WEEK 9 | STATEMENT WIN

🟢 Fan Outlook: Riding High
Rider Nation is buzzing. Fans rated their outlook heading into the bye week at 8.65/10, with 99% saying they feel good about where things are headed.

Trevor Harris — fresh off being named the CFL’s Top Player for July — stayed hot, throwing for 289 yards and two touchdowns. The offence spread the wealth, with Tommy Nield hauling in his first TD as a Rider, Keesean Johnson finding the end zone, and Dohnte Meyers racking up 136 yards. The run game? AJ Ouellette and Mario Anderson combined for over 120 yards on the ground.

The defence? Suffocating. Montreal didn’t score a touchdown, managed just 169 total yards, and went 0-for-2 in the red zone.

🟩 Rider Performance in One Word: Dominant

Fans overwhelmingly loved what they saw — 99% rated the team’s performance as Somewhat Happy or Very Happy.

This was the kind of all-phases game Rider Nation dreams about. The offence opened with quick-strike precision, the run game wore down Montreal’s defensive front, and the defence kept Vernon Adams Jr. under constant duress. Special teams chipped in too — steady field position, clean coverage, and Brett Lauther knocking through every kick he lined up.

It wasn’t just the scoreboard. It was the swagger. You could see it in the trenches, you could hear it in the sideline chatter — the Riders played like a team that knows it belongs at the top of the West.

📊 99% of fans were happy with the team’s performance
🧠 Word cloud sentiment: dominant, awesome, exciting

Room for Growth: Keep the Foot Down
This was as close to a perfect game as you can get in August. But the West is tight, and Calgary still holds the head-to-head tiebreaker. That rematch on August 23 is circled on every calendar in Rider Nation.

The message from the locker room? Keep building. Don’t peak too soon.