August 14, 2007

That went about as expected. Montreal looked more like their old selves against Calgary, and Toronto continued its offensive implosion. We had some nice games out west, though. Winnipeg hands B.C. its second straight home loss, and Edmonton escapes with a win over the butterfingered Ti-Cats.

	CGY @ MTL	SSK @ TOR	WPG @ BC	HAM @ EDM
Result	Montreal by 12	Saskatchewan by 11	Winnipeg by 1	Edmonton by 2
Margin of Error	8 to 16	8 to 14	1 to 1	1 to 3

Spitztengle follows through with a seven-point week, including a nailing of the Montreal game, to tie for second place. But MrFrisby counters with a five-point week and a nailing of his own to keep the margin at a solid four points.

SpoFite	CGY @ MTL	S	SSK @ TOR	S	WPG @ BC	S	HAM @ EDM	S	Points	Total Points
MrFrisby	Montreal		Saskatchewan				Edmonton	2	5	27
DrJohnEvans	Montreal		Saskatchewan		Winnipeg				3	23
Spitztengle	Montreal	12	Saskatchewan		Winnipeg		Edmonton	3	7	23
owlhouse	Montreal	9	Saskatchewan				Edmonton		4	22
Ying Yang Mafia							Edmonton		1	20
gspm	Montreal		Saskatchewan	14			Edmonton		4	18
apoch		12	Saskatchewan		Winnipeg				3	16
The_Black_Hand	Montreal		Saskatchewan						2	14

It's the first of two consecutive bye weeks for half the league, so make your picks count. On the plus side, TBH doesn't have to worry about Thursday night ball for a whole nother two weeks. WEEK 8 B.C. @ Calgary (Friday, August 17) Compelling if not entertaining: both teams have played some pretty ugly ball this year, and neither team is particularly hot right now. B.C. looks to stop the slide, while Calgary looks for any sort of consistency. Edmonton @ Saskatchewan (Saturday, August 18) Saskatchewan returns home after convincing road wins over B.C. and Toronto. Edmonton, barely getting the win at home over Hamilton last week, is going to be in tough. Good luck!

posted by DrJohnEvans at 04:48 PM on August 14, 2007

There are some lions in Cowtown on Friday ... and they're lookin' for some easy meat! Oh, sure ... they'll put up a fight, but in the end, the Lions will sleep well that night! BC by 11. Saturday night's the night I like, Saturday night's alright. But Saturday is not gonna be the night for Edmonton. Oh no, not this Saturday anyway. Look for the Riders to put the women and children to bed and go lookin' for dinner on Saturday ... Samsquanch by 20. The other four teams will be lickin' their wounds and we should see some good stuff next week in the east.

posted by Spitztengle at 05:06 PM on August 14, 2007

BC by 8 Saskatch by 17

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 07:37 PM on August 14, 2007

Your choices bode well for you young Ying Yang, for they are the opposite of mine.

posted by apoch at 05:05 AM on August 15, 2007

Apparently Global showed "the grope" by Pilon on Gass on TV. Has anyone seen this clip? Does anyone know where it "might" be? I've surfed YouTube a few times and found nothing. It'd be a great visual for the classroom (yes, I do teach sport ethics ... don't get any funny ideas).

posted by Spitztengle at 01:26 PM on August 15, 2007

Thanks, DJE ... guess I didn't quite look hard enough. I suppose it would be hard to determine whether or not there was an actual "grab" if that's the best video out there. Nonetheless, there was definitely a shot aimed to that region in the first place. This still has got some of the CFL forums (esp. the Esksfans) fired up.

posted by Spitztengle at 05:13 PM on August 15, 2007

Calgy by 6 Sassy by 10

posted by The_Black_Hand at 05:10 AM on August 17, 2007