August 07, 2012

CFL Pick 'Em, Week 7: Looks like some of you wrung a good number of points out of a pittance of games. Are you one of the multitudes in first place? Find out and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 01:19 PM - 11 comments

Montreal gets back on the wagon with a win in Winnipeg, while Toronto can't get anything going against the Lions.

MTL @ WPGBC @ TOR
ResultMontreal by 10B.C. by 9
Margin of Error7 to 136 to 12

JPR and tommytrump score a very impressive four points each to move into a four-way (!) tie for first place.

SpoFiteMTL @ WPGSBC @ TORSPointsTotal Points
apoch B.C. 118
benderMontreal 118
JPRMontreal2B.C.8418
tommytrumpMontreal B.C.9418
Ying Yang MafiaMontreal 117
andiemgarciaMontreal8 216
Howard_T B.C.12216
ReeverMontreal B.C.6316
DrJohnEvansMontreal8 215
MrFrisby 013
argoalMontreal 110

One more miniature bye week, one more chance to expand the first-place tie.

WEEK 7

Calgary @ Hamilton (Thursday, August 9)
Last-place versus first place. Except that they're within a game of each other. And Calgary's point differential is +1 while Hamilton's is -5. What's going on here?

Saskatchewan @ Edmonton (Friday, August 10)
Two evenly-matched teams trying to move out of a tie for second and into a tie for first. Saskatchewan has looked stronger, but Edmonton's at home, so let's call this a good-bye coin toss. (Get it? Good-bye? Good bye? For the bye week? Anybody?)

Good luck!

posted by DrJohnEvans at 01:19 PM on August 07, 2012

Calgary by 10
Edmonton by 4

posted by apoch at 07:05 AM on August 08, 2012

Calgary by 10

Edmonton by 3

posted by andiemgarcia at 10:26 AM on August 09, 2012

Hamilton by 7

Edmonton by 6

posted by tommybiden at 10:32 AM on August 09, 2012

Hamilton by 12

Edmonton by 9

posted by MrFrisby at 01:02 PM on August 09, 2012

hami by 7

eddy by 3

posted by argoal at 02:34 PM on August 09, 2012

Bye Week! I get it, DrJ.

Hamilton by 6

Saskatchewan by 3

posted by Reever at 04:28 PM on August 09, 2012

Bye Week? I'm surprised you didn't include an audio clip of a rim shot. Don't quit your day job, Dr. J.

Now to the second half of the half-assed attempt to be halfway correct in my half-hearted attempt at the prediction game.

Calgary at Hamilton: For all the reasons that the good doctor has postulated in his lead, this should be close. While the points differential would seem to favor Calgary, their +5 is the result of an opening week blowout of Montreal, while Hamilton's -1 is mostly the result of an opening week blowout loss to Saskatchewan. Both teams have shown a tendency to score, but Tiger Cats have shown a bit more consistency. Since they are in their own litter box, I call Hamilton to win this by 12.

Saskatchewan at Edmonton: Again, Dr. J. has fully explained the reasoning for making picks. I agree it will be close, but I also believe Saskatchewan (why do I like to type 'Saskatchewan' so much?) is the stronger team and will prevail. Rough Riders (there, I resisted the temptation) by 4.

posted by Howard_T at 05:13 PM on August 09, 2012

Sent these to DrJ earlier, but wanted to get them in now.

Ham by 6

Sask by 4

posted by JPR at 08:34 PM on August 09, 2012

Oops.

Saskatchewan by 10

posted by DrJohnEvans at 02:59 PM on August 10, 2012

Saskatchewan by 16

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 07:13 PM on August 10, 2012

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