Talk about a football frenzy.
While the NCAAF season nears the conference championships and bowl season, and the NFL is in the midst of Week 12, there’s also the Canadian Football League title game, the 2009 Grey Cup, which kicks off on Sunday.
The 98th installment of the Grey Cup pits the Saskatchewan Roughriders against the Montreal Alouettes at McMahon Stadium in Calgary (6:30 pm ET, ESPN360.com, Comcast).
Montreal is a 9.5-point favorite and the total is set at 55.5 in Grey Cup betting odds at betED.com.
betED.com also has first-half odds, with Montreal at -5.5 and the total at 28.
Montreal had the best record in the CFL this season at 15-3 SU and 11-7 ATS, including a perfect 9-0 SU at home. Saskatchewan was 10-7-1 both straight up and against the spread.
The Alouettes are 6-4 SU and 5-4-1 ATS in the past 10 meetings with the Roughriders. Montreal won 34-25 the last time the teams met on Aug. 21 this season, failing to cover as 11.5-point home favorites.
That game marked the fourth time in the past six meetings that the Alouettes have failed to cover the spread.
In the West Final last Sunday, the Roughriders defeated the defending Grey Cup champion Calgary Stampeders 27-17 as a 2.5-point favorite. The score fell under the 45.5-point total.
Roughriders pivot Darian Durant passed for 204 yards and three touchdowns while receiver Andy Fantuz caught five passes for 89 yards and one TD.
The Alouettes had no trouble disposing of the B.C. Lions in the East Final, cruising to a 56-18 win as a 10.5-point favorite last Sunday. Montreal managed to push the score over the 53.5-point total by itself.
Anthony Calvillo passed for 312 yards with five touchdowns and an interception for Montreal, and Jamel Richardson caught five passes for 65 yards with two touchdowns in that win.
Title: Montreal a big chalk in CFL’s Grey Cup
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Added on: November 29th, 2009
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