A banged-up Ticats team looks to snap a home skid against a Calgary offense that’s lit up the scoreboard all season.<\/p>\n
Game Details<\/p>\n
Odds<\/p>\n
Spread: Calgary Stampeders -5
\nMoneyline: Hamilton Tiger-Cats +210, Calgary Stampeders -258
\nOver\/Under: 60<\/p>\n
Hamilton is 3-4 against the spread with a 3-4 over\/under split this year, while Calgary sits 3-3-1 ATS but has hit the over in every single game \u2014 seven overs, zero unders. That trend alone tells you what kind of shootout Vegas expects at Tim Hortons Field.<\/p>\n
Overview<\/p>\n
Both of these clubs sit at 3-4, but they got there in very different ways. The Tiger-Cats<\/a> are stuck in a funk that started the moment Bo Levi Mitchell went down with a major ankle injury \u2014 since then it’s been Tre Ford trying to hold together an offense that’s scored the fewest points in the East outside of winless Ottawa. Hamilton followed up a gutsy 24-23 win over Toronto with a rough 18-31 loss to Montreal, where Travis Theis ran wild for 156 yards and the Als closed it out with 14 unanswered in the fourth. That loss dropped Hamilton to 3-4 and left the sting of a team that, as head coach Scott Milanovich and others admitted after the Week 6 collapse against Winnipeg, keeps beating itself with penalties and mistakes in winnable games.<\/p>\n Calgary, meanwhile, is riding actual momentum. The Stampeders<\/a> snapped a two-game skid in emphatic fashion, torching Winnipeg 52-30 behind 319 yards and three touchdowns from Vernon Adams Jr., plus a historic night from returner Tyreik McAllister. Calgary’s offense ranks first in the league in scoring at 39.7 points per game \u2014 this isn’t a team that struggles to move the ball, it’s a team whose defense has occasionally let them down, ranking 9th in points allowed. That combination of elite offense and leaky defense is exactly why this over\/under sits at 60.<\/p>\n The head-to-head history favors Calgary hard \u2014 the Stampeders have won 70 of 105 all-time meetings and took both matchups a year ago, 37-20 and 38-26. Hamilton hasn’t beaten Calgary since well before this current core took shape, and with Bo Levi Mitchell sidelined, the Ticats are working with a rushing attack (Larry Rountree III, Tre Ford) that will need to control the clock and keep Adams Jr. off the field. The edge here goes to Calgary, whose offensive firepower and recent form make them the more dangerous team even on the road.<\/p>\n Key Players<\/p>\n Vernon Adams Jr.<\/a> (Calgary Stampeders, QB) \u2014 Torched Winnipeg for 319 yards and three scores last week and leads a Calgary offense averaging a league-best 39.7 points per game. Keys to the Game<\/p>\n Hamilton has to protect the football and stay out of the penalty box \u2014 the same issues that sank them against Winnipeg and Montreal will get exposed against Calgary’s high-powered attack. Injury Report<\/p>\n PlayerTeamStatus<\/p>\n Shemar Bridges (WR)Hamilton Tiger-CatsQuestionable \u2014 Hip Depth Chart<\/p>\n Hamilton Tiger-Cats<\/a> projected starters by position, built from the team’s official Week 9 depth chart. Note this is a projected look and may shift with late-week roster moves.<\/p>\n PositionHamilton Tiger-Cats<\/p>\n QBTre Ford<\/a>, Harrison Frost, Jake Dolegala Score Prediction<\/p>\n Hamilton Tiger-Cats 28 – Calgary Stampeders 33. Calgary’s offense has been too explosive to bet against, and with Hamilton still adjusting on the fly without Bo Levi Mitchell, the Ticats can hang around and even find the end zone plenty \u2014 but the Stampeders’ firepower and recent form carry them to the road cover.<\/p>\n CFL Standings<\/a> | Full Schedule<\/a> | League Leaders<\/a><\/p>\n Who takes this one? Drop your prediction in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A banged-up Ticats team looks to snap a home skid against a Calgary offense that’s lit up the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-840829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840829","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=840829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTre Ford<\/a> (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, QB) \u2014 Still finding his footing running Hamilton’s offense in place of Bo Levi Mitchell, and needs a cleaner fourth quarter after last week’s late-game unraveling in Montreal.
\nLarry Rountree III<\/a> (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, RB) \u2014 Hamilton’s workhorse with 93 carries for 386 yards; the Ticats need him to eat clock against a defense that’s given up plenty of points.
\nDedrick Mills<\/a> (Calgary Stampeders, RB) \u2014 Sits third in the league with 584 yards on the ground and gives Calgary a physical complement to Adams Jr.’s arm.
\nJulian Howsare<\/a> (Hamilton Tiger-Cats, DL) \u2014 The veteran pass rusher anchors Hamilton’s front and will need to get home against a Calgary line that’s allowed its share of pressure.<\/p>\n
\nThe Ticats need a fast start; Calgary’s offense is too dangerous to let hang around into the fourth quarter with the game still within reach.
\nWinning time of possession with Rountree and the run game is Hamilton’s best shot at keeping Adams Jr. off the field and shortening the game.<\/p>\n
\nLoik Gagne (LB)Hamilton Tiger-CatsQuestionable \u2014 Knee
\nBraxton Hill (LB)Hamilton Tiger-CatsQuestionable \u2014 Ankle
\nTyler Ternowski (WR)Hamilton Tiger-CatsOut \u2014 Shoulder
\nQuavian White (DB)Hamilton Tiger-CatsOut \u2014 Hamstring<\/p>\n
\nRBLarry Rountree III<\/a>
\nFB\/TEAnte Milanovic-Litre, Max Mang, Daniel Bell
\nWR (Boundary)Kenny Lawler<\/a>
\nWR (Field)Keric Wheatfall<\/a>, Tyson Middlemost
\nSBKiondr\u00e9 Smith<\/a>, Isaiah Wooden Sr, Kurleigh Gittens Jr<\/a>, Myron Mitchell
\nLTTrevor Reid
\nLGBrandon Revenberg, Jonathan Denis
\nCLiam Dobson, Chris Kolankowski
\nRGNathaniel Dumoulin-Duguay
\nRTBrayden Swartout
\nDEJulian Howsare<\/a>, Philip Ossai<\/a>, Owen Hubert, Isaiah Bagnah
\nDTMiles Fox, De’Jon Benton, Mario Kendricks Jr
\nLB (W\/M)Jordan Crook, Braxton Hill, Wynton McManis
\nSReggie Stubblefield<\/a>
\nFSJake Nitychoruk, Robert Panabaker, Stavros Katsantonis<\/a>
\nCBJamal Peters<\/a>, Zamari Walton
\nHBDestin Talbert, Devodric Bynum
\nKMarc Liegghio<\/a>
\nPMitch McCarthy
\nKR\/PRIsaiah Wooden Sr<\/p>\n