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Calgary Stampeders 35....Winnipeg Blue Bombers 32

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/stamps-send-bombers-packing/article1788423/

Entertaining meaningless game. Both Joey Elliott and Drew Tate played well enough to expect them to be invited to somebody's training camp next year.

Justin Palardy went 6 for 6 in FGs.

The Bombers extended their league record to losing nine games by four points or less. To play nine four-point games will probably not happen again in our lifetimes, and to lose all nine of them is truly a mark for the ages!

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Tomorrow's two games:

BC plays in Hamilton first. If BC loses, they are out of the playoffs.

Then Edmonton plays in Regina. If BC wins, Edmonton must win or they will be out of the playoffs.

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British Columbia Lions 23....Hamilton Tiger-Cats 21

http://scoreboards.c.../final/W901.htm

Good game. The Ticats led the entire game until Paul McCallum kicked the winning FG with 1:40 left in the game.

BC's win meant that the Eskimos needed to win to make the playoffs.

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Saskatchewan Roughriders 31....Edmonton Eskimos 23

http://scoreboards.c.../final/W902.htm

Edmonton was game, but the Riders were the better team. The Riders needed to win this game too, because if they didn't they would have entered the playoffs on a five-game losing streak.

Ricky Ray was back for the Eskimos.

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Toronto Argonauts 30....Montreal Alouettes 4

http://scoreboards.c.../final/W903.htm

Meaningless game played mostly with subs like a pre-season game.

Danny Brannigan became the first Canadian QB to take a snap since Giulio Caravatta in '96.

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Andy Fantuz won the receiving title. He is the first Canadian to do that since Dave Sapunjis.

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Next week's Semi-Finals games will both be played on Sunday: Toronto at Hamilton and BC at Saskatchewan.

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Jesse Lumsden tore his ACL. I've got to think that no one will take a chance on him again.

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=340300

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The finalists for the CFL Awards have been announced.

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=340723

My picks are:

Calvillo

Fantuz

Owens

Knowlton

Elimimian

Archibald

A couple could go either way!

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Matt Flowers East report

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=/cfl/news/AJN4354907.htm

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Gregg Xenakes Semi-Finals picks

http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4354927

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Toronto Argonauts 16....Hamilton Tiger-Cats 13

http://scoreboards.canoe.ca/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=CFL/scores/final/W904.htm

Was this a great defensive struggle? Actually, I think it was two offenses who both had bad games on the same day.

I was kind of rooting for the Ticats, because I think they had a slim chance of beating the Als next week. I don't think that the Argos have any chance at all, barring injury.

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Saskatchewan Roughriders 41....British Columbia Lions 38

http://scoreboards.canoe.ca/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=CFL/scores/final/W905.htm

What a game! The Riders scored 20 points in the second half to take the lead, but the Lions scored a TD on the last play of regulation to tie it at 27.

The Riders won it in double overtime.

I was rooting for the Lions, because they have been on a roll, and I think that they could have upset the Stampeders next week. The Riders have been in a slump, and considering how poorly their offense played in the first half today, I don't think they are going to beat Calgary.

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Eastern Final:

Montreal Alouettes 48....Toronto Argonauts 17

http://scoreboards.canoe.ca/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=CFL/scores/final/W906.htm

The game was played in Olympic Stadium, and 58,000 showed up.

As expected, the Argos were never in it. What was a surprise was the ease with which the Als were able to move the ball against the Argos defense, which was ranked first in the league.

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Western Final:

Saskatchewan Roughriders 20....Calgary Stampeders 16

http://scoreboards.canoe.ca/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=CFL/scores/final/W907.htm

Once again this year, the home team in the Western Final failed to win.

At kickoff, the wind chill was -24C, which I think is -12F. By the fourth quarter the snow was coming down fairly heavily.

As a result of the weather, it was not a error-free game. The Riders just put together more good drives.

