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Corey mace said today that the Riders aren't having any fun. Good. I hope they're miserable.

Good to see Brian Cole healthy again

Really makes you wonder why we signed Streveler. The way we use him, we would’ve been better off keeping Prukop .. which is baffling to me

Me and my girl friend will be there. She recently found her childhood Charles Robert’s jersey when we were packing to move in together so she’ll be rocking that on Saturday! Go Blue!!

Riderfans coming to the Banjo Bowl LOL …

QB's with no skill...or ability topass don't stick...even tho if it is PR's and as depth for 4 yrs in NFL...They dont have time for that B.S It's strictly an issue here with our staff.....even looking back to his first yr here, and spot duty after....and his time at S. Dakota....guys can pass....and actually have minimal turnovers doing so If he was allowed, and in an offence that lets the Faj do what he does...he's be better than the Faj....If Mass had him the last yr and a half, we would all be saying "wtf ...why we let him go"

No!

Whatever. Who would expect him to say anything less. Two time grey cup winner, 4 straight tickets to the big game, and a 4 game winning streak (first in the west) Like it or not without number 8 we’re in trouble this season. The offense was moving the ball with ease with Collaros in the line up and it was absolutely stifled without him so yeah I know Zach isn’t exactly 2022 MOP Zach but O’Shea rightfully puts a lot of respect on his name.

yes, why that was hard to understand is hard to understand....

The absolute worst at adjusting. Take his QB's first read away and it's game over. Fully reliant on explosives. Can't develop run game. Can't win any big games as a OC. Lost with Reilly, Rourke, Adams. Doesn't matter. Just think. BC had us at 2-6 with a doubleheader vs them. Couldn't score a TD in two games. Could have put us so far in their rearview mirror that they'd be 5-6 games ahead of us right now. Instead we're tied and above them on the tiebreaker.

He would be a fool to renegotiate with that much guaranteed on the deal. Let the Bombers cut him and resign for big bucks elsewhere.

He still has less yardage then Schoen....

Flat out wrong. I broke down Zack’s play off stats as a bomber after last years gc loss, I dug them back out for this. More picks than tds, barely 200 yards per game, more 2 and outs than tds and big plays combined. 19 our run game blew out Hamilton, 21 our D won the day. The last two we’ve had the ball in Zachs hands with a chance to win and came up short. That isn’t game management, it’s just poor play. The funny thing is, Zachs stats this year are going to be similar to his play off numbers here, but worse. Has he been in game manager mode all year? 9 starts 6 tds 8 ints 1854 yards(206 yards per game) 144/209 (68.89%, 8.87 ypa) in a full season of his play off games he’d be on track for 12 tds 16 picks 3707 yards

Got our 2 tickets. Coming in from Calgary.

I am guessing there won’t be that many Rider fans since it was sold out before the season.

Be shocked if collaros didn't play. Just win. West is too tight to take a step back now. Time to start putting some of these teams firmly in the rear view.

If Zach cant go, open the playbook for Streveler, hopefully Bryant is back and healthy. Enormous game for season series.

Or these particular coaches don't know how to take advantage of his skillset.

If Nuef is practicing now after 4 weeks, do we not have to have him out this game and next to see the 6 game cap savings? IMO get Nuef back up to game speed over the next two weeks, save the $$ as Randolph has been a great guard and keep Nuef off the roster and then re-visit in a couple weeks once the savings are had. GREAT news Stanley is back. This may be the most rested he has ever been for the final 3rd of a season! Also GREAT news Zach is back at it day one.....I know some disagree but Strev. must be knicked up pretty good, no way he would have stuck around long enough down South to earn a pension if he couldn't throw a ball.....so Zach back is HUGE No Whitehead isn't ideal.....if he can't go we pull one of Case or Smith up...IMO 50/50 both have shown flashes Biggie out...at least we believe him to be out that imp. spot should go to Adams again, we have LB's already rostered to take his spot Honestly Zach and Bryant both practicing day one is really, really good news!

oh yeah duhhhh..Stan for Vanterpool

We talking about the same Vernon Adams? Dude is not an elite quarter back. Reality is there aren't any elite qbs anymore with collaros and BLM getting old AF. Just a bunch of guys you hope are more good than bad any given week.

