July 15, 2015

CFL Pick 'Em, Week Four: The newcomers continue to hang on to first, but it's getting crowded at the top at the old-timers have started chipping away. I think we've found the narrative for this season, guys! Bury your ledes and make your picks inside.

posted by DrJohnEvans to fantasy at 09:20 AM - 21 comments

Life is tougher for the East this week. Ottawa's dream of an undefeated season comes to an abrupt halt in Edmonton.
Winnipeg hangs on to scratch out a win against Montreal. B.C. needs a fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Riders,
and Calgary holds off an Argo comeback to win at home.

OTT @ EDMMTL @ WPGSSK @ BCTOR @ CGY
ResultEdmonton by 29Winnipeg by 2B.C. by 3Calgary by 5
Margin of Error20 to 381 to 32 to 44 to 7

jags and tahoe grab four points each to stay in first - but they have company! argoal nails his second spread in as many weeks to join the first-place tie.

SpoFiteOTT @ EDMSMTL @ WPGSSSK @ BCSTOR @ CGYSPointsTotal Points
jagsnumberoneEdmonton Winnipeg B.C. Calgary 411
tahoemjEdmonton Winnipeg B.C. Calgary 411
argoalEdmonton Winnipeg2 3Calgary 611
benderEdmonton Winnipeg B.C. 39
cixelsydEdmonton 3Calgary 38
rcadeEdmonton B.C. Calgary 38
rumple Winnipeg B.C. 27
Howard_T 06
goddam B.C.4 26
ic23bEdmonton 3 26
tommytrumpEdmonton Winnipeg B.C. Calgary 46
DrJohnEvansEdmonton Winnipeg B.C. Calgary 46
JPR 3 15
jjzucal Winnipeg Calgary 25
Reever 04
owlhouseEdmonton B.C. 23
Ying Yang Mafia B.C. 12

Nothing like a couple of early-season home-and-homes to really get the grudges rolling.

WEEK 4

Hamilton @ Montreal (Thursday, July 16)
The Ti-Cats, fresh off a bye, roll into Montreal, fresh off hoping that Rakeem Cato can do the job. After a sparkling 3-TD debut, Cato was held off the board last week, but kept his team in the game with 317 yards thrown. Montreal hopes he can keep that up, because there's noone else to play.

Edmonton @ Ottawa (Friday, July 17)
There's no sugar-coating it: Ottawa was flat-out embarrassed in Edmonton last week. But most of the damage was done early in the game - the second half was almost respectable. Ottawa hopes to build off that heading into the second half of the home-and-home.

B.C. @ Saskatchewan (Friday, July 17)
Here's the definition of tough luck: Saskatchewan is 0-3, but only -9 in season points differential. With the home winds on their side this week, they're looking for some lucky breaks to start going their way.

Winnipeg @ Calgary (Saturday, July 18)
Here's an early battle of division leaders, and nearly the only two teams who still have their preferred starting quarterbacks. Calgary's been the legacy favourite for a while now, but this could be a statement game for Winnipeg as they try to finish off their rebuild.

Good luck!

posted by DrJohnEvans at 09:20 AM on July 15, 2015

Hamilton by 14

Edmonton by 10

Saskatchewan by 4

Calgary by 7

posted by cixelsyd at 10:11 AM on July 15, 2015

Montreal by 8
Edmonton by 5
Saskatchewan by 4
Calgary by 6

posted by bender at 11:09 AM on July 15, 2015

Montreal by 4

Edmonton by 12

Saskatchewan by 3

Winnipeg by 5

posted by goddam at 11:38 AM on July 15, 2015

Montreal by 5

Edmonton by 7

BC by 4

Calgary by 10

posted by rumple at 11:43 AM on July 15, 2015

hami by 11

edy by 9

sask by 2

cal by 2

posted by argoal at 03:12 PM on July 15, 2015

Hamilton by 24

Edmonton by 21

Saskatchewan by 2

Calgary by 6

posted by ic23b at 03:15 PM on July 15, 2015

Hamilton by 8
Edmonton by 12
Saskatchewan by 4
Calgary by 10

posted by DrJohnEvans at 05:20 PM on July 15, 2015

Hamilton by 11

Ottawa by 6

Saskatchewan by 16

Calgary by 11

posted by tommybiden at 05:20 PM on July 15, 2015

Hamilton by 4

Edmonton by 10

BC by 2

Calgary by 6

On a side note, I can't believe I've gone 4 for 4 two weeks in a row (too bad I can't get the point spread right/lol). Of course, now that I've said something, I'm doomed this week (sort of like the no-hitter thing/lol)

posted by jagsnumberone at 10:04 PM on July 15, 2015

Montreal by 11

Edmonton by 15

Sask by 7

Peg by 11

posted by owlhouse at 10:18 PM on July 15, 2015

Hamilton by 6
Edmonton by 15
Saskatchewan by 3
Winnipeg by 4

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 08:36 AM on July 16, 2015

Hamilton by 4

Edmonton by 5

Saskatchewan by 7

Winnipeg by 6

posted by tahoemoj at 11:56 AM on July 16, 2015

Hamilton by 7

Edmonton by 10

Saskatchewan by 3

Calgary by 4

posted by Reever at 05:22 PM on July 16, 2015

Montreal by 10

Edmonton by 8

B.C. by 12

Calgary by 9

posted by rcade at 05:43 PM on July 16, 2015

Hamilton by 5

Ottawa by 3

Saskatchewan by 11

Calgary by 17

posted by jjzucal at 08:01 PM on July 16, 2015

Montreal by 3; Ottawa by 3; SK by 3; Calgary by 3

posted by JPR at 08:49 PM on July 16, 2015

With great regret, I find I will not be able to continue to show SpoFites how to succeed at making a fool of oneself when picking football outcomes. My schedule over the past week or 2 has been such that I have limited time to follow the CFL. Next week I will be entirely media free while I am off with the church youth group to a work camp in upstate NY. Instead of picking football teams, I will be picking up 2X12 joists and building a deck or a wheelchair ramp. I get to work with a bunch of teens who not only feel like they want to help others but also will get in and get their hands dirty. This will be my 4th camp, and when I have come home from the first 3, I always feel just a bit better about where the USA is headed. See you in a week or 2.

posted by Howard_T at 11:43 PM on July 16, 2015

I have limited time to follow the CFL.

Wait, are we supposed to be following these games?

Kidding. Have a great time Howard, and kudos on the work you are doing. Something tells me that you can pick right back up in three weeks and end up in the thick of things.

posted by tahoemoj at 11:21 AM on July 17, 2015

I'm making picks early for the next two weeks due to some upcoming travel:

Week 5
Calgary by 6
BC by 8
Winnipeg by 16
Hamilton by 3

Week 6
Winnipeg by 15
Edmonton by 11
Montreal by 3
Hamilton by 15

posted by bender at 02:56 PM on July 21, 2015

We'll miss you, Howard_T, but sounds like a great cause. Have an excellent time!

posted by DrJohnEvans at 08:47 PM on July 21, 2015

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