This is the highest over/under on the Week 3 Canadian Football League card. It's justified if you look at how strong these offenses looked last week. Ottawa scored 40 points against Saskatchewan. Calgary reeled off 41 points against Toronto.

But what's being overlooked by this high total is Calgary's tremendous defense and the situation the Stampeders are in.

Calgary has allowed only 21 points all season. They are No. 1 in pass defense and run defense.

The Stampeders find themselves in a tough spot here. They just played at Toronto on Saturday. So this is a very short week for them. It's such a short week they only were able to get in one practice, which did not go well, according to sources. The short week is going to hurt Calgary's offense more than its defense especially this being so early in the season.

Ottawa's defense was sharp in its 40-17 victory versus the Roughriders last Thursday. The Redblacks were idle opening week. So they are going to be the fresher team. Most of the Roughriders' passing yards came in garbage time as Ottawa entered the final quarter leading, 33-14.

Calgary has a history of going Under early in the season. The Under has cashed in 79 percent of the Stampeders' past 24 June games.