Hamilton @ OTTAWA
Hamilton -6½ +100 over OTTAWA

BEST LINE: Pinnacle +-6½ +100  

Posted at 12:50 PM EST

 

Indeed Henry Burris would love nothing more than to stick it to his old team and coach and make life very difficult for the Tiger-Cats. By defeating Hamilton, Ottawa would likely eliminate Hamilton from playoff contention but we don’t see that happening. You see, Ottawa was eliminated from the playoffs two weeks ago. Last week, in what the Redblacks owner called the most important game of the season after the tragic events in Ottawa just two days prior, the Redblacks played to an extremely emotional crowd and played their hearts out in a 23-17 setback. We can’t envision them bringing that same emotion or intensity to this game. Instead, we see a big emotional letdown for the Redblacks. Henry Burris is 40-years old and it’s been a long season. He has an efficiency rating of only 80.3, throwing for just 10 TDs against 11 picks. He has managed to complete 61.3 percent of his attempts but many of those completions came at garbage time when opposing teams’ defense let up. This is a bad football team coming off a very emotional game.

The Ti-Cats have one road win (at Winnipeg) all year How can that be? They have played some of their best football on the road but they have very little to show for it. When they lost to Montreal, they outgained the Als by 167 yards. Hamilton lost close games in Calgary, Edmonton and B.C, losing all three by a combined 14 points. Hamilton needs this game badly to secure a playoff spot. They have a QB in Zach Collaros that has thrown for more than 300 yards in six games this season and that went off for 335 yards on 24-36 last week in Toronto. Hamilton’s passing attack ranks second in the league with 4,442 yards, completing 64.7 percent of pass attempts. Hamilton has shot themselves in the foot repeatedly this season but they remain one of the most talented teams in the league on both sides of the ball. There’s no tomorrow for this underachieving squad and if they show up and play hard and focused football for 60 minutes, they should absolutely bury this vulnerable opponent. Man, we hate to lay road points but this one is well set up for the vastly superior Tabbies and so we’ll step in.  

 



Our Pick

Hamilton -6½ +100 (Risking 2 units - To Win: 2.00)