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The lines are not as "sharp" as "real" football (college and NFL) so it's easier to win $$$.
Dogs went 4-0 this weekend (although BC should not have covered but Wally Buono had $$$ on the game). Everything went as I thought it would except for the weak start by Calgary.
 
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The lines are not as "sharp" as "real" football (college and NFL) so it's easier to win $$$.
Dogs went 4-0 this weekend (although BC should not have covered but Wally Buono had $$$ on the game). Everything went as I thought it would except for the weak start by Calgary.
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Yup, I went 2-2 Took the Lions +5, Bombers+8 Stamps - 8 and Sask - 6.5

Lions I think opened at +6.5 and by game time went down to 4.5 so considering the outcome of the game and how it happened it did seem strange lol.
Bombers was an easy pick.
Stamps - took them because of their offence. Thought they would beat the Argos handily. Sask was a disappointment but a stupid pick by me. Their D looks awful, but I wasnt expecting much from Edmonton.
 
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Yup, I went 2-2 Took the Lions +5, Bombers+8 Stamps - 8 and Sask - 6.5

Lions I think opened at +6.5 and by game time went down to 4.5 so considering the outcome of the game and how it happened it did seem strange lol.
Bombers was an easy pick.
Stamps - took them because of their offence. Thought they would beat the Argos handily. Sask was a disappointment but a stupid pick by me. Their D looks awful, but I wasnt expecting much from Edmonton.
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Yeah, it would have been a good weekend except Calgary decided to lay an egg for 3 quarters (they need to get rid of that kicker).
Any early thoughts for week 2? I like MTL laying the points (probably 6.5) against Sask.
 
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Lines are not up yet at my sportsbook.

I really didnt like Saskatchewans D last night. Poor tackling and that secondary was horrible especially Eubanks. Durant is one of those QB's who wont be consistent during games Good play than a few bad plays and throws too many picks.

Right now I would lean towards Montreal. However, these two teams usually play some crazy games.
 
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They are up on www.thegreek.com
I was totally surprised that the line on the Als is only 2. I'm sure to pound that line. If the Eskies can put a beating on Sask, just watch what the champs will do to those chumps (ha, just watch Sask beat Mtl by 20 now). I also like the under in the Argos game -- neither offenses are that impressive to me. I'm also leaning toward BC at home -- I think Burris is really not in game mode yet.

Toronto Argonauts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers -2 48

Calgary Stampeders
British Columbia Lions -1½ 53

Montreal Alouettes -2 54½
Saskatchewan Roughriders

Hamilton Tigercats
Edmonton Eskimos -1½ 52
 
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Ya the line are now up on my sportsbook. I use Pinnacle. They werent up early afternoon when I worte that. It sfunny to see how small th epoint spreads are this week after the wha the spreads were least week and teh dogs hitting on all 4.

Early leans Montreal (line can only be this small because they are on the road, but like I said these two teams have a history of playing some crazy close games recently both in Grey Cups and regular seasons). I like the Lions and more so the over in that game. I like the Bombers -2 and I like Edmonton -1.5
 
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Best bet: Als -2 (I hope I don't get burned by the stupid 1 point missed FG).
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I see the line is now 3 -- I guess I'm not the only one who thinks Als are going to beat RR.
However, I'm suprised that money is moving against Esks. Let down game after big road victory? I don't think so given that it's Esks home opener. I think Ricky is back on track and I'm leaning toward home team.
 
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Argos (or should I say wife-children beaters?) are now a 1 point ROAD favorite? What? First I thought it might be because Buck Pierce is out but I can't find any info suggesting that. Hmmm. Argos have a good running game and strong defense which makes them good DOGS but as FAVORITES not so much. I think I'll pass on this game (although the under is tempting even at 47.5). My sportsbook (sportsinteraction -- I know, I know) has Als and Lions -3 and Esks at a pick'em -- not sure why people like Ti-Cats but I'm jumping on the Ricky Ray bandwagon.

OT -- with the NFL lockout, I guess NFL network will need to air more CFL and AFL games. Will this make more people (US bettors) interested in the CFL and thus make lines more "sharp?"
 
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I missed out betting the Bombers game but I took the O54 total game points in the B.C/Calgary game.

I like the O55 in the Als game and Edmonton -1 as well.
 
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It seems like we all did pretty well in week 2.

So what have we learned? MTL's O is top-notch. TOR will have trouble scoring points. Buono will make a coaching decision in the second half which will cost his team a W (why go for 2-point conversation since in the CFL you get 1 point for kicking the ball out of the endzone?!?). HAM is probably the worst team in the league and EDM is for real.
How about lines-wise? 2 out of 3 (point-spread) line moves were wrong -- making TOR a favorite and $$$ moving on HAM. Interesting that MTL's line opened at 2 as I would have had them at 6.5/7. TOR is terrible as a fav (because of their pathetic O) and you don't have to pay a premium to bet on the Als (even though I would consider them "the Yankees" of the CFL).

TOR visits MTL. I would open the line around 10 -- anything below that and I'll probably make that my best bet of the week.
Calgary visits Winnipeg. So far, Burris needs a half to get going so maybe first 1/2 under and second 1/2 over? This is something to keep an eye on.
 
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I think what he have learned is something we already knew about the CFL. This League is about QB play more than anything else. Its even more important in this League than the NFL.

Saskatchewan and Hamilton just dont have it. Ya I know Sask has been to Grey Cups recently, but Durant is weak. He looks bad for too many consective plays in bteween a few good plays and their pass defence has been horrendous. Glenn at QB for Hamilton lol. next.

Lines were definately weird the first two weeks. Too big during first week and then too small the second week.

I agree that MTL should be at least a 9 1/2 to 10 pt fav at home against the Argos. We shall see.

Went 3-0 this week, cant complain.
 
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Nothing good for week 3. Als are a 10/10.5 favorite so no value there. All the other spreads are within a FG. I'm sure Wally Buono is going to make a coaching mistake but can Lions really go 0-3 and Esks go 3-0. I'll wait and see if there are any line movement.
 
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3-0 to the under with 1st half total with Calgary games. I will have to keep this in mind next week.
 
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Interesting week 3. Favs went 3-1 against the spread and 4-0 straight up. Calgary is not a good team to backup if you have to lay points (also system play says to take them UNDER for the first half). Accordingly, I will lean toward the Esks in the battle of Alberta. I wonder what the MTL/SASK line will be. The line was 10.5 (opened at 10) against T.O and 3.5 (opened at 2) against SASK in Regina. Maybe 8-9? Anything less than 10 points and I'm all over it.
 
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I guess I shouldn't be that surprise that the line is 12 (biggest spread so far). I'm thinking of a teaser this week: MTL -5 and EDM +10.
 
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