LIONS AT RIDERS PREVIEW
BC (0-2) at SASKATCHEWAN (1-1)
Saturday, 7:30 pm, Mosaic Stadium
TSN, CKRM Rider Radio Network
RIDERS: Home 1-0, Vs West 0-0
LIONS: Road 0-1, Vs West 0-1
RIDER OFFENSE: RUSH 1ST, PASS 4TH, OVERALL 4TH
Darian Durant is the CFL’s 4th-leading passer (431 yds, 4 TDs, 3 INTs) … REC Brett Swain leads the club in receiving (105 yds, 1 TD) … RB Anthony Allen leads the league in rushing (224 yds, 1 TD) … Riders are 4th in points scored and 6th in fewest sacks allowed
LION OFFENSE: RUSH 8TH, PASS 7TH, OVERALL 8TH
QB Kevin Glenn has thrown six interceptions in two games and is 5th in passing (410 yds, 2 TDs) … Their leading receiver is Ernest Jackson (110 yds, 0 TDs) … RB Andrew Harris leads them in rushing (63 yds, 0 TDs) … BC is 7th in points scored and 8th in sacks allowed
RIDER DEFENSE: RUSH 6TH, PASS 6TH, OVERALL 7TH
Ricky Foley and John Chick are second in the CFL sack race with three each … The Riders are the overall league leaders in sacks (12) … S Tyron Brackenridge has the team’s lone interception … Riders are 7th in points allowed
LION DEFENSE: RUSH 9TH, PASS 3RD, OVERALL 6TH
LB Josh Johnson leads the team in sacks (3) while LB Adam Bighill has the team’s lone interception … The Lions are 6th in points allowed
RIDER SPECIAL TEAMS: Chris Milo is 2/4 on FGs while Josh Bartel is 5th in punting average (45.4) … Ryan Smith leads the Riders in PR yardage while Marshay Green leads in KOR yardage … DE Dylan Ainsworth leads in ST tackles (4)
LION SPECIAL TEAMS: Paul McCallum, in his 22nd season, is 3/3 on FGs … P Ricky Schmitt is #3 in average (45.4) … Stefan Logan leads the Lions in PR and KOR yardage
INTANGIBLES: Clear skies and a mild wind are predicted for the game … These two teams don’t protect the football well — the Riders are -1 in turnover ratio (7th) while BC is a league worst -6 … The referee is Kim Murphy … The Riders beat BC 29-25 in last year’s Western Semifinal.
Swayze, Swayze Waters, king of the CFL
Let's see,
Winnipeg win, check !
Edmonton win, check !
Calgary win, check !
BC win, check !
I just bet my friend $10.00 that Hugh Charles fumbles tonight.
When the Stampeders of Calgary can walk in and slaughter the Argonauts on their home turf, and the Argonauts can totally slaughter the Roughriders of Saskatchewan on that same turf, this says that the Stampeders are KINGS of the CFL so far this season along with Winnipeg, Calgary.
Oops ! Edmonton, your King too !
Richie Hall's defence was shredded for 154 yards in the first quarter. Good ol' Richie.
So TSN panel bring up the subject just before kick off asking if Darian Durant Is legit without Weston Dressler, Kory Sheets doing all the work last year, is he legit without a full team arsena at his disposal?
Macho Macho Macho man, I got to be, a Macho man. Macho or Nacho ? more likely the latter, going to get eaten up by the Lions of BC..
Why Saskatchewan #4 roll his eyes at receiver when he throw 20 yds past target? He a ding dong.
Sugit Ramsay
Ha!! Won my ten bucks before half time.
Hideous redzone production. Coach has zero confidence to run from the 3 or 5? Tsk tsk.
Coach Chamblin is right. This is not a very good football team.
DD and the offence looking mighty ordinary. Yawwwn…
Whooo, that Sask head coach not a happy man prior to the start of 3rd quarter, his team not good all around.
Run Darian run.
The oline is way over rated. Can't block. Can't pass protect.
2 game losing streak heading into the break. will be a long 2 weeks.
Fortunate Glenn is playing to DD"s level.
second week in a row that our DC is being out coached.
That good strong Canadian boy Andrew Harris must be watching a lot of his compatriot Jon Cornish highlights on how to play running back successfully, he's good, very good.
Bench Riley and put another running back in there to help block….
The Rock