Riders rolling into Ottawa
It’s Rider game day.
Only six days removed from the green and white’s home opener, the Roughriders are travelling to Ottawa to take on the RedBlacks in a rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference Semi-final, which the Riders won 31-20.
The names are a little different this time around, with the additions and losses both teams had during the offseason, but that doesn’t change the fact the RedBlacks likely still feel robbed following the playoff defeat.
The Riders go into the game with a 1-0 record, and this will be the RedBlacks first game of the 2018 year. Saskatchewan’s defense was heavily leaned on in the week-one victory and will have to be stellar heading into tonight’s game if the team expects to go 2-0 to start the season, something they haven’t done since 2013. That year the team started 5-0, and went 11-7 overall on their way to a Grey Cup championship.