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August 18, 2009
CFL Pick 'em Week 8: A lot of points were scored and not just by the winning teams.
Montreal by 15 Winnipeg by 4
posted by apoch at 03:10 PM on August 18, 2009
Apoch, British Columbia won by 8, not 12, if that makes a difference.
Montreal by 17
British Columbia by 17
posted by tommybiden at 03:16 PM on August 18, 2009
yes, yes it does. Darn it. Thanks for catching that tommy.
Okay everyone, here's a list of point changes.
DrJohnEvans +1 for 24 total tommytrump -1 for 20 total Schultzie +1 for 21 total Mave +1 for 20 total Reever -1 for 18 total owlhouse -1 for 16 total
Sorry for the confusion.
posted by apoch at 03:28 PM on August 18, 2009
Man nothing has been going right so far. I'm worse than Hamilton.
Montreal by 22 Winnipeg by 7
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 06:05 PM on August 18, 2009
Montreal by 18
BC by 9
And for those who care, Point Spreads for this week are:
Montreal - 11.5 and BC -8.5
posted by Spitztengle at 02:58 AM on August 19, 2009
apoch, re: point adjustments from last week, I believe that j5v should be +4 for his Week 7 picks submitted in Week 6
posted by Spitztengle at 03:38 PM on August 19, 2009
Montreal by 21 Winnipeg by 4
Last place in CFL Pick'em, last place in Fantasy EPL...all is right with the world.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 07:05 PM on August 19, 2009
Updated standings since I screwed up the BC margin of error and missed j5v and rahilsuleman's picks. Thankfully DrJohn should be back for next week, returning us to our normally so well run CFL Pick 'em.
| CGY @ EDM | BC @ TOR | MON @ WPG | HAM @ SSK | |
| Result | Edmonton by 3 | B.C. by 8 | Montreal by 27 | Saskatchewan by 10 |
| Margin of Error | 2 to 4 | 6 to 10 | 19 to 35 | 7 to 13 |
| SpoFite | TOR @ MTL | S | SSK @ BC | S | WPG @ TOR | S | SSK @ CGY | S | Points | Total Points |
| DrJohnEvans | Edmonton | B.C. | 8 | Montreal | Saskatchewan | 6 | 7 | 24 | ||
| Spitztengle | Edmonton | B.C. | Montreal | 3 | 23 | |||||
| rahilsuleman | Saskatchewan | 8 | 2 | 22 | ||||||
| apoch | B.C. | 8 | Saskatchewan | 8 | 4 | 22 | ||||
| MrFrisby | Edmonton | B.C. | Montreal | Saskatchewan | 9 | 5 | 22 | |||
| Schultzie | Edmonton | 4 | B.C. | 7 | Montreal | Saskatchewan | 6 | 21 | ||
| tommytrump | B.C. | Montreal | 29 | 3 | 20 | |||||
| Mave | B.C. | 8 | Montreal | 4 | 20 | |||||
| argoal | Edmonton | 3 | 8 | Montreal | 4 | 19 | ||||
| j5v | B.C. | 7 | Montreal | Saskatchewan | 4 | 19 | ||||
| Reever | Edmonton | B.C. | Montreal | 3 | 18 | |||||
| owlhouse | Edmonton | B.C. | Montreal | Saskatchewan | 12 | 5 | 16 | |||
| BoKnows | B.C. | Montreal | 2 | 15 | ||||||
| WeedyMcSmokey | Montreal | Spread | Saskatchewan | 7 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| JPR | Edmonton | B.C. | Montreal | 20 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| Ying Yang Mafia | Montreal | 19 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| The_Black_Hand | 0 | 6 |
posted by apoch at 05:40 AM on August 20, 2009
Montreal by 8 BC by 8
posted by j5v at 12:46 PM on August 20
Montreal by 17, BC by 19.
posted by rahilsuleman at 12:59 PM on August 20
posted by apoch at 01:30 PM on August 20, 2009
Montreal by 12
B.C. by 6
posted by MrFrisby at 06:31 PM on August 20, 2009
montreal by 15 bc by 11
posted by argoal at 01:59 PM on August 20
Montreal by 12 BC by 8
Is there no week 8 page?
posted by Mave at 03:08 PM on August 20
posted by apoch at 05:04 AM on August 21, 2009
Anyone else getting spammed by Volkswagen?
posted by owlhouse at 08:14 AM on August 21, 2009
I figured DrJ just got himself a dealership.
posted by apoch at 09:31 AM on August 21, 2009
I don't get any of the cool spam emails. I feel left out !
posted by tommybiden at 11:39 AM on August 21, 2009
I dunno, folks ... for some reason I'm thinking that this is upset week. With only two games on the schedule, one upset might make it an upset week. But on the other ... dammit ... Montreal is just too good. And I think Winnipeg just might be that bad. How can BC finish in the basement of the west if they keep winning on me like this???
In the end, as much as I'd like to boldly predict a wild upset, I'm gonna bank on the fact that if an upset does occur, it'll probably be in a close contest ... therefore:
Rider Pride exists "everywhere" in this great nation, Montreal is no exception. However, les Quebecois have a much longer tradition. I'll give it to the Als in a nailbiter. Maybe a Duval field goal as the clock runs out or something? Montreal by 2 ... but wouldn't be uber-upset if the Green Riders did spoil this for me.
I just think the Bombers are a mess. Not that the Lions aren't having their share of drama either. Jackson comes in. Jackson goes out. Jackson comes in ... this game, Jackson is in. I think he'll take advantage of it ... but it won't be without some excitement ... special teams or turnovers or something to keep this one close. Lions at home by a single.
Honestly, I think these games will be close. I'm betting more on spread than team.
posted by Spitztengle at 12:45 PM on August 21, 2009
Chris Leak threw his first C.F.L. pass tonight, and it resulted in a touchdown !
posted by tommybiden at 09:42 PM on August 21, 2009
Holy "We found our running game, Batman!" by the Bombers. Wow!
posted by Spitztengle at 01:50 PM on August 22, 2009
Seven points? I gotta go on vacation more often.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 04:26 PM on August 23, 2009
Seven points? I gotta go on vacation more often.
Yeah, 'cept I'm not so sure how Saskatchewan by 6 yielded you two points for that pick. Otherwise, one helluva week off, DJE!
posted by Spitztengle at 05:46 PM on August 23, 2009
I posted my picks on the week 7 page - you can check to make sure I wasn't cheating...
Montreal by 12
BC by 8
posted by Mave at 03:08 PM on August 20
posted by Mave at 09:08 AM on August 24, 2009
Headline, Review, and Preview by Reever
Headline:
Nail biters! Blowouts! Multiple spreads are nailed in Week 7! Need a breather? Lessen your work load by half as the CFL takes its first bye week. Make your picks inside.
Week 7 Review:
Edmonton wins Round One of the battle of Alberta in a nail biter at home while Toronto loses a heartbreaker to BC at the Dome after showing signs of life. Montreal walks all over Winnipeg at home and the Roughriders hold off a surging Tiger-Cat team in Regina.
WEEK 8
Saskatchewan (4-3) heads in to Molson Stadium in Montreal to take on the 6-1 Allouettes. Last time these teams met Montreal trounced the Riders 43-13 in Week 3 in Regina. Can an inconsistent Rider team give Montreal a taste of their own medicine?
Winnipeg (2-5) rolls into Vancouver to play the 3-4 BC Lions. These two bottom of the barrel teams have had a rough start to the 2009 season, though Wally Buono's squad is beginning to move in the right direction. Can Winnipeg change their fortunes and move ahead of the Argo's in the East?
Good luck!