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Every so often when the magnitude of a game or the significance of a moment would strike, Argonauts defensive back Matt Black has retrieved a football, helmet or a jersey as a keepsake.

Tucked away in his home are such items as a football he kept following a touchdown he scored and the football he intercepted in last fall’s improbable Grey Cup victory over Calgary.

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There are many other reminders of past glories in Black’s collection, but as he well knows, they mean nothing when a new season has begun, rendered insignificant with the Stamps coming to town this Saturday for the Boatmen’s home opener.

A new season brings with it a new set of challenges and circumstances for teams to navigate. And with the Argos, it all starts at the top and head coach Marc Trestman, who has established a culture that demands that players approach that day and nothing else.

“What’s done is done,’’ said Black. “It’s 2018 and they (Stamps) have a great team. They have a double-headed monster at running back (Don Johnson and Terry Williams). They have a quarterback (Bo Levi Mitchell) who can throw the ball and they have probably, arguably, one of the best receiving corps in the league — big, tall, physical and they can all run and they make the tough catches.