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Robservations …

• Considering that the University of Regina’s motto is “As One Who Serves,” how in good conscience can it axe a volleyball program?

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• Free, unsolicited advice to my cohorts on the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ Plaza of Honour selection committee: Waive the three-year waiting period that customarily follows a player’s career. Induct Darian Durant, who announced his retirement on Friday, as early as possible (2019).

• Moreover, retire Durant’s No. 4, which one of his mentors — Kerry Joseph — also wore with distinction.

• Joseph also belongs in the Plaza. In fact, his selection should have been automatic. Of all the players considered for induction in 2018, he was atop my list (coming soon to a shredder near you). A Durant-Joseph ticket for next year would seem to be a natural — a 4-gone conclusion, ideally.

• Granted, Joseph spent only two full seasons with the Roughriders, but his accomplishments were history-making. He is one of only four Grey Cup-winning starting quarterbacks in franchise history — the others being Durant, Ron Lancaster and Kent Austin. Joseph, Lancaster (twice) and George Reed are the only Roughriders to be named the CFL’s most outstanding player. Consider, too, that Joseph’s finest season — 2007 — was a catalyst for the Roughriders’ ascent into the stratosphere in terms of popularity and profitability.