Opponent unknown, but the Bombers will host the Western Final for the first time in 49 years. 

 

Can Harris come back?
I'm assuming McGuire dresses behind Collaros?
Who's in/who's out? 

 

Long, long range weather (as of November 22): High -3, feels like -9. Wind 21. 

(as of November 24): High -11, feels like -18. Wind 26. 

(as of November 26): High -5, feels like -10. Wind 18, gusting 27.

(as of November 29): High -9, feels like -14, Wind 14, gusting 24. 

(as of December 1): High -7, feels like -12, Wind 20, gusting 30. 

(as of December 3): High -5, feels like -12, Wind 33, gusting 50.  This is interesting, the wind has picked up SIGNIFICANTLY, to the point that I don't even think the kicking game is going to matter. But, the high on Monday is -22, which tells me it's likely the temperature will get much colder prior to or during the game. The weather is definitely going to be a factor but we're still too far out to see what the full impact will be. It's going to be fun. 

Do what Willie says and no one gets hurt. 

 

Who's coming in from out of town? 

Edited December 3, 20214 yr by JCon

26 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

He's a total wiener, if Darren Cameron was the Riders PR director he would have rushed in, pulled the electrical cord and shuffled him out the door to save the franchise from embarrassment.  Fajaja was paid $415,000 this season and is scheduled to make $515,000 next season, he's blubbering and professing his love for Sask. because he knows he isn't worth that money and he doesn't have a hope in hell of getting it anywhere else!  Slow as they are over there, they're eventually going to figure this out and boot his tail out the door.  

It will interesting to hear what he says when, inevitably, the axe falls on him.

Odd to hear him say he isn't the most talented .blah blah blah..came across vas so weak and not a leader..Collaros basically conveyed same things inn2019 and this yr..and didn't sound so weak and sad doing it..sheesh

Cody Fajardo is human. The man is sensitive about criticism & it affects him. He's neither a robot without feeelings or evil just because he plays for the Riders,

We have some posters here (including myself) who have issues with mental health. We understand what it's like to suffer thru depression, anxiety & self doubt. I can sympathize with Fajardo feeling down about being criticized on social media. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Fajardo's not as great as some Rider fans would make him out to be but not as bad as some here say he is. To me, Fajardo's an above average qb who with the right personnel around him could qb the Riders to a GC victory.

He would be wise to go off social media altogether if he is negatively affected like he appears to be. I know this goes against the grain here but I'll never criticize anyone who is struggling like he was at that presser yesterday. 

Edited December 10, 20214 yr by SpeedFlex27

Just wanted remind everyone it will take sask about 200 years to win as many Cups as we have now.

 

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Cody Fajardo is human. The man is sensitive about criticism & it affects him. He's neither a robot without feeelings or evil just because he plays for the Riders,

We have some posters here (including myself) who have issues with mental health. We understand what it's like to suffer thru depression, anxiety & self doubt. I can sympathize with Fajardo feeling down about being criticized on social media. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Fajardo's not as great as some Rider fans would make him out to be but not as bad as some here say he is. To me, Fajardo's an above average qb who with the right personnel around him could qb the Riders to a GC victory.

He would be wise to go off social media altogether if he is negatively affected like he appears to be. I know this goes against the grain here but I'll never criticize anyone who is struggling like he was at that presser yesterday. 

Thank you for this. Wise words. I bit my tongue on a few posts since some might dismiss me as being holier than thou again, but I felt a few comments went over the line (“loser”, “weiner”, “should check his estrogen level”). I do agree that he does need to get off social media if it causes him strife, or if he expects it to be all positive strokes, because fandom is hardly all that, and fairly or not comes with the territory for pro athletes. But at least when asked a question by the media, he did not give the standard canned cliches and gave an honest, from the heart, real answer. I don’t feel sorry for him as much as I am concerned about his mental state and how hard he seems to take things. It may hinder him as a quarterback and team leader, but as a human he is entitled to his feelings and should not be mocked for it. Hopefully in the future he can find a way to tune out the internet critics or at least be at peace with it, but the pandemic has done a number on most people’s mental health. I know many who feel that the lack of real human connection and living and working in a more virtual world has led to a lot more isolation and loss of basic respect for others when you communicate mainly through a computer. 

