Canadian Football Thursday

CFL!! So far 5-3 (62.5%) for the season.

Did you know that the CFL end-zone is 20 yards deep! This can really make for some exciting TD grabs, but it also gives kick returning teams a chance to run the ball out of the end-zone. Remember, in the CFL a downed kick return or missed field goal is worth 1 point to the kicking team. Also the uprights are at the front of the end-zone on the goal line, so watch out where you're running.

Here are tonight's games:

[b:11afd8bbfc]Winnipeg at Montreal: [/b:11afd8bbfc] Montreal has not looked impressive so far, with their only win coming against the Hamilton Tigercats, who are the leagues bottom-feeders. Last week Montreal's offense showed some spark, with Anthony Calvillo throwing for 310 yds. Tonight's forecast is calling for thunder storms and heavy rains, which doesn't agree too well with Calvillo as was evident in his horrible season-opener against Saskatchewan. In that game Montreal couldn't get the offense moving the entire game, and I expect they will have similar trouble tonight, as the passing game seems to be their only hope. Winnipeg has already beaten Montreal this year by 9 at home 2 weeks ago, and are very hungry to win this division this year. They are a solid team top to bottom, but will not blow anyone away by big scores. I expect a close, low-scoring game here and cannot see Montreal winning in the end.

[b:11afd8bbfc]Hamilton at British Columbia:[/b:11afd8bbfc] Hamilton flat-out sucks and will be facing the leagues best defense on the road. I expect that Hamilton will have great difficulty scoring any points in this one. BC should be starting their backup QB with Dickenson's concussion, but it should be plenty good enough to get a big early lead on this crappy team from Hamilton. I won't touch the over/under in this one, as it could get out of hand early enough for both teams to give the regulars a rest in the second half, which makes scoring just too unpredictable.

[b:11afd8bbfc]Tonights Picks:

Winnipeg +3

Winnipeg/Montreal Under 48.5 in the driving rain

British Columbia -16 [/b:11afd8bbfc]

GL-GO LONG.....!!!!!!