Calgary should be alright here... Stamps up 7 with a couple minutes left in the 3rd quarter. Great kick there by the Calgary kicker into the wind. Winnepeg in big trouble with only 2:00 left of wind on their side.
What's up with the "Jumbotron" penalty??? Something about it being illegal to use electronics to stimulate the crowd??? What BS...
Anyway Scott, here's the rule on it and my interpretation on the ruling... correct me if I'm wrong...
The captain of the team having first choice at the start of the first half shall choose between...
a) kicking off or receiving the kickoff, or
b) which end of the field to defend
The captain of the other team shall have the first choice at the start of the second half
So if I'm reading this right, this means that Calgary won the toss, giving them first option. Because Winnepeg was getting first choice in the 2nd half, Calgary, and any team that wins the toss, must take the ball to start the game. Winnepeg chose the wind in the 2nd quarter, which makes sense. Winnepeg then had to take the ball to start the 2nd half, meaning Calgary got to choose which way they were going, and obviously they took the wind in the 4th quarter.
What's up with the "Jumbotron" penalty??? Something about it being illegal to use electronics to stimulate the crowd??? What BS...
Anyway Scott, here's the rule on it and my interpretation on the ruling... correct me if I'm wrong...
The captain of the team having first choice at the start of the first half shall choose between...
a) kicking off or receiving the kickoff, or
b) which end of the field to defend
The captain of the other team shall have the first choice at the start of the second half
So if I'm reading this right, this means that Calgary won the toss, giving them first option. Because Winnepeg was getting first choice in the 2nd half, Calgary, and any team that wins the toss, must take the ball to start the game. Winnepeg chose the wind in the 2nd quarter, which makes sense. Winnepeg then had to take the ball to start the 2nd half, meaning Calgary got to choose which way they were going, and obviously they took the wind in the 4th quarter.
Hey Scott, no worries my friend! You can blame me for curses and jinxes all you'd like, but I know you remember the last time karma set in for me, right?
AFL Week 14 or so... I had just written a little piece on here about teams scoring bullsh^t TDs at the end of games to earn some positioning on tiebreakers because of the big mess shaping up in the National Conference.
And you remember what happened in New York, right? I was on New York and you were on Philly +7.5... New York was up 6 or something like that at the end of the game and threw for a TD on the last play, landing me Aaron Garcia over in the TDs + INTs, as well as an over play or a 2nd half or something like that.
Or you'd prefer to not talk about that... lol... Just yanking your chains my friend.
AFL Week 14 or so... I had just written a little piece on here about teams scoring bullsh^t TDs at the end of games to earn some positioning on tiebreakers because of the big mess shaping up in the National Conference.
And you remember what happened in New York, right? I was on New York and you were on Philly +7.5... New York was up 6 or something like that at the end of the game and threw for a TD on the last play, landing me Aaron Garcia over in the TDs + INTs, as well as an over play or a 2nd half or something like that.
Or you'd prefer to not talk about that... lol... Just yanking your chains my friend.
It's over. I think it was called due to lack of interest. MAN, that was ugly. Apparently Loseipeg had 2nd and 10 from their own 12 or so and a guy DROPPED what the CAL announcers said was a SURE TD. Would have been 98 yards. He just DROPPED it. Right in front of his own bench. I will watch THAT play on the replay on the dish tomorrow, but not the first 57 minutes or so.
:toast:See Scott? What did I tell you? No problem my man. 
arty:
Very nice night indeed...
Calgary (1st quarter ml) @ Losipeg W (+1 unit)
Calgary (1st half ml) @ Losipeg W (+1 unit)
Calgary (-3) @ Losipeg W (+3 units)
ATS: 5-1 (+9.30 units)
Totals: 1-1 (-0.03 units)
Moneylines: 2-2 (0.00 units)
1st half: 2-1 (+1.48 units)
2nd half: 2-1 (+2.87 units)
Overall: 12-6 (+13.62 units)
Rather than playing solely on Montreal for the game, I am going to play very small on the Alouettes for the full 60 minutes, but slightly larger in the 1st half, as it appears that they are much more prepared to play the 1st halves of games (2-0 ATS) than the 2nd halves (0-2 ATS). Even though history and logic suggests that at some point, the Alouettes will put a decent GAME together instead of a half.... I'll take my chances with a winning game on the 1st half instead of getting snakebit by a back-door prone team. Of note though in this game... Montreal has the worst defense of any decent team this year in terms of points per game and points per 2nd half, while Edmonton ranks tops in the former category... might lead for an interesting over play in the 2nd half, but we shall see what the game brings through 2 quarters.
Montreal (1st half ml) vs. Edmonton (1.5 units -127)
Monreal (-3.5) vs. Edmonton (1 unit +100)
In the other game my play is over and will be under across the board. Ottawa's offense has been wildly inconsistent from quarter to quarter and half to half... look at the 2nd half against Montreal last week! BC has a small sample set of which to choose from, that being a 27-20 defeat of the Argos away. Many people think this BC team is legit once again this year, and I for one, am not one to argue with this. But I have a hard time laying 14.5 points in a CFL game, despite the fact that this season that particular number has been covered 3 times... historically speaking, this is an incredibly difficult number to defeat... but then again, this Ottawa team is THAT bad...
