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Odds to Win 2019 Grey Cup The New Orleans Saints rather than the Los Angeles Rams might be the NFC representative in the 2019 Super Bowl if they were playing by Canadian Football League rules according to Reuters and Steve Keating. This reasoning is based on the rules in the CFL that allows for a …
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The Canadian Football League meetings are underway in preparation for free agency, the draft and eventually the 2019 regular season. Odds to Win 107th Grey Cup: Blue Bombers 9-2. The important dates for most of the CFL fan base are the May player draft and June 13th regular season kickoff. The 2019 season ends with a …
The National Football League north of the border fan base anxiously await the start of the Canadian Football League regular season. There are 138 days until the CFL franchise training camps open and even longer until the Week 1 kickoffs. However, for now those emotionally, demographically and historically tied to Canadian football there is free …
The 107th Grey Cup is scheduled to be played on November 24, 2019 at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, Alberta. It will be the fifth time that Calgary has hosted the Grey Cup, with the most recent coming in 2009. Odds to Win 2019 Grey Cup: Stampeders 5-2. The Las Vegas Superbook, Westgate, opening Odds to …
The 2019 CFL campaign will kickoff for the 66th season of modern Canadian professional football. The official 2019 schedule has yet to be announced but is expected to see the regular season begin on June 13. Odds to Win 107th Grey Cup. Note that officially, it is the 62nd season of the league, and the …
The Toronto Argonauts have the most Grey Cup wins (17) since its introduction in 1909, while the Edmonton Eskimos have registered the most Grey Cup wins (11) since the creation of the professional Canadian Football League in 1958. Odds to Win 106th Grey Cup (September 10, 2018). The 106th Grey Cup is presented by Shaw. …
Week #1 of the 2018 Canadian Football League campaign is in the books. Eight of the nine teams took part in the season’s opening weekend with only Ottawa receiving the bye. Odds to Win 2019 Grey Cup: Johnny Football throws for 80 yards.
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The Stampeders were a few yards from cementing the Grey cup victory last year but it was not meant to be, as the Argonauts beat them 27-24 in the final. The defending Western Conference champions are the favorite to win the Grey Cup this year but it will again be a dogfight to the finish. QB Bo Levi Mitchell has all of his weapons and now has another familiar face with the signing of WR Eric Rodgers. 2018 CFL Season Preview and Grey Cup Odds (West Division).
Calgary Stampeders
Rodgers, who spent time with San Francisco of the NFL for the last couple of years, wasn’t active due to injury in 2017. He will only improve the second ranked offense in the CFL. On the defensive side of the ball Calgary lost a couple of top players in DB Joe Burnett and DB Tommie Campbell, they added replacements in DB Adam Berger and DB Emanuel Davis. Many of the CFL clubs are a lot better on the defensive side of the ball this year but Calgary will try to maintain their number one status.
Last season: 13-4 record lost to Toronto in Grey Cup
Key Departures: DB Joe Burnett, DB Tommie Campbell and RB Jerome Messam
Key Pickups: OL Derek Dennis, WR Eric Rodgers, DB Adam Berger and DB Emanuel Davis
Odds on winning Grey Cup plus 280*
Season Win Total 12 1/2*
Buster’s CFL Access thru Grey Cup (68% in 2017)
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