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July 24, 2012
CFL Pick 'Em, Week 5: Welcome to the age of parity. Division titles are up for grabs, and we have our third pick 'em leader in four weeks. Be a part of the insanity and make your picks inside.
posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 11:22 AM - 16 comments
Time to come out strong following my bye week.
Edmonton by 14
Toronto by 3
Saskatchewan by 12
BC by 10
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 11:49 AM on July 24, 2012
Edmonton by 23
Toronto by 1
Hamilton by 19
British Columbia by 8
posted by tommybiden at 01:04 PM on July 24, 2012
Hot damn! Flipping a coin has gotten me 7/8 right in the last two weeks (since I started doing it), and randomly punching numbers in a calculator nailed a spread last week! I should stop now before the law of averages breaks me... but I won't.
Winnipeg by 6
Montreal by 7
Saskatchewan by 15
Calgary by 5
posted by bender at 05:02 PM on July 24, 2012
Winnipeg by 4
Montreal by 7
Saskatchewan by 10
BC by 6
posted by apoch at 05:49 PM on July 24, 2012
And in anticipation of some upcoming travel, I will go ahead and make some preemptive prognostications:
Week 6
Montreal by 16
Toronto by 17
Week 7
Calgary by 11
Edmonton by 15
posted by bender at 06:30 PM on July 24, 2012
It would appear nothing is going according to form in the early CFL season. It's a bit like my adventures last week, when I, another adult (female), and 4 teens (2 of each sex) put stain on a 2-story house, tore up the flooring, stairs, and rails of a deck, and then rebuilt the deck and stairs. We got it done in 4 1/2 working days, and none of us had ever done anything like this before. Point is that anything can happen when you put your mind to it.
With that thought, here are the predictions guesses:
Edmonton at Winnipeg (or is it Winlesspeg): For some reason this one scares me. Eskimos should have an easy time of it, but something tells me they won't. I'm going with Edmonton by 4.
Toronto at Montreal: Each with an even record so far, each having given up over 100 points total, and each having scored above the century mark, what's a picker to do? Perhaps a page from Bender's book is the way to go, but I don't know which is heads or tails on Canadian coins. I'll just take the home team, and let it go at that. Montreal by 9.
Hamilton at Saskatchewan: Tiger Cats seem to do all right against teams in their neighborhood, but have problems with those from the other end of Canada. They lost at home to the Rough Riders, and I see them doing the same away. Saskatchewan by 14.
BC at Calgary: Sooner or later Lions have to get consistent. I'll take sooner and call BC by 12.
posted by Howard_T at 10:32 PM on July 24, 2012
Winnipeg by 3
Montreal by 14
Saskatchewan by 10
BC by 7
posted by andiemgarcia at 12:21 AM on July 26, 2012
Edmonton by 10
Montreal by 12
Saskatchewan by 9
Calgary by 3
posted by MrFrisby at 07:20 AM on July 26, 2012
Winni will have lots of emotion for RH & home opener, can/should that transfer into a win... I want to believe, but Eddy by 2
Argos, Argos, Argos... L'ouets by 2
Hami by... NOPE, Sasky by 3
Cowtown by 2
posted by argoal at 10:41 AM on July 26, 2012
Winnipeg by 3
Montreal by 11
Saskatchewan by 14
B.C. by 8
posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:41 AM on July 26, 2012
Winnipeg by 4
Montreal by 7
Hamilton by 5
Calgary by 3
posted by Reever at 05:18 PM on July 26, 2012
Here are my picks for week 6.
Montreal by 17
Toronto by 5
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 02:03 PM on July 28, 2012
I was so eager to post my picks that I posted them twice.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 02:03 PM on July 28, 2012
FYI - I received JPR's picks via text message before the EDM-WPG game. So they're good to go.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:53 PM on July 30, 2012
More drama in the strangest places. Toronto blows the lead but then gets it back over Winnipeg. Calgary pulls off the OT comeback against the 'Riders. Edmonton pulls one out of its hat in B.C., and Hamilton stands its ground at home.
A nail of the Hamilton spread makes bender our third leader in four weeks. That's just crazy!
Have you ever seen a season this even? Anyone could end up in a tie for first place in their division after this weekend. Anyone but Winnipeg.
WEEK 5
Edmonton @ Winnipeg (Thursday, July 26)
This one may be closer than you think. Winnipeg has nearly pulled off a couple wins, while Edmonton still hasn't found their offence.
Toronto @ Montreal (Friday, July 27)
These two teams just may be a little more evenly matched this year. But Montreal has yet to lose at home, and Toronto has yet to win on the road.
Hamilton @ Saskatchewan (Saturday, July 28)
Believe it or not, this is a battle of two division leaders. Believe it or not.
B.C. @ Calgary (Saturday, July 28)
And this is the battle for the basement. Winner may move into a tie for first, loser will sink to the bottom.
Good luck!