Grey Cup 2009 Odds

I wrote a blog post about preseason Grey Cup predictions last year, so it is probably good to look at the predictions for this year.

On some South African betting site, I found the following odds for 2009:

Calgary 2/1
BC 7/2
Montreal 9/2
Edmonton 13/2
Saskatchewan 8/1
Toronto 9/1
Winnipeg 14/1
Hamilton 16/1

There's others floating around on the internet with Hamilton a lot higher.
I think that Winnipeg, Toronto and Saskatchewan may well be worse than
Hamilton this year, but if I were an odds maker this doesn't seem too off.
Calgary at 2/1 seems a bit too high to me; too much can go wrong, especially
in the conference finals. BC seems a bit high as well, but there seems to be
an assumption that whoever represents the West in the Grey Cup will almost
automatically win the Grey Cup.

In the post I made last year, the odds were:

Toronto 5/2
BC 3/1
Winnipeg 5/1
Calgary 6/1
Saskatchewan 7/1
Edmonton 10/1
Hamilton 12/1
Montreal 15/1

Well, admittedly Montreal didn't take the cup, but they certainly ended
up being better than dead last. Obviously people were delusional about
Toronto before the start of the 2008 season. No doubt looking back next
year on the odds for 2009 there will be a few teams that surprise.