Anyone expecting a torrent of memories to come tumbling out, some detailed, blow-by-blow account of the ins-and-out, ebbs-and-flows of July 1st, 2012, will be, well, out of luck.

“Man …,” mutters Bo Levi Mitchell.

A frown.

A grimace.

A shuffling of feet.

“Nope.

“Sorry.”

Not overtly surprising, actually. The reigning MOP’s stat line five years and change ago in his first official CFL game: Two carries for six yards.

The Calgary Stampeders, by the way, dusted the Montreal Alouettes 30-10 at McMahon Stadium in that many-moons-ago seasonal curtain-raiser. Another Texan, Drew Tate, manned the helm then, was viewed as the bright hope of the future, and bossed headlines that day by throwing for 299 yards.

Back then, Bo Levi Mitchell was but one of the many strung along the sideline.

Not that he ever thought of himself that way.

“Before I even got here,’’ he’s recalling Friday morning, “I told Dave (Dickenson): ‘I want to be the guy.’

“Brash? Maybe. But that was my thinking. Yeah, I was the new guy. Yeah, I guess I was a bit of an afterthought at that point.

“But instead of spending that first year not trying to make a mistake, I was watching Drew, watching Kev (Glenn), finding out what they were good at and becoming good at those things, finding out what they were not so good at and becoming good at those things.

“When you’re the third QB and doing short-yardage, Day 3 is your day.

“Making sure you know every single detail so you get every single person on the field right.

“The approach I took was: ‘Yeah, I’m the third QB here but how do I get better? How do I take these guys’ jobs?’

“It’s always team-first. Always. But if you believe in your heart that you can make the team better, why wouldn’t you do everything in your power to be able to do that?”

Saturday evening, Mitchell marks his regular-season centenary in Red and White, Game 100, when the Stamps invade Commonwealth Stadium to complete the annual Labour Day Week doubleheader against the suddenly pursuing Edmonton Eskimos.

“I guess it’s cool,’’ hedges Mitchell. “Mostly, though, was it signifies for me is the game between 99 and 101.

“I mean, a hundred does seem like a lot. But when you’re not the starter for all of ’em, it doesn’t feel like that many, y’know? When you’re not playing, and most of us have to wait our turn, the years tend to whizz by. For me, the seasons have started to slow down, and that’s what’s been good.

“As the starter, you cherish every single game. Understanding you can be everyone’s favourite person in an organization but it takes one thing to change that.

“So savour every moment. Don’t cheat yourself or your teammates. When you’re the guy, as I mentioned, you’ve still got to fight for your spot. That’s what keeps you hungry, keeps you sharp.”

He has some recent 100-game heroics to draw on. As recently as Monday’s Labour Day Classic when wideout Anthony Parker marked his 100th career appearance in style, scoring a TD on a 24-yard scoot and catching two passes for 38 yards.

“Shoot, Parks gave the perfect inspiring story last week, right?’’ lauds Mitchell. “A tremendous game, playing the way he did, balling out, definitely made it memorable. I’m just trying to follow suit.

“For me, it’s a little more special being the Labour Day rematch, against your biggest rival in a game that has huge implications for the standings.”

From two carries for six yards, Mitchell’s come an awfully long ways from games 1 to 100.

In the intervening years, he’s won a Grey Cup, an MOP, more games quicker than anyone at the position ever, established himself as the pre-eminent quarterback in this league and an instantly recognizable presence in this community.

Maybe the ins-and-outs, ebbs-and-flows of July 1, 2012, are awfully fuzzy now, but here’s betting that five years on, those of Sept. 8, 2017, won’t be quite as difficult to pull out of the old memory bank.

This is a man, after all, built for the big moments.

“I’m just thankful, blessed, to be here,” he says, “quarterbacking this team, with these guys.”

Salute.

Here’s to the next 100.