The Saskatchewan Roughriders are now over two weeks deep into their off-season and have started the planning process for 2020. Part of that process is looking at upcoming free agents currently still with the club and Riders management choosing who they want back next season. Riders General Manager Jeremy O’Day said a season review has […]
Five Saskatchewan Roughriders have been named to the CFL’s 2019 All-Star team. Quarterback Cody Fajardo lead the Riders to a 13-5 record and first place in the West Division for the first time since 2009. The first-year starter led the league with 4,302 passing yards. Fajardo threw for 18 touchdowns in 2019 and added an additional […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders will have the services of Loucheiz Purifoy through the 2021 season. The club announced Wednesday morning they’ve agreed to an extension with the 5’11” 190 defensive back. 2️⃣ more years for @WalkingTurnover.#Riders sign international defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy to a two-year contract extension, keeping him with the club through 2021. 📝 https://t.co/185cwk6IWV […]
CALGARY — A historic first by Andrew Harris ended the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ dubious championship drought and continued the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ Grey Cup misery. The 32-year-old Winnipeg native scored rushing and receiving TDs as the Bombers stunned Hamilton 33-12 in the 107th Grey Cup before 35,439 spectators at McMahon Stadium. Harris put an exclamation mark […]
The 2019 Grey Cup is just days away, but using Riderville at this year’s Grey Cup in Calgary as a backdrop, the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the CFL unveiled the 2020 Grey Cup and 2020 Grey Cup Festival logos Friday afternoon. For the Festival logo, the Riders wanted to reflect Saskatchewan including its vast landscapes, golden […]
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie was long on optimism for the league’s future Friday, but short on substance regarding cures for what ails it. Ambrosie held a wide-ranging discussion with reporters in his third state-of-the-league address. He gushed about the potential of CFL 2.0 — the league’s initiative to grow football globally. But he could only […]
It’s a difficult day in Rider Nation, as the Saskatchewan Roughriders lost Sunday night’s Western final 20-13 to their biggest rival, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. There were mixed emotions on display from fans leaving Mosaic Stadium after the game, whether it was excitement from Bomber fans in attendance, or shock and devastation from Rider fans. […]
The Saskatchewan Roughriders season is over In front of a sold-out crowd at Mosaic Stadium Sunday afternoon, the Riders lost 20-13 to Winnipeg. On the last play of the game from the 8, Cody Fajardo, who played the game with two torn oblique muscles, saw his third down pass hit the crossbar and fell incomplete […]
He may not be 100 percent, and he still hasn’t officially been given the designation as the starter by Head Coach Craig Dickenson, but quarterback Cody Fajardo is listed on the team’s depth chart as their quarterback for Sunday’s Western Final against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Mosaic Stadium. “I don’t know if he will […]
This one had better go better for Regina mayor Michael Fougere than the last CFL playoff bet he made with Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman. Bowman went to Twitter to explain the bet Friday afternoon. Game on! Friendly wager on @CFL Western Final w/ Regina's @MayorFougere. Within 5 mins of the game ending losing Mayor (aka […]
