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• Memo to the Roughriders: Stop removing the starting quarterback during a promising drive! All too often, the temporary change of signal-caller leads to a field-goal attempt.

• This season, the Roughriders have posted their first victory in a stadium in both their games against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Roughriders’ first win at new Mosaic Stadium was on July 8, when they downed the visiting Tiger-Cats 37-20. On Friday, Saskatchewan broke the ice at Tim Hortons Field, downing the Tiger-Cats 27-19. The Roughriders had lost their first three games at Tim Hortons Field by a combined score of 111-25.

• Menu suggestion for Tim Hortons Field: Tommy Joe Coffee.

• Tommy Joe Coffey (please note correct spelling) had some interesting stats during a Hall of Fame career. As a member of the 1965 Edmonton Eskimos, he made 81 receptions but only two of them went for touchdowns. Yet, he scored eight TDs on only 27 catches with the 1972 Tiger-Cats.

• It is sad to see Darian Durant flounder with the feckless Montreal Alouettes. The former Roughriders star was mercifully removed from Sunday’s home game against the Ottawa Redblacks after going 0-for-6. Montreal went on to lose 29-11. It is painfully obvious that Durant is struggling, and that description of his play may be charitable, but you have to wonder whether anyone could excel at quarterback for that smouldering wreck of a team.

• Item: Academy Award-winning director James Cameron has invested in a Vanscoy-based organic pea-processing plant. Will the employees be working in pods?