Buzz for expansion team rises as everyone from players to CFL\u002Dstarved fans in Maritimes pumped for annual tilt
“That was one of maybe the best things we could have done because it created a buzz and excitement in a part of the province that we hadn’t thought about playing before. People here are amazingly friendly, very welcoming, and it’s been a great experience for all of us to run a game here two years in a row.”
“It’s really unbelievable, especially being in Nova Scotia; we don’t have a team so it’s super rare to have the opportunity to be up and close with professionals in the sport that he loves,” Leggett said. “We’re a big football family.”Article content Jaime Horbul and her two children, eight-year-old Mikko Verville and seven-year-old Alina Verville were decked out in green and white Friday. The family lives in Halifax but Horbul grew up in Lanigan, Sask., so cheering for the Riders is a rite of passage.The players are just as pumped to be in Nova Scotia.
The 6-foot-4, 205-pound Schaffer-Baker of Mississauga, Ont., had 68 receptions for 960 yards and five touchdowns last season.
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