Surprisingly, A-Rad and I picked the same teams last week, so we both ended up going 3-1.  Will we continue to win, or will we do our best Blue Bombers impression?

Rusty's Picks:

Calgary at Edmonton

After scoring a 74 yard touchdown last week, teammates of the Stamps' Wes Cates piled on to the running back in the endzone. Cates got winded in the celebration, and had to be helped off the field by the Stamps trainers. 

Despite the fact that he got injured, I still think that this celebration was better than the Stamps' original plan of recreating the pool scene from Fast Times at Ridgemont High, with Wes playing the Phoebe Cates role and Coby Rhineheart playing Judge Reinhold.

Pick: Calgary

Hamilton at Toronto

If the Ticats season was an early '90s sports movie, this would be around the time when they would sign a chimpanzee to play receiver.  The chimp would quickly establish himself as a star on the team, while teaching Tim Cheatwood how to have fun again, and lead the team on a miraculous drive to the playoffs.  No... wait.... Hamilton fans, wait... I wasn't making a serious suggestion....

Pick: Toronto

Saskatchewan at Winnipeg

Citing credible sources, and due to various media reports crediting Eric Tillman with the "turnaround" of the Riders, the Government of Canada has officially raised the Roy Shivers "Incident" Alert to red.  Citizens should take additional precautions at public events, and be aware of flying toothpicks.

Pick: Winnipeg

A-Rad's picks: 

Calgary at Edmonton 

You know things have gotten bad for in Edmonton when the Eskimos are forced to fall back on the same last-gasp faint hope as the Ticats.

Then again, things seem to be weirder in Calgary, where Stamps players have been giving interviews explaining that Hank Burris' evil brother, "Frank," comes out on game day. And I have to admit: his ability to turn into this guy is indeed pretty frightening. Do not mess with Hank Burris, unless you want one pissed-off "watershed management educator" on your hands.

Pick: Calgary 

Hamilton at Toronto

Given how excited David Azzi was with a few fans chanting his name behind the Argos' bench at Ivor Wynne (yes, this included us), I strongly recommend that anyone sitting in proximity of the bench at the Argodome come equipped. If David sees "Azzi Rules Football" on a homemade sign, he might literally burst with excitement. 

Pick: Toronto 

Saskatchewan at Winnipeg 

I know this is supposed to be the Bombers' (sorry, I refuse to call them the "Blue") revenge game. But at this point, I'm not even sure they could beat the Roosevelt Roughriders, let alone Saskatchewan. When confronted with a bunch of teenaged girls screaming ”Sink your teeth in their necks! Draw blood!”, I'm pretty sure all of the Bombers would go running in terror (with the possible exception of Troy Westwood, who'd probably respond with some war cry of his own).

Pick: Saskatchewan 

Bonus Pick:

All of the Argos have somehow been injured in practice, leaving Pinball to play the Ticats by himself. To ensure that's actually a challenge, Pinball is forced to mimic fans in Hamilton by playing the entire game with a paper bag on his head.*

Rusty's pick:  Pinball 124, Ticats 14  (Pinball gets so worked up during his emotional pre-game speech that he starts to hyperventilate in the paper bag and passes out. The Ticats can only muster 14 points during the 20 minutes that Pinball is unconscious.)

A-Rad's pick: Pinball 212, Ticats 0 (Taking the role-playing a little far, Pinball begins biting the ears of Ticats who get in his way. This is particularly bad news for Jason Maas.)

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