Rod Pedersen - what a tool!

[David]

I can't believe this part-time Roughrider shill - and fulltime fanboy for the team - STILL believes crowd noise is/was pumped into BC Place when the Riders couldn't function well in past playoffs. While we can't hold a candle to their fans during the regular season, when you get 50,000+ people amped up with the noise locked in and bouncing off the walls and roof, it's VERY similar to what we've experienced there. No need to pipe anything over the PA.

* It was nice to turn the tables on the Lions with regards to crowd noise. Their taped crowd noise gave the Riders fits in playoff games in the past decade and don't, for one second, believe they didn't do it. The day before the 2006 West Final, a Saturday, we were walking up to BC Place for the walk-throughs and heard sheer bedlam going on inside the stadium. "We said to each other 'what the heck is going on in there?"" but once we got inside, the stadium was empty. They were testing out the crowd noise on the public address system.

* I particlarly loved the running count on the SaskTel Maxtron keeping tracking of time count, offside and illegal procedure penalties BC was taking. The last time I looked, the counter was at 11.

* A note from Rider special teams coordinator Craig Dickenson: "Hi Rod: When you write your blog, make sure you put some props out there for the fans ... like you always do! They single-handedly disrupted the BC offense to the point of giving us a REAL advantage in the game! Hats off to the crowd!"

LINK Even if what he thought he heard was true - and I'm not buying it - can he be sure it wasn't the Lions D practicing at the time with simulatated crowd noise?


DH

[sj-roc]

Some Rider fans get SO worked up and whiny about the supposedly canned noise @BCP, that it's actually more fun to let them believe it.

[Rammer]

I can't believe this part-time Roughrider shill - and fulltime fanboy for the team - STILL believes crowd noise is/was pumped into BC Place when the Riders couldn't function well in past playoffs. While we can't hold a candle to their fans during the regular season, when you get 50,000+ people amped up with the noise locked in and bouncing off the walls and roof, it's VERY similar to what we've experienced there. No need to pipe anything over the PA.

* It was nice to turn the tables on the Lions with regards to crowd noise. Their taped crowd noise gave the Riders fits in playoff games in the past decade and don't, for one second, believe they didn't do it. The day before the 2006 West Final, a Saturday, we were walking up to BC Place for the walk-throughs and heard sheer bedlam going on inside the stadium. "We said to each other 'what the heck is going on in there?"" but once we got inside, the stadium was empty. They were testing out the crowd noise on the public address system.

* I particlarly loved the running count on the SaskTel Maxtron keeping tracking of time count, offside and illegal procedure penalties BC was taking. The last time I looked, the counter was at 11.

* A note from Rider special teams coordinator Craig Dickenson: "Hi Rod: When you write your blog, make sure you put some props out there for the fans ... like you always do! They single-handedly disrupted the BC offense to the point of giving us a REAL advantage in the game! Hats off to the crowd!"

LINK

Even if what he thought he heard was true - and I'm not buying it - can he be sure it wasn't the Lions D practicing at the time with simulatated crowd noise?


DH

If they are worrying about the possibility, it is already working whether the Lions do or don't use the pipe noise. Major head game and Peedersen is a great advertisement on how the crowd noise in BC Place is a factor and he lets all the Rider players know it. Maybe next time he should bust into the sound room.....oh wait a minute, he already tried that.

[sj-roc]

On top of the bogus noise issue, whoever is saying 11 crowd-factor penalties went against BC is dead WRONG. We only had nine penalties TOTAL against us, and that includes two that were declined:

* two offsides (one on offence, the other on defence was declined)
* two procedure calls
* one time count violation
* two holding calls (one was declined and the other was offset by a coinciding Ssk illegal contact foul)
* one illegal punt
* one bogus offensive pass interference call.

So there were really only four BC penalties that could arguably be put down to crowd noise. Whoever came up with 11 has trouble counting, but of course we all know counting has historically been a challenge for those flatlanders

[dfootball]

Was not there a winnipeg coach named Cal Murphy that complained about the samwe thing when the lions were getiing 60,000 everytime they played at bc place in the mid 80's ?

a friend of mine does work at bc place and he said the only sound they pump out is the annoucer saying LETS MAKE SOME NOISE.

