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To say Friday night’s gathering at BMO between the Argos and Ticats is akin to a “Cage” match would be a stretch.

To say Isiah Cage is excited at the moment isn’t so far-fetched.

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Records aside, this should be a fun night of football considering it’s Ryerson Homecoming with some 5,000 university students expected to be in attendance.

James Franklin is back as Toronto’s starting quarterback and he’s coming off a fourth-quarter performance last week in B.C. that makes one wonder why the Argos kept Franklin on the bench for so long.

Protecting Franklin’s blind side will be Cage, a rookie from Chicago who signed with the Argos this past May.

He’s been learning, waiting and getting his feet wet with a new game and new set of rules.

Cage believes his technique is good, the cohesion all offensive lines must have is there, the preparation, the studying, getting into the playbook.

Whether it’s the rules, the spacing when lining up a wider field, the one yard off the ball, Cage has been around long enough to get caught up.