They say you should never take too much away from week 1 result in any football league – never mind a league stacked with great Canadian Football League teams like the CSDCFL – but as it says here, what’s the point of posting online if you can’t overreact once in a while?
Starting to wonder about the imperviousness of the Baltimore Stallions, for example, and ready to start talking some Sacramento Gold Miners football; could these guys contend? (Based on an overtime loss? Come on, Os, you’re talking pure h
One question: Why only two playoff teams? No. 3 and quite possibly no. 4 in this league look to be some quality and competitive teams. Besides, just imagine an Eskimos-Eskimos game for all the marbles. Yeesh, right?
Pointspreads and over/unders for week 2 CSDCFL games follow.
1991 Toronto Argonauts +5½ at 1981 Edmonton Eskimos, over/under 45½ points.
After a disappointing 34-18 loss to the 2003 Edmonton Eskimos, head coach Adam Rita made the decision to stay put in time but not space, allowing his Argonauts all the advantages of the 21st century -- but gambling that timelag won't affect his team too seriosuly. But it may not matter: With the opening-day win over the Baltimore Stallions, the '81 Eskimos have established themselves as the team to beat in the Dream League...
1995 Baltimore Stallions -1 at 2019 Winnipeg Blue Bombers, over/under 56½ points.
If the DSCFL had power rankings, the Stallions would have taken the biggest tumble after a 34-28 loss to the 1981 Eskimos that wasn’t as close as the score indicates – but this observer can’t help wonder if the Bombers’ neo-platoon system at quarterback is enough to keep pace with the Stallions, assuming that Andrew Harris isn’t necessarily good for over 8.0 yards per carry. Baltimore played from behind in their entire week 1, and the Bombers needed 13 points in the fourth quarter to force overtime against the Gold Miners – we’ll be looking to see whether either can hold a lead in this game.
2003 Edmonton Eskimos -4½ at 1994 Sacramento Gold Miners, over/under 56½ points.
Call these two sides the positive surprises of week 1. The late-entry ’03 Eskimos ran up an impressive 34 against the Argos, while the Miners scored 23 points in the game’s first 50 minutes against the Bombers, one of the DSCFL’s better defenses. In a 10-game season, an 0-2 hole is major, so figure Sacramento to play even craftier ball than last week – but they’ll have to avoid the fourth-quarter collapse against an ’03 Esks side, at nearly 32 points per game, that seems to score on every possession. And how topsy-turvy could Sacramento make things on the standings board already with a win…?
–written by Os Davis
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