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September 22, 2021
CFL Pick 'Em, Week Eight: Panic is in the air as somebody in the CFL offices thought it would be a good idea to schedule a game on a Wednesday. Whoops! Check your calendars and make your picks inside.
posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 12:09 PM - 13 comments
Winnipeg by 18
Toronto by 9
Saskatchewan by 9
posted by tommybiden at 12:40 PM on September 22, 2021
Hamilton by 23. The Redblacks remind me of "Le Rouge et Le Noir," a motto The Nation magazine used when I read it in my formative years. I think it was because the magazine had a red and black logo. I could look it up but where's the fun in that?
Montreal by 3
B.C. by 7
posted by rcade at 05:57 PM on September 22, 2021
Tommybiden: You have Winnipeg winning tonight's game. Maybe I don't understand the CFL well enough yet but that seems unlikely.
posted by rcade at 05:58 PM on September 22, 2021
Tommybiden: You have Winnipeg winning tonight's game. Maybe I don't understand the CFL well enough yet but that seems unlikely.
Winnipeg is Just. That. Good. so far this season.
They're going to dust both the lads from The Hammer & the Bytown Gang.
If I can't pick the Blue Bombers, fine, I'll take the Redblacks.
It'll be a tight game, because that seems to be the trend in Ottawa, they'll eek out a win, but only by 5.
posted by tommybiden at 06:27 PM on September 22, 2021
Montreal by 5
B.C. by 9
posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:32 AM on September 23, 2021
I checked my email early on Wednesday, and my wife and I did some sightseeing on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Got back to email after a late dinner, and there I was, confronted with a CFL pick 'em that's already in progress. Prime Minister Trudeau, what kind of government are you running in Canada? How can any responsible official allow the CFL to play on Wednesday? It's an outrage and a crime against humanity.
Calm down, Howard, it's only one pick that you probably would have missed anyway. Let it pass and get on with your life.
Toronto by 16 The sailors of mythology roast little birds for dinner.
Saskatchewan by 11 Can a Roughrider stay in the saddle on the back of a Lion?
posted by Howard_T at 11:13 AM on September 23, 2021
Hamilton hangs tough and rides a big second half to take down the Stamps. Toronto can't get it done in Regina as the Riders cruise to victory. B.C. seems to have turned it around, winning their third straight, but it's the Bombers with all the momentum as they file a no-doubter for their fourth straight win.
argoal nails the Winnipeg win and tiptoes into first place.
Haven't you heard? Wednesday is the new Friday.
WEEK 8
Hamilton @ Ottawa (Wednesday, September 22)
Ottawa hasn't registered a win since Week 1, and none of the losses have been particularly close. Maybe the bye week will have helped?
Montreal @ Toronto (Friday, September 24)
Both these teams have been on the win-one-lose-one bandwagon for a while. Anyone want to chance a tie?
Saskatchewan @ B.C. (Friday, September 24)
It's the battle for second place and a chance to close some ground with resting Winnipeg.
Good luck!