{"id":106099,"date":"2025-08-29T19:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T19:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/106099\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T19:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T19:34:07","slug":"big-time-riders-feel-anticipation-for-labour-day-classic-in-sask-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/106099\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Big time\u2019: Riders feel anticipation for Labour Day Classic in Sask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou can feel the game in the air and people talking about what they are cooking and what they are going to be doing for the Labour Day game \u2026 This is kind of big time so it\u2019s pretty exciting. Very fired up about this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/application\/theme\/images\/loaders\/indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Bombers have been the class of the CFL over recent seasons, heading to five straight Grey Cups. The Bombers have also enjoyed success in the Labour Day Classic in recent seasons, winning three of the last four, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2023\/09\/03\/ford-tough-rookie-safety-helps-riders-beat-bombers-in-labour-day-classic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with the Riders winning in 2023.<\/a> Kickoff for the game is set for 5 p.m. The Green Zone pregame show begins at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are kind of the top dog right now until proven otherwise. I think people need to prove in November that you can beat Winnipeg,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>Defensive back Rolan Milligan Jr. also said you can tell this game feels different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe played a video in team meeting today just talking about the history and showing some clips,\u201d Milligan said. \u201cIt\u2019s always fun to play in it. It has been a good experience so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a rivalry game and you know the type of team they are and the type of team we are. It\u2019s going to be a good battle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the questions surrounding the Riders heading into the game is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2025\/08\/19\/riders-kicker-brett-lauther-not-up-to-the-standard-in-2025-so-far\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">status of kicker Brett Lauther.<\/a> Lauther has missed both days of practice due to personal reasons. He was at Thursday\u2019s practice<\/p>\n<p>If he is unable to play, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2025\/08\/20\/riders-sign-kicker-campbell-fair-amid-brett-lauthers-struggles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">kicker Campbell Fair<\/a> would get the start.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had both guys going all week and it was good to get Brett out here. Ultimately, we will make a decision,\u201d Riders head coach Corey Mace said.<\/p>\n<p>Also heading into the final stretch of the season, the Riders will see a familiar face rejoin them.<\/p>\n<p>The Green Zone and TSN\u2019s CFL insider Dave Naylor reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjme.com\/2025\/01\/25\/roughrider-ajou-ajou-set-to-join-the-nfls-indianapolis-colts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wide receiver Ajou Ajou<\/a> is expected to join the Riders soon after he was cut by the NFL\u2019s Indianapolis Colts. The move was made official on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, he got released from Indy. We have had contact and expect to see him back at some point,\u201d Mace said. \u201cWith him, everybody welcomes that kid back into the building. Love his personality and he\u2019s a good football player too but I haven\u2019t seen him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Brooks, Alta product was selected by the Riders in the seventh round (59th overall) of the 2024 CFL Draft. He played in 12 games in 2024, earning 20 receptions for 307 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cYou can feel the game in the air and people talking about what they are cooking and what&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-106099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}