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We had them all but written off after back-to-back losses to their most bitter rival.

You just don’t lose the Labour Day Classic and the Banjo Bowl to Saskatchewan in consecutive weeks and bounce back. It’s too much in a town that bleeds blue and hates green.

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Yet the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have beaten the odds and done just that.

Three straight wins have them off the gurney and now their worst nightmare is staring them straight in the face: Another date with the Riders, and the prospect of a humiliating third loss in a row.

“I guess it does get bigger than Labour Day and Banjo Bowl,” corner Chris Randle said on Thursday. “This one’s a lot on the line. We’re both fighting for something, and we’re both rolling at this time, playing ball at a high level. So you can expect a show.”

The Bombers weren’t rolling the last time these two squared off. Wallowing would be a better description.

Their third and fourth straight defeats, 31-23 and 32-27, dropped them to 5-7 and scared even the most diehard of fans.