CFL - 2023 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[Pete Catan's Ghost]

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

[Booch]

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

[Wanna-B-Fanboy]

36 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?

the very same ****** bag *******.

[HardCoreBlue]

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.

[WinnipegGordo]

4 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 

I'm guessing the Riders no longer have a season ticket wait list of 8 thousand. Lol

[Super Duper Negatron]

22 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said:

I'm guessing the Riders no longer have a season ticket wait list of 8 thousand. Lol

Yikes. That looks dire.

[bustamente]

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.

[Booch]

Both upper decks have way less than 1/2 seats sold ..best fans for sure

[SpeedFlex27]

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. 

[Mark H.]

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

[Noeller]

1 hour ago, Mark H. said:

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

Well someone's buying up all the land........

[SpeedFlex27]

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]

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]

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. 

Edited September 17, 2023 by Noeller

[Mark H.]

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]

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.

[Super Duper Negatron]

3 hours 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. 

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

[kelownabomberfan]

2 hours ago, 17to85 said:

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

Reminds me of the 2011 Grey Cup and all the fake Lions fans I saw there.

[Noeller]

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. 

[Eternal optimist]

All this talk about fanbase... It's just entertainment. As my wife said during the 2013 debacle season...

"It's an outing"

Of course it is easier to sell seats when the team wins. Thinking one fanbase is in any way superior to another is just plain silly

[17to85]

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]

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%

[BBlink]

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]

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... 

Edited September 18, 2023 by SpeedFlex27

[Bigblue204]

apparently there is building resentment on how much the Riders charge for just about everything. From tickets to concessions to merch. That's not helping their attendance issues either.