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Rogers' 10* CFL TOTAL DOMINATION >> 41-24 WINNER Last Night
(CFL) Hamilton vs. Edmonton,
Total: 55.00 | -105.00 Under
Result: Win
Total: 55.00 | -105.00 Under
Result: Win
The set-up: The 0-5 Hamilton Tiger-Cats will look for their first win of 2017 Friday night when they travel to Commonwealth Stadium to meet the Edmonton Eskimos, who are the CFL's lone unbeaten team at 5-0. Hamilton QB Zach Collaros leads the CFL's weakest offense, completing 62.4 percent for a modest 1,143 yards with only three TDs and five interceptions. Hamilton averages 18.0 PPG on 307.2 YPG with both figures ranking dead-last among the CFL's nine teams. On the other side of the ball, the Tiger-Cats allow 40.2 PPG and 489.8 YPG, with both of those numbers ranking ninth of nine teams. Talk about an unwanted 'daily-double!' Edmonton is led by QB Mike Reilly, who is completing 72.3 percent of his passes for 1,628 yards, with nine TDs and just two interceptions. The Eskimos are scoring 28.4 PPG on 469.2 YPG with both figures ranking fourth in the CFL. Defense has paved the way to Edmonton's 5-0 start, as the Eskimos allow 24.2 PPG (2nd-best) on a league-low 337.4 YPG.
The pick: Surely, Hamilton has nowhere to go but up off the team's humiliating 60-1 loss last week at Calgary and no team is ever as bad as it looks in its worst game. Yes, Edmonton is a perfect 5-0 but the team's largest margin of victory has come by 11 points with the team's other four wins coming by a combined 12 points. That includes a 31-28 July 20 victory in Hamilton over the Tiger-Cats. That 28-point effort represents Hamilton's highest scoring game of the 2017 season. Hamilton can't stop anyone, so if it plans on being competitive at all, the team will need to score. The Tiger-Cats are an impressive 4-0 ATS in their last 4 meetings in Edmonton and four of the last five meetings between the Tiger-Cats and Eskimos in Edmonton have gone over. Make the Over a 10* play.
The pick: Surely, Hamilton has nowhere to go but up off the team's humiliating 60-1 loss last week at Calgary and no team is ever as bad as it looks in its worst game. Yes, Edmonton is a perfect 5-0 but the team's largest margin of victory has come by 11 points with the team's other four wins coming by a combined 12 points. That includes a 31-28 July 20 victory in Hamilton over the Tiger-Cats. That 28-point effort represents Hamilton's highest scoring game of the 2017 season. Hamilton can't stop anyone, so if it plans on being competitive at all, the team will need to score. The Tiger-Cats are an impressive 4-0 ATS in their last 4 meetings in Edmonton and four of the last five meetings between the Tiger-Cats and Eskimos in Edmonton have gone over. Make the Over a 10* play.