Saskatchewan Roughriders

Wanting his players to worry more about practice and less about the weather, Kent Austin moved his team indoors for today's practice. Coach Austin expects a mixture of indoor and outdoor practices leading up to Sunday's west semi-final at Mosaic Stadium. Meanwhile, Chris Szarka's partially severed fingers have not healed up enough to let him play against the Stampeders while Corey Holmes is ready to play. Wes Cates expects to dress although his coach has yet to confirm that. Linebacker Kitwana Jones is a definite no-go. 

The Riders are kicking off their 2008 Season Ticket campaign today. Fans who pay the full cost of their season tickets or flex packs before Deember 15th can save up to 28 percent off regular game day prices. For complete details on the season ticket campaign, call the Rider ticket office at 1-888-474-3377 or visit the best Rider related website out there which is www.riderville.com

Give credit where credit is due. The Argonauts are a good football club....they didn't win their last seven because they are lucky but they aren't as good as what the Riders made them out to be. A lot of this has to be attributed to the fact the Riders knew where they were going to be next weekend while Toronto was still playing for something. The Riders just didn't have that cohesion offensively right from the get-go and when you are facing the #1 defence in the CFL its tough to get it going.

DJ Flick says his team seemingly did not want to compete

Defensive lineman Brent Curvey will make his CFL debut tomorrow afternoon as he subs in for the injured Marcus Adams. Its one of seven roster changes for the team going into the season finale against the Argos. Corey Holmes, T-J Stancil, Lance Frazier, Marcus Rucker, Renauld Williams and Mike Washington are the other players that are out. Players that go on the roster are Reggie Hunt, James Johnson, Rontarious Robinson, Airabin Justin, Josh Ranek and Maurice Lloyd.

Drew Tate all decked out in his Iowa Hawkeye gear at practice today.

Michael Washington becomes the second Saskatchewan Roughrider receiver who will watch the playoffs from the sidelines with a knee injury. Following in the unfortunate set of circumstances surrounding Matt Dominguez, Washington will have season-ending surgery done to his knee in the next 24 hours and won't be available to the Riders again until training camp '08.

The CFL releasing its division all-star teams Thursday morning. 9 members of the Riders have made the grade. On offence, recognition goes to Kerry Joseph, D-J Flick, Gene Makowsky and Jeremy O'Day. On the defensive side of the ball, all-stars are Fred Perry, Reggie Hunt, Maurice Lloyd and James Johnson. Luca Congi was named the all-star kicker. The all-stars were selected by the Football Reporters of Canada, the CFL head coaches and the fans through a contest with Future Shop.

May the treat you desire come at the end of November and not the end of October