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CALGARY — Going into a city, into a stadium where they have never won — four years, four losses — the Ottawa Redblacks have developed a bit of swagger early in the 2018 season.

It’s not cockiness, it’s more a belief, an inner confidence that they can hang with anybody in the Canadian Football League, and that includes the Calgary Stampeders, who have become a model franchise, of sorts, a team that wins much, much more than it loses.

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“We have a ton of respect for Calgary,” Redblacks coach Rick Campbell said. “They’ve won more games than any other franchise in this league over the past few years for a reason. It’s going to be a tall order. To go on the road in Calgary and find a way to beat those guys, that would be huge — that’s what our aim is.

“When we’ve played them, it’s been two good teams slugging it out. It’s always been exciting and I don’t mind exciting as long as we come out on the right side of it.”

Last season, the Redblacks lost 43-39 in Calgary the week after the teams battled to a 31-31 overtime tie. Two years ago, it was 26-26 in Ottawa, with the Stamps putting a licking on the Redblacks 48-23 in Calgary.