It's been awhile.

Almost five years to be exact.

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers last playoff game was the 2011 Grey Cup.

The Blue & Gold lost 34-23 to the B.C. Lions in Vancouver.

The Bombers and Lions meet again this Sunday afternoon at B.C. Place Stadium in the CFL's West Division semifinal.

After Friday's final practice session at Investors Group Field, Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris says the playoff hype hasn't kicked in quite yet.

“It's the calm before the storm,” said Harris who rushed for 974 yards this season. “You got to stay cool, calm and collective and wait it out until you get onto that field and you start running around. That's when it starts feeling for real.”

The Bombers swept the season series from the Lions winning 37-35 on October 8th in Winnipeg and 35-32 the following weekend on the west coast.

B.C. quarterback Jonathon Jennings threw for 749 yards and two touchdowns in those two games against the Blue Bombers but was also intercepted five times by the Winnipeg defense.

“We got to play sound defensively,” said Blue Bombers defensive coordinator Richie Hall when asked how they're going to slow down the B.C. offense which is so prolific. “They're going to try for the explosion play and we just have to be consistent throughout the game. In the first game they had two receivers that accumulated for about 300 yards but then in the second game they barely got 100 and I don't even know if they got that. It's just a matter of us being consistent and make their catches be contested catches.”

There shouldn't be any surprises when the Bombers and Lions meet on Sunday.

B.C. was 12-6 this season while Winnipeg was 11-7.

Head coach Mike O'Shea doesn't feel it's necessary to add any new wrinkles to the playbook just because it's playoff time.

“You go through your normal planning stages,” said O'Shea. “You watch the film, you do up your scouting reports and you verify what you know about them from the previous couple of games. The next step is to think what might they do differently and you sort have a small plan or idea about that. You certainly give it thought but you do it for every other opponent also in every game.”

A two-point win followed by a three-point win.

Sunday's semifinal has all the makings of another close battle between the two teams.

Winnipeg kicker Justin Medlock, who booted a record 60 field goals this season and is the West Division finalist for Special Teams Player of the Year honours, would love to have a chance to send the Blue Bombers on to Calgary and the West final with a late field goal on Sunday in Vancouver.

“I feel like if that comes down to me, obviously it's a welcome challenge and I'd be excited about it,” said Medlock. “I'm confident in my ability so if we get into that situation I feel like we have a lot of success so we'll see what happens. Hopefully it doesn't. Hopefully we win by 50 but we'll see.”

The opening kickoff at B.C. Place Stadium is 3:30 p.m.