No, there is no quiet move afoot to change colour scheme from traditional Red and White to black and blue.

“This is football. You put it on the line,’’ philosophized the philosopher-in-residence, safety Joshua Bell.

“We throw our bodies around with reckless abandon, as they say.

“We’re walking, talking human crash-test dummies, right? Only we’ve got no seat belts. No airbags. We’re just putting ourselves in harm’s way, taking the impact.

“We’re not thinking about gettin’ hurt or the consequences. We play. Things happen. You’re not happy but they do. No tears. No crying.

“Man up and let’s get after it.”

Which means Saturday evening and the invading BC Lions.

In the aftermath of the knock-down, drag-out, hammer-and-tong 25-22 victory up north that maintained a three-point cushion atop the West Division, the Calgary Stampeders gathered 10 hours after the bus pulled into the McMahon Stadium parking lot at 2:20 a.m. for the customary rundown.

All walking casts and crutches.

Slight limps, aching joints and muscles.

The onslaught of misfortune continues. Those who started the Labour Day rematch but were unable to finish included DBs Ciante Evans, Jamar Wall and Joe Burnett, hard-luck defensive lineman Junior Turner and influential pass-catcher DaVaris Daniels.

Quite the list.

Daniels was injured during the 1st quarter of the 2017 Labour Day rematch (Photo by David Moll)

But boss Dave Dickenson insists he isn’t considering checking for hex bags hidden under his bed or laying awake night worried that some malevolent rival has fashioned a voodoo likeness of him and is gleefully sticking pins into it.

“I think everyone has injuries,’’ he reasoned. “You just care about your own a lot more. We lost some good guys, some important guys but the next guy’s got to be ready to go.”

Receivers coach Pete Constanza hasn’t seen this sort of injury toll in his decade-long stay at McMahon.

From his pass-catching corps two rising stars, Lemar Durant and Kamar Jorden, are both already on the six-game injured list. Then Daniels got nicked up – no one’s quite sure how severely yet – up north at Commonwealth.

“We’re a … little banged up,’’ Costanza agreed, with a slight eye-roll of disbelief. “It’s crazy. I was just talking to (special teams coordinator) Mark Kilam and saying that what I’ve learned over my time here is that seasons become wars of attrition.

“As hard as you try to stay healthy, when guys get banged up – as they eventually will – you’ve got to have someone in the wings ready to go.

“The receiving corps, this is the worst I’ve ever seen. I mean, Anthony Parker played a position this week he’s never played before, and did really well. That’s hats off to them to pay attention to the big scheme and not just their position.”

The golden ideal, of course, is being able to field your first-choice lineup, all 22 positions. In game as taxing, as unforgiving, as this one, that’s mostly only a pipe-dream, though.

“The fun games,’’ agreed Constanza, “are best-on-best, good-on-good, play the game and let the cards fall where they may. When you have your guys you consider your best, they’re there for a reason. You want them.

“In this game, though, that doesn’t happen very often.”

Due to injuries, Parker had to shift to a position he’d never played before during the 2017 Labour Day rematch (Photo by Canadian Press/Amber Bracken)

The Stamps’ ability to patch and fill, plug and play is justly renowned, of course.

“We were just starting to get some guys back, too,’’ mused Bell. “We’ve been spoiled in that way. And then a bunch more guys go down (Saturday) night. But whatever happens, you’ve got to ramp it up and be ready to go.

“We didn’t play our best game (against the Esks). We gave up a lot of yards but we held ’em to 22 points. We have confidence in everyone in that room. And I mean everyone.

“We’re not afraid when anyone goes down. If our 1A isn’t available, we trust that our 1B will do the job.”

In Turner’s absence, Derek Wiggan is expected to see more playing time along the defensive front.

“Junior,’’ commiserated the third-year Queen’s man, “is like a big brother to me. I look up to him. It’s unfortunate what happened. But when you’re playing on the line, legs get tangled and all kinds of stuff happens.

“So it’s next man up.

“Whatever obstacles we face, we’ll overcome ’em. That’s the way we approach things.

“Every team’s going to have guys nicked up. You can’t say: ‘Oh, we lost tonight because so-and-so wasn’t there.’

“That’s not good enough. That doesn’t cut it.

“No one in this league feels sorry for us now and we don’t feel sorry for them when they go through adversity.

“Whatever hand you’re dealt, you play it.”