Needless to say, the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ season opener couldn’t have gone much better. But let’s note that the game was somewhat closer than it may have appeared on the scoreboard – even while highlighting what parts of the game may bode very well for the ‘Riders’ chances in 2012. To
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Accidental Deliberations: Pre-Season ‘Rider Blogging
I haven’t blogged the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ offseason quite as closely as in past years. But in advance of tonight’s season opener against Hamilton, let’s take a quick look at what’s changed since the team’s 2011 flop – and what remains to be improved. To start off with, the team should
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On unanswered questions
Having written just a couple of days ago as to what I’d hope to see from the City of Regina in a new stadium plan, I’ll take a few minutes to point out how the latest “revitalization initiative” stacks up. The good news is that we’re no longer seeing any
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Draft Day ‘Rider Blogging
Having dealt with the question of stadium construction in this morning’s column, I’ll take a moment to comment on the ‘Riders’ offseason – which looks to have taken another turn for the better with the (less-than-surprising) selection of Ben Heenan with the first pick of the CFL draft. In general,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on the latest attempt by the City of Regina to lump a stadium into several other unrelated plans in an attempt to win higher-level funding – and the need for citizens to instead assess it on its own merits. And for some of the history of past efforts (at
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
While the rest of the CFL gets ready for the playoffs, the ‘Riders are facing plenty of questions at the start of a longer-than-usual offseason. And the final defeat of the season left more of those questions up in the air than should have been the cas…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
Yesterday’s win over Hamilton has raised at least a few questions as to where that ‘Riders team has been all year. But I’m not sure there’s much difference between what we saw yesterday and what the ‘Riders have managed at many points throughout the se…
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Sadly, due to the ‘Riders’ choice to play most of their veterans in Friday’s loss to Calgary, we didn’t get to learn much about the team’s prospects. But if nothing else, the loss did prove educational about the players currently holding down a few lin…
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At the very least, the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 2011 playoff hopes ended in a game where the team started to show what it could accomplish under the right circumstances.After three weeks of utter offensive futility, the ‘Riders put together scads of p…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
After yet another ugly loss, there doesn’t seem to be much doubt that the Saskatchewan Roughriders need to make some major changes – both to set themselves up for 2012, and to try to improve on the play that’s been nowhere near good enough for much of …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
Sometimes, an ugly result on the scoreboard bears little resemblance to the actual flow of a football game. But last Saturday’s annihilation at the hands of the Calgary Stampeders was not one of those games for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The ‘Riders…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Bonus ‘Rider Blogging
Since even the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ most reliable boosters seem to be declaring the 2011 season over, let’s provide a bonus ‘Riders post to point out that there’s still plenty to play for.After all, the CFL introduced its crossover rule (providing…
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Seldom do so many respectable-looking pieces make for such an ugly puzzle.Yes, the Saskatchewan Roughriders were blown out on the scoreboard in yesterday’s game against the B.C. Lions. But on a closer look, there’s far more reason to see the result as …
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As important as it was for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, yesterday’s win over Toronto should put to rest a few of the theories about how a change in coaching and strategy has dramatically changed the team. No, the move to have Darian Durant call his ow…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
Yes, there’s once again plenty to like about the ‘Riders’ performance in sweeping the home-and-home series against what had been the CFL’s top team. But let’s note that there’s still some obvious room for improvement in the offence which is winning so …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
Needless to say, yesterday’s result was a much-needed change from what the Saskatchewan Roughriders have produced through most of the 2011 season. But it’s worth noting that the differences between the ‘Riders’ Labour Day Classic win over Winnipeg and …
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
There hasn’t been much news out of the ‘Riders’ camp this week. But let’s note one point where there’s little reason for optimism out of the team’s coaching change.
While Greg Marshall’s firing seems to have been based more on poor results than any o…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Afternoon ‘Rider Blogging
I didn’t get around to commenting on the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ last loss before its implications were overtaken by subsequent events. But with the ‘Riders still having another week and a half before they play another game, let’s note that the firin…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On analogous choices
John Gormley strains to try to invent analogies between football and politics to support the Sask Party’s cause. (And I’m half disappointed he didn’t have a couple thousand more words to fill, since I’m sure then we’d have been treated to his substance…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
In the wake of Friday’s loss to Calgary, there seem to be some stunningly short-sighted theories flying around. So let’s point out that the game featured plenty of good news when it comes to building the ‘Riders for this season any beyond – even if it …
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