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“This was the actual place where (it began in 2001),” Glenn said ahead of dressing for his 301st CFL game Monday. “Last year was the first year they opened up New Mosaic, this will be the first time I’ve been back since leaving Saskatchewan, and being on the opposite side will be a little different.

“I’ve played as a visitor in Regina before, but just not in that stadium. The biggest difference will probably just be being in that visitors locker-room, because I’ve never seen it.”

Besides being an experienced insurance policy in case of injury, Glenn also represents the first more-veteran quarterback Reilly has had as a teammate since Kerry Joseph during his first season in Edmonton in 2013.

“It’s nice to have a veteran in Kevin here, he never gets too high or too low,” Reilly said. “That’s one thing that I can say that he’s learned, for sure, over the 18 or 19 seasons that he’s been in this league.

“You see it all. You see the ups, you see the downs. You’re on great teams, you’re on maybe not-so-great teams and you learn to kind of weather the storm. So it’s nice to have a guy like that, that just has a cool head no matter what’s going on on the field out there and can remind the guys, ‘Hey, 60 minutes is a long time in the CFL, even three minutes is a long time.’

“Seeing it all as a player, the guys are going to respect what he has to say, there’s no doubt.”

CULTURAL MOSAIC

New or old, Mosaic Stadium is home to a fanbase that prides itself on being the epicentre of the CFL.