REGINA – So close, but yet so far.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers were a whisker away from a miracle comeback in the Labour Day Classic on Sunday, but they’ll wake up Monday morning far from the top tier in the CFL West.

Playing the rival Saskatchewan Roughriders with a chance to get themselves right back in the mix for first place, the Bombers instead fell into a deeper third-place hole that’ll be tough to climb out of with seven games left in the regular season.

The 34-30 loss dropped the Bombers to 6-5, a full three games back of the 9-2 Riders, with Calgary at 7-3 and hosting last-place Edmonton on Monday.

The score only tells a tiny fraction of the story.

After grabbing a 10-0 lead in the first half, the Bombers were outscored 31-7 through a stretch extending late into the fourth qu

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