CFL WEEK 15 (38-17)

The Ti-Cats edged out the RedBlacks on short rest with the 1st half being all defense (9 total points) and 2nd half all offense (42 points scored), the Argos continued their winning ways and crushed the Alouettes, the Riders looked like a High School team and got absolutely annihilated like expected by the Bombers and the Elks edged out the Stamps in what was a very similar game like the week before with different outcomes.

All picks moneyline:

TORONTO
The Argos continue to roll, winning 4 games in a row and clinching a playoff spot in the process. They can almost clinch the East division with a win over the Alouettes this week! Kelly had a decent game last week throwing for 278 yards but no TDs and Ouellette scored 2 TDs and added 105 yards on the ground on 19 attempts. Kelly spread the ball out to all of his WRs last week. This is also the 3rd game in a row where Toronto hasn't allowed a single sack on Kelly. I need to mention something about the Argos that a lot of people are overlooking: their easy schedule. Let's break it down: so far this year the Argos have played Hamilton 3x, Montreal 2x (and play them again this week), Calgary 2x, Ottawa 1x, Edmonton 1x, Saskatchewan 1x and BC 1x. Other then BC their schedule has been very easy. Now let's look at their remaining schedule: Montreal, Hamilton, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Ottawa, Sask, Ottawa. The only tough game remaining is against Winnipeg and maybe Sask on the road. Toronto will end the season only playing BC and Winnipeg once a piece. No doubt Toronto is a great team, but their schedule has something to do with it too. What terrible scheduling by the CFL. There are only 9 teams in the league and some teams only play each other once and other teams up to 4 times. Brutal.

The only chance Montreal has in this game is pound the ball with Stanbeck and they sure as heck didn't do that last week. TWO rushing attempts for Stanbeck last week, the same amount as Fajardo! That is not going to win you games especially against the Argos. Sure you can say this could be a letdown spot for the Argos after clinching a playoff spot last week, but there is still 7 games remaining and Toronto/Kelly are the type to not let the foot off the gas. Especially Dinwiddie, he is intense and won't let up. I can't see the Argos resting guys already this week when the East division is still not 100% sealed. Closer game then last week, but Argos still take it relatively easily. Montreal is on a 3 game losing streak losing to Winnipeg, BC and Toronto losing by an average of 23 points!
31-23 Argos

SASKATCHEWAN
Like I said last week as a Riders fan thankfully College Football was on last Saturday because this game was going to be ugly! Riders not only beat the Bombers on Labour Day but Roberson headbutts Collaros feeding more fuel to the fire for this game. Winnipeg plays great in revenge games, especially against their Prairie rival. Collaros threw for 319 yards and 5 TDs with Oliveira adding 154 yards on the ground on 18 carries, wow. Schoen and Lawler each had 104 receiving yards, Schoen with 3 TDs and Lawler with 1. Collaros put up points on the board on every drive including 6 straight touchdowns. Collaros definitely took this game personal. Winnipeg also clinched a playoff spot.

The Riders have a 2 game lead against Calgary and have won 3 straight games at home and lost 4 straight games on the road. 5 straight Rider home games have been decided by 5 points or less! I love the Riders in this spot coming off that embarrassing loss at home. They are going to come out with that extra juice like they did on Labour Day and against BC and feed off the home crowd, getting closer to clinching a playoff spot. Let's not talk about the Riders stats from last week because there were none. Only thing to note is Dolegala did not throw an INT.
29-17 Riders

WINNIPEG
I see a lot of writers and peeps taking Hamilton this game...not I! Sure this could very well be a letdown game for the Bombers but they will still win this game. Powell VS Collaros and his WR crew and I haven't even mentioned Oliviera yet. One thing to note is last years Ti-Cats handed the visiting Bombers their worst loss of the season. Winnipeg crushed the Riders 54-20 in last years Banjo bowl, but then got spanked in Hamilton the week after losing 48-31. Like I mentioned earlier the Bombers are a great revenge team and I believe they haven't forgotten about last years game. There is just too much talent disparity between these two teams.

