It was a warm and sunny afternoon, and the Toronto Argonauts had the worst record in the CFL.



“I know we’re 0-3, and that’s the reality,” offensive lineman Jamal Campbell said after practice. “But every week, the way we try to attack it is: It’s a new week, it’s a new game, and win or lose, we’re moving on.”



“There’s better days ahead,” said fellow lineman Tyler Holmes. “It’s not just going to happen by itself. We have to work our asses off, and work like hell to make it happen.”



The franchise has endured many challenges two decades into the new century. The team’s owner once abandoned them on the CFL commissioner’s doorstep. There have been bad bounces, bad coaches and bad decisions. The team’s practice facility burned to the ground in 2011.



Through all of that, there has been one hardship the team has somehow been able to avoid. The Argos...