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No Andrew Harris.

No Matt Nichols.

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No distraction, either, for Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo as his team prepares to play host to the rival Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the annual Labour Day Classic on Sunday at Mosaic Stadium in Regina.

“For me, personally, it doesn’t change much because Andrew Harris doesn’t play on defence (and neither does quarterback Nichols),” said Fajardo, who was in Saskatoon on Tuesday for the Synergy 8 Builders’ Drive For Kids Campaign charity golf event to raise money for the Saskatchewan Children’s Hospital.

“I think, as a team, we can’t use this as a distraction and we also can’t use this as being ‘we can get away with one by not playing our best football.’ They (Bombers) are still an 8-and-2 football team and they’re still leading the West. They’re the leaders in the West for a reason because they found a way to win games, right?”

The Bombers, already without the injured Nichols at starting quarterback, will also be missing the star running back, Harris, who has been suspended two games by the Canadian Football League for a doping violation after testing positive for Metandienone, a banned substance under the CFL’s drug policy and CFL’s players’ association (CFLPA).