How do you tell the story of the 2025 CFL season culminating with the Saskatchewan Roughriders winning their first Grey Cup in a dozen years?

You could go down a hundred different rabbit holes, focusing on the rise of the next generation of stars, old veterans still getting it done, new faces in new places, or the work done by so many different coaches.

No matter how you try to tackle such a daunting task, you know you will never be able to cover it all, nor will you satisfy every fan ready to point out “what about …” — and they would be right. Instead of trying to go big, I want to focus on four regular season games that I believe had a significant impact on the year and each helped tell the tale of what 2025 became.

As I am a coward, I’ll be going in chronological order so as not to be accused of playing favourites.

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