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/bomber-fans-cry-foul-over-riders-throw-into-the-stands-575894832.html

Trash perpetual loser team staying on brand. Forever the 4 stripes.

oh...they will deny it like the Duke accusations, and everything else they don't like to admit...trash thru and thru

2 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/bomber-fans-cry-foul-over-riders-throw-into-the-stands-575894832.html

Trash perpetual loser team staying on brand. Forever the 4 stripes.

Yup, that team and fan base really deserve each-other. Jagoffs all the way around.

I guess it is free rein to throw **** at the Riders when they stumble in here next year and then limp out.

*No, I don't actually want things thrown in either direction.

Edited December 10, 20214 yr by Geebrr

10 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/bomber-fans-cry-foul-over-riders-throw-into-the-stands-575894832.html

Trash perpetual loser team staying on brand. Forever the 4 stripes.

what's the coles notes here?... for those of us that don't subscribe to the Freep

2 minutes ago, bearpants said:

what's the coles notes here?... for those of us that don't subscribe to the Freep

"Early in the first quarter, Roughriders defensive back Ed Gainey hurled a football into the stands at a pair of heckling Bombers fans, said complainant Tony Carvalho.

 

Gainey’s throw was low and to the right, nearly striking 17-year-old AJ Boyko, Carvalho said.

AJ, a former Make-A-Wish Foundation recipient who suffers from a congenital heart defect, was caught unaware. Carvalho intercepted the ball inches from his face, AJ said.

"(The football) was already frozen — completely blown up. It was rock hard. And he winded up and rifled it as a CFL player, like, professional level," AJ said. "It probably would’ve broken my nose."

Carvalho and Danny Boyko, AJ’s father, both said Gainey threw the ball with enough force to cause an injury.

"He’s a professional football player. To me, that’s like a boxer throwing a punch," Boyko said.

Carvalho and his friend Brad Buckoski were the intended targets of the ball. The season ticket holders wear wrestling gear and call themselves the Legion of Blue. They often heckle opposing teams but have never seen a player react in anger, Carvalho said.

Moments before the ball was thrown, Carvalho and Buckoski were taunting Gainey and fellow Roughrider Loucheiz Purifoy with a Snickers bar and repeating a phrase that sounded like "you’re not you when you’re hungry," Boyko said.

The Snickers bar was in reference to a recent disturbance in a Regina restaurant in which Purifoy was detained by the Regina Police Service, Carvalho said."

2 minutes ago, bearpants said:

what's the coles notes here?... for those of us that don't subscribe to the Freep

After the only play he made all game where a ball fell into his hands, Gainey threw the ball at a fan that was heckling him and almost smoked him in the face.

 

2 minutes ago, bearpants said:

what's the coles notes here?... for those of us that don't subscribe to the Freep

17 year old waves a Snickers bar at Purifoy and Gainey. You're not yourself when you're hungry - referencing the disturbance Purifoy was involved in where he said he was just hungry. Gainey rifles a frozen football at the kid and almost hits him. 

Or, Trash-foy and Trash-ney were doing trashy things in their trashy jerseys. Trash will trash. 

3 minutes ago, Wideleft said:

"Early in the first quarter, Roughriders defensive back Ed Gainey hurled a football into the stands at a pair of heckling Bombers fans, said complainant Tony Carvalho.

 

Gainey’s throw was low and to the right, nearly striking 17-year-old AJ Boyko, Carvalho said.

AJ, a former Make-A-Wish Foundation recipient who suffers from a congenital heart defect, was caught unaware. Carvalho intercepted the ball inches from his face, AJ said.

"(The football) was already frozen — completely blown up. It was rock hard. And he winded up and rifled it as a CFL player, like, professional level," AJ said. "It probably would’ve broken my nose."

Carvalho and Danny Boyko, AJ’s father, both said Gainey threw the ball with enough force to cause an injury.

"He’s a professional football player. To me, that’s like a boxer throwing a punch," Boyko said.

Carvalho and his friend Brad Buckoski were the intended targets of the ball. The season ticket holders wear wrestling gear and call themselves the Legion of Blue. They often heckle opposing teams but have never seen a player react in anger, Carvalho said.

Moments before the ball was thrown, Carvalho and Buckoski were taunting Gainey and fellow Roughrider Loucheiz Purifoy with a Snickers bar and repeating a phrase that sounded like "you’re not you when you’re hungry," Boyko said.

