Rider Nation is geared up for Saturday night.

     The Riders host the Edmonton Eskimos to begin the regular season and defend last year's Grey Cup.

     Riders Head Coach Ken Miller says they go in prepared.

     "We're really ready, just because we are utilizing an offensive system that players are familiar with.  Defensively it's just a continuity of what we did last year."

     Kick-off is at 5:30pm Saturday night.  As of yesterday about 1400 tickets remained for the game.