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You read it here first: “Argos by two.”

Make the final: Saskatchewan Roughriders 41, Toronto Argonauts 16.

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As sheer disasters go, the ill-fated prediction — circulated one week ago — is comparable to the 2019 Argonauts.

This is a franchise, based in a key CFL market, that is ill-equipped to handle even the modest amount of prosperity it has experienced during the latest lost season.

Consider the case of McLeod Bethel-Thompson, who has thrown a league-high 19 touchdown passes.

Granted, CFL quarterbacks are falling faster than members of Donald Trump’s cabinet, so someone doesn’t have to be Bo Levi Mitchell or Peter Liske to lead the loop in payoff pitches.

That said, Bethel-Thompson’s passing prowess is a rare success story pertaining to the Argo-naughts of 2019.

So they benched him.

In came James Franklin, who proceeded to play like … well, James Franklin.

One of Franklin’s passes hit the “Financial” on a World Financial Group sign, located behind one of the end zones, during Saturday’s lopsided loss to Saskatchewan.