12 games into the CFL season

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A British Columbia Lions 4-1-1 (8-3-1)
The British Columbia Lions are just like old man river, they keep rolling along. I predicted doom and gloom for the Lions when they had to rely on Jarious Jackson to carry the load with the injuries to Pierce and Dickensen, but he has surprised everyone with his stellar play and the Lions have actually got a better record in the second third than the first! I see them as Grey Cup champions.

A- Winnipeg Blue Bombers 4-2 (7-4-1)
Winnipeg may have some struggles now, with Kevin Glenn shook up in the last couple of games. It will be interesting to see how the team adapts.

A- Calgary Stampeders 3-2-1 (6-5-1).
Their record in the last six is deceiving, Calgary lost the first game of the last 6 and the last game, in the middle they were 3-0-1. The turning point for them this third may well be the tie they had with BC, now a new turning point is the injury to Henry Burris, who is out for at least two weeks with a separated shoulder to his non throwing arm. Those two games are away to BC and home to the Riders, the two teams they are competing for the top spots in the West for. Akili Smith will be starting for Calgary in those two games and he needs to have a couple of good games to recover what so far is a poor first year.

B- Edmonton Eskimos 3-3 (5-6-1)
The Eskimos could pull off some sort of an upset by making the playoffs. They have been an up and down team this season and only got to 3-3 this third by beating Montreal twice in a row. Losses to Saskatchewan and two to Calgary did not help their playoff chances.

C+ Toronto Argonauts 3-3 (5-7)
Let's see, they have beaten Hamilton twice, and Winnipeg once for their three wins, and lost to the top team in the East and the top two in the West, beating Hamilton is not an achievement, not losing to them is. The team still looks weak but could make a run for 2nd place. They play Edmonton (twice), Montreal (twice) and Winnipeg and Saskatchewan once each, I can see another 3-3 or 2-4 third for them coming up.

C Montreal Alouettes 3-3 (6-6)
The Alouettes have beaten BC and Calgary, but lost twice to the Eskimos and were blown out by BC once. This is a team searching for their starting quarterback, Anthony Calvillo has been hurt and I am not sure that Marcus Brady is the man to lead them.

C- Saskatchewan Roughriders 3-3 (7-5)
I don't know what to say about the Heartbreakers of the CFL, 3 weeks ago they were 7-2 and looked like they were home and dried off for the playoffs, now they are 7-5 and only because of a missed call by refs in the Hamilton-Stampeders game did they not fall to third place. Their defence went to pot, their offence started to not show up, the team really looks like it is falling off the rails.

D Hamilton TigerCats 1-5 (2-10)
Hamilton won another game, this time with their new number one QB Casey Printers sidelined with an injury. This means they have lost both their best quarterback and best running back this year. They might win two more, depending on how Saskatchewan plays in the home and home series.