Welcome to the latest edition of PVRoughriders — the inevitable outcome when an inveterate football nerd monopolizes the remote control and starts rewinding and reviewing every play. This is not done, I should assert, with the insight a…
Ajou Ajou is a master of duplication. He has turned his first catch of the game into a touchdown both times he has played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Mosaic Stadium. In the pre-season opener on May 20, Ajou scored on a 38-yard…
There was an undercurrent of “3-and-uh-oh” as reporters waited to pose questions to Saskatchewan Roughriders Head Coach Corey Mace on Sunday night. Although the Green and White had just registered its third consecutive victory to begin the…
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are enjoying a 3-0 start for the 13th time in the Post-Second World War era. Under Head Coach Corey Mace, the 2024 Roughriders remained undefeated by posting a 36-20 CFL victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on…
The Saskatchewan Roughriders hope their home opener provides some closure. Part of the objective is to emphatically signal a departure from the relatively recent past when the Roughriders face the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday at Mosaic…
Kian Schaffer-Baker and Trevor Harris stepped on the same expanse of turf, on the same day, long before becoming teammates with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Harris was a member of the Toronto Argonauts when a teenaged Schaffer-Baker…
Text-messaging played a key role in establishing the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ overall messaging for 2024. All it took was some well-timed iPhone exchanges between Head Coach Corey Mace and quarterback Trevor Harris for a consensus to be…
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are striving to sweep a home-and-home set with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats after a comeback win in Stealtown. “Last week was one of those things where we stole a game late,” quarterback Trevor Harris said leading…
The Saskatchewan Roughriders don’t expect short runs in the long run. “We’re going to get the run game going,” quarterback Trevor Harris stated leading up to Sunday’s Home Opener, presented by Flynn. “That should be the least of our…
Mario Alford’s biggest plays as a Saskatchewan Roughrider have generated gains of 112, 107, 104, 98, 94, 92, 67, 59 and, for variety, six. The six-yarder, as much as it is dwarfed by the other numbers cited above, loomed large as the…
A lon-n-n-n-n-n-ng wait is nearly over for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. A 34-day gap between home pre-season action and the team’s regular-season home opener is to conclude on Sunday, when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats provide the opposition at…
Brett Lauther’s No. 12 uniform fits better than ever. He has delivered all 12 times a go-ahead field goal or 33-yard convert has been required in the final three minutes of the fourth quarter or in overtime since joining the Saskatchewan…
In a split-second, C.J. Avery accomplished a feat that had not been associated with a Saskatchewan Roughrider for 19,800,000 seconds, give or take a few ticks of the clock. Avery’s game-changing pick on Sunday enabled him to become the…
HAMILTON — Many dads receive a tie for Father’s Day. Tom Harris got a win. “It’s a gift for me,” the proud father of quarterback Trevor Harris said on Sunday at Tim Hortons Field, where he watched the Saskatchewan Roughriders defeat the…
The Saskatchewan Roughriders can use “back-to-back” in a cheerier context, thanks to a robust start to the 2024 season. After finishing with a 6-12 record in each of the past two years, the Green and White carries a 2-0 slate into its home…
The Saskatchewan Roughriders left Regina International Airport on Runway 13, overcame a 13-point deficit the following day, and enlivened the figurative 13th Fan in the process. By the time the triumphant team landed in Regina early on a…
As excitement builds for the Saskatchewan Roughriders home-opener on Sunday, the Club is pleased to announce several options that will make attending games more affordable for fans young and old during the 2024 season. “The game day…
HAMILTON — One of the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ smallest players made a “gigantic” play in Sunday’s 33-30 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. With the Roughriders in a second-and-17 predicament and just under two minutes left in the…
HAMILTON — Football is not a game of flinches for the Trevor Harris-quarterbacked Saskatchewan Roughriders. “We have a ‘don’t flinch’ mentality,” receiver Jerreth Sterns said after Sunday’s 33-30 comeback victory over the Hamilton Tiger…
HAMILTON — The “S” on the helmet also stands for “Suspense.” For the second consecutive week, the Saskatchewan Roughriders engineered fourth-quarter magic and a road victory — the latest being Sunday’s 33-30 nailbiter against the Hamilton…
HAMILTON — The Saskatchewan Roughriders want to put the hammer down throughout Sunday’s CFL game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. That is the mentality after a season opener in which timely touchdowns tilted the balance. “We’ve got to be…
Kent Maugeri wishes he could replay a weekend ritual from his childhood. “Sundays, to me, were watching film with my dad,” the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Special Teams Co-ordinator reflects when asked about Father’s Day and a love of the…
HAMILTON — Shawn Bane Jr.’s path to prominence, a route that took him from Calgary to Saskatchewan, has enabled him to develop the deepest appreciation for two premier passers. Bo Levi Mitchell was the quarterback when Bane Jr., as a…
A.J. Ouellette always has time for Tim Hortons Field. While grinding out important yardage for the Toronto Argonauts, the talented tailback typically wore double-double blue during road games against the arch-rival Hamilton Tiger-Cats — a…
After a one-game departure from tradition, Malik Carney will again occupy the same field as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Carney was a Tiger-Cat for his first three CFL seasons, encompassing 41 games, before signing with the Saskatchewan…
How sensationally skilled is Mario Alford? The Saskatchewan Roughriders’ speedster had 123 yards — including a 91-yard touchdown — negated by a pair of holding penalties and he was still the CFL’s highest-graded return specialist in Week 1…
A fine line separated victory from defeat for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in their regular-season opener. Outstanding pass protection by the offensive line helped Trevor Harris throw for 305 yards and three touchdowns in Saturday’s 29-21…
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are proponents of successful drives on and off the field. Hence the announcement on Thursday of a new collaboration between the community-owned CFL team and a long-time partner, SGI. Beginning on June 23, when…
Shawn Bane Jr. enjoyed a running start to the 2024 CFL season without routinely making use of a running start. Minus the benefit of the waggle, which allows the CFL’s inside receivers to hit the line of scrimmage with considerable momentum…
When Roy Shivers woke up on the morning of April 12, 2006, he was in dire need of a franchise quarterback. By day’s end, he had stocked the Roughriders with two players who would meet that description. The marquee addition at the time was…