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Bo Levi Mitchell is back for the Labour Day Classic.

After two months sidelined with a torn pectoral muscle, Mitchell will be back in the Calgary Stampeders starting quarterback role for Monday’s big game against the Edmonton Eskimos at McMahon Stadium (2:30 p.m., TSN/770 News Talk CHQR).

If he could have come back earlier, he obviously would have loved to do so, but he’s not complaining about returning to the field for one of the biggest events on the annual Calgary sports calendar.

“I couldn’t pick a better game on the schedule to come back,” Mitchell said Sunday. “(It’s) kind of arbitrary to say just because you’re on the six-game injured list you’re supposed to come back in six weeks.

“Every injury is unique, and you have to handle it differently.”

The stakes couldn’t be much more clear for Mitchell and the Stamps on Monday.

With a win, the Stamps will leapfrog the Eskimos and will find themselves in third place in the CFL’s West Division and will secure them the win in the season-series.