July 05, 2016

CFL Pick 'Em, Week Three: Canada Day is over and done with, but we still have three more Canadian holiday weekends to get through in this football season, so you'd better shape up. Shake off that maple hangover and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 09:15 PM - 16 comments

Things got a little weird in Montreal, but Trevor Harris puts together a solid game for the Ottawa win. Toronto finally finds their offence out in Saskatchewan. Hamilton completely loses the handle at home in a blowout loss to the Lions, while Winnipeg's new look comes up short again, this time in Calgary.

OTT @ MTLTOR @ SSKBC @ HAMWPG @ CGY
ResultOttawa by 15Toronto by 13B.C. by 25Calgary by 14
Margin of Error11 to 209 to 1718 to 3310 to 18

Movement at the top already! rcade nails the Argos win, and bender's lucky coin does the job, as they tie for the lead.

SpoFiteOTT @ MTLSTOR @ SSKSBC @ HAMSWPG @ CGYSPointsTotal Points
benderOttawa16Toronto9B.C. 58
rcadeOttawa Toronto13 Calgary 58
ic23bOttawa Calgary1037
tommytrump Toronto Calgary1736
Howard_TOttawa Toronto Calgary 35
jagsnumberoneOttawa12Toronto Calgary 45
cixelsydOttawa Calgary1334
MrFrisby Calgary 13
argoalOttawa Toronto Calgary 33
JPR Calgary 12
tahoemoj Toronto Calgary 22
ReeverOttawa Calgary 22
DrJohnEvansOttawa Calgary 22

Continuing a grand CFL tradition, the third week of the season is the one that follows the second.

WEEK 3

Winnipeg @ Hamilton (Thursday, July 7)
Both these teams added significant pieces in the offseason but have yet to gain traction with them. Hamilton's coming off an embarrassing performance at home, but the real pressure's on winless Winnipeg.

Toronto @ B.C. (Thursday, July 7)
B.C.'s strong start has them at the top of the West, while Toronto's still putting the pieces together - and Vancouver is always a tough place to play. But the Lions haven't scored nearly as many points as they would've liked, and the Argos have proven to be road warriors in the past.

Calgary @ Ottawa (Friday, July 8)
So far Ottawa's strategy has been "Give up a million points, but score a billion points", and so far it's working. How far can Trevor Harris throw the ball on a gummy Ottawa summer evening?

Saskatchewan @ Edmonton (Friday, July 8)
Early bye weeks have both these teams looking for their first win. Who's got the edge? If I knew, I wouldn't be running this little pick 'em, I can tell you that much.

Good luck!

posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:16 PM on July 05, 2016

Hamilton by 10

B.C. by 14

Ottawa by 9

Edmonton by 26

posted by ic23b at 11:37 PM on July 05, 2016

Hamilton by 17

BC by 14

Ottawa by 3

Edmonton by 6

posted by jagsnumberone at 12:29 AM on July 06, 2016

Hamilton by 14

BC by 9

Ottawa by 11

Edmonton by 10

posted by cixelsyd at 09:35 AM on July 06, 2016

Hamilton by 19

Toronto by 8

Ottawa by 9

Edmonton by 18

posted by tommybiden at 09:49 AM on July 06, 2016

Hamilton by 6
B.C. by 8
Ottawa by 14
Edmonton by 10

posted by DrJohnEvans at 01:14 PM on July 06, 2016

Hamilton by 3
B.C. by 12
Ottawa by 4
Edmonton by 9

posted by bender at 05:08 PM on July 06, 2016

Hamilton by 13
B.C. by 7
Ottawa by18
Saskatchewan by 3

posted by MrFrisby at 06:44 PM on July 06, 2016

hami by 8

bc by 7. Com'on ARGOS!

cal by 2

edy by 9

posted by argoal at 10:17 AM on July 07, 2016

Winnipeg by 3

Argos by 5

Ottawa by 7

Edmonton by 6

posted by Reever at 02:16 PM on July 07, 2016

Bc by 7; Ham by 4; Ott by 4; Edm by 6.

posted by JPR at 06:02 PM on July 07, 2016

Hamilton by 9

Toronto by 6

Calgary by 4

Edmonton by 17

Go RedBlacks! Overcome my disloyalty!

posted by rcade at 06:43 PM on July 07, 2016

Realized I hadn't done the pick 'em until I checked the TV schedule and saw it was on ESPN. Oh well, I would have taken Hamilton anyway. Here are the quickies for the rest of the schedule.

BC by 6. They are home, after all.

Ottawa by 11. No reason,just policy.

Edmonton by 4. It's easier to spell than Saskatchewan.

posted by Howard_T at 10:11 PM on July 07, 2016

Dammit, missed the Thursday games (but who am I kidding, I would have picked both wrong anyway).

Ottawa by 10

Edmonton by 8

posted by tahoemoj at 01:38 PM on July 08, 2016

First CFL tie in 7 years. I believe that should trigger Oprah rules: You get a point, you get a point, you get a point!

posted by rcade at 08:54 AM on July 09, 2016

A tie indeed! But don't worry, the Pick 'Em witnessed the last one.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:33 PM on July 11, 2016

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