A couple of random notes before we get in to the predictions...  No one - and I mean no one - is cheering for Montreal.  We've run in to as many Ottawa fans as Montreal fans so far, and none of the fans from the other teams are pulling for the Als. There might be quite a bit of bruit when Montreal has the ball tonight (and for a change it won't be confused Montreal fans yelling). 

Also, it should be noted that while we're cheering for the Lions, their cheerleaders have put in a bit of a poor effort so far. We've seen the Felions 3 times this weekend, and they always leave the stage after 90 seconds of dancing.  Hopefully they're saving their energy for the game. On to the picks...

Rusty's Pick:

Montreal at BC

The lack of Montreal fans at tonight's game?  Don Matthews' fault.  Montreal being 7 point underdogs... Don Matthews fault.  The lack of beer on the Westjet flight over here... Don Matthews' fault.  The fact that I'm somewhat hungover and want to crawl back in to bed... Don Matthews' fault.

Pick: BC

A-Rad's pick

Montreal at BC

Like everyone else, I'm pretty excited about tonight's Nelly Furtado appearance; every cheerleading team is apparently required to include Maneater in their routines, and there's always something amusing about normally scantily clad starlets doing Grey Cup halftime shows in parkas. But there's just one problem: Assuming Timbaland didn't make the trip to central Canad, and that seems a fair assumption, who's going to duet with her on Promiscuous?

When you think about it, there's a pretty obvious answer. He's one of Canada's top music talents, has a strong CFL connection, and probably doesn't have any other plans. If memory serves, he even flirted with the idea of coming to Winnipeg earlier in the year. Yep, someone needs to get Shake Severs out here, pronto.

Pick: BC

Bonus pick:

To cap off the season, having persevered through a series of entirely plausible scenarios, Pinball is invited to play every team in the league (except the Argos, obviously) at the same time. To make matters even tougher, Wally Buono has injected Pinball with a flu virus, Don Matthews has shrunk him to three feet tall, Kent Austin has been installed as his offensive coordinator, Frank D'Angelo's cover of Here for a Good Time is piped into his helmet throughout the game, all the wind from Portage and Main is being blown directly at him, Jason Maas turns up to "help" him as his quarterback, he's forced to eat an entire turkey before the game, Montreal cops won't stop chasing him, and he's forced to play the game wearing the Gainer the Gopher costume. How does Pinball do?*

Rusty's Pick: Pinball 298, CFL 0. (Honestly, it would have been more of a blow out if D'Angelo wasn't involved.  That man ruins everything.)

A-Rad's pick: Pinball 246, CFL 17. (Good thing we've spent much of this weekend encouraging random people to visit this site. Because this post clearly won't confuse them a bit.)

* = Everything we need to know about football analysis, we learned from early '90s SNL sketches..