Winnipeg at Saskatchewan LDC - pregame discussion

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Usually I would say to keep Bighill out but a few things makes me wary:

The Riders home and home are huge for playoff seeding, much greater stakes than previous years. We should be treating both like playoff games (and it appears we are).

We didn't use our youth the way I thought we would in Bighill's absence. Gauthier will still be dressed anyway as insurance. We didn't gain speed and youth and lose experience. We just lost experience.

We've got a bye following these two games which should allow for some rest.

[Buck]

Just got my tickets to LDC, haven't been since 2019.  Section 141!

[bwiser]

The top rows of the East side (gold seats), even at C, are never full even on "sell outs".  West side fares better.

I think a lot of the cheapest seats are bought just to get people in the gate so they can wander around and drink.

I think lots buy the cheapest tickets and hangout at the RumHut.

[Pigskin]

He's also getting very limited reps in practice, even with big Stan and Wallace out. He's clearly the last option at this point.

This is true most weeks, but this week Vanterpool 6'6" 315, received a ton of reps with the first unit.

[Blue In BC]

This is true most weeks, but this week Vanterpool 6'6" 315, received a ton of reps with the first unit.

That's not a bad thing to get him some reps. However, Bryant missed day one and Wallace has gone to 6 game IR. So he's moved up the depth chart as a matter of necessity.

Bryant doesn't need reps, he just needs to get better from the flu this week. He may or may not get many reps in practice.

I wouldn't read too much into anything just yet.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Just got my tickets to LDC, haven't been since 2019.  Section 141!

Awesome to hear Buck. Come say hi at Crave BB partly or Wayne's World pre game.

[Blueforlife]

SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS   Practice Day   
Player Name   Position   Injury   WED   THU   FRI   Game Status
Amari Henderson   DB   Shoulder   DNP   Limited      
Bryan Cox   DL   Foot   Limited   Full      
Jaxon Ford   DB   Wrist   Full   Full      
Bruno Labelle   FB   Leg   Full   Full      
Kosi Onyeka   DB   Healthy scratch   Full   Full      
Jerreth Sterns   WR   Healthy scratch   Full   Full      
Nick Wiebe   LB   Knee   Full   Full      
Nelson Lokombo   DB   Calf   –   DNP      
 

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS   Practice Day   
Player Name   Position   Injury   WED   THU   FRI   Game Status
Nick Hallett   DB   Hip   Full   DNP      
Lucky Ogbevoen   DL   Knee   Full   Full      
Adam Bighill   LB   Hamstring   Full   Full      
Bailey Feltmate   FB   Ankle   DNP   DNP      
Drew Wolitarsky   WR   Ribs   Full   Full      
Gabe Wallace   OL   Knee   DNP   DNP      
Stanley Bryant   OL   Illness   DNP   DNP   

[TecnoGenius]

There are quite a few Riderfans forum-ers thinking they may lose LDC.  There's a lot of worry and trepidation, kind of like there is on our side here.  So many question marks for both teams.

Their pickems is about 5-to-1 picking SSK -- seems like more than usual picking WPG for this SSK-usually-wins game.

It should be a fun one exactly for the reason that no fan knows what to expect!!  Well, I know two things: SSK will hit hard, and they'll be cheatin' & holdin' galore.

[Blueforlife]

There are quite a few Riderfans forum-ers thinking they may lose LDC.  There's a lot of worry and trepidation, kind of like there is on our side here.  So many question marks for both teams.

Their pickems is about 5-to-1 picking SSK -- seems like more than usual picking WPG for this SSK-usually-wins game.

It should be a fun one exactly for the reason that no fan knows what to expect!!  Well, I know two things: SSK will hit hard, and they'll be cheatin' & holdin' galore.

Everyone holds
If you are not cheating you are not trying

[J5V]

Coach O'Shea on Practice Today

[J5V]

Nic Demski on the LDC

[J5V]

Zach on the Offense

[TecnoGenius]

Riderfans saying Hickson doing lots of practice catching passes.  So let's watch out for that: planned passes, dump passes, whatever.  Can't let him hide in blocking then slip out to a wide open flat and 20Y.

[TecnoGenius]

Interesting: past years the Riderfan forum is always fretting about certain specific things.  Lately that's been Demski.

However, this year I haven't seen them mention any R by name as being a problem.  They aren't afraid of Demski at all anymore.  So this would be a great game to have Demski blow them up!!

They do talk about stopping Zach from rolling right, so they'll probably do that quick right-pressure/spy thing teams have been doing on us.  It might confuse them if Zach rolls left on the first scramble     

Would also be a great time for the under-the-radar Rs to get some explosions, like Pokey, Lucky and even Kenny (since he's done basically diddly squat this year, minus that winning TD last week).  And Woli/Clercius, depending on who starts & gets reps.

[The Zipp]

While I have zero hard proof I do think that Buck hates the riders as much or even more than many of us do (not sure that is possible in my case).

This is the game Strev unloads one on 2nd and short...TD Demski!!