It brings me great pleasure to talk about some good ole’ fashioned, only-in-Canadian-football dumb. Doesn’t seem like I’m in the minority here. Someone at TSN once sent me a snarky tweet in support of these interviews. Even Alouettes minority owner Gary Stern tweeted his displeasure over the interview. This is what pre-game shows, halftimes, Sportscentre, and podcasts are for.Įnough already. This isn’t meant as an insult to McManus, but TSN has got to stop putting people in these positions. Instead, we got to hear more from McManus. It looked like Fajardo should have been called for a safety, a brawl nearly broke out between both teams, and Hamilton took a penalty to keep the Riders out of the shadow out of their goalposts… just to name a few things. However, that drive was rather quick and so it continued long - and I mean long - into a Riders’ drive.Ī lot happened in that span. McManus’ interview began with the Ticats on offence, which made sense. This time, it was Ticats legend Danny McManus’ turn to do the deed. Nothing seems to unite CFL Twitter like someone being brought into the booth of a CFL game for an unnecessarily long interview, almost always in the fourth quarter of a game. The in-game interviews are not good and the fans do not like them. Letting teams run all over you and giving up big plays is one hell of a recipe to lose big games. The Ticats ran for 136 yards, leaving the defence with nothing in the tank as Hamilton went on an eight-minute drive toward the end of the game that should have finished it. They also got gashed along the ground by a team that generally doesn’t run the ball well. The Riders’ allowed their league-leading tenth reception of 50 yards or longer - a number that was brought to my attention by the Regina Leader-Post’s Rob Vanstone.
The defence wasn’t much better, but they mostly got bailed out by an equally inept Hamilton team.
When push came to shove, it was a complete letdown all around. Cody Fajardo got no protection, receivers not named Schaffer-Baker didn’t do much, the run game was non-existent and despite some decent numbers overall, Fajardo missed throws he had to make. The offensive letdown was an entire team effort. That won’t win you many football games, no question. After two first-quarter touchdowns and a field goal five minutes into the second, the Riders put up a big fat zero the rest of the game. The Riders let the Ticats hang around and, slowly but surely, the home team took over the game along the ground and wore them out. Problem? They never had more than a one-score lead. For most of the first half, they were the better team. They did it again in this game and it cost them.Īs mentioned, the Riders got off to a pretty good start. Anything asked of him, he can do it.Īs the Riders’ offence tends to do, they go away from what works. He makes big catches, he runs for yards after the catch. He gives them some swagger and confidence that few other receivers on this team seem to do at the moment. The former Guelph Gryphon has been the straw that stirs the drink for the Riders on offence since he broke into the league last year. In all, he ended up with 93 yards receiving, but most of those came in the first half. Number 89 was targeted early and often as this one got underway. When the Riders had their moments early, they did so on the back of their top receiver, Kian Schaffer-Baker.
Then the wheels fell off… but we’ll get to that. This game was looking promising early, the Riders actually managed to score two touchdowns in the first half for the first time since they beat the B.C. Here’s the good, the bad, and the dumb of the Riders’ tenth loss of the season. Even if the Riders do somehow beat the Calgary Stampeders once. If Hamilton wins their final three games, they are in. The Riders’ no longer have control of their own playoff destiny. Quarterback Cody Fajardo was sacked seven times - inflicting much pain on the once-beloved quarterback - as the Riders lost their fifth in a row, putting a playoff spot that once seemed assured in serious jeopardy. There’s nothing but pain for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and their fans following an absolutely crushing loss to the Hamilton Ticats.
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