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A blunderous Banjo Bowl created enough headaches to send Saskatchewan Roughriders fans scrambling toward pill country.

Advil, please.

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A six-game winning streak ended in embarrassing fashion on Saturday, whenthe Winnipeg Blue Bombers handed the visiting Roughriders a 35-10 loss.

The score flattered the Roughriders, who trailed 35-3 in the third quarter.

So what went wrong?

The usual …

Perhaps we should have seen this coming — especially in light of sentiments articulated by Roughriders head coach Craig Dickenson following a 19-17 home-field victory over Winnipeg on Sept. 1.

“If we play like we did tonight, we won’t win,” said Dickenson, whose prescient comment appeared in last week’s Leader-Post-mortem.

Six days after Dickenson sounded that ominous note, the Roughriders struggled on offence. Again.

They missed tackles. Again.

They took undisciplined penalties. Again.

Saskatchewan was flagged only six times on Saturday, compared to 16 on Aug. 24 (in a 40-18 victory over the visiting Ottawa Redblacks) and nine in the Labour Day Classic.