A moment-by-moment look at the CFL pre-season game between the Roughriders and Blue Bombers at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon
2:01 p.m.
It’s going to be an absolutely perfect day for football in Saskatoon, with a temperature of 23 C and winds out of the southwest at 15 km/h expected at kickoff. It’ll be mainly sunny throughout the game, with no precipitation in the forecast. And, because of course someone will ask, no smoke!
2:00 p.m.
It’s the game fans of the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Saskatoon have been waiting for, as the Green and White take the field against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Griffiths Stadium in a few hours’ time.
The Riders have spent the last two weeks in the Bridge City working their way through the first stages of training camp, and it all comes to a head with today’s Canadian Football League preseason contest at the home of the U of S Huskies.
Saskatchewan is coming off a 20-15 loss to the Calgary Stampeders in their preseason opener last weekend, but as the depth chart will attest too, they’ll be taking the field with a much, much different roster this time around. Both the starting offence and defence feature a ton of veterans from their Grey Cup-winning campaign, so fans can expect a much smoother and cohesive unit this time around.
Conversely, this is the first exhibition game for the Blue Bombers, who like the rest of the CFL didn’t play in Week 1 of the preseason.
You can catch all the action on the Riders Broadcast Network, with the pre-game show hitting the air at 2 p.m., followed by Dave Thomas and Luc Mullinder with the game call at 5 p.m.
Saskatchewan’s depth chart:
Winnipeg’s depth chart:
