Rider Rumblings

This week’s special guest is CKRM’s new Roughriders play-by-play commentator and Sports Cage host Derek Taylor.

 The guys talked about football stats, Taylor’s time at TSN and why he decided to come to Regina, the CFL’s bargaining talks, Taylor’s support for Zach Collaros and Canadian quarterbacks.

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This week the guys talk about bargaining talks between the CFL and players, the Riders’ quarterbacking situation, Canadians who played in the NFL not being allowed in the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and answer some questions from Twitter.

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Rob Vanstone and Tony Playter are back this week to discuss what labour action or a strike by CFL players would look like if they can’t reach an agreement with the league by the time the season starts.

The guys also talk a little about the Winnipeg Jets, Stampede Wrestling and answer some questions from Twitter.

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This week Rob is joined by radioman Ballsy from CKRM and The Wolf.

The two talk about the possibility of Jon Ryan joining the Riders, sports teams nobody roots for anymore, keeping the CFL Canadian and why people don’t support local football.

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Rob and Tony Playter are back to talk about their all-time favourite Roughriders players. After that, they discuss what role the Riders may have played in an exhibition NFL game not coming to town,  and Derek Taylor getting hired as CKRM’s new play-by-play commentator.

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This week we look back on some of our favourite memories involving the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Murray is away recovering from hip surgery, so Rob is joined by Tony Playter, who previously worked for the Riders in its communications and football operations departments.

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Rob and Murray are re-united, and start off with some listener questions about the idea of Weston Dressler ever returning to the team.

Then the guys talk about how they think the team’s quarterbacking situation still isn’t in a great place, CFL bargaining talks and the 2009 Grey Cup.

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Trent Fraser joins Rob again for another episode.

 This week the guys have a broad conversation about the current state of the Riders’ roster, then reminisce about the storybook day that was the 2013 Grey Cup. If you’ve been missing Murray, he’ll be back next week.

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Murray is away on vacation this week, so Rob is joined by former Roughriders marketing manager Trent Fraser.

Rob and Trent have chat about the marketing behind the Riders, and how the team went from having to hold telethons to becoming a major pro sports brand.

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Rob and Murray start off with discussing the pros and cons of signing a veteran quarterback vs. developing a younger player.

Then they talk about the signing of Manny Arsenault and speculate on which cities could get the 2020 and 2021 Grey Cup games.

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