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REGINA — Nothing was calm the last time Odell Willis was here either.

So maybe it was fitting Friday that, as the B.C. Lions’ defensive end set foot in Mosaic Stadium for the first time in nearly nine months, the wind outside was gusting to nearly 70 kilometres per hour.

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Blowing from the west, no less.

But Willis, after an extended pause, was adamant he couldn’t care less about the conditions outside or inside when it comes to Saturday’s CFL matchup against the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1-3).

“Fans gonna be fans, bro,” Willis said shortly after the team landed in Regina. “So however they treat me or greet me, that’s how they treat me. I’m not going to worry about their reaction. I’m just going to go out there and play football.”

In other words, the same thing he believes he was doing on Oct. 27, 2018, after ending Riders’ quarterback Zach Collaros’ season with a full-speed helmet-to-helmet hit in a 35-16 loss at Regina. (Collaros remained in the game briefly before leaving, and did not play in the Riders’ West Division semifinal game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.)