CFL fans pumped for Banjo Bowl showdown in Winnipeg – Winnipeg | 24CA News
Players of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders weren’t the one ones getting ready to go face to face at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg Saturday afternoon.
In the lead-up to the annual Manitoba-Saskatchewan CFL match up, followers bearing each blue & gold and inexperienced & white had been scattered round IG Field for a tail gate earlier than kick off at 3 p.m.
Amid beer tents and bouncy castles festooned with Blue Bombers paraphernalia, Bombers fan Tatum Lee appeared for redemption from final weekend’s Labour Day Classic.
In the annual match-up, the Bombers fell to the Roughriders in extra time. Defensive finish Pete Robertson headbutted Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros, incomes the Roughrider a one-game suspension.
“I shouldn’t say this but I wouldn’t mind seeing the headbutt on somebody else,” Lee remarked exterior IG Field Saturday afternoon, sporting a blue t-shirt emblazoned with the phrases “SUCK SKATCH EWAN” on it.
Kirk Copping expressed hope his boys in blue will crush the Roughriders.
“A lot of intensity and a lot of points on the board for us,” Copping mentioned he’ll be on the lookout for from the Bombers, who at the moment stand 1st within the CFL West Division.
Strumming a miniature ukulele amid a sea of blue and gold, Roughriders fan Janice Owen mentioned she was being reasonable about Saturday night’s final result.
“I’m positive about our team this year, I think we can actually make it a good game. But it’s a tough field, it’s a tough place to win,” she mentioned, sporting a vibrant inexperienced wig and Roughriders-branded cowboy hat.
Owen additionally famous the setting which followers had been being handled to.
“I do Banjo Bowl every year, I do Grey Cup every year … the CFL is an amazing league with awesome fans, but Winnipeg … top-notch hospitality,” she mentioned.
Former Blue Bombers quarterback Chris Streveler, who helped lead the Bombers to Grey Cup victory in 2019, was on-site Saturday afternoon signing autographs for followers. Standing in line to fulfill the previous Bomber, Trevor Ellis was blunt about his hopes for the sport.
“Kicking some Riders’ butt,” Ellis mentioned he’s trying ahead to probably the most.
Contemplating the attainable final result of the sport, Riders fan Owen and her fellow Saskatchewan supporters hoisted their drinks and mentioned whereas her workforce may not take the sport, she is aware of one factor these sporting inexperienced will win tonight.
“We might not win the game, but we never lose a party.”
— with information from Katherine Dornian
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