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This being Grey Cup week, I'll try to post links to a few articles each day that give the flavor of the festivities.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/rematch-one-year-in-the-making/article1809470/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/are-the-als-just-too-good/article1807875/

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/GreyCup/2010/11/22/16276001.html

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/GreyCup/2010/11/22/16263351.html

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Who carries the Grey Cup here in the States?

The playoffs and Grey Cup will be broadcast on television to U.S. households by the following stations and in the availability as stated below:

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• WVVH Southampton, NY

• KFLA 8.1 Los Angeles, CA

• WZBN Trenton, NJ

• GEUS 34 Greenville, TX

• Altitude Denver (Playoffs), Altitude 2 Denver (Grey Cup)

• Comcast SportsNet Northwest (Playoffs – Nov. 21 only, Grey Cup delayed)

• KWVT Salem, OR

• WREP Martinsville, IN

• KUTA Logan, UT

• WOTH (WBQC5) Cincinnati, OH

• WNEG Toccoa, GA

• Time Warner 13 Buffalo (Alternate – Ch. 87)

• WYLN Hazelton, PA (Playoffs only, Grey Cup not available)

• KJEO 32.2 Fresno, CA

• Time Warner 3 Albany, NY

• LMU-TV/W18AN Harrogate, TN

• WYAT Martinsville, VA

• KDAO Marshalltown, IA

• SWX 6.2 Spokane, WA (Playoffs – Nov. 21 & 28 same day delayed)

• Time Warner Sports 26 Rochester (Alternate – Ch. 98)

• WBCF Florence, AL

• W43BR Baraboo, WI

• KSPK Walsenburg, CO

• WTSN Evansville, IN

• WBEK Augusta, GA

• Image Sports Erie, PA

• KGCS Joplin, MO

• KDMD 33.4 Anchorage, AK

• WKFK Pascagoula, MS

• KHQA 7.2 Hannibal, MO

• KCJY Twin Falls, ID

DELAYED

• Altitude Denver (Grey Cup – Nov. 29)

• Comcast SportsNet Northwest (Grey Cup)

• The Comcast Network - Philadelphia (Select games on delay)

• CSS/Comcast Sports Southeast (Grey Cup only)

• Bright House Sports Network - Tampa Bay (Playoffs – Nov. 21 & Grey Cup delayed)

• The Comcast Network - Mid-Atlantic (Select games on delay)

• Cox Sports New England – Ch. 3 (Grey Cup – Dec. 2)

U.S. STREAMING

Fans in the U.S. can also see the game live via exclusive streaming at ESPN3.com with the participating providers listed at the following link:

http://espn.go.com/espn3/affList

Fans across North America can listen to the game on Sports Express (channel 97) and The Score Satellite Radio (channel 98). [That's Sirius.]

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Here's some more:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/stephen-brunt/green-flood-descends-on-edmonton/article1810874/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/als-pair-ready-to-walk-the-walk/article1810867/

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/News/2010/11/23/16286676.html

(I was seated right in front of the bad '96 call referred to here.)

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/GreyCup/2010/11/23/16282666.html

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Gregg Xenakes Grey Cup pick

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=/cfl/news/AJN4358856.htm

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good Grey Cup previews

http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfl/news/news.aspx?id=4358750

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=342627

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more Grey Cup stories:

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/GreyCup/2010/11/24/16297266.html

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=342569

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Grey Cup matchup

http://scoreboards.canoe.ca/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=canoe&page=CFL/scores/live/match908.htm

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Montreal is a 3.5 point favorite, with the over/under being 52.

http://stats.sports.theglobeandmail.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=globeandmail&page=cfl/odds/odds.aspx?sc=AJ,p=1,date=

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Montreal's roster as of the 19th

http://stats.sports.theglobeandmail.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=globeandmail&page=cfl/teams/ROSTER675.htm

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Saskatchewan's roster as of the 19th

http://stats.sports.theglobeandmail.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=globeandmail&page=cfl/teams/ROSTER677.htm

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