Riders start exhibition season against Winnipeg
And so it begins on Saturday night.
The Rider hype machine is in full swing as the Riders open their exhibition season against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the first start of Mosaic Stadium at 7 pm.
TSN has decided not to televise the game and the Riders have decided not to put out the pocket schedules which means a sizeable portion of their audience who don’t have smart phones are wondering which games are televised and which are not. This goes to an interesting challenge where the Riders are trying to save money by not putting out the pocket schedules but a major portion of their support comes from people who either don’t have smart phones or use computers, in other words seniors.
Combined with what should be a bit of a free for all at the new Mosaic Stadium, the results will be ugly on Saturday night, probably on and off the field. For the Riders enthusiasm about their receiving corps and the ongoing back up quarterback situation, the Riders have some ugly secrets that will come out against an undermanned Blue Bomber team that is not bringing in Weston Dressler or Andrew Davis.