Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Week 1 Predictions: Part 1

Toronto at Hamilton
I think the Cats are still a little behind the Argos, only in the sense that this team has no experience winning and over the past several years can only win if everything goes their way. Any speed bump and the Cats will find a way to lose. Opponents will find weird ways to score at the end of the half, the inability to stop a scoring drive in the waning minutes, the Cats have had it all covered. However the Argos had their own period of suck in the second half of last season. Since in the CFL, for evenly matched teams, the home team is usually favoured by three, I'm going to go with the Cats by one. That means right now with no other evidence, the Cats are probably two points behind the Argos on a neutral field. I'm a bit skeptical of new Argo coach Bart Andrus out of the shoot as well.
Cats 25, Argos 24

Montreal at Calgary
Calgary has to be favoured because they are at home and the Alouettes aren't getting any younger. Cavillo and Cahoon are pretty crotchety as are some members of the offensive line for Montreal. I like Mike Labinjo, the Stampeders Canadian defensive lineman. Montreal, right now I don't know much about honestly, although I'm sure they will have a better record than the Ticats this year.
Calgary 33, Montreal 23

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