Yeah for Stanley!!!

No it wasn't.

Re-watched the game and it's really something... they really did streveler no favours with the play calls. It's all short passes or runs and so many times Oliveira was stopped short. Let the man play the position for God's sake. Will save a lotnof wear and tear on both he and the running back.

See, I'm totally good with a team that needs all 3 phases to win...THAT'S entertaining football.

Ya the full body off restoration Osh had to go through can't be overstated...

51-6, 54-20, 33-9, 35-10 the last four banjo bowl games. We all know the LDC is the Riders grey cup. We beat them in their own barn, with a healthy Zach and maybe a return of Stanley Bryant, I have no doubt in my mind well cream these guys at home.

Yeah call it and review to confirm. NCAA has it right. The only way to stop it is to start ejecting guys for using their helmets as weapons and/or taking late shots at other guys.

we could...and we prob should....but we won't...not the Osh way...he gonna still be Osh'in even when he has a full compliment of players to choose from

Apparently, LB Cole and RB/FB Chris-Ike are also back practicing. Could we put Cole (if he's back) at WIL and Jones at MACK ?

What would you expect with an O'Day ran organization.

They didn't let Brown pass unless Collaros went out last year too. This isn't a case of them thinking streveler can't pass, it's a case again of not letting the backup qb be a valuable piece. Ever since Prukop threw an int in the grey cup vs. Toronto they haven't let anyone but collaros throw unless he was unavailable.

If he can't go...I hope Smith gets the nod and not Case...Smith offers us more....can back BO up if he gets knicked....and just offers more

wonder if we have been rather quiet in moves, and bringing anyone in because we plan to re-structure ZC this yr...and give him a big chunk of 2025 moneythis yr, and that guarantee of 250k for 2025 is the hit we take for that yr...That would go a loooong way in making things nice and spicey for 2025 Grey Cup run

I don't know if that's a good thing. Neufeld wasn't good to start the year and the combination of Neufeld and Lofton was absolutely horrible. Things actually settled down a fair bit AFTER Neufeld went out. My sincere hope is that Bryant returns, Randolph kicks back inside and Neuf is that 6th / 7th offensive lineman.

don't put too much thought into this... the write up for BC place starts with "it's cold in Canada and this is the only covered stadium"... and this is in the city that averages like 10 degrees in the winter?? lol... don't think the writers know much about what they're talking about

you know what though... he didn't even get a 15 yard penalty... because it happened on the same play as the PI that set us up on the 1 yard line... so there was literally no penalty for making that hit to the head

when we have won in playoffs....and the cups...it was ground game....wearing teams out and defense and special teams...and it coincided with a good roster...last 2 losses...run game was decent but they keyed on it.....and we didnt have the QB production to pull us out of it....defense got wore down from poor rostering and lack of dline depth, and the ST didnt take a game over Our 2024 start to season reflected all that as well...and....as you saw we were 0-4 and 1-5 at one point....it's more than just coincidence....it's directly related Even in 2021 we had some these issues, but we had the horses to over come it....now some those horses need to be put out to pasture to stud...or be sent to glue factory

Yep...season series don't mean bupkus, the 4 point swing is enormous though.

I’m a big fan of his coaching approach. I think he deserves another shot at HC sooner than later in this league.

At the moment, I'd take Younger as head coach when MOS is done.

Riders gave Edwards-Cooper 20k in free agency to never play with them and go back to BC when he's healthy. He's also had 1 good game in the last 6 and sucks in pass pro.

Grant did have a few things in his favour the club he inherited was not a total dumpster file plus there was no free agency back then he basically had the same stars all 10 years.

And way better at reciever and RB as well

The Elks are also better at the QB position, both starter and backup.