Hamilton beat Ottawa on short rest last week but Ottawa is by far the worst team in the league. Also 3 of 5 of Hamilton's wins have came against Ottawa! Not impressed at all. Powell has been playing better lately, as he has a TD/INT ratio of 7/1 his last 3 games. He threw for 326 yards and 3 TDs last week against the worst secondary in the league. Winnipeg wins here and inches a bit closer to clinching a home playoff game.
34-24 Bombers

BC
The Lions are coming off their bye week and it will be exactly 2 weeks since they took the field last when they play the RedBlacks this week, where Ottawa is coming off a disappointing loss 8 days ago. Teams coming off the bye are now 11-4 after Ottawa lost last week. Vernon Adams has thrown for 300+ yards in his last 4 games. BCs remaining schedule: Ottawa, Edmonton, Sask, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Calgary. Very favorable to give the Bombers a push for 1st in the West.

If there is a positive to talk about with Ottawa is that they finally had a run game last week and a huge one at that. Devonte Williams ran for 146 yards on 17 carries and also hauled in 4 receptions for 69 yards. That is a 215 total yard night for Williams in a losing cause. Ottawa is going to get smoked in this game. BC will be flying around in this and playing with high intensity at home especially if the Bombers somehow lose to the Ti-Cats this week!
42-16 Lions

Good luck!

TEASER: 2-0 last week, 16-4 overall

TEASER (7 pts):
TOR +0.5
SK +4
WPG +0.5
BC -2.5

TOP OFFENSIVE GRADE: Winnipeg Blue Bombers - this weeks top offensive and defensive grades are easy. Winnipeg put up 51 points on the Riders with Collaros driving his team in for a touchdown on basically every drive. Winnipeg had 42 points at half!

TOP DEFENSIVE GRADE: Winnipeg Blue Bombers - holding the Riders to 2 field goals both being in the first half and then shutting them out in the 2nd half. The Riders could do nothing the whole game, I'm curious as to how many 2 and outs they had.

BYE WEEK: Calgary Stampeders - the 1st game the Stamps and Elks played between each other almost 2 weeks ago went like this: the 1st 3 quarters it looked like the Elks were going to win, going into the 4th with a 15 point lead and losing the game by 4. The game last week went like this: the 1st 3 quarters it looked like the Stamps were going to win, going into the 4th with a 16 point lead and losing the game by 2. Hilarious! Calgary's remaining schedule is against Montreal, Hamilton, Sask, BC and Winnipeg with 2 byes sandwiched in-between. They are in tough even against BC and Winnipeg the last 2 games as I can see both those teams still fighting to take 1st place in the West and not resting anyone. There is a very good chance Calgary misses the playoffs this year which is unheard of in my lifetime.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? If Montreal loses to Toronto (which is very likely) and Hamilton somehow miraculously beats Winnipeg, then Montreal and Hamilton would be tied for 2nd in the East with both teams being 6-7! Although Montreal would hold the tiebreaker as the beat the Ti-Cats 38-12 back in week 2.

POWER RANKINGS AFTER WEEK 14 (# in brackets shows previous weeks ranking):
1)Toronto (1)
2)Winnipeg (2)
3)BC (3)
4)Saskatchewan (4)
5)Montreal (5)
6)Hamilton (8)
7)Calgary (6)
8)Edmonton (7)
9)Ottawa (9)

3 changes this week. Toronto continues to remain ontop but if they were to lose a game and Bombers keep rolling then the Bombers will overtake the Argos based on strength of schedule. Winnipeg remains at 2 and BC stays put at 3 coming off a bye. The Riders stay in 4 as they beat 2/3 of the top teams above them. Montreal stays in 5 since they can't beat any of the top 3 teams and get hammered by them to boot, but they continue to win the games against the teams below them (and the Riders due to nasty scheduling). Hamilton jumps up to 6 from 8 with a huge win last week coming off a really short week and now hold a playoff spot advantage over Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa. Calgary drops down to 7 from 6 after losing to the Elks last week in a game it looked like they were going to win until they imploded in the 4th. Although Edmonton won, they dropped from 8 to 7 and are still 1 game behind Calgary and 2 games behind Hamilton who has a game in hand. Ottawa remains in 9 by losing a game they should have won.

Easy to agree with terrible scheduling by CFL to save money on travel and increase number of games.  I like old balanced schedule better with every team playing each other twice in regular season.

@slushie007

 Good luck this week! 

You're 15-4.  Wow!  I will definitely take note with your selections going forward.  Keep up the good work.  The forum needs good cappers.    

You and Chef are amazing.  I wish I could pick them at the rate you guys do.  

You might have missed a game so far this week but that doesn't diminish your capping abilities.  Again, I'd be so lucky to have a winning rate that you do.