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I received an email a while back from a reader who was wondering why I bring up The Drought as often as I do.

As if I get some perverse pleasure in referring to the Blue Bombers’ 27 straight years without a Grey Cup.

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Well, here’s why: because the darn thing hangs like a threatening cloud over everything this franchise does.

Angst over the stadium debt fiasco? It’s magnified because this team hasn’t won a title in a generation.

Booing at a home game? Amplified by nearly three decades of frustration.

The smallest crowd of the season last week? Yet another sign the local faithful are losing faith, again.

“Absolutely. And I get it,” running back Andrew Harris was saying, Thursday. “As a Winnipegger I totally get that. As a fan of other teams, I understand that.”

Harris also says he and his teammates have to block it out.

“It’s not about anyone else,” he said. “We love our fans. And we love our critics. We’re working our butts off to turn this thing around and get on a run. That’s all we can worry about.”