Between The Lines: What Darian Durant wants Saskatchewan Roughriders to clean up during bye week

Between The Lines: What Darian Durant wants Saskatchewan Roughriders to clean up during bye week

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are entering the final days of their bye week with a 4-1 record and an important home-and-home series with the Edmonton Elks looming on the schedule.

ROBSERVATIONS: Saskatchewan vs. Edmonton is a summertime treat … stellar start for Trevor … happy 100th, CKRM!

This grizzled gargoyle of a historian vividly, affectionately remembers a time when a game against Edmonton was everything. Beginning in 1972, the Saskatchewan Roughriders met Edmonton in the playoffs for five consecutive Novembers. They fiercely contested first place in the CFL’s Western Conference in 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976. It was, to this oldster, the greatest rivalry in Roughriders history. Even in the pre-season, there was a buzz when Ed…