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June 26, 2006
CFL Pick 'Em, Week 3: Last week was lousy for everybody. The ghost of Carrie smiles upon owlhouse. Three games on the table this week. Make your picks inside.
posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 03:51 PM - 16 comments
The ghost of Carrie? Carrie's very much alive and living in Barbados. Top of the leaderboard. I will never be this happy again.
posted by owlhouse at 05:33 PM on June 26, 2006
I will never be this happy again. Rest assured, I will make it a high priority to bring that statement to cruel fruition. Just have to actually pick the games. Buggardly rule, that.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 05:54 PM on June 26, 2006
Calgary by 4 BC by 11 Edmonton by 6 I am no good at nothing all the time.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 06:58 PM on June 26, 2006
Calgary by 7 Toronto by 5 Edmonton by 3 I intend to *nail the spread* every week now. At least on one game, cause it feels oh so good.
posted by Folkways at 10:34 AM on June 27, 2006
Calgary by 10 B.C. by 9 Winnipeg by 11 I still have yet to watch a game.
posted by MrFrisby at 08:03 PM on June 27, 2006
This week's picks brought to you by the touchstone effect. Calgary by 7 B.C. by 15 Edmonton (C'mon, Carrie, guide me home) by 5 And I've never seen a CFL game in my life.
posted by owlhouse at 11:25 PM on June 27, 2006
Go west, young man, go west! That is, unless the left coast is gonna hurt you. Some BC players (receivers) are nursin' some injuries, no? ... and TO needs a win after last week's embarrassment. That's my only reluctant pick. Got some ground to make up on y'all this week. C'mon point spread!!! Stamps over the Ticats by 6 Lions over the Argos by 2 Esks over the Bombers by 5
posted by Spitztengle at 02:09 AM on June 28, 2006
Hamilton by 4 BC by 14 Winnipeg by 7
posted by apoch at 07:41 AM on June 28, 2006
calgary by 9 tor by 5 wpg by 10
posted by gspm at 03:53 PM on June 28, 2006
Here I go again. Calgary by 6. Toronto by 10. Edmonton by 12. By the way, can someone please explain the scoring to me? It might help a little when I attempt to pick the spreads.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 08:53 PM on June 28, 2006
Hamilton by 6; Toronto by 9; Edmonton by 10.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 04:42 AM on June 29, 2006
Sorry, YYM: here's the scoring system. Hamilton by 6 B.C. by 2 Edmonton by by 12
posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:21 AM on June 29, 2006
I was actually wondering if the CFL's scoring system itself is the same as the NFL's or different. As in 3 points for a field goal, 6 for a touchdown, and 1 for an extra point.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 10:57 AM on June 29, 2006
Oh! That kind of scoring. Yeah, that. Have a look at grum's rundown from way back when. It's largely the same as the NFL, with the main exception being the single (or rouge). Just give the kicking team a point when a touchback is taken (or forced). Early in the game, teams will often condede the extra point in exchange for the better field position, but late in a close game when points are harder to come by, they'll usually try to run the ball out of the end zone.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 12:54 PM on June 29, 2006
or punt it back out! that makes from some great CFL-specific weird plays.
posted by gspm at 01:33 PM on June 29, 2006
Toronto lost against a convincing Winnipeg defensive performance, reminding us all that this is still the CFL. You may very well ask where Jason Maas, Josh Ranek, and Corey Holmes are, because people in Hamilton are doing just that. Edmonton played the only predictable game of the weekend, eking out some second-week revenge against the provincial rivals. Saskatchewan won, which was not that much of a surprise, but they blew the spread to bits with that last interception return. Thanks, guys.