They’ve had their ears assaulted in practice all week and been warned by teammates about the verbal assaults that are coming on the weekend.

Those Winnipeg Blue Bombers going into their first Labour Day Classic say they’re as ready as they can be for Sunday’s tilt with the Roughriders in Regina.

“Be ready for the noise and ready to tune out some stuff,” O-lineman Gabe Wallace said as the Bombers wrapped up Thursday’s practice. “I’ve heard it throughout the building, that this game really ramps up to another level.”

The 25-year-old Wallace got hurt and missed this game as a rookie last year. He only has to turn a few lockers to his left to find out what it’ll be like.

That’s where Pat Neufeld parks his 300-pound frame.

“Everything gets cranked up past 10,” is how Neufeld put it. “It’s

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