the return of Jordan Williams-Lambert and who will be let go as a result of getting him on the roster. What's lost in the scuffle is - when was the last time the Riders had this much depth? Isn't it a wonderful thing? Since when does someone have to be released. It's possible the Riders will see some injuries down the stretch and when that happens we will have guys waiting in the wings.
Also, Rod Pederson, what the heck are you saying on your show about "letting the Bombers have this one". Dude, we don't let anyone have anything. You come into our house and you better believe we are going to defend it. No one plays to lose. We want to win now AND in 2020.
The Montreal Alouettes were soooo close but a last minute guffaw led to the BC Lions taking the win. I'm betting Khari Jones will be thinking about that decision for a long time. I'm not sold on it being a bad decision because had it been executed correctly we'd be talking about them winning right now.
Attention Argos - Chapdelaine is never going to use the run game. Some were of the opinion that the Toronto Argonauts were shopping James Franklin on Saturday. Why I have no idea. It wasn't that long ago lots of Rider fans were thinking he was the quarterback ex Coach Jones wanted in Riderville but I always said that if that were true he'd have been here. Well aren't we thanking our lucky stars?! Another quarterback in that conversation had been Jonathon Jennings but as we've seen he's not working out for the Redblacks.
By the way, the Ottawa Redblacks are the coolest team in the league. They don't sell leggings at all. Coincidence?
Come to the dark side! The bandwagon has leg room and Rider Nation is a welcoming bunch. Plus we have the leggings for your winter wearing pleasure. See you at the game October 5th!
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