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CALGARY — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers coaches and players used their bye week at the end of the regular season wisely.

The Bombers were very well prepared for their playoff game against the Calgary Stampeders, and it showed in a 35-14 drubbing of the defending Grey Cup champs.

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They had great game plans on offence and on defence and looked very fresh in playing for the first time in 16 days.

“Our coaches did a great job of using the extra time to come up with a plan and our players, you can’t say enough about their willingness to just keep working at it, working at it, working at it,” Bombers coach Mike O’Shea said. “They took the ball away and they were very effective in the second half.

“The staff was very efficient with the bye week. They were excellent. The players took the plan and ran with it on the field. I can’t thank our guys enough for the amount of work they put in to make sure to make sure they used every bit of time they had to get this done.”