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Robservations: SFU = Several Factoids Unearthed — The Roughriders/Simon Fraser Connection 

April 8, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Robservations …   The recent decision by administrators at Simon Fraser University to ashcan the school’s long-standing football program has prompted an immersion in the files — because, well, ...

Spring Style: A Fresh Season Means Fresh Items At The Rider Store

April 7, 2023 | Staff
Spring has sprung…kind of. The snow has yet to leave the ground, and temperatures remain below seasonal across Riderville—but we won’t let that stop us from looking forward to the budding season, ...

Roughriders Entering Next-Jenn Era In Ticketing Department 

April 7, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Jenn Senger’s job interview with the Saskatchewan Roughriders mirrored the process of purchasing a ticket to a game.  An introductory conversation with Gail Mund — Senger’s predecessor as the CFL ...

Humboldt’s Remarkable Resiliency Resonates With Roughriders, Five Years Later 

April 6, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Five years have elapsed in what seems like five minutes for Craig Reynolds, given the vivid recollections of April 6, 2018.  While in Arizona for a family vacation, the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ ...

Grey Cup Festival Legacy Grant Program Benefits All Corners Of Saskatchewan

April 5, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
The CFL’s 2022 championship game ended on Nov. 20 at 8:50 p.m. But the wide-ranging benefits endure, as they will for generations.  The lasting impact of the fourth Regina-based Grey Cup Festival ...

$750K Awarded To Amateur Sport & Saskatchewan Communities Through 109th Grey Cup And Festival

April 5, 2023 | Staff
Today in Regina, Saskatchewan Roughriders President and CEO and 2022 Grey Cup Festival Co-Chair Craig Reynolds announced more than $277,000 in funding to nine communities from the Grey Cup ...

Roughriders Offensive Co-Ordinator Kelly Jeffrey Envisions A Green ‘Scoring Machine’ 

April 4, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Kelly Jeffrey has a six-point plan for the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ offence.  Touchdowns are the name of the game.  As for the name of the offence …  “Explosive, high-tempo scoring machine,” ...

The Road to Riderville: Kelly Jeffrey’s Story 

April 3, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
The path from Los Angeles to Sackville, New Brunswick is not one that football coaches routinely navigate.  But Kelly Jeffrey, the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ newly appointed offensive ...

Roughriders’ Ticketing Turned Into A Gail-Force Over 27 Memorable, Eventful Years

April 2, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
After spending 27 years in ticketing with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Gail Mund is poised to immerse herself in another form of greenery. Her garden. Mund retired on Friday, concluding a formal ...

Robservations: There was never a long face in the short life of Derek Meyers 

April 1, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
The loss of Derek Meyers, all too soon at age 45, is impossible to process.  So was his endless and indomitable good nature, which has been lauded in myriad ways since the devastating news ...

Champs Tour Rewards Roughrider Fans For Giving Back

March 31, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
The Champs Tour began with a hello and ended with a handoff.  “How’s everyone doing?” Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Brayden Lenius asked 19 of the CFL team’s most dedicated and generous fans ...

Riders Add Former NFL Defensive Back Rashard Robinson

March 31, 2023 | Staff
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American defensive back Rashard Robinson.   Robinson (6’2-177) joins the Green and White with five seasons of NFL experience. The Florida native was ...

Roughriders Open Doors To Amateur Football Coaches

March 31, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
It is a coaches’ clinic that looks more like a convention and is certainly a collaboration.  Football coaches from across Saskatchewan — and even outside this province’s borders — are to converge ...

Rob Vanstone: Green Is The Colour Of A Blue Jays Booster

March 30, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
On opening day, Anthony Partipilo — the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Chief Brand Officer — glances out his office window at Mosaic Stadium and sees an expansive field that is almost entirely ...

Don Esch Was Driven By A Love Of The Roughriders

March 29, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
For many years, one touchdown drive was soon followed by another. Don Esch, often with his wife Sharron in the passenger seat, drove the Gainer-mobile around the perimeter of Taylor Field to ...

Roughrider Foundation’s Grow The Game Initiative Reaches Nearly 500 Youth In 2022/23

March 28, 2023 | Staff
Another season of the Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation’s initiative, Grow the Game is in the books with the final camp being held in Regina on Tuesday, March 28th. The camp saw over 100 ...

Rob Vanstone: Harris, Roughriders Looking To Move Up In CFL’s Arms Race

March 28, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris is employing some strong-arm tactics.  There isn’t anything sinister about the process, even though it is designed to be threatening — toward ...

Roughriders Running Backs Coach Andre Bolduc Excited About New Path

March 27, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Green was the colour … of the traffic light.  A mid-20s version of Andre Bolduc was being a responsible driver, obeying all the rules, as he motored through an intersection one fine day in ...

Roughriders’ Mario Alford Returns To The Farm Every Off-Season

March 26, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
Mario Alford’s ability to cut is evident when he is evading a would-be tackler or toppling a tree.  “We’re actually chainsawing today,” the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ game-breaking return ...

Robservations: Name Game Will Keep Roughriders’ Gordon Gilroy In Stitches

March 25, 2023 | Rob Vanstone
The Saskatchewan Roughriders have added a big name — La’Akea Kaho’ohanohano-Davis.   Length of name, apostrophe and hyphen included: 27 characters.  As far as this dusty historian can determine, ...
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