Pete Catan's Ghost Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 Wasn't it Awe who came around the end of our line during victory formation...looked to be going for #8? rebusrankin, GCJenks and wbbfan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booch Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 12 minutes ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said: Wasn't it Awe who came around the end of our line during victory formation...looked to be going for #8? yup...tried that the following week too...the putz wbbfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanna-B-Fanboy Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 36 minutes ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said: Wasn't it Awe who came around the end of our line during victory formation...looked to be going for #8? the very same ****** bag *******. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardCoreBlue Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 40 minutes ago, Pete Catan's Ghost said: Wasn't it Awe who came around the end of our line during victory formation...looked to be going for #8? Yup Awe is the guy who has a hard timing reading the room on the field. i.e., victory formation sort of dictates one's next move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnipegGordo Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 4 hours ago, Booch said: https://www.ticketmaster.ca/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-edmonton-elks-regina-saskatchewan-09-15-2023/event/11005E8BDD313E2F?brand=sasroughriders see an awful lot of blue here...I'm sure tho doucher Suitor will be saying jam packed I'm guessing the Riders no longer have a season ticket wait list of 8 thousand. Lol rebusrankin, Noeller and Pepper_Brooks 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Negatron Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 22 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said: I'm guessing the Riders no longer have a season ticket wait list of 8 thousand. Lol Yikes. That looks dire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustamente Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 5 hours ago, Booch said: https://www.ticketmaster.ca/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-edmonton-elks-regina-saskatchewan-09-15-2023/event/11005E8BDD313E2F?brand=sasroughriders see an awful lot of blue here...I'm sure tho doucher Suitor will be saying jam packed The buzzword that TSN now uses is "Great Crowd" which is hilarious especially when the camera is panning an empty upper deck. Goalie and Booch 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booch Posted September 15, 2023 Report Share Posted September 15, 2023 Both upper decks have way less than 1/2 seats sold ..best fans for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedFlex27 Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 In July, it was a country music festival & now it's harvest hurting attendance. Funny, that wasn't a problem until the last couple of seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H. Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 53 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said: In July, it was a country music festival & now it's harvest hurting attendance. Funny, that wasn't a problem until the last couple of seasons. Lol @ the harvest excuse. Farmers these days are a very small part of any population Goalie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Mark H. said: Lol @ the harvest excuse. Farmers these days are a very small part of any population Well someone's buying up all the land........ Mark H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedFlex27 Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Mark H. said: Lol @ the harvest excuse. Farmers these days are a very small part of any population While attendance does seem to be making a comeback in most cities in the CFL a little bit, the pandemic really hurt the Riders. They were seling out until the season got cancelled in 2020. It's never really come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said: While attendance does seem to be making a comeback in most cities in the CFL a little bit, the pandemic really hurt the Riders. They were seling out until the season got cancelled in 2020. It's never really come back. I think the biggest reason for their attendance downturn is that they have an inept head coach and a poor team. Just now, Tracker said: I think the biggest reason for their attendance downturn is that they have an inept head coach and a poor team. "Build it and they will come." Noeller, Bigblue204 and GCJenks 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 (edited) Riders fans are well known bandwagoners. They support winning teams but if the winning goes away for an extended period, the fans go away. Long history of that. Edited September 17, 2023 by Noeller 17to85 and Pickle Rick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H. Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Noeller said: Riders fans are well known bandwagoners. They support winning teams but if the winning goes away for an extended period, the fans go away. Long history of that. Exactly. Just ask Knuckles, it's a pet peeve of his. Noeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Noeller said: Riders fans are well known bandwagoners. They support winning teams but if the winning goes away for an extended period, the fans go away. Long history of that. And then you get 60000 "fans" claiming they were always there in the stands. Bigblue204 and Noeller 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Negatron Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Noeller said: Riders fans are well known bandwagoners. They support winning teams but if the winning goes away for an extended period, the fans go away. Long history of that. No love for the Riders, but they aren't unique there. Goalie, TBURGESS, kelownabomberfan and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownabomberfan Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 2 hours ago, 17to85 said: And then you get 60000 "fans" claiming they were always there in the stands. Reminds me of the 2011 Grey Cup and all the fake Lions fans I saw there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 44 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said: No love for the Riders, but they aren't unique there. I maintain we have more true diehards than they do, but they (until recently) have more fairweathers who come out when things are good. But when things were truly shitty for us, we still had a lot of people coming out to games and buying gear and what not. More than any other franchise when things are shitty.... and IMO... that's the true measure of a fanbase. rebusrankin and CodyT 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternal optimist Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 All this talk about fanbase... It's just entertainment. As my wife said during the 2013 debacle season... "It's an outing" Of course it is easier to sell seats when the team wins. Thinking one fanbase is in any way superior to another is just plain silly coach17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17to85 Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 39 minutes ago, Noeller said: I maintain we have more true diehards than they do, but they (until recently) have more fairweathers who come out when things are good. But when things were truly shitty for us, we still had a lot of people coming out to games and buying gear and what not. More than any other franchise when things are shitty.... and IMO... that's the true measure of a fanbase. what happened was when the Riders started to not be a total embarrassment on the field TSN started jerking off the people who did support the team in hard times and tons of people jumped right on that bandwagon "oh yeah, we're all super fans! BEST FANS EVAR!!!!11!!!" The guy who used to walk around campus in a Nealon Greene jersey (LOL at that) sure OK I'll buy he was a fan through thick and thin but the people who think the late 2000s version of the Riders is the norm can get all the way ******. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodyT Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Noeller said: I maintain we have more true diehards than they do, but they (until recently) have more fairweathers who come out when things are good. But when things were truly shitty for us, we still had a lot of people coming out to games and buying gear and what not. More than any other franchise when things are shitty.... and IMO... that's the true measure of a fanbase. You are completely right. 100% Noeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBlink Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Noeller said: I maintain we have more true diehards than they do, but they (until recently) have more fairweathers who come out when things are good. But when things were truly shitty for us, we still had a lot of people coming out to games and buying gear and what not. More than any other franchise when things are shitty.... and IMO... that's the true measure of a fanbase. Yeah I think in Sask you are just born a Rider Fan like you are "born Catholic". Thus you get your clothes in green like you would wear a crucifix TBURGESS and JCon 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedFlex27 Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, 17to85 said: what happened was when the Riders started to not be a total embarrassment on the field TSN started jerking off the people who did support the team in hard times and tons of people jumped right on that bandwagon "oh yeah, we're all super fans! BEST FANS EVAR!!!!11!!!" The guy who used to walk around campus in a Nealon Greene jersey (LOL at that) sure OK I'll buy he was a fan through thick and thin but the people who think the late 2000s version of the Riders is the norm can get all the way ******. My son was at a Boise State qb camp while in Grade 11 back in 2006. During scrinnage, he pivoted to hand the ball off to his running back. It was incredibly hot that day at nearly 40 Celsius & the sun beating down. I guess his hands were sweaty. Anyway, he lost control of the ball & fumbled it. One of the Boise State defensive coaches started yelling, "Nealon!" Nealon!" "Nealon!!" Pretty funny... Edited September 18, 2023 by SpeedFlex27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigblue204 Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 apparently there is building resentment on how much the Riders charge for just about everything. From tickets to concessions to merch. That's not helping their attendance issues either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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