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CFL Football Playoff Preview The regular season is over and the battle for the Grey Cup begins up north. The CFL East and West semi-finals are set for Sunday with Saskatchewan visiting Montreal, and Edmonton heading to Calgary for the second week in a row. The winners get Toronto and B.C., who both secured a bye this week by finishing first in their respective divisions. Here's a closer look at both games: Sunday, November 13Saskatchewan at Montreal, 3:00 pm ESTThe Saskatchewan Roughriders will hope for a better result than their regular-season tilts with the Montreal Alouettes, when they head to Montreal for the Eastern semi-final on Sunday. The Als dropped the Riders twice during the regular season. Montreal won 38-34 as a 1-point road favorite back in October, and routed the Riders at home 42-23 as a 4.5-point favorite in August. The oddmakers are expecting the Alouettes to make it three-for-three after setting them as a 4.5-point favorite. Saskatchewan heads into the playoff after a 13-12 victory over the B.C. Lions. Nealon Greene got the start at quarterback for Saskatchewan in that game and completed 24-of-35 passes for 209 yards and a touchdown. Green filled in for regular starter Marcus Crandell who was nursing a number of injuries including a jammed finger on his throwing hand. Roughriders coach Danny Barrett did not name his starting quarterback earlier in the week, giving Crandell more healing time before deciding and also to keep the Als coaching staff guessing. Montreal may have lost their final game of the season 15-9 to the lowly Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but it shouldn't mean anything come Sunday. Most of the Als regular offensive starters saw limited action, while starting quarterback Anthony Calvillo never saw the field at all. Backup QB Ted White proved to be a poor substitute as he completed only 14-of-26 passes for 163 yards with three interceptions. The Als' offense should look a lot different and play a lot better, with Calvillo, running back Robert Edwards and slotback Ben Cahoon playing their regular number of downs. Edmonton at Calgary, 6:00 pm ESTOnly a week after losing to the Calgary Stampeders and effectively losing their shot at first place in the West, the Edmonton Eskimos have to head back into the lion's den and face Calgary in a rematch in the Western semi-final. The Stampeders rolled over the Eskimos 43-23 last week as a 2.5-point home favorite. That was the second time that Calgary has defeated Edmonton this season, after dropping Edmonton 16-11 as a 7-point road dog back in September. The Eskimos were able to pull out a tight 25-23 win over the Stamps as a 3-point road favorite only a week earlier. The oddsmakers are expecting the Stampeders to continue their mastery of Edmonton after opening Calgary as a 5.5-point favorite. The Stampeders head into the playoffs red-hot after winning their last four regular-season games. The Calgary offense really started clicking during that streak, averaging 32 points per game. Calgary quarterback Henry Burris has re-energized the offense since returning from a hand injury. Burris has thrown nine touchdowns and zero interceptions in four games since making his return. Even if Burris does struggle on Sunday, the Stamps still have reliable running back Joffrey Reynolds to fall back on. Reynolds was second in the league during the regular season with 1437 rushing yards and eight touchdowns on the ground. Things had been looking up for Edmonton before their loss last week. The Eskimos had reeled off three straight wins and had a shot at first place in the West before choking versus Calgary. Edmonton quarterback Ricky