Roughriders anxious to play season opener
While the rest of the teams in the CFL were squaring off in their first games of the season, the Roughriders were anxiously waiting at home.
The first week bye meant the green and white wouldn’t face one of the league’s eight other teams until the second week of the season. It also meant that as week two approached, the players and coaches got more and more excited for game day.
For quarterback Darian Durant, it will be his first game back in more than year, but he’s not nervous.
“I’ve just been anxiously awaiting this day for a long time. I’m kind of sad it’s a night game,” he said, explaining he’s going to have to wait all day for kickoff and he’s ready to go.