The Snickers bar was in reference to a recent disturbance in a Regina restaurant in which Purifoy was detained by the Regina Police Service, Carvalho said."

if it's that easy to get under his skin... no wonder receivers have no trouble doing it 😂

more proof that CD has no control over the inmates there, it's a total "me first" team and mentality, and where there's smoke...there's fire on a dysfunctional and sad organization ..spitting allegations....eye gouging....can't make a pee pee and then defending it.....Disturbances and night on jail at local establishments.....Players loafing and disinterested (Evans)....players leaving/quitting right before playoffs (Hendy).....finger pointing (Fajardo).....Whining about criticism (Fajardo again).....all in all...what a joke!!

4 minutes ago, Booch said:

more proof that CD has no control over the inmates there, it's a total "me first" team and mentality, and where there's smoke...there's fire on a dysfunctional and sad organization ..spitting allegations....eye gouging....can't make a pee pee and then defending it.....Disturbances and night on jail at local establishments.....Players loafing and disinterested (Evans)....players leaving/quitting right before playoffs (Hendy).....finger pointing (Fajardo).....Whining about criticism (Fajardo again).....all in all...what a joke!!

And them being sent packing every year. Gainey called Regina boring so he is glad to leave I am sure.

1 minute ago, Geebrr said:

And them being sent packing every year. Gainey called Regina boring so he is glad to leave I am sure.

I can see several of their pending free agents wanting to leave, even tho the cup is there....there are better opportunities to get to the cup than being there..especially with Riders having to go thru Winnipeg and or Calgary again..thats tuff sledding

 

14 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Cody Fajardo is human. The man is sensitive about criticism & it affects him. He's neither a robot without feeelings or evil just because he plays for the Riders,

We have some posters here (including myself) who have issues with mental health. We understand what it's like to suffer thru depression, anxiety & self doubt. I can sympathize with Fajardo feeling down about being criticized on social media. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Fajardo's not as great as some Rider fans would make him out to be but not as bad as some here say he is. To me, Fajardo's an above average qb who with the right personnel around him could qb the Riders to a GC victory.

He would be wise to go off social media altogether if he is negatively affected like he appears to be. I know this goes against the grain here but I'll never criticize anyone who is struggling like he was at that presser yesterday. 

I deal with anxiety and heavy depression at times,I'll **** on an opposing player like any fan would but I'll never attack someone's mental health. It's a very dark place and makes life exceptionally difficult whether you like it or not.

26 minutes ago, JCon said:

17 year old waves a Snickers bar at Purifoy and Gainey. You're not yourself when you're hungry - referencing the disturbance Purifoy was involved in where he said he was just hungry. Gainey rifles a frozen football at the kid and almost hits him. 

Or, Trash-foy and Trash-ney were doing trashy things in their trashy jerseys. Trash will trash. 

It wasn't even the kid who was heckling them according to the guy who filed the complaint.  The ball was intended for him and another guy but, in true Rider fashion, Gainey couldn't even do that properly and nearly smoked the kid instead.  

Just now, bigg jay said:

It wasn't even the kid who was heckling them according to the guy who filed the complaint.  The ball was intended for him and another guy but, in true Rider fashion, Gainey couldn't even do that properly and nearly smoked the kid instead.  

And unlike Fajardo, Gainey threw low.

1 minute ago, Wideleft said:

And unlike Fajardo, Gainey threw low.

YUP....the Faj misses are generally high....hahaha

9 minutes ago, Nolby said:

I deal with anxiety and heavy depression at times,I'll **** on an opposing player like any fan would but I'll never attack someone's mental health. It's a very dark place and makes life exceptionally difficult whether you like it or not.

I don't think it's mental health issues with Fajardo...he just believed his press clippings, even tho he knew he wasn't overly talented...which he actually stated in his presser, and is cracking under the pressure now, moreso being weak more than anything...

Gainey wishes we would answer his free agency calls.

He wanted to follow Willie here, guaranteed. 

We send him straight to voice mail even in a year where we lost 2 all star starters.

Edited December 10, 20214 yr by Geebrr

Interesting random fact. Buckoski of the Legion of Blue is a great golfer. Won a golf tourney with him. lol. 

League needs to look into this and suspend Gainey. Not Ok.

On Fajardo, I worry about his mental health and whether he is in the right market as Saskatchewan and Winnipeg can be rough on players.

Football player makes a great play and throws the ball into the stands. Fan says it's cuz of the heckling he did and it could have broken his nose. Keyboard warriors use it as another excuse to whine about the Riders. Just another day at the forum.