The Saskatchewan Roughriders didn’t look anything like a first-place team while losing 32-15 to the hometown Calgary Stampeders on Saturday.
They got pushed around, didn’t score a second-half point, were shambled on defence, dropped a touchdown pass, missed their lone field-goal attempt and looked even wobblier than quarterback Trevor Harris when he tried standing after an hellacious third-quarter sack by Stampeders rookie Shaun Peterson.
It was one of four sacks surrendered by Saskatchewan’s usually reliable offensive line, allowing the second-place, 7-3 Stampeders to record their second victory over the Roughriders, who remain atop the West with an 8-2 mark.
Calgary again looked to be the better, tougher, more physical and better-prepared squad. Only the Stampeders have been so dom