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Edmonton -3 over Hamilton

7:00 PM EST. The final game of Week 8 in the CFL features two teams that are a combined 1-11, as the Tiger-Cats, who are coming off their first win of the season, travel west to face the winless Elks. We’ll start with the Tabbies because they have the shine after knocking off arch-rival Toronto, 27-24, last Saturday. That final is not reflective of that contest being a tightly contested affair, as the Ti-Cats shot out to a 17-0 lead and led 27-10 after three quarters before letting the Argonauts back in it with 13 unanswered points. We can’t speak for the Tabbies, but we would like to think that a team that had been winless up until that point would not have let their foot off the gas. Regardless, the Tiger-Cats nearly gave that game away, and they easily could be looking at a goose egg in the win column just as the Elks are.

Situationally speaking, the Tabbies are in a tough spot here after getting that first win vs. the Argos, as they now must find the same level of intensity against a cross-division foe that does not have a victory. How can this not be a letdown spot for Hamilton? Even if it’s not, the Tiger-Cats are still a mess, and quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell is still washed up. On the surface, his stats might suggest he’s playing at a competent level, but trust us when we tell you he is not. Mitchell is a liability and the second-best QB in this game by a country f**king mile.

It’s with that we’ll look at the Elks and their pivot, McLeod Bethel-Thompson, who is coming off a night he’d like to forget in Ottawa, in which he threw for just 206 yards and no touchdowns. The entirety of the Elks franchise from top to bottom would probably like to forget that 20-14 loss to the Redblacks, but to be fair, the players were put in the toughest of spots after former head coach and GM Chris Jones was canned (again). Next in line for tough spot of the week was interim coach, Jarious Jackson, who had to take the reins and play a road game on a short week. However, he has now had a full eight days since that loss in Ottawa to settle in and implement his game plan and philosophy on his team. We’ll also note that new GM Geroy Simon has also been cooking and signed former Roughriders DL DeMarcus Christmas to help out the defense.

Market perception is that this is a game between two bad football teams, so “take the points,” but that could not be further from the truth. The Elks have some quality parts, and while Jackson and Simon are unproven in their roles, they can’t be worse than that goof Jones, who should never have been re-hired in Edmonton in the first place. If the Oilers are to be considered as well, those making the decisions at the top of the food chain in pro sports in Alberta leave a lot to be desired.

To close, the football gods have once again blessed us with a situational play that brings great potential for us to make a trip to the cashier’s window when the final horn blows. This game sat with the Elks as a -3½ point favorite all week, and the market has bitten on the hook and bet that game down to the price you see now. The Elks might be the best play on the board in the CFL this week, and we’re not going to miss them getting off the schneid, spotting deflated points.

Sherwood

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