CFL Odds: Calgary favored at home

Calgary’s Joffrey Reynolds is averaging over six yards per carry.

The Edmonton Eskimos will be looking to jump-start their season in a Labor Day matchup against the division rival Calgary Stampeders, who are currently in first place in the West Division. This Week 10 matchup is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 6 at McMahon Stadium in Calgary. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. PT. 

Edmonton comes into this game with a 2-6 record straight up and is 3-5 against the spread. The Eskimos are 0-3 on the road SU and 1-2 ATS. They will try and take the momentum from a 17-14 upset victory, as a 6 ½-point underdog, over Saskatchewan their last out to try and get back into the West Division title race by pulling off another upset in this one.

Calgary has established itself as the early favorite to win the CFL Grey Cup with a five-game winning streak to run its record to 7-1 record SU. The Stampeders are undefeated in four home games. Against the CFL spread, the Stamps are 6-2 overall and 3-1 at home. Calgary’s average margin of victory this season has been 13.9 points.

These two teams met in Week 7 with Calgary routing Edmonton 56-15 and easily covering the eight-point spread as the home favorite. The game was over early as the Stampeders jumped out to a 32-8 point lead at the half and never looked back. The Canadian football betting ‘over/under’ line was 53, which was eclipsed early in the fourth quarter.

Sportsinteraction.com has Calgary as a 12 ½-point favorite. The current money line is minus 750 for the Stampeders and plus 550 for the Eskimos. The CFL betting ‘total’ for this game is 54 ½. 

The big story in Calgary’s win was the play of quarterback Henry Burris, who put on a clinic against an over-matched Eskimos secondary. Burris completed an amazing 72.4 percent of his passes going 21-for-29 for 305 yards and three TD’s. He is currently ranked fourth in the league with 2,226 passing yards and leads all QB’s with 18 touchdown throws. Burris is completing 65.1 percent of his passes and has an overall rating of 92.9.

Slotback Nic Lewis also had a huge game, hauling in five catches for 117 yards and two TD’s. Joffrey Reynolds added 79 yards on the ground as well as a TD of his own. Jon Cornish had a solid night off the bench, running for 74 yards on just seven carries.

The highlight film for the Eskimos in this game was definitely short but not sweet. Quarterback Jared Zabransky finished the night completing eight of 16 attempts for 107 yards and one TD. Slotback Jason Barnes led the team with 75 yards on three receptions. The ground game went nowhere as the Eskimos only managed to gain 95 yards on 17 carries.

Edmonton QB Ricky Ray should get the start against Calgary this time around after leading the team to the win over the Roughriders last week. He is completing 66.8 percent of his passes and has thrown for 1,804 yards, but has as many interceptions as touchdowns (6).