Davis: First-place Saskatchewan Roughriders shouldn't send their best to Winnipeg

Take the backups to Winnipeg.

Reserve a table at one of Regina’s great steak houses Friday night for Saskatchewan Roughriders starting quarterback Trevor Harris and tailback A.J. Ouellette. They’re sore and battered. They deserve a relaxing night off with family and friends. Order a T-bone, put it on general manager Jeremy O’Day’s tab.

After clinching first place in the West with a 12-4 record and two regular-season games remaining, the Roughriders don’t owe anybody anything, least of all the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

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There’s simply no reason for the Roughriders to field their starting lineup when they visit Winnipeg for a CFL game Friday that is meaningless to the visitors, while the hometown Blue Bombers surprisingly scramble fo