As the Saskatchewan Roughriders chase their fifth Grey Cup in franchise history, they’re motivated by something much different than their predecessors: Article content

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“We just love ’em up,” head coach Corey Mace said a couple days ago, repeating a common mantra as his team prepared for this year’s CFL championship game against the Montreal Alouettes on Sunday inside Winnipeg’s Princess Auto Stadium.

It’s hard to imagine that very first Riders championship squad in 1966, with rugged fullback George Reed and take-no-prisoners defensive lineman Ron Atchison, professing love for head coach Eagle Keys and their teammates. Reed was wont to say, “Eagle treated us like men, not like dogs,” in apparent umbrage to former head coach Bob Shaw.

As the

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