Riders lose snow bowl, win trip to Ottawa for east semifinal
Sitting on the west side of Mosaic Stadium on Saturday night, watching the Riders huddled around the heater, you could see the thoughts go through their heads – the forecast is warmer in Ottawa this upcoming weekend.
When you have a game where the winner gets a plane ticket to Winnipeg, you can’t really lose when you end up going to Ottawa, but the Riders lack of discipline and some disturbing injuries raise the question of yes, the Riders can go to the Grey Cup, or they can go one and out against Ottawa.
The Riders game against Edmonton took on a little less importance when Winnipeg beat Calgary the night before to clinch second place in the west. So the question was who would win this one and go through the west, which doesn’t seem as daunting as it did a month ago.
So while Regina was digging out from the first real snow dump of the season, which also forced the city to move two sections of fans on the west side from their seats because of concerns about snow on the roof over them, the weather was cold, but not as cold as some games in the past.