The Saskatchewan Roughriders are riding the high of a Western Semi-Final victory over the B.C. Lions on Saturday and have carried it into practice this week as they prepare to face Winnipeg.
The Riders last faced Winnipeg in the playoffs in the 2021West Final, that ended in a 21-17 Riders defeat.
However, the team is looking to last week’s home playoff win and the future, not what happened three years ago.
“It’s a confidence that we started from training camp. We talked about it this morning in team meetings. ‘Raise your hand if you thought we were going to be here at this point.’ Everybody in the room, except some of the new guys, raised their hand. Even some of the new guys,” running back A.J. Oullette said. “So, it’s just confidence across the board.”
“Since day one we talked about goals. We set goals as a team and that …