Update: Fear not, Pinball-watchers...the weekly bonus pick is now available.

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Dang, I hit the Marty York line last week. Seems I should just stick to picking the opposite of A-Rad, who is currently still in Europe.  Will he update this post with some picks?  Guess we'll wait and see.

Rusty's Picks:

Calgary at Montreal

So it seems we have our first celebration controversy of the year, and to nobody's surprise it involves the Stampeders. Now, we are on the record as supporting celebrations given that football is intended to be a form of entertainment and think this particular celebration will help the league as it made a week 6 game a bit more memorable and will surely add fuel to the fire at the Labour Day game.  That being said, I'll admit to the fact that I haven't actually seen the celebration, so if Deangelis' sliding knocked over a bunch of orphans then we totally take back our approval. 

Pick: Calgary

Saskatchewan at Toronto:

Kent Austin's certainly working out better than I thought he would.  I guess there's something about guys in watermelon helmets that inspires him.  Wish I'd known that last year - there have to be a couple of Argo fans that'd be willing to wear the world's largest blueberry on their head. 

Pick: Toronto

Winnipeg at BC:

So it appears the Jarious Jackson era has probably come to an end in BC.  After last week's loss Wally Buono was quoted as saying "What I expected [from Jackson] was somebody who I thought was a little bit better. Now we have a quarterback that's maybe just a bit fragile." 

He's a shrewd GM, that Wally. Jackson's trade value is sure to soar through the roof. We'll give you Rocky Butler and a picture of Doug Flutie for him.

Pick: BC

Hamilton at Edmonton

So after a practice that was punctuated by the Esks' Robert Brown having a "mini-meltdown" and screaming "we've been doing this since Day 1" over and over again, who steps up to be the voice of reason? Of course! A.J. Gass!

"We're in a hole, but we're not in a hole that we can't get out of," Gass told the Edmonton Journal. Well that certainly explains why Gass ripped the helmet off of Dan Comisky last week and flung it across the field: He was merely trying to remove any items that could potentially be used to dig a bigger hole.

Pick: Edmonton (apparently I lost the lesson)

Bonus Pick:

All of the Argos have been injured in practice, leaving Pinball to play the 'Riders by himself. Knowing that he will invariably suffer some unique and painful injury if he steps in even for a moment as the Argos' quarterback, Pinball knows that his only option is to avoid any plays whatsoever on offence. How does Pinball do?*

Boatmenblog pick: Pinball 117, Als 0. (An embarrassingly close result, by Pinball's standards. But we'll forgive him, given that whole no-offence thing. Luckily, he's able to return six punts and seven interceptions for touchdowns and boots eight field goals after turnovers on which the 'Riders somehow bring him down. To cap things off, he picks up Kerry Joseph on the game's final play and carries him 36 yards for a safety.)

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