Ticket sales are brisk. The Ron Burgundy-style weathermen are forecasting a high of 21 degrees Celcius and sunshine.

A single, fragile point separates the fractious protagonists vying at the top of the table.

And historically – believe it or not – things are even tighter.

The Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Eskimos, in fact, find themselves at an impasse, 25-25-1, over the length and breadth of Labour Day Classic skirmishes past.

Making Monday …

“The tiebreaker, huh?” muses Stamps’ safety Joshua Bell. “Just happens to fall on a pretty good day. One of those days. A business day.

“A serious business day.”

Joshua Bell and Ja’Gared Davis during the 2016 Labour Day Classic (Photo by Bret Kenworthy)

A recent string of five Labour Day conquests on the trot has pulled the Stamps level in the all-time W-L early-September holiday ledger.

Not that that fact impresses quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell any.

“That’s why we continue it, man,’’ reminds the reigning MOP, set to continue his friendly rivalry with Eskimo QB Mike Reilly. “Because we don’t think about it. We don’t play that way.

“It’s not about a streak or anything like that. It’s about taking pride in playing in front of our fans, in our stadium and wearing our home jersey.

“We know we’ve got a team coming in here trying to take a win in the division on the road. So we have to protect our house.”

Along with their recent Labour Day successes, the Stamps ride a cumulative 14-game regular-season victory streak at McMahon Stadium, all opponents, into Monday’s rodeo.

“We win at home,’’ replies coach Dave Dickenson, with a shrug, when asked for an explanation as to why. “Whether we’re playing Edmonton or anyone else. We just have a good feel for our stadium. Our fans give us good support – I’m expecting the biggest crowd of the year.

“Our guys believe we’ll find a way.

“It’s been a good rivalry the last few years, actually. A lot of back and forth. A lot of the same players.

“Knowing you’ve got ’em back-to-back, it is important to play well at home. We take care of business, that’s Priority 1.”

Ten-season DB Brandon Smith, an old hand at these, expects the usual: A tong war.

“I can only think of one game in my time here that got out of hand,’’ he recalls. “They’re always close, tough, physical games. Nobody giving an inch. Doesn’t seem to matter what the records of the teams are, who’s doing well and who’s not.

“This game ,you wipe the slate clean.”

Tommie Campbell and Brandon Smith during the 2016 Labour Day Classic (Photo by Bret Kenworthy)

The Eskimos made the three-hour trek south having dropped two in a row after stringing off seven wins to launch their season.

“Watch the film on Edmonton, man,’’ says Mitchell. “A great team with a lot of good players, big players. Fast, physical and we all know how good the (defensive) front is.

“It’s about us sticking to our details and being smart.

“Edmonton’s always a team competing for top spot, as are we. We all know it’s a tight division.”

One more sleep.

“This game is always placed at a great time,’’ says Bell. “That adds to it. Right at the start of the home stretch. Labour Day means we’re reaching the meat of the season.

“Labour Day signifies that it’s getting real.

“Right here.

“Right now.”