Rider training camp: Fans get to ask the tough questions at State of the Nation event
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It was the fans' turn to ask the Saskatchewan Roughriders brass some (tough?) questions
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The Green and White Nation once again had an opportunity to participate directly in the Riders' annual State of the Nation event at the Gordie Howe Sports Complex in Saskatoon.
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Fans — young and old — took their turn on the microphone with an assortment of queries for the Riders panel consisting of Roughrider head coach Corey Mace, general manager Jeremy O'Day and team president Craig Reynolds.
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MACE: Great question. Look, we've got a couple of backs that you'll see. My guy Mario Anderson is an unbelievable running back. He's still getting used to the (Canadian) game, as are the other young guys. Trevor Pennix, he's awesome as well. And we've still got what we like to call Thomas the Train (Thomas Bertrand-Hudon). So we feel good about the guys we brought in, they all have different skill-sets. Penix, you're going to see him, he looks like a linebacker who's as fast as a running back. Thomas the Train is steady. And then Mario had, just last year in college, something like 1,600 or 1,800 total yards in offence. So we were pleased to get him in there. We feel confident. It'll be good to see them versus someone else just to validate what we think, but, again, it's another position we felt we had pretty good depth at.
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FAN: Having watched UFL on TV from the States, is there any thought in the league given to attracting a significant American TV contract, possibly moving the season forward by a week, just to get the product because, in my humble opinion, the CFL is five times the calibre of football that the UFL is and they're getting big bucks from FOX?
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