{"id":268987,"date":"2025-11-08T01:46:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T01:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/268987\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T01:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T01:46:15","slug":"trevor-harris-on-25-western-final-we-are-the-big-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/268987\/","title":{"rendered":"Trevor Harris on ’25 Western Final: ‘We are the big dogs’"},"content":{"rendered":"

REGINA \u2014 The Saskatchewan Roughriders have a chance to do something they came this close to achieving a year ago.<\/p>\n

Trevor Harris and the Riders beat the BC Lions in the Western Semi-Final in 2024 but fell to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Western Final, 38-22, missing their chance to advance to the 111th Grey Cup.<\/p>\n

Fast forward 12 months, and the Green and White are back, only this time, they\u2019ll have the support of the fans at Mosaic Stadium after finishing first in the West Division during the regular season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re the big dogs,\u201d said Harris on Friday when asked what the difference in mindset was between last year\u2019s Western Final and the one on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinnipeg has run the West for quite a long time,\u201d added Harris. \u201cWe were going into Princess Auto Stadium trying to take the reins and get to the Grey Cup. Unfortunately, we fell short.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, BC is coming here, and it should be a heavyweight tilt tomorrow. It\u2019s gonna be fun. We know they\u2019re gonna come in fighting, and so are we. It comes down to executing one play at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s no substitute for experience. Corey Mace\u2019s group is just as talented as it was a year ago, but now has two playoff games with the same core group of players under its belt, plus two regular seasons\u2019 worth of experience in dealing with adversity.<\/p>\n

That experience has prepared the Riders to step up when the stakes are highest and November weather tests the team\u2019s resolve, says Harris.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s easy to get caught up in the hype and let the pressure build up, but ultimately, who\u2019s going to deal with the elements the best tomorrow?\u201d said the pivot. \u201cWho\u2019s going to handle each big moment?<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s going to respond to the situation? We\u2019ll call a situation of things in a game where they\u2019re unexpected, maybe a turnover or a big play, how do you respond in these big moments? I think this locker room is built for moments like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Riders and Lions will battle it out at Mosaic Stadium on Saturday, November 8. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET \/ 5:30 p.m. CT and can be watched on TSN, RDS, and CFL+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"REGINA \u2014 The Saskatchewan Roughriders have a chance to do something they came this close to achieving a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-268987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268987","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=268987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}