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TrueBlue4ever
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Frankie Williams had the most memorable highlight, just not the way he wishes.  Never. Gets. Old. 

Rich
Rich

Didn't like Proulx when he first became a head referee, but IMO he has morphed into the best head ref the league has.

bluedawg
bluedawg

Just came across this forum and signed up to join in on the conversation on the roster. Was reading some of the stuff people commented about on the PR shrinking and ADS and Agudosi getting picked

Booch Grand Master

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12 minutes ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

Wasn't it Awe who came around the end of our line during victory formation...looked to be going for #8?

yup...tried that the following week too...the putz

HardCoreBlue Grand Master

HardCoreBlue

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40 minutes ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said:

Wasn't it Awe who came around the end of our line during victory formation...looked to be going for #8?

Yup Awe is the guy who has a hard timing reading the room on the field. i.e., victory formation sort of dictates one's next move.

bustamente Grand Master

bustamente

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5 hours ago, Booch said:

https://www.ticketmaster.ca/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-edmonton-elks-regina-saskatchewan-09-15-2023/event/11005E8BDD313E2F?brand=sasroughriders

see an awful lot of blue here...I'm sure tho doucher Suitor will be saying jam packed 

The buzzword that TSN now uses is "Great Crowd" which is hilarious especially when the camera is panning an empty upper deck.

Mark H. Grand Master

Mark H.

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53 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

In July, it was a country music festival & now it's harvest hurting attendance. Funny, that wasn't a problem until the last couple of seasons. 

Lol @ the harvest excuse. Farmers these days are a very small part of any population

SpeedFlex27 Grand Master

SpeedFlex27

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1 hour ago, Mark H. said:

Lol @ the harvest excuse. Farmers these days are a very small part of any population

While attendance does seem to be making a comeback in most cities in the CFL a little bit, the pandemic really hurt the Riders. They were seling out until the season got cancelled in 2020. It's never really come back. 

Tracker Grand Master

Tracker

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1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

While attendance does seem to be making a comeback in most cities in the CFL a little bit, the pandemic really hurt the Riders. They were seling out until the season got cancelled in 2020. It's never really come back. 

I think the biggest reason for their attendance downturn is that they have an inept head coach and a poor team.

Just now, Tracker said:

I think the biggest reason for their attendance downturn is that they have an inept head coach and a poor team. "Build it and they will come."

 

Noeller Grand Master

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Riders fans are well known bandwagoners. They support winning teams but if the winning goes away for an extended period, the fans go away. Long history of that. 

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Mark H. Grand Master

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1 hour ago, Noeller said:

Riders fans are well known bandwagoners. They support winning teams but if the winning goes away for an extended period, the fans go away. Long history of that. 

Exactly. Just ask Knuckles, it's a pet peeve of his.

17to85 Grand Master

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1 hour ago, Noeller said:

Riders fans are well known bandwagoners. They support winning teams but if the winning goes away for an extended period, the fans go away. Long history of that. 

And then you get 60000 "fans" claiming they were always there in the stands.

Noeller Grand Master

Noeller

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44 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

No love for the Riders, but they aren't unique there.

I maintain we have more true diehards than they do, but they (until recently) have more fairweathers who come out when things are good. But when things were truly shitty for us, we still had a lot of people coming out to games and buying gear and what not. More than any other franchise when things are shitty.... and IMO... that's the true measure of a fanbase. 

17to85 Grand Master

17to85

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39 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I maintain we have more true diehards than they do, but they (until recently) have more fairweathers who come out when things are good. But when things were truly shitty for us, we still had a lot of people coming out to games and buying gear and what not. More than any other franchise when things are shitty.... and IMO... that's the true measure of a fanbase. 

what happened was when the Riders started to not be a total embarrassment on the field TSN started jerking off the people who did support the team in hard times and tons of people jumped right on that bandwagon "oh yeah, we're all super fans! BEST FANS EVAR!!!!11!!!" The guy who used to walk around campus in a Nealon Greene jersey (LOL at that) sure OK I'll buy he was a fan through thick and thin but the people who think the late 2000s version of the Riders is the norm can get all the way ******. 

CodyT Mentor

CodyT

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1 hour ago, Noeller said:

I maintain we have more true diehards than they do, but they (until recently) have more fairweathers who come out when things are good. But when things were truly shitty for us, we still had a lot of people coming out to games and buying gear and what not. More than any other franchise when things are shitty.... and IMO... that's the true measure of a fanbase. 

You are completely right. 100%

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BBlink

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1 hour ago, Noeller said:

I maintain we have more true diehards than they do, but they (until recently) have more fairweathers who come out when things are good. But when things were truly shitty for us, we still had a lot of people coming out to games and buying gear and what not. More than any other franchise when things are shitty.... and IMO... that's the true measure of a fanbase. 

Yeah I think in Sask you are just born a Rider Fan like you are "born Catholic". Thus you get your clothes in green like you would wear a crucifix 

SpeedFlex27 Grand Master

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2 hours ago, 17to85 said:

what happened was when the Riders started to not be a total embarrassment on the field TSN started jerking off the people who did support the team in hard times and tons of people jumped right on that bandwagon "oh yeah, we're all super fans! BEST FANS EVAR!!!!11!!!" The guy who used to walk around campus in a Nealon Greene jersey (LOL at that) sure OK I'll buy he was a fan through thick and thin but the people who think the late 2000s version of the Riders is the norm can get all the way ******. 

My son was at a Boise State qb camp while in Grade 11 back in 2006. During scrinnage, he pivoted to hand the ball off to his running back. It was incredibly hot that day at nearly 40 Celsius & the sun beating down. I guess his hands were sweaty. Anyway, he lost control of the ball & fumbled it. One of the Boise State defensive coaches started yelling, "Nealon!" Nealon!" "Nealon!!" Pretty funny... 

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