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It was a long time coming.
History was made today.
You can use any cliche in the book you want, but the end result is still the same.  Darian Durant and the Saskatchewan Roughriders now get a two week rest before the West Division Final on the road to the Grey Cup.  They got there [...]

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Midway through the season

The annual Labour Day Classic has come and gone and the Riders are doing okay.
It’s been an up and down season, but the Riders came into this game with a 4-4 record.  The previous game was a close lose to the Montreal Alouettes.  Winnipeg hasn’t been doing too well, and probably didn’t get a lot [...]

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Week Five

Week five?  Make that game five.  The Riders rumbled into Calgary on the heels of a disappointing loss to the Edmonton Eskimos.  They let a 20 point half time lead slip away and walk out of their own park with one more in the loss column.  One more loss would be the beginning of a [...]

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Two Down…

In 2007 Darian Durant was number 3 on the depth chart for Saskatchewan Roughrider quarterbacks.  He wore the number 14.  Kerry Joseph was number 1.  Fast forward to today, KJ is the number 1 QB in Toronto, and Darian Durant is the number 1 in Saskatchewan.  In 2008, Durant traded in his number 14 for [...]

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2009: A New Rider Season

The Saskatchewan Roughriders began a new CFL campaign this weekend.  They opened the CFL season at home to Western Rivals the B.C. Lions; and came away with a victory.
It wasn’t one that was picture perfect.  Starting quarterback Darian Durant wasn’t perfect as he gave up turnovers.  But like the past two years, the Riders’ D [...]

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Around town, new stuff

Finally, the temperatures are starting to get back to something that resembles normal this year. A few days ago, you could look around and see snow all over the place. Today, the only snow is the piles located in more shady locales as people tried to clear the streets and sidewalks during our [...]

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‘Rider update

Haven’t even gotten past the NHL season and I’m already looking to the CFL.  In the past few days, the Saskatchewan Roughriders resigned the first of 17 free agents.  The most important on offense is Darian Durant.  Durant proved that he was the future of the Riders as he performed beyond expectations before being sidelined [...]

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Passing of a Legend

It’s often odd to read news stories about a general manager or a former player in sports one day, and then the next hear of their passing. Such was the case with Ron Lancaster. Ron Lancaster became the face of not only the Saskatchewan Roughriders, but of the Canadian Football League. Born [...]

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Cardiac Kids

Cardiac Kids.
That’s what I’m calling the Riders. That’s what this team has been this year, as they’ve managed to win with four different quarterbacks, and managed to win in the fourth quarter. The Saskatchewan Roughriders pulled into Winnipeg after handing the Blue Bombers a convincing drubbing the week previous. History was on [...]

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Back in the win column

It wasn’t pretty, but a whirlwind week for the Saskatchewan Roughriders capped off with a victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on the Labour Day Classic.
Still licking their wounds from the loss the previous week to the Edmonton Eskimos, the Riders were looking for something to help bolster them. That came in the form [...]

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