Arnold_Palmer

I have never seen such an entitled fan base in professional sports.

It's funny because the league has spoon fed the Riders as "best fans", "Canada's team", etc and they certainly have a lot of good passionate fans. No one will deny that. They've also benefitted from being one of the better teams in the league for the past 15 years. It's funny how sensitive the fan base has become, instead of looking in the mirror and taking blame for the way the team is ran they use every excuse in the book. No other CFL fanbase but the riders buy that " us against the world" bull crap. We've had plenty of down right awful teams over the years, and some questionable calls against us but at the end of the day our fan base has always been able to look in the mirror and take responsibility for where we're at as a football team. 

I have never seen such an entitled fan base in professional sports.

It's funny because the league has spoon fed the Riders as "best fans", "Canada's team", etc and they certainly have a lot of good passionate fans. No one will deny that. They've also benefitted from being one of the better teams in the league for the past 15 years. It's funny how sensitive the fan base has become, instead of looking in the mirror and taking blame for the way the team is ran they use every excuse in the book. No other CFL fanbase but the riders buy that " us against the world" bull crap. We've had plenty of down right awful teams over the years, and some questionable calls against us but at the end of the day our fan base has always been able to look in the mirror and take responsibility for where we're at as a football team. 

It's funny because the league has spoon fed the Riders as "best fans", "Canada's team", etc and they certainly have a lot of good passionate fans. No one will deny that. They've also benefitted from being one of the better teams in the league for the past 15 years. It's funny how sensitive the fan base has become, instead of looking in the mirror and taking blame for the way the team is ran they use every excuse in the book. No other CFL fanbase but the riders buy that " us against the world" bull crap. We've had plenty of down right awful teams over the years, and some questionable calls against us but at the end of the day our fan base has always been able to look in the mirror and take responsibility for where we're at as a football team. 

Making the situation even better is that I do think Jones is a good coach and if he'd kept his head down and just worked on rebuilding the team he likely would have got the job done sooner rather than later, but he went ahead and created a circus and now he's burning bridges and making himself look foolish, barring a quick and impressive turn around he's likely going to wind up being run out of town. So many similarities to Mike Kelly it's not even funny. Kelly could have been a good coach but the ego cost him, same happening to Jones right now from the looks of things. 

After the game, I logged on while I was in my hotel (I was pretty drunk, I can't deny ) and read about 4 or 5 pages of screaming and whining that they got robbed, we got handed the win, blah blah blah.
So I wrote "hehe"
Logged on the next day. Banned for a week.

We talked all offseason how we wanted to see the situation with Jones in Saskatchewan blow up and now that it has it's glorious! Rider fans are falling over themselves trying to explain how this could happen and they've landed on the most ridiculous of things to pin it on and the amount of mental gymnastics going on to try and find proof for that point is highly entertaining. Bombers in the mix for a playoff spot and Rider fans showing how truly and utterly insane and deluded they are... best CFL season ever!

What a joke Rider Nation has turned into.
Maybe you should rescind the invitation to your idiotic coach, as he's got far more to do with your dumpster fire of a team this year than Jeffery Orridge does. It blows my mind that you guys despise Orridge as much as you do, he's got nothing to do with why your team is such a disaster. Typical though, look for anything to cling on to the hopes that you guys aren't an absolute mess, it's just "Big Brother sticking it to us"
Newsflash - this us against the world mentality doesn't do anything but make you guys look like a bunch of clowns. If you're as important to the league as you all claim to be (disclaimer: you're not) then why would the league purposely mess with you? You can't even get your conspiracy theories right.
Thank god I've realized that the keyboard warriors who represent Saskatchewan really have nothing in common with the fans who sit in the stands, because I yet again had a wonderful gameday experience in Regina this weekend. It's only when I get on the internet that Rider fans make me want to slam my head against the nearest blunt object.

I have never seen such an entitled fan base in professional sports.

I have never seen such an entitled fan base in professional sports.

I have never seen such an entitled fan base in professional sports.

I have never seen such an entitled fan base in professional sports.

I have never seen such an entitled fan base in professional sports.

You left out the most important stat:  1 - 4 and 5 - 0.
I've been as critical of the offence as any but lets not pretend the majority of Willy's numbers didn't come in garbage time when the game was well out of hand and defences were playing prevent, giving the short stuff to kill the clock.
Yes, Nichols has benefitted from a better O-Line and a D that is playing lights out and a turnover machine.  But Willy was not playing well and looked lost back there.  That is not going to change until he gets a chance to play and prove different.
And I'm fine if he doesn't play again this season, because it means we are continuing what we've been doing the last 5 games.

