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July 27, 2016
CFL Pick 'Em, Week Six: The mercury is rising, the quarterbacks are dropping, and your Monday is strangely free. That's right, it's the Simcoe Day long weekend. For the greater good: make your picks inside.
posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 01:07 PM - 20 comments
Edmonton by 23
Montreal by 11
Calgary by 15
Ottawa by 13
posted by tommybiden at 03:12 PM on July 27, 2016
Edmonton by 13
Montreal by 6
Calgary by 7
Ottawa by 8
posted by cixelsyd at 04:35 PM on July 27, 2016
I'm confused (which is easy to do) Last week rcade and I had 14 total points, I scored 7 points and rcade scored 4 points, but the total points now are ic23b 15 points and rcade 14 points. I see most of the total points for everyone doesn't seem to add up from last week. Am I missing something?
posted by ic23b at 04:51 PM on July 27, 2016
Edmonton by 10
Saskatchewan by 3
Calgary by 14
Ottawa by 8
posted by ic23b at 05:02 PM on July 27, 2016
Edmonton by 3
Montreal by 2
Calgary by 7
Ottawa by 10
posted by jagsnumberone at 01:52 AM on July 28, 2016
Whoa, yeah, it looks like I mixed up some usernames on last week's standings. Somehow I switched around ic23b, bender, and Howard_T.
This week's standings are correct. But I'll fix last week's and post an update in that thread.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:22 AM on July 28, 2016
Hmm, this is a bigger issue than I thought. It looks like I copied over the "last week points" column incorrectly - 2 weeks ago. Fixing.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:47 AM on July 28, 2016
Ohhhh it's even worse than I thought. Instead of copying my Week 3 spreadsheet, I overwrote it with Week 4. No wonder nothing adds up.
I'll have to recreate it. May take a couple of days but I'll get the standings corrected in time for next week.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:58 AM on July 28, 2016
Winnipeg by 3
Saskatchewan by 9
Calgary by 5
Ottawa by 7
posted by MrFrisby at 01:04 PM on July 28, 2016
Winnipeg by 8
Montreal by 6
B.C. by 17
Ottawa by 14
posted by bender at 01:26 PM on July 28, 2016
To whom it may concern:
I am not now, nor have I ever been, ic23b or bender. I do not aspire to be either. If ic23b and bender wish to be me (and I'm sure it is among their most deeply held desires), they must ask me nicely. I will probably refuse, but I will definitely feel more favorably disposed to them. In the meantime, Dr. John, I ask that you immediately cease and desist from the identity theft which you apparently are promoting. My legal counsel, the firm Garron, Brom, and Cree, tells me that you could be in serious trouble. Of course I pay them off in kitty treats and catnip, so all they usually tell me is "meow".
Enough of a nonsensical rant. On with the picks.
Winnipeg at Edmonton: This one is for bragging rights between Alberta and Manitoba. This New Englander does not know if there is anything worth bragging about in either province. Well, there is oil in the tar sands of Alberta, that's not bad. Reason enough to pick Edmonton by 11
Saskatchewan at Montreal: The Rough Riders (were they really named after Teddy Roosevelt's cavalry regiment?) come to the big city. There they will be attacked by a flock of little birds. Sometimes the least of creatures will overcome the greater. Montreal by 6
British Columbia at Calgary: BC is in Canada because the US decided that "54-40 or Fight" was really a lousy slogan for a war. Canada (actually, still an English colony at the time), in the meantime, wanted to slide the border down to the Columbia River. The 49th parallel was the compromise, mainly because it is easier to score 49 than 54. BC Lions go to the city whose name either means "Cold Garden", "Clear Running Water", or "Bay Farm". If you can't figure that out, how do you expect to win a football game? Somehow they do, and the invading Lions are tamed. Calgary by 9
Toronto at Ottawa: The sailors of myth look for a golden fleece in the National Capitol. They might find it, but it will be a piece of red and black checked wool. Ottawa by 17
posted by Howard_T at 05:16 PM on July 28, 2016
Saskatchewan by 8
Calgary by 7
Ottawa by 10
posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:42 AM on July 29, 2016
I am terribly proud to have followed up by momentous comeback week with a week of vacation in Maine, thereby purposefully avoiding the interwebs at all costs. I wear my week 6 goose egg as a badge of honor (sorry...honour), and look forward to redemption for week 7.
posted by tahoemoj at 02:55 PM on August 01, 2016
Update: so I did accidentally delete Week 3 (or accidentally swap Week 3 and 4? I can't tell) but in my spreadsheet the standings and points after Week 6 are correct. Where I got the total figures above, I have no idea.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:33 PM on August 01, 2016
Corrected standings:
| SpoFite | CGY @ WPG | S | OTT @ SSK | S | HAM @ EDM | S | MTL @ TOR | S | Points | Total Points |
| ic23b | Calgary | 12 | Hamilton | 6 | Toronto | 10 | 7 | 21 | ||
| rcade | Calgary | 6 | Toronto | 10 | 4 | 18 | ||||
| tommytrump | Calgary | 12 | Toronto | 3 | 16 | |||||
| tahoemoj | Calgary | 12 | Hamilton | 6 | Toronto | 10 | 7 | 15 | ||
| bender | Calgary | Saskatchewan | Toronto | 10 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| Howard_T | Toronto | 14 | 2 | 13 | ||||||
| jagsnumberone | Toronto | 11 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| MrFrisby | Calgary | 11 | Hamilton | 5 | 4 | 11 | ||||
| Reever | 6 | Toronto | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| JPR | Calgary | Toronto | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| cixelsyd | Calgary | Hamilton | Toronto | 3 | 9 | |||||
| argoal | Calgary | Toronto | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| DrJohnEvans | Hamilton | 1 | 7 |
posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:17 PM on August 03, 2016
Bo Levi Mitchell looked like his old self as the Stamps cruised to victory over the Bombers. Mitchell Gale looks promising as the 'Riders just barely squeak by the Redblacks. A huge comeback in Edmonton: down 31-6 in the third quarter, Hamilton scores 31 unanswered points to shock the Eskimo faithful. Here in Toronto, a swirling 5 km/h wind gave the kickers fits (0/5 combined) as Toronto overcomes some early nerves to get the job done.
How 'bout this: TWO seven point weeks. ic23b jumps into first place, while tahoemoj jumps right into contention.
It's Simcoe Day and a long weekend, but apparently somebody told the CFL that the holiday Monday was last week. Ol' J.G. must be spinning in his chapel.
WEEK 6
Winnipeg @ Edmonton (Thursday, July 28)
Winnipeg came into the season as a sexy pick to come out of the west, but have not lived up to their billing. They're going to have to win a couple of games to get out of DrJohnEvans' Underdog Doghouse (DUD). Okay, maybe the acronym is a bit harsh.
Saskatchewan @ Montreal (Friday, July 29)
Battle of the basements! Saskatchewan has been bad. Montreal has been awful: they're averaging fewer than 15 points a game. That's not going to get it done in the CFL.
B.C. @ Calgary (Friday, July 29)
An early tilt for the division lead. Both team's QBs have been rounding into form: Bo-Levi Mitchell is throwing well for the Stampeders, and apparently the Lions' quarterback is named "Jonathan Jennings", which is obviously a witness-protection pseudonym.
Toronto @ Ottawa (Sunday, July 31)
Speaking of quarterbacks, are you excited for the heavyweight matchup of Brock Jensen vs Logan Kilgore? Hooooo boy.
Good luck!