do or die

Bottom line is that any fan, of any team in this league ....can go back into the memory bank....and recall a fair sampling of absolute egregious travesties of officiating. The deal is understanding it for what it is ...with perhaps a little whining, crying, or moaning into the mix ....as opposed to becoming totally paranoiac and deflective about it. A certain segment of Rider fans have chosen the latter path of denial..... frantically looking at the league hierarchy, or in their closets or under their beds. After all, it cannot be the Republic of Jones or any one else in the Rider brain trust, who is responsible. It simply has to be some mythical bogey men, planning some form of conspiracy or skullduggery....to drag down the proclaimed greatest franchise and fan base in the league. So goes that narrative. The Riders have a devoted and passionate fan base, who deserves all kinds of credit, for the way they support their team. But one wonders how embarrassed some of the more sane Riders fans are becoming.... listening to their brethren spewing out terms like rigged, dishonest, sham, crooked, etc....to explain their team's record. Anyone with half a brain, and who has watched officiating in the CFL, for any length of time, knows better than to mistake obvious incompetence for some sort of hidden agenda or conspiracy.

Conspirators must be punished....

Let there be chaos.....release the hounds.....want the Riders to walk into a madhouse.....then slowly crawl out, 3 hours later...

From RiderFans: Jamie Nye ‏@jamienye 5m5 minutes ago Hearing this afternoon the #Riders first reached out to the #CFL re: Orridge not coming to the Plaza. Jamie Nye ‏@jamienye 32s32 seconds ago The team and the league agreed if there was a potential distraction w/ Orridge being there... best to keep spotlight on two inductees.

Well, have gotten the 1990.... 25 years stuff over the years at RF. Doesn't make me angry, only sad. Would simply like to see some actual wit and humor, in its stead....

Ripper is welcome here anytime......always best not to emulate some other sites, in that regard.

Couldn't risk having the commissioner suffer blindness, from all that tinfoil.....

Protecting the sanctity of the flagship franchise.....

Riders don't have to worry about pesky outsiders, at their big ole event. It was a mutual decision by @sskroughriders and @Commish13 that he does not attend 2016 Plaza of Honor on Sept. 16 — Rod Pedersen (@rodpedersen) September 6, 2016 Bush all the way round.....

It has been reported this morning, in Cash Crop Chronicles..... that both the CFL Commissioner and the CFL Head of Officiating have been operating this season, under assumed names. Their actual identities have been revealed as Boris Badenov and Natasha.

That was one of the "3rd down gambles"

That was our D's worst game in the last month. Expect more pressure and better coverage, at Banjo Bowl

Two very questionable 3rd down gambles that failed Two blown challenges Gave up the wind, with the 2nd half choice "working the officials" - non-stop Jones did his part, in that Rider loss. Watching a number of Rider games....his in-game decision making has been questionable, all year.

Riders had Harris upright, with clock still running. One of our OL came over and knocked him down. Unsung hero.

Yup, heard that.....real cow patch announcing alright. Unfortunately I couldn't find their audio of Medlock's game winning kick.

Yup the Riders were playing a couple of DT's from Bugtussle.....and we don't pound it up there with Harris?

We were sloppy on both sides of the ball, Our D played its worst game in 6 weeks ....we forgot about Harris down deep....but were still up 16 points, before going into "playsafe" mode far too early. Still won. No reason we cannot blow these guys out at the BB.

The positive......we can certainly play better and hammer the Riders at home.

Sorry, but golf (and for that matter curling) are not allowed in the O+S. Next offense is a 50.00 fine.

It was a real nitpick PI call. But we have seen a ton of those, all year. And we will see more. If you use bad breath on a guy, past the 5 yards....out comes the flag. Every team takes it's turn in that particular barrel....yesterday, it was the Riders turn. As far as Jones, and his comments......have seen at least 3-4 Rider games, where Jones's game coaching has simply not been up to the mark. Blaming refs and hinting at conspiracies, after that game... is simply having deflector shields on full, and Rider Nation on stun...as far as the terrible job (s) being done...

We were up 19-3, when it should of been more like 30-3...... Then the O went right into safety mode (ole Lapo habit) Can't take a 16 point lead, to the bank, with a half to go in the CFL. Our use of Harris was somewhat mystifying - why do we go away from him, deep in enemy territory? Why, against the weakest interior line in the league, were we running all that stuff to the outside?

When we ignore Harris for almost 3 quarters and go into play safe mode only up 19-3......then our play calling could be better.

The new term over there is "scam"

BUT BY THEN....IT WILL BE TOO LATE!

Didn't challenge their receivers.....laying off 10-15 yds a great deal of the time. Speaking of time.....Durant had too much and our D-setup enable him to do a lot of pitch and catch. Even the tackling after the catch was pretty sloppy, as well