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Originally Posted by Dion_Iggy_Kipper!!!
That's true, but Mcmahon Stadium is as close it Taylor Field as you can get without actually being in Regina. The crowd will be great. It will be hard to communicate on the field for both offences.
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Crowd noise is not the reason that any team struggles on the road. The lack of consistency in routine and comfort level is.
If Calgary plays well it'll be a rout. Let's remember that Calgary is a team that was +163 in point differential this year. Saskatchewan? +11. Add home field advantage (and Calgary's 7-2 home record) and Saskatchewan's inability to win on the road (3-6 road record) and the tables are slanted more in Calgary's favor.
I always find it funny when people act like being the better team is somehow a disadvantage because of "pressure". I don't see how a Rider team that was in the Grey Cup is in the locker room acting like they have nothing to lose and no one expected them to be here.
One other thing to note is that it's supposed to snow every day this week in Calgary and be in the area of -10 by Sunday. That plays heavily into Calgary's dominant rushing attack and Saskatchewan's inability to stop the run. Saskatchewan's rushing attack is pretty mediocre as well.