DOUBLE Z AG SALES PREVIEW: CALGARY AT SASKATCHEWAN

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STAMPEDERS (0-1) AT ROUGHRIDERS (0-1)
WHEN: 7:30 pm Sask Time, Friday, June 8/2018
WHERE: Mosaic Stadium Regina
FORECAST: Cloudy, 22 degrees Celsius
BROADCAST: 620 CKRM Rider Radio Network, CHQR 770 Calgary, No TV

RIDER NOTES: The Riders lost their only other preseason game, 35-12 at Edmonton on May 27 ... Quarterbacks Zach Collaros and Brandon Bridge will split playing time against Calgary ... Back-ups David Watford and B.J. Daniels aren't expected to play ... Against the Eskimos, Watford was 8/17 for 87 yards and 1 INT (Efficiency Rating 38.1) while Daniels was 9/20 for 133 yards (Efficiency Rating 67.3) ... RB Marcus Thigpen was the leading rusher (3 carries, 31 yards) but he won't play Friday night ... WR Joshua Stanford was the leading receiver (6 catches, 77 yards) ... KR/PR Kyran Moore led in PR yards (20) and had 35 KR yards on two returns ... The leading tacklers against Edmonton with 3 each were DL Toby Antigha, DB Orlandus Harris, LB Sam Hurl and DB Chris Lyles ... K Brett Lauther was 4/4 on field goals including a 55-yarder ... The Riders will open the 2018 CFL regular season at home against the Grey Cup champion Toronto Argonauts next Friday night (7:00 pm ST, TSN, 620 CKRM Rider Radio Network).

Not dressed for the Riders in Friday's game are: REC/KR Chad Owens, WR Rob Bagg, RB David Cobb, LB Kevin Francis, LB Brandyn Bartlett, OL Josiah St. John, OL Dariusz Bladek, OL Dalton Haughton, FB Spencer Moore and WR Shaq Evans.

STAMPS NOTES: The Stamps lost their home exhibition game, 36-23 to B.C. on June 1 ... QB Bo-Levi Mitchell was 3/5 passing for 45 yards ... Backups Ricky Stanzi (6/15, 72 yards), Nick Arbuckle (7/12, 62 yards) and Larry Brihm (1/2, 20 yards, 1 TD all saw action ... RB Terry Williams was the leading rusher (5 carries, 57 yards) ... WR Blake Jackson was the leading receiver (3 catches, 45 yards) ... DB Patrick Levels was the leading tackler (5) ... K Rene Parades was 3/3 on field goals ... Calgary opens the 2018 CFL regular season at home on Saturday, June 16 versus Hamilton.

RP
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