The CFL's Best Fans, But

Rider games at McMahon pose a unique situation in professional sports because half of the building is cheering for the visiting team," said stadium manager John Haverstock.
"Most of the competitiveness is good natured, but there's a percentage that gets stupid. It creates a really unique challenge for us.
"Saskatchewan fans, grow up. 'Yea Riders, go green.' There are people who don't even understand the game, but just go to drink and distract the players," says Calgarian Nadeem Jaffer who bought eight tickets for the highly anticipated game. An engineering student at the University of Saskatchewan, he said he's had his fill of Rider fans in his temporary home and is looking forward to sporting the red and white of his favourite team.
"It's the biggest rivalry in the Canadian Football League. We stole (Calgary quarterback) Henry Burris, won the Grey Cup and now Riders fans are mad," said Jaffer..
Saturday's game marks the first tussle between the Calgary Stampeders and the Saskatchewan Roughriders this season--and officials say there will be heightened security at McMahon Stadium to control unruly fans.Fans will see a 30 per cent increase in security, including 40 police officers and 40 private guards. It comes after a handful of high-profile incidents at games last year--including an altercation between an intoxicated Roughriders fan and a police officer that was posted on YouTube.

So the table is set for Saturdays game between and Saskatchewan. The fans are obviously ready, the security is beefing up but will the Riders, the players that is, give their fans anything to cheer about.
The Riders back into this game having lost two in a row, including giving up a 22 - 0 lead to the Edmonton Eskimos and succumbing 38 - 33. The Riders porous defense also gave up forty points to the Montreal Alouettes two weeks ago.
The Stampeders meanwhile have their game back winning two in a row.
The Riders offense has seriously imploded in the second half of the last two games failing to move the ball and failing to
score any points.
On the surface this one looks like a blowout. The Stampeders at the top of their game, the Riders somewhere else.
Makes you wonder if the countries greatest fans will have anything to get riled up about or if the Rider fans will be sound asleep by halftime.