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<\/p>\nREGINA \u2014 The top two teams in the West Division will meet on Saturday in the Western Final when the Saskatchewan Roughriders host the BC Lions at Mosaic Stadium.<\/p>\n
BC beat Calgary, 33-30, in the Western Semi-Final a week ago.<\/p>\n
Saskatchewan enjoyed a bye after winning the division.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s three keys to victory for both teams ahead of Saturday\u2019s 6:30 p.m. ET kickoff, which can be watched on TSN and RDS in Canada, and on CFL+ in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n
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2025 GREY CUP PLAYOFFS BC LIONS<\/p>\n 1. DOWNFIELD ATTACK<\/p>\n The Lions\u2019 strength all season has been its pass game, while the Roughriders\u2019 defence allowed the second-most passing yards. Quarterback Nathan Rourke<\/a> will be going after the Riders\u2019 secondary via receivers Keon Hatcher Sr., Justin McInnis<\/a>, Stanley Berryhill III<\/a> and Ayden Eberhardt<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2. IT\u2019S OWN SECONDARY<\/p>\n BC gave up 334 yards through the air against Calgary and is set to see one of the league\u2019s most efficient quarterbacks in Trevor Harris<\/a>. Defensive back Ronald Kent Jr.<\/a> got Harris for an interception in a Week 7 loss, and Garry Peters<\/a> and Robert Carter Jr. will also have to step up this time around. They\u2019re certainly capable, as the unit gave up 263.8 passing yards per game in the regular season, the third fewest.<\/p>\n 3. JAMES BUTLER QUESTIONABLE<\/p>\n Running back James Butler<\/a> has been listed as a game-time decision. If he\u2019s unable to go, it\u2019ll be up to Zander Horvath to take the lead. Horvath has 231 rushing yards on the season, but only five have come against Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS<\/p>\n 1. SHOT FOR SHOT WITH NATHAN ROURKE<\/p>\n Quarterback Trevor Harris<\/a> topped the league with a 73.6 completion percentage and will look to capitalize against a secondary that had a tough showing last week. He\u2019ll have to do it without top receiver KeeSean Johnson, however, as he\u2019ll miss the game with a knee injury.<\/p>\n 2. THE RUN GAME<\/p>\n Running back AJ Ouellette amassed 254 yards over the three games against the Lions this season. An extra week of rest for the physical Ouellette should only help his production.<\/p>\n 3. KEEP BIG PLAYS TO A MINIMUM<\/p>\n It\u2019s the secondary\u2019s job to make sure Nathan Rourke<\/a> and his star receivers don\u2019t strike quickly. BC led the league with 63 big plays this season, defined as passes of 30-plus yards or rushes of 20 or more. Still, the Riders have difference-makers in defensive backs Rolan Milligan Jr. and Tevaughn Campbell<\/a>, who are capable of limiting explosive opportunities.<\/p>\n NEED TO KNOW:<\/p>\n Saskatchewan won the season series 2-1.
\u00bb Depth Charts: BC<\/a> | SSK<\/a>
\u00bb\u00a0Game Notes: Lions at Roughriders<\/a>
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\nThe Riders haven\u2019t played in the Grey Cup since winning it in 2013.
\nBC last played in and won the Grey Cup in 2011.
\nKickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET, and can be watched on TSN and RDS in Canada, and on CFL+ in the U.S. and internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"REGINA \u2014 The top two teams in the West Division will meet on Saturday in the Western Final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-305723","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\/305723","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=305723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}