Riders Quarterback Cody Fajardo sums up Willie Jefferson well: “He’s a freak athlete.” Add in a what must be a high football IQ and the creativity to invent ways to ruin plays, and you’ve got the Bombers star defensive end. Jefferson is first in the CFL in QB pressures (35), first in forced fumbles (5), first […]
After beating Ottawa at Mosaic Stadium on Saturday night, the Roughriders took three days off. It’s back to work on Wednesday though as they start getting ready for the annual back-to-back games against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers starting with Sunday’s Labour Day Classic which will go at Mosaic Stadium starting at 1. The Riders go […]
Saskatchewan Roughriders QB Cody Fajardo has been named one of the CFL’s Top Performers of the Week for week eight of the CFL season. Fajardo helped lead the Riders to a 24-19 win over Hamilton Thursday night, he completed 25 of 31 passes for 313 yards. He also had a last minute run for the […]
With the Queen City Exhibition going on outside Mosaic Stadium, the Saskatchewan Roughriders took the 29-thousand inside the park along with Rider fans across the province and country watching on TV on a roller-coaster ride Thursday night that ended with a 24-19 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Riders had many opportunities to put their […]
Fresh legs and a fresh perspective from the Saskatchewan Roughriders prolonged a stale taste in the mouths of the B.C. Lions. Marcus Thigpen’s 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown just before halftime provided a spark the Riders needed in their 38-25 victory over a reeling Lions squad. B.C. had just taken a 16-10 lead thanks […]
Moments after the Calgary Stampeders walked off the Mosaic Stadium turf having beaten the Saskatchewan Roughriders by a convincing score of 37-10, Riders Head Coach Craig Dickenson was asked if he could put that game into five words. He could not. While the first-year head coach could not put what had happened over the last […]
The Cody Fajardo show continued Monday night at Mosaic Stadium much to the delight of Rider Nation. After throwing for 360 yards in his first start with the club to set a team record last month against Ottawa, many wondered if Fajardo could come up with a repeat performance. He answered that question with an […]
Many were expecting points to be at a premium Thursday in Ottawa when the REDBLACKS battled the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Instead, they got a shootout. Quarterbacks Cody Fajardo and Dominique Davis combined to throw for 714 yards and five touchdowns with Davis and the REDBLACKS prevailing by a score of 44-41 to improve their record to […]
Saskatchewan Roughriders Head Coach Craig Dickenson says it was his plan all along to start Cody Fajardo at quarterback Thursday in Ottawa, but they didn’t want to announce that right away. Fajardo was called into service just three plays into the season opener when Zach Collaros was knocked out of the game after a head-shot […]
Things did not go well for the Saskatchewan Roughriders as they opened the pre-season in Calgary getting beat 37-1 by the Stampeders. At one point, it was thought the game may not be played because of heavy smoke in Calgary from the forest fires in Northern Alberta, but it did get underway after a […]
