July 19, 2011

CFL Pick 'Em, Week 4: Ah, Week 4! Winners begin to separate themselves from losers, starters begin to separate themselves from reserves, and shoulders begin to separate themselves from each other. Wrap that ankle tight and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 12:39 PM - 17 comments

Calgary wins another tight one to bring their season plus/minus to a whopping +1. Toronto makes a fight of it, but is eventually overwhelmed by the Alouettes. No such fight occurs in Hamilton, where the Tiger-Cats roll over the suddenly lacklustre Roughriders. And the equally suddenly lustre-ful Eskimos beat B.C. to start the season 3-0.

CGY @ WPGTOR @ MTLSSK @ HAMBC @ EDM
ResultCalgary by 1Montreal by 23Hamilton by 30Edmonton by 16
Margin of Error1 to 116 to 3021 to 3911 to 21

Our veterans are starting to get into a rhythm, with the top three all scoring a solid four points to solidify their position in the standings. Rookie wfrazerjr recovers from a missed Thursday nighter to stay in the hunt.

SpoFiteCGY @ WPGSTOR @ MTLSSSK @ HAMSBC @ EDMSPointsTotal Points
owlhouse Montreal18 Edmonton14412
ReeverCalgary Montreal17 Edmonton 412
apochCalgary Montreal Hamilton Edmonton 410
wfrazerjr Montreal16 29
rumple Montreal Edmonton 29
benderCalgary Montreal Hamilton 39
argoalCalgary Montreal16 Edmonton 49
DrJohnEvans Montreal Edmonton 27
cixelsyd Montreal Hamilton Edmonton 37
Howard_T Montreal Edmonton 26
JPRCalgary Montreal Edmonton 36
tommytrumpCalgary Montreal23 46

Week 4 is traditionally a week for either redemption, disappointment, or something in between.

WEEK 4

Hamilton @ B.C. (Friday, July 22)
Nothing has the potential to get you out of an 0-3 funk like a visit from the Tiger-Cats. But don't forget: Hamilton's coming off a pretty serious thumping of the 'Riders.

Winnipeg @ Toronto (Saturday, July 23)
Quarterback crises aboud! Cleo Lemon isn't getting the job done in Toronto, while Winnipeg's lost both their first and second stringers to injury. Can either team score double digits this week?

Edmonton @ Calgary (Saturday, July 23)
How's this for a battle of the titans? The surprising 3-0 Eskimos take their talents to Calgary, who's scraped out a 2-1 record by the barest of margins.

Saskatchewan @ Montreal (Sunday, July 24)
Things don't get any easier for the suddenly tough-luck Riders. As your humble host discovered last week, le Stade Percival Molson is a tough place to visit.

Good luck!

posted by DrJohnEvans at 12:39 PM on July 19, 2011

Dr J, thanks again for doing this.

Am I missing a point in the Edmonton/British Columbia game for nailing the spread?
(need all the help I can get right now)

posted by tommybiden at 01:03 PM on July 19, 2011

Hamilton by 7

Winnipeg by 3

Calgary by 4

Montreal by 24

posted by cixelsyd at 01:52 PM on July 19, 2011

Am I missing a point in the Edmonton/British Columbia game for nailing the spread?

Yes you are! Sorry about that. You have 7 points. I've corrected my spreadsheet.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 01:56 PM on July 19, 2011

BC by 10 Toronto by 3 Edmonton by 16 Montreal by 17

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 09:00 PM on July 19, 2011

BC by 3

Winnipeg by 4

Edmonton by 7

Montreal by 12

posted by rumple at 11:54 PM on July 19, 2011

British Columbia by 16

Toronto by 8

Calgary by 6

Montreal by 11

posted by tommybiden at 08:13 AM on July 20, 2011

Hamilton by 7
Toronto by 10
Edmonton by 8
Montreal by 14

posted by apoch at 10:24 AM on July 20, 2011

The cat scrap. BC by 2

C'M'ON YOU ARGOS. TO by 2

The Albertan roundup. ED by 3

L'RKS by ... 20 something ... 30 something ... naw, 18 ... well then again it is the current horseless Riders ... yup 19.

posted by argoal at 04:46 PM on July 20, 2011

As we drift slowly, but elegantly, toward the land of the Costanza, we'll go it for another week.

Eskimos enter the land of the running horses. They supply plenty of football ice, and Calgary slips badly. Eskimos by 8.

Cat fight in the far west. Usually cat fights are a lot of growling, a lot of posturing, but very little fighting. This time the striped cats overcome the tawny kitties. Hamilton by 4.

Blue Bombers prevailed at home last time against Argonauts. This time the mythical Jason's crew will make the Bombers blue in Toronto. Toronto by 6.

Rough Riders gallop into Montreal and run into some mighty tough skylarks. This is for the birds, and Les Alouettes win big, by 16.

posted by Howard_T at 07:43 PM on July 20, 2011

BC by 8
Winnipeg by 4
Calgary by 11
Montreal by 17

posted by bender at 10:30 PM on July 20, 2011

Hey, look! Over at the Globe, Rachel Brady has CFL picks.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 03:35 PM on July 21, 2011

I was crossing the Kyzylkum Desert last week, when I spotted three tents on the horizon. BC by 11. I went into the first tent, where a woman offered me sponge cake, jelly and cream. Winnipeg by 7. In the second tent, another woman offered me the same. Edmonton by 3. Sure enough, in the third tent I was given the same options - sponge cake, jelly and cream. Montreal by 15. As I left, I thought to myself "That was a trifle bazaar".

posted by owlhouse at 05:09 AM on July 22, 2011

Hamilton by 7
Winnipeg by 5
Calgary by 10
Montreal by 14

posted by DrJohnEvans at 11:22 AM on July 22, 2011

BC by 8
Winnipeg by 6
Calgary by 4
Montreal by 20

posted by wfrazerjr at 01:49 PM on July 22, 2011

Hamilton by 8

Toronto by 4

Edmonton by 5

Montreal by 10

posted by Reever at 03:21 PM on July 22, 2011

BC by 4

Stamps by 3

Mtl by 13

And that just leaves the Argos. Let me see...........Argos by 6.

posted by JPR at 03:22 PM on July 22, 2011

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