But Kerry Joseph seemed to find a bit of a stride in the 4th quarter against Montreal, and the hope is that some of that momentum carries over. Yes, that was at home, and yes, that was in a very heated game where momentum carried them to victory, but I made mention at the start of the season that this Ottawa team had a bunch of offensive talent. BC scores points in bunches, as over half of their home games eclipsed 60 points last season... expect much of the same once again this year. My hope here is that Ottawa finds a bit of an offensive stride and that BC does their best to keep a backdoor cover/comeback attempt from happening. Ottawa knows the only team they've never defeated lies in BC and will be looking to kill that statement tomorrow night, albeit highly unlikely. But over the total? It's a bunch of points to get to, but I don't think these teams are going to have a problem, particularly if the Gades can throw 2 offensive TDs together and keep Kerry Joseph off of his back. Also of note in terms of percentages here... over plays this year in the CFL are 3-6, with 2 of those wins being in Ottawa games... This is just one of these games, as one of my buddies has told me in the past... "When you find a game you really like, attack it from all angles"...
British Columbia vs. Ottawa over 10.5 (1st quarter) (1.5 units -108)
British Columbia vs. Ottawa over 29.5 (1st half) (2 units -105)
British Columbia vs. Ottawa over 58.5 (1.5 units -107)
arty: Very nice night indeed...
Calgary (1st quarter ml) @ Losipeg W (+1 unit)
Calgary (1st half ml) @ Losipeg W (+1 unit)
Calgary (-3) @ Losipeg W (+3 units)
ATS: 5-1 (+9.30 units)
Totals: 1-1 (-0.03 units)
Moneylines: 2-2 (0.00 units)
1st half: 2-1 (+1.48 units)
2nd half: 2-1 (+2.87 units)
Overall: 12-6 (+13.62 units)
Rather than playing solely on Montreal for the game, I am going to play very small on the Alouettes for the full 60 minutes, but slightly larger in the 1st half, as it appears that they are much more prepared to play the 1st halves of games (2-0 ATS) than the 2nd halves (0-2 ATS). Even though history and logic suggests that at some point, the Alouettes will put a decent GAME together instead of a half.... I'll take my chances with a winning game on the 1st half instead of getting snakebit by a back-door prone team. Of note though in this game... Montreal has the worst defense of any decent team this year in terms of points per game and points per 2nd half, while Edmonton ranks tops in the former category... might lead for an interesting over play in the 2nd half, but we shall see what the game brings through 2 quarters.
Montreal (1st half ml) vs. Edmonton (1.5 units -127)
Monreal (-3.5) vs. Edmonton (1 unit +100)
In the other game my play is over and will be under across the board. Ottawa's offense has been wildly inconsistent from quarter to quarter and half to half... look at the 2nd half against Montreal last week! BC has a small sample set of which to choose from, that being a 27-20 defeat of the Argos away. Many people think this BC team is legit once again this year, and I for one, am not one to argue with this. But I have a hard time laying 14.5 points in a CFL game, despite the fact that this season that particular number has been covered 3 times... historically speaking, this is an incredibly difficult number to defeat... but then again, this Ottawa team is THAT bad...
But Kerry Joseph seemed to find a bit of a stride in the 4th quarter against Montreal, and the hope is that some of that momentum carries over. Yes, that was at home, and yes, that was in a very heated game where momentum carried them to victory, but I made mention at the start of the season that this Ottawa team had a bunch of offensive talent. BC scores points in bunches, as over half of their home games eclipsed 60 points last season... expect much of the same once again this year. My hope here is that Ottawa finds a bit of an offensive stride and that BC does their best to keep a backdoor cover/comeback attempt from happening. Ottawa knows the only team they've never defeated lies in BC and will be looking to kill that statement tomorrow night, albeit highly unlikely. But over the total? It's a bunch of points to get to, but I don't think these teams are going to have a problem, particularly if the Gades can throw 2 offensive TDs together and keep Kerry Joseph off of his back. Also of note in terms of percentages here... over plays this year in the CFL are 3-6, with 2 of those wins being in Ottawa games... This is just one of these games, as one of my buddies has told me in the past... "When you find a game you really like, attack it from all angles"...
British Columbia vs. Ottawa over 10.5 (1st quarter) (1.5 units -108)
British Columbia vs. Ottawa over 29.5 (1st half) (2 units -105)
British Columbia vs. Ottawa over 58.5 (1.5 units -107)
Thanks Sharky... Just hope I get the chance to listen to all of the games this weekend... Sounds like by Saturday night I might be headed for a shelter because of this damn hurricane floating around. Florida State is way too close to the water to be taking chances with category 3+ hurricanes anywhere nearby.
