Article content

REGINA – There’s no real reason to believe that complacency is going to be an issue for the Calgary Stampeders.

Not on Sunday.

And not at any point later this season.

While they might not have been 7-0 any time recently the way they are this season, the Stamps have been the class of the CFL during the last two regular seasons and have never struggled to come up with the motivation they need to beat opponents who are desperate for wins.

That will be the case again Sunday, when the Stampeders take on a Saskatchewan Roughriders (3-4) team that badly needs a victory – although the fact that other West Division rivals are dropping like flies this weekend means ‘desperate’ might be a bit of an exaggeration.

You could even argue that the Riders need a win more badly than the Stampeders do, given the cushion the Calgarians have built for themselves atop the West Division standings.

The job for the Stamps is to ignore all that, though, and match the Riders sense of urgency.