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Coming off a tough home loss to the Calgary Stampeders, their first of the season, the Riders are looking to reset as they prepare for a key road test against the B.C. Lions.
“That deflated, I don’t want to say our ego, but that was a tough one for everybody to swallow,” head coach Corey Mace said. “It’s early in the year and you kind of want to get that one out of the way. With how they practiced today, I think they understood what we need to do.”
In this week’s episode of The Blitz, Jamie Nye and Britton Gray dig into what went wrong against the Stamps and what the Riders need to tighten up before facing one of the CFL’s most balanced teams.
The Riders face the Lions on Saturday in Vancouver, with kickoff set for 5 p.m.
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