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Many believe the Canadian Football League season officially begins on Labour Day weekend.

I think the excitement level increases as we get closer to the playoffs, but Saskatchewan has proven a bad first half can end your season before Labour Day. All the games matter, it’s just after Labour Day the intensity rises.

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The Eskimos are 5-4 at the midway point, and their biggest challenge has been inconsistency. Their recent victory over the Toronto Argonauts was the only game with solid and consistent execution.

Despite their Jekyll and Hyde performances, the Eskimos have shown signs of improvement. Their defence has allowed only 83 points in their last four games, and their offence has a few players on record-breaking paces.

Doug Flutie set the CFL for most passing yards — 6,619 in 1991 as a member of the BC Lions — and Eskimos QB Mike Reilly is slightly behind Flutie’s record-setting pace, with 3,096 yards passing and a 71 per cent completion average through nine games. At the halfway point of the ’91 campaign, Flutie had amassed 3,277 yards while completing 61 per cent of his passes.