What a disasterous start to the Canadian Football season!
First of all, huge favorite Montreal loses a close game to Ottawa after losing both quarterbacks, leaving the game to a raw rookie who hadn't ever played with the offense in a game (he ran the scout team offense).
Next, the Edmonton Eskimos lost 26-11 to Toronto today in another upset when starting QB Mike Reilly left for the day, carted off the field with a leg injury.
And now, the Saskatchewan RoughRiders are trying to hang on as we speak against the lowly Winnipeg Blue Bombers after their star quarterback Darian Durant left at the end of the first half with an ankle injury he couldn't put an ounce of weight on. Fortunately for them, second stringer Kevin Glenn is a former starter himself, and that depth may allow them to end the weekend as the top Western Division team, the big survivor of Death To Quarterbacks weekend! (Tied at 23 at the moment, though...)
And if they're long term injuries - and early reports are that at least one of Montreal's is season-ending - then Calgary's Bo Levi Mitchell is the MVP in waiting as the only surviving star QB!
By the way, before the weekend, here were the Grey Cup championship odds...
Calgary - 13 to 4 (3.25 - 1)
Saskatchewan - 5 to 1 (5 - 1)
Edmonton - 11 to 2 (5.5 - 1)
British Columbia - 6 to 1 (6 - 1)
Hamilton - 13 to 1 (6.5 - 1)
Montreal/Toronto - 8 to 1 each (8 - 1)
Winnipeg - 17 to 2 (8.5 - 1)
Ottawa - 20 to 1 (20 - 1)
It'll be interesting to see how they change next weekend!
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