Robbie wrote:With the demolition in Edmonton and lost both regular season games against them, would it be better for the Lions to finish in 3rd and revisit the Graveyard known as Commonwealth Stadium, or finish 4th and qualify as the crossover team? If the Lions finish 3rd and win in Edmonton they must then visit Calgary and I'm not so optimistic that there will be a repetition of the 1994 and 2000 playoff upset wins in Alberta this season. And while the playoff standings are being sorted out right now in the east, two of the three possible qualifying teams in the east will be playing in indoor stadiums and it would be the Lions home away from home. Or at least the Lions have beaten the Tiger-Cats, Alouettes, and Argonauts in one of the two meetings.
Problems is now that the Lions play first, and then the Roughriders. In all likelihood, the Stampeders will not be using many of their starters and it's quite possible for the Lions to pull off an upset win just like the Blue Bombers did yesterday. I guess there's no such thing as forfeiting a game to purposely lose for the sake of better playoff position.
I doubt CGY will make the same mistake of risking injury to starters they did in the same scenario last season. (It was interesting, though, that Mitchell played the whole game in the snow against WPG on Saturday--that was a risky scenario for no real advantage, watching everyone slipping and sliding.)
Chris Jones, on the other hand, has a reputation for not taking his foot off the gas, but he should IMO. Reilly is critical to EDM success, and they are one risky running play by him away from the whole thing falling apart.
At any rate, the East Crossover does offer a chance for BC to win one more playoff game than they will in the West.
As to the seedings over there, TOR winning over OTT means that MTL beating HAM gives them first place, resulting in MTL 1st, TOR 2nd.
TOR loss and MTL win, results in MTL 1st, HAM 2nd.
If HAM beats MTL by more than 7 points, they will be in 1st place, and MTL 2nd, no matter if TOR wins or loses.
HAM win by less than 7pts means MTL 1st, HAM 2nd. If HAM win by exactly 7points, then the next tiebreakers are
"has scored the higher net quotient of points (i.e. points scored for divided by points scored against) in all games played against all of the other tied Club(s), then,
has the higher winning percentage in all games played against all member Clubs of the Division, then,
has scored the higher net aggregate of points in games played against all member Clubs of the Division, then,
has scored the higher quotient of points in games played against all member Clubs of the Division, then,
has scored the higher net aggregate of points in games played against all member Clubs of the League, then,
has scored the higher net quotient of points in games played against all member Clubs of the League, then,
has won a coin toss against the other tied Club."
http://www.cfl.ca/page/game_rule_tiebreak