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The Saskatchewan Roughriders came into their first-place showdown against the Montreal Alouettes on a short week, compounded by injuries and more new faces in the lineup.   Despite these challenges, the first half of the game at Percival Molson Stadium couldn’t have gone better for the Riders.  Led by quarterback Shea Patterson, the offense had […]

Well folks, as we referenced in last weeks, ‘Coaching Matters’ primer, we’re now officially at the 1/3 marker of the year so I thought we’d do a quick external evaluation of the Saskatchewan Roughriders using a good ole SWOT Analysis. Coincidentally, the same methodology I use at the CDN Red Cross when it comes to evaluating programs […]

Brett Lauther’s 43-yard field goal on the final play of the game rallied the Saskatchewan Roughriders to a stunning 33-30 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday night. Lauther’s boot was set up by C.J. Avery’s interception at the Hamilton 37-yard line with 35 seconds left on the clock. It was the second straight comeback […]

He was the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ second-leading rusher last week but Bo Levi Mitchell doesn’t believe that’s kept the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ defensive braintrust up at night. Mitchell leads Hamilton (0-1) into its home opener against Saskatchewan (1-0) on Sunday night. The veteran quarterback ran for a personal-best 36 yards on three carries in the Ticats’ season-opening 32-24 road loss in […]

A quick review of our KPIs from last weeks Edmonton Primer tells us A LOT…  As a summary, we talked about Marc Muellers in-game scheme rollout. Resounding success there. Mueller dialed up plays the got the team into the end zone, specifically after defensive turnovers. Teams have to score TOUCHDOWNS to win Grey Cups. Kicking […]

The Saskatchewan Roughriders will be kicking off their home schedule tomorrow night, and with Father’s Day Sunday, the theme is “Dad’s Night Out.” “It all kicks off with the Party In the Park at 4 o’clock” according to Seth Strankman who is manager of Game Day and Events for the Riders. “We have “dad” themed […]

The training camp, and two pre season games has brought the start of the CFL regular season that much closer, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders had to make their cuts to get the roster down to the required number before the trip to Edmonton to open the season. This morning, all of the roster moves were […]

Saskatchewan Roughriders Head Coach Craig Dickenson is pretty pleased with what he saw in the club’s first pre-season win in 10 years.  Dickenson made his weekly Monday appearance on the Sports Cage where he told host Michael Ball that they can be much better when it comes to conditioning. ” I told the guys we […]

Its been a long time since the faithful have been able to flock to the first city of the CFL and take in a Riders game at Mosaic. That long wait is almost over. Saturday, 620 CKRM and the “Roughrider Radio Network” will broadcast the first pre-season game of the year as the Roughriders play […]

It is the end of an era at 620 CKRM.  Today is the last day of work for Agricultural News Director Jim Smalley. After 50 years in broadcasting, and 40 years at 620 CKRM, Jim is retiring. Jim started in radio in Dryden Ontario in 1973.  He eventually found his way home to Saskatchewan and […]