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Week 12 in the Canadian Football League is officially upon us, and there\u2019s no point in wasting any time \u2014 let\u2019s get straight to the picks.<\/p>\n
We have ten contributors making picks straight-up and against the spread, and they\u2019ll do so all season long. Enjoy.<\/p>\n
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These two teams have met twice previously this season, with Montreal winning a close game at home in June and getting a blowout victory on the road in July.<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, I\u2019m clearly not too bright.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Montreal. Against the spread: Montreal.<\/p>\n BALLANTINE: 12.5 seems ridiculously high against a Jake Maier team that loves its garbage time points.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Montreal. Against the spread: Ottawa.<\/p>\n BORDIGNON: The Redblacks have to win eventually and beating the league\u2019s best would be peak CFL.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Ottawa. Against the spread: Ottawa.<\/p>\n FILOSO: The spread is disrespectful, but simultaneously not unwarranted. That said, the Redblacks (normally) keep it close.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Montreal. Against the spread: Ottawa.<\/p>\n GASSON: I\u2019ve taken my swings. Time to get caught looking at this point.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Montreal. Against the spread: Montreal.<\/p>\n HERRERA-VERGARA: There might be some rust in the Alouettes game after a bye week, but it won\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Montreal. Against the spread: Ottawa.<\/p>\n HODGE: This is so many points, but I\u2019m still taking \u2019em.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Montreal. Against the spread: Montreal.<\/p>\n HOSKINS: This might be the first time a double-digit spread is too low.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Montreal. Against the spread: Montreal.<\/p>\n KLEIN: I don\u2019t know how big the spread would have to be for me to take Ottawa, but I do know that it isn\u2019t 12.5.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Montreal. Against the spread: Montreal.<\/p>\n McINNIS: The Alouettes has a history of beating up on Ottawa, and now they\u2019re fresh off a bye week. Montreal in blowout fashion.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Montreal. Against the spread: Montreal.<\/p>\n TOTALS STRAIGHT-UP: Montreal 9, Ottawa 1.<\/p>\n TOTALS AGAINST THE SPREAD: Montreal 6, Ottawa 4.<\/p>\n Friday, August 21: Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Edmonton Elks (-5.5) at 9:30 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n The Blue Bombers are coming off a win, though it came over the lowly Redblacks and included a fair number of mistakes, including a dropped touchdown catch from Ontaria Wilson. Brady Oliveira is still dealing with a nagging ankle injury, though he\u2019s expected to play<\/a>. It appears the Elks won\u2019t have strong-side linebacker Kenneth Logan Jr. back in the lineup as he has yet to practice due to the knee injury that kept him out last week, though the club romped over the Argonauts 42-12 in his absence.<\/p>\n ABBOTT: Hell hath no fury like Mark Kilam with a chip on his shoulder.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Edmonton. Against the spread: Edmonton.<\/p>\n BALLANTINE: Winnipeg\u2019s win total seems very inflated.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Edmonton. Against the spread: Edmonton.<\/p>\n BORDIGNON: The Elks got right against Toronto and they continue to win and cover this week.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Edmonton. Against the spread: Edmonton.<\/p>\n FILOSO: Winnipeg looked underwhelming last week, the Elks did not.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Edmonton. Against the spread: Edmonton.<\/p>\n GASSON: If the Elks are great like Cody says, then they need to win this game.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Edmonton. Against the spread: Edmonton.<\/p>\n HERRERA-VERGARA: The Elks figured it out last week.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Edmonton. Against the spread: Edmonton.<\/p>\n HODGE: Winnipeg can\u2019t hang with the Elks.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Edmonton. Against the spread: Edmonton.<\/p>\n HOSKINS: Winnipeg isn\u2019t the same as past years but Edmonton always seems to let them hang around.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Edmonton. Against the spread: Winnipeg.<\/p>\n KLEIN: Winnipeg hasn\u2019t played well against good teams this year, and we have established that this is a really good Elks team.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Edmonton. Against the spread: Edmonton.<\/p>\n McINNIS: I really thought I\u2019d seen it all when it comes to overvaluing the Elks, but this takes the cake.<\/p>\n Straight-up: Winnipeg. Against the spread: Winnipeg.<\/p>\n TOTALS STRAIGHT-UP: Edmonton 9, Winnipeg 1.<\/p>\n TOTALS AGAINST THE SPREAD: Edmonton 8, Winnipeg 2.<\/p>\n Saturday, August 22: Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Toronto Argonauts (-4.5) at 7:00 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n
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