Wednesday, September 17, 2008
CFL Pick 'Em, Week 13 Intriguing storylines continue to develop in the West, which is great, because the East couldn't be any more of a train wreck. Check the standings and find out whether you're more of a Western prairie dog or an Eastern city boy. And while you're at it, make your picks inside.
Has one division ever looked so much better than the other? Winnipeg, a heavy favourite to lose in the crossover sweepstakes, absolutely embarrasses Toronto at home, while the East's best hope is beaten convincingly in Calgary. Hamilton is the only bright spark, losing to Edmonton by only five. Also, B.C. finds an answer to Michael Bishop, and look out! Despite being in fourth place, the traditional powerhouse is only four points off of first.
| WPG @ TOR | MTL @ CGY | HAM @ EDM | SSK @ BC | |
| Result | Winnipeg by 30 | Calgary by 11 | Edmonton by 5 | B.C. by 5 |
| Margin of Error | 21 to 39 | 8 to 14 | 4 to 7 | 4 to 7 |
The even betting on the coin tosses produced some turbulence in the standings. MrFrisby bags a five-pointer to jump up to first place, but tommytrump manages two points to maintain the tie. Big weeks by JPR and owlhouse help to produce some separation between the front-runners and the rest of us, but not enough to let owlhouse sleep soundly at night. Or so I assume.
| SpoFite | CGY @ EDM | S | BC @ HAM | S | TOR @ MTL | S | SSK @ WPG | S | Points | Total Points |
| tommytrump | Edmonton | B.C. | 2 | 38 | ||||||
| MrFrisby | Winnipeg | Edmonton | 6 | B.C. | 7 | 5 | 38 | |||
| JPR | Winnipeg | Edmonton | B.C. | 4 | 4 | 37 | ||||
| apoch | Edmonton | 1 | 36 | |||||||
| owlhouse | Calgary | Edmonton | B.C. | 5 | 4 | 36 | ||||
| Ying Yang Mafia | Winnipeg | 1 | 35 | |||||||
| HATER 187 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||
| Spitztengle | Calgary | Edmonton | B.C. | 6 | 4 | 33 | ||||
| The_Black_Hand | Winnipeg | Calgary | 8 | Edmonton | 4 | 33 | ||||
| Reever | Edmonton | 1 | 31 | |||||||
| BoKnows | Winnipeg | Edmonton | B.C. | 3 | 31 | |||||
| DrJohnEvans | Edmonton | B.C. | 7 | 3 | 31 | |||||
| NoMich | Edmonton | 1 | 30 | |||||||
| Folkways | Edmonton | 1 | 29 | |||||||
| Monica Poland | Edmonton | 1 | 24 | |||||||
| Anaconda | Edmonton | 4 | B.C. | 3 | 21 |
Three inter-division games this week means we're back to heavy favourites. This is the strangest stretch run I've seen in this league for a while.
WEEK 13
Winnipeg @ Hamilton (Friday, September 19) All these two teams have proven is that they're both capable of embarrassing Toronto. But both teams did look pretty good last week, Winnipeg in a blowout win and Hamilton in a tough loss. One of these teams is going to have a step up to avoid a crossover, but I'm not making the call on which one.
Toronto @ Calgary (Saturday, September 20) The Cody Pickett era begins in Toronto, as the Don implements his "we have nothing left to lose unless of course Hamilton or Winnipeg start winning" strategy. Will it make a difference against a superior Western opponent? Probably not.
B.C. @ Saskatchewan (Saturday, September 20) Another one for the TiVo. A Lions sweep of the home-and-home puts them only two points behind the Riders, and puts Saskatchewan's hold on first place very tenuous indeed. But it's going be a tall order in Regina.
Edmonton @ Montreal (Sunday, September 21) This league has seen dozens and dozens of Ray-Calvillo match-ups over the past few years, and yet I have absolutely no idea what to expect from this game.
Good luck!