[TheLionKing]

Would Pederson like some cheese with all that whining ?

[David]

On top of the bogus noise issue, whoever is saying 11 crowd-factor penalties went against BC is dead WRONG. We only had nine penalties TOTAL against us, and that includes two that were declined:

Well, we all know that counting is not their strong suit in Saskatchewan....



DH

[DanoT]

Some Rider fans get SO worked up and whiny about the supposedly canned noise @BCP, that it's actually more fun to let them believe it.

[Sir Purrcival]

It is one thing for the everyday fan to talk about allegations and suppositions like they are facts. People are want to do that. It is another thing for the media to do it. I frankly couldn't care less about Mr. Pedersen and his beliefs but his stupidity does two things. First, it makes him look unprofessional. I guess he is. Secondly, how nicely has he set up his team for their road game here at the end of the regular season. Gee Mr. Pedersen, did you stop to think that maybe, just maybe, it might have a deleterious impact on your team when they are visiting here? Yeah, lets accuse the home team of being cheaters and unethical, yeah, lets try to anger the fans who are going to be cheering when your team is trying to run their offence when next they visit. Yep sounds like another case of corn licken, banjo picken, beer chuckin, manure hucken intellect in full glory.

I don't even dislike the Rider team, I feel sorry that they have to put up with the likes of you.

[almo89]

Since the 2004 Western Final, Rider fans just can't accept the fact that BC Place gets pretty damn loud. We all know they have the loudest group of 30k fans, but 55k inside the old dome was just plain loud. Didn't need to be canned noise. Also, haven't coaches been practicing in front of simulated noise since the Cal Murphy days? Nothing new here.

Rider fans and Peterson can believe whatever they want. At this point, it doesn't really matter.

[dfootball]

Since the 2004 Western Final, Rider fans just can't accept the fact that BC Place gets pretty damn loud. We all know they have the loudest group of 30k fans, but 55k inside the old dome was just plain loud. Didn't need to be canned noise. Also, haven't coaches been practicing in front of simulated noise since the Cal Murphy days? Nothing new here.

Rider fans and Peterson can believe whatever they want. At this point, it doesn't really matter



Waite untill we play them at bc place this year in the WF 50,000 + then we will see .

[Rammer]

Since the 2004 Western Final, Rider fans just can't accept the fact that BC Place gets pretty damn loud. We all know they have the loudest group of 30k fans, but 55k inside the old dome was just plain loud. Didn't need to be canned noise. Also, haven't coaches been practicing in front of simulated noise since the Cal Murphy days? Nothing new here.

Rider fans and Peterson can believe whatever they want. At this point, it doesn't really matter



Waite untill we play them at bc place this year in the WF 50,000 + then we will see .

And perhaps hear as well, both from the crowd noise level and Peedersen blogging about the piped in crowd noise.

[Hambone]

Putz. Maybe now piped in sound would work. Back in 2004 the notoriously poor BC Place acoustics and sound system couldn't pump in enough sound to drown out a church gathering.

[ziggy]

More specifically "Rod Pederson is a Wedge", the worlds simplest tool! He insults the intelligence of the Rider fans whose approval he is so desperately trying to win.

[swervynmerv]

Living in Saskatchewan and being a Lions fan, I have a different perspective on Rod. I know him personally and he is a real great guy and a very good brodcaster. In this market however; he plays to the Saskatchewan crowd, in particular the "new" younger fan who does not know the years of brutal play the Riders were known for over the course of most of their history.

Calling the Riders "Canada"s Team", when in fact the only people who cheer for them are Saskatchewan people, those at home and those who have moved to other provinces( in large droves in the 80's and 90's) and playing the "us" against "them" card is part of the new Saskatchewam mentality after being the poor step-child for so many years.

It used to bug me alot but now I just take it with a grain of salt. What can you expect from a fan base that has only won 3 Grey Cups in 102 years!!