The sparseness of Saturday's crowd, which included an assortment of dissatisfied customers, should resonate with the Roughriders' brass.
, there was an element of newness behind centre. There was even a periodic “spark,” to quote the pre-game parlance of Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson.Another home-field loss — the sixth in a row.A paid/pained attendance — 27,192 — that wasn’t even remotely reflective of the actual turnout.Article content
Some of the remaining fans booed, even though the taking-of-a-knee had been executed to perfection, and the garbage-time portion of a once-promising Roughriders season began.Subtracting the most-recent unsurprising result from the equation, the Roughriders’ ruling class will have to take note of the sparse gathering.They had spent good money for football tickets, but nonetheless decided that the rudderless Roughriders were not worth their time.
Adding to the ignominy of it all, the 2022 Roughriders are only the fifth team in the history of Canadian professional football to miss the playoffs after enjoying a 4-1 start. O’Shea and Walters are now the football-operations front men for the CFL’s model franchise — one that may very well celebrate a third consecutive Grey Cup championship on Nov. 20 at Mosaic Stadium.
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