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TORONTO – Really, it’s what any considerate chap would do.

Let his girlfriend know that he is bringing home a guest.

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“So I called on the way over to explain to her, ‘Hey, I’m showing up plus-one,’ ” says Drew Tate. “And she said, ‘Oh, who’s that?’ ”

Great question. And a funny story.

Which starts with Tate – immediately after the Calgary Stampeders hammered the B.C. Lions in last weekend’s Western Final – being randomly selected by the Canadian Football League’s drug-testers.

No big deal.

Once before, his number had been plucked, back in 2011.

“But I had dislocated my shoulder in that game,” says the Stamps’ quarterback. “I guess if you’re injured in that game, you get a pass to not drug-test.”

He laughs.

“Then fast-forward five years.”

Sunday, just off the field, still in his pads, teammates hooting, Tate is singled out. Not the greatest turn of events.

“I was eager to start partying as soon as I could,” he says. “So I de-geared, took off all my clothes, changed, and we went over to the Dinos’ locker-room. That’s where they did everything.”