Well, lucky week 13 is in the bag, and what a week it was. Can anyone say Eastern domination? Yes, they can. Are they going to say the same thing this week? Well, we’ll see what our panel thinks…
CFL Predictions Week 14
Montreal Alouettes at Ottawa Redblacks
Nick’s thoughts: Montreal and Ottawa surprised everyone – myself included – with the way they played last week. Montreal dismantled the league’s number one team with a 31-15 win at home. Meanwhile the Redblacks went out West to Riderville and held the Darian Durant-less Roughriders to an overtime win. Montreal makes their first appearance in Ottawa since 2005 and the natural rivals should have an entertaining Friday night affair. Montreal is red hot with quarterback Jon Crompton and a confident defense, so expect them to take the win. However, the Montreal secondary, led by Winston Venable, John Bowman, and Geoff Tisdale, will have a fight on their hands against Henry Burris and his top receiver Marcus Henry. All will come down on Friday.
Matthew Bin: Montreal 30 – Ottawa 11
Nicholas Di Giovanni: Montreal 38 – Ottawa 21
Steve Gifkins: Montreal 28 – Ottawa 27
Lance Keiser: Montreal 26 – Ottawa 18
Saskatchewan Roughriders at Edmonton Eskimos
Lance’s thoughts: Tino Sunseri showed signs of being a competent pivot last week but only in the last 30 minutes, and he got a lot of help from Weston Dressler. Edmonton will be out to prove a point in this key matchup in the West division. A win for the Eskimos this week over the Riders will move them into second place in the West. Expect Edmonton to come out on fire, neutralizing the Rider run game and making Sunseri beat them with his arm. It should be interesting, however I’ll take the Esks by 6.
Matthew Bin: Saskatchewan 22 – Edmonton 31
Nicholas Di Giovanni: Saskatchewan 33 – Edmonton 20
Steve Gifkins: Saskatchewan 21 – Edmonton 24
Lance Keiser: Saskatchewan 21 – Edmonton 27
Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Winnipeg Blue Bombers
All the excuses, the laments about near misses and blown chances, the stadium distraction, have now been put to bed for the Tiger-Cats. They’re unbeaten at home after a pair of wins against stiff Western opposition. They only got stronger this week, with Justin Hickman joining the lineup and penalty-prone Brandon Boudreaux shipped off to Saskatchewan, although the backfield remains a problem with C.J. Gable out until the playoffs. Winnipeg is coming off a bye week, but that might not be enough to get Drew Willy, nursing a sprained shoulder, the start at pivot. While it’s never easy to steal a win in Mosquitoville, this is a good chance for the Ticats to pick up another win against the West and take firm hold on first in the East. Smart money says that’s exactly what they’re going to do.
Matthew Bin: Hamilton 25 – Winnipeg 20
Nicholas Di Giovanni: Hamilton 27 – Winnipeg 24
Steve Gifkins: Hamilton 31 – Winnipeg 18
Lance Keiser: Hamilton 28 – Winnipeg 18
B.C. Lions at Calgary Stampeders
Steve’s thoughts: Both teams will come into this game in a foul mood after losing their respective games in Week 13. The urgency level for the Lions should be heightened even more given they need a win to remain in the conversation for hosting a home playoff game. On the Calgary side Bo Levi Mitchell remains out of the lineup but running back Jon Cornish will make his return. While Calgary will enjoy home field advantage in this game, the advantage is mitigated somewhat given that they travelled back from Montreal last week. Drew Tate will also be looking to bounce back after he struggled against the Als’ defense. Calgary wins in a close game.
Matthew Bin: B.C. 9 – Calgary 27
Nicholas Di Giovanni: B.C. 25 – Calgary 31
Steve Gifkins: B.C. 27 – Calgary 31
Lance Keiser: B.C. 17 – Calgary 33
Week 13 Notes
They called Matt blinded by homerism, they called him optimistic to a fault – but he was the only one who picked the Ticats in their dominating victory at home over Edmonton. His only misstep was giving B.C. too much credit, and he ended up 3-1. LWOS writers Nick and Steve finished at 1-3 and Lance picked half right for 2-2.
Commenter salty1264 only did as well as Lance, finishing 2-2 also. But his math to explain why Winnipeg is actually going to be fine this year is the only prediction that matters, and it’s wronger than any of his other picks this year so far.
So what do you think of the picks? You make the call! Put your scores in the comments and we’ll see how you do compared to Matt, Nick, Steve, and Lance.
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