The CFL regular season commences on Thursday and football probabilities are up at the sports book for the Week 1 games.
The Alouettes are the reigning Canadian Football League champs and they start play on Thursday as they travel to Saskatchewan in a rematch of last year’s Grey Cup. Toronto at Calgary is the other match on the online sports book board on Thursday.
Friday in Week 1 of CFL event it’ll be Hamilton at Winnipeg whilst BC is at Edmonton on Sunday. The West Division looks to be pretty competitive this season with Saskatchewan attempting to duplicate. John Chick and Stevie Baggs were lost to the NFL. They will have to hope that they can put more points on the board to offset the defensive losses. Calgary may have an opposite difficulty as they lost three offensive linemen in the off-season and they lost their kicker Sandro DeAngelis who went to Hamilton. The Stampeders had better pray that Rob Maver is all set for the job. It may take some time before Edmonton come together this season, since they have some defensive questions. British Columbia lost pass rusher Ricky Foley and running back Martell Mallett which means they will require Keron Williams and Jamal Robertson to perform nicely.
Montreal might get some competition from Hamilton though Montreal is liked by the East Division. The Alouettes didn’t make many changes so they are still going to be great. They did shed offensive lineman Bryan Chiu, defensive lineman Keron Williams and kick returner Larry Taylor. Hamilton will be looking to overtake Montreal and the addition of wide receiver Maurice Mann should aid. They also included defensive backs Will Poole, Jason Shivers and Jerome Dennis additionally to kicker DeAngelis. Winnipeg made a huge amount of changes so who can guess what to expect from them. Buck Pierce or Steven Jyles are both being looked at as quarterback. Losing top corner Jonathan Hefney will hurt. Toronto is furthermore in rebuilding mode. The squad has no skilled quarterback and no skill at receiver or running back. It is likely to be a long year in Toronto. The Argos are major underdogs in Week 1 as they travel to Calgary.
The highlight of Week 1 is definitely the Grey Cup rematch between Montreal and Saskatchewan with the Roughriders searching for revenge.
In 1996, the current incarnation of the alouettes switched to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions. Since their return to the CFL in 1996, the Alouettes have shown up in the Grey Cup 7 times, all of which being between 2000 and 2009 with 2 Grey Cup victories. The Alouettes have attended the Grey Cup more frequently than any other Canadian Football League team this decade.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are based in Regina, Saskatchewan, and were founded in 1910. The team has won 3 Grey Cup championships. A string of 11 straight appearances in the Western finals 1966–76 continues to be a Canadian Football League record headed by Hall of Fame quarterback Ron Lancaster.