Let's just put things into perspective. We're now 6-4.. On a five game winning streak. We beat the riders at the labour day classic for the first time in 12 years. Today is a good day to be a bomber fan. We have a lot to be proud about!

Let's just put things into perspective. We're now 6-4.. On a five game winning streak. We beat the riders at the labour day classic for the first time in 12 years. Today is a good day to be a bomber fan. We have a lot to be proud about!

Let's just put things into perspective. We're now 6-4.. On a five game winning streak. We beat the riders at the labour day classic for the first time in 12 years. Today is a good day to be a bomber fan. We have a lot to be proud about!

Let's just put things into perspective. We're now 6-4.. On a five game winning streak. We beat the riders at the labour day classic for the first time in 12 years. Today is a good day to be a bomber fan. We have a lot to be proud about!

Good running by Harris...sets up opening drive FG by Medlock...
Just as well....as Harris does not see the ball much after that....
Holley catches one deep from Durant..but Crapigna misses FG....
Durant getting surprising amount of time to throw......
Riders boning themselves with early penalties.....
Nichols lays out perfect long ball to McDuffie for 80 yd TD...10-0
Crapigna misses another FG...good return by Leggett....
...sets up Medlock from 25....now 13-0 Blue...
Riders bungle fake punt....Bomber O set up again...
...but Medlock hits post on 45 yarder....streak over...
Bombers are squandering chances to blow it open...
Riders still taking penalties...even with 13th man.....
Harris is missing in action, as game goes on....
Riders in Blue territory 5 times in half - garner 3 points
Nichols strings together some completions before the half...
....to set up...yup another Medlock FG...
16-3 at the half...but not a big lead....in this league...
Jones calls questionable 3rd and 3 gamble....fail.
Nichols strings some more completions....
but drive stalls AGAIN down deep.....
Medlock 18 yds for a 19-3 lead....
Jones goes fishing on questionable challenges....
Riders put long TD drive together and 2 point convert
Blue getting very conservative on O
Meanwhile....Rider receivers getting plenty of room to operate
Bruce Johnson having some problems back there....
....so is Johnny Adams...
Bomber penalties set up short Rider TD drive.....
...and the 2 point convert......
19-19.....16 point lead gone....Riders have the Mo..
Johnson still having problems in the back...
Soft coverage/missed tackles on D...bring back bad memories..
Riders take ball in 3rd quarter, give up wind in 4th.....
Adams gets the long awaited INT, on D.....
..some dink and dunk..sets up Medlock...
..who pushes Bombers into lead 23-19.....
Collins wide open on deep pass.....
Why did we cut this guy anyways?.
McDuffie having coming out party as receiver...
Riders drive again...Durant still getting time....
...and ends up with 400 yds passing ...
Nichols has about 350 yds himself...
...but most of it in the middle of the field....
C.J. Roberts makes great diving INT on Durant throwaway.....
Bombers winning the turnover battle, yet again...
Bombers move out from goal line......
..but booming punt is not covered...
as Lawrence returns it for 85 yd TD punt return....
Crapinga caps miserable game with missed PAT...
Leggett runs it out of the endzone 40 yds.....
Tie game 25-25 with little time left....
Couple of completions......drive stalls...
...but real tiky taky INT call on Riders keeps it going....
Jones has no challenges left...and he could of used one....
Medlock trots out for 42 yd game winning attempt
RIGHT DOWN THE PIPE!   
GIN RIGHT DOWN MY SHIRT!
7-8 for Justin...the ole LDC curse over and done...
Good thing it was the Riders.....
....we may of lost this one..to anyone else.....
but points are points....wins are wins
...and gins are called for.....
 

Let's just put things into perspective. We're now 6-4.. On a five game winning streak. We beat the riders at the labour day classic for the first time in 12 years. Today is a good day to be a bomber fan. We have a lot to be proud about!

Let's just put things into perspective. We're now 6-4.. On a five game winning streak. We beat the riders at the labour day classic for the first time in 12 years. Today is a good day to be a bomber fan. We have a lot to be proud about!

Let's just put things into perspective. We're now 6-4.. On a five game winning streak. We beat the riders at the labour day classic for the first time in 12 years. Today is a good day to be a bomber fan. We have a lot to be proud about!

Let's just put things into perspective. We're now 6-4.. On a five game winning streak. We beat the riders at the labour day classic for the first time in 12 years. Today is a good day to be a bomber fan. We have a lot to be proud about!

Let's just put things into perspective. We're now 6-4.. On a five game winning streak. We beat the riders at the labour day classic for the first time in 12 years. Today is a good day to be a bomber fan. We have a lot to be proud about!