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WESTJET THANKSGIVING WEEKEND\u00bb 5 stats to determine who wins on WestJet Thanksgiving Weekend<\/a>
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That means for the first time since 2019, we\u2019ll have a west-east matchup in the post-season. The last time that happened it was Edmonton crossing over to the East to face the Alouettes. The Double E came away with a 37-29 win, advancing to battle the Tiger-Cats in the Eastern Final, where they were eventually eliminated.<\/p>\n
The crossover rule was created in 1996, but was first invoked in 1997, when the Lions traveled east to play Montreal, where they were eliminated with a 45-35 loss. The rule was invoked again 11 other times (2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019), but no crossover team has ever made the Grey Cup, with the Eastern Final being the furthest anyone has ever gone to.<\/p>\n
That means the Lions, Stamps, Bombers and Elks could make history in 2025 by traveling east and finding a way to take down both the Alouettes and Tiger-Cats to advance to the 112th Grey Cup.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take a look at how these four teams fared in the regular season when faced against their potential East Division opponents.<\/p>\n
BC LIONS<\/p>\n
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BC will bet on Nathan Rourke<\/a> and an explosive offence to improve their chances of a successful crossover if they are the ones to play in the Eastern Semi-Final.<\/p>\n The Lions have gone 2-0 against the Alouettes and 1-1 against the Ticats in 2025, and will look to have similar success if they are the ones flying east.<\/p>\n The Leos currently sit second in the West Division with a 9-7 record and are the only team on a bye during WestJet Thanksgiving Weekend.<\/p>\n CALGARY STAMPEDERS<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Vernon Adams Jr. and the Stamps are 0-2 against the Alouettes and 1-0 against Hamilton, whom they face this week.<\/p>\n The Stamps started the season on fire, winning eight of their first 11 matchups, but have lost their last four games and currently sit third in the West Division with an 8-7 record.<\/p>\n There\u2019s still time for a turnaround for the Red and White, starting with their final matchup against their former quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell<\/a> and the Tabbies on Saturday.<\/p>\n WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Zach Collaros<\/a>\u2018 Winnipeg split the season series with Hamilton (including a 40-3 win in Week 18) and is 1-0 against Montreal, with a Week 21 matchup between the two teams remaining.<\/p>\n The Bombers are fighting to reach their sixth straight Grey Cup, this one to be played at Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n The Blue and Gold are tied with the Stampeders with eight wins and seven losses, but are currently riding a two-game winning streak as they head to Edmonton to face the Elks.<\/p>\n EDMONTON ELKS<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Finally, Cody Fajardo<\/a> and the Elks split the season series with Montreal and lost both matchups with Hamilton.<\/p>\n The last two times the Elks faced these two teams the game came down to the wire. Edmonton lost a 29-27 nailbiter against the Tiger-Cats in Week 16, on a walk-off field goal by Marc Liegghio<\/a>, and won a 23-22 matchup against the Als in Week 12 on a Fajardo touchdown pass to Kaion Julien-Grant<\/a> with 15 seconds left.<\/p>\n The Elks can\u2019t afford to lose anymore if they want to stay in the race. Edmonton still has a game against each of the other three teams in contention, starting with the visiting Blue Bombers on Saturday.<\/p>\n DON\u2019T MISS THE ACTION<\/p>\n With time winding down, there\u2019s no more room for error for any of these teams, especially during WestJet Thanksgiving Weekend. Outside of the Lions, who are on a bye week, the other three teams take the field during Saturday\u2019s doubleheader.<\/p>\n Calgary\u2019s battle with Hamilton is set to kick off at 3:00 p.m. ET and can be watched on TSN, RDS2 and CTV in Canada or CFL+ in the U.S. and internationally. Winnipeg meanwhile travels to Edmonton to face the Elks. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET and can be watched on TSN in Canada or CFL+ internationally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 It\u2019s now a four-team race for three remaining post-season spots. Entering WestJet Thanksgiving Weekend, the BC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-198456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}