Canadian Bacon: This weekend’s CFL preview Three regional rivalries are set for Sunday and Monday in the CFL. Here’s a few tidbits on the three matchups: Sunday Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Saskatchewan Roughriders (-6.5, 49) Winnipeg’s 20-17 loss to the Lions last week cost head coach Paul LaPolice his job. Now the Bombers (2-6) have to find a way to

From bottom of the league to Grey Cup champions on your home turf? Hollywood couldn’t have scripted the B.C. Lions 2011 season any better. Lions quarterback Travis Lulay threw two second-half touchdown passes to beat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34-23, garnering the game MVP with his performance. Lulay and the Lions gained the victory before a boisterous crowd of 54,313 (drunken) fans,

The B.C. Lions are listed as 7-point favorites on the CFL betting lines at the Bodog Sportsbook for Sunday’s Grey Cup, but the wagering opportunities for the league’s championship contest don’t end there. Just like with the Super Bowl, the Grey Cup betting board is chock full of proposition wagers, including some that will put money into your pocket almost immediately. The Lions are

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers arrived in B.C. in preparation for the 99th Grey Cup game this Sunday. The hosting Lions have been there for several weeks already and are prepared to battle in front of a sold out home crowd. Get all your CFL odds at Bodog’s online sportsbook. Former Lions quarterback Buck Pierce will return to helm the Bombers in the

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are headed back to the Grey Cup for the prize that has eluded them since 1990. Despite -12 degree weather the Blue Bombers stayed warm enough to complete its Cinderella story. Just a season ago the Bombers had a 4-14 record, Sunday the defense shut down the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to win 19-3. Winnipeg was listed as

The Edmonton Eskimos will be looking to turn around a three-game losing streak against the B.C. Lions on Sunday afternoon as the two teams meet in Vancouver on the CFL betting board in the West Division Final. Get all your CFL odds at Bodog. The Eskimos advanced to this game by knocking off the Calgary Stampeders by a 33-19 score

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats weren’t expected to put up much of a fight against the Montreal Alouettes in the first round of the CFL playoffs last weekend, but they ended up winning a wild game in overtime. Now the Tiger-Cats will be looking to pull off another upset on the CFL betting lines when they play in Winnipeg against the Blue

After knocking off rival Calgary last weekend, the Edmonton Eskimos have advanced to the West Final game against the BC Lions. However, they’ll have to play that game without star running back Jerome Messam, who will miss the rest of the season with a torn meniscus in his left knee. Get all your CFL odds at Bodog’s online sportsbook. The

The Montreal Alouettes generally don’t play on the first weekend of the Canadian Football League’s playoff schedule – usually they’ve won the East and have a bye all the way to the division finals. This year is different though, as the Alouettes (10-8 SU, 6-12 ATS) lost the East title to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers thanks to a three-game losing

After muddling through the final weeks of the CFL season, we finally know the divisional semifinal matchups. The East game features the Hamilton Tiger-Cats visiting the Montreal Alouettes. Get all your CFL odds at Bodog’s online sportsbook. Hamilton comes limping into the playoffs, having lost their last two games to Toronto and Saskatchewan – the two non-playoff teams this season.