Roughriders fans near and far ready to cheer on green and white during West Division final

Saskatchewan Roughriders fans are gearing up to cheer on the green and white during Sunday's CFL West Division final — whether at the game or thousands of kilometres away.

The game in Winnipeg will decide which team will travel to Hamilton for the 108th Grey Cup on Dec. 12.

Hundreds — if not thousands — of fans in green and white will be making the pilgrimage to Winnipeg.

Annamaria Pedulla is one of them.

"The Riders have to win because I have to redeem myself around all these Bombers fans," she said. 

Pedulla, who is from Thunder Bay, Ont., and now lives in Regina, also attended the Banjo Bowl this season, which the Riders lost.

The green and white also lost the Labour Day Classic against Winnipeg in front of a sold-out crowd in Regina.

But that's not going to deter Pedulla from going to Sunday's win-or-go-home game.

"I'm excited. I'm really hoping that Saskatchewan redeems themselves after the Banjo Bowl and the Labour Day classic," she said.

"I just want to see Winnipeg lose."

There can be some bad blood between the Riders and Bombers — both on the field and in the stands — but that's not the case for Pedulla, despite her desire to see the Bombers fall.

"I'm friends with Bombers fans, unfortunately, so they were pretty good about making sure I didn't get into too much trouble," she said with a laugh, referring to her trip to the Banjo Bowl.

Pedulla acknowledged that Bombers fans are "pretty loud, especially when they're beating us. They like to turn around and make sure that [we] know they are beating Saskatchewan."

But she says Riders fans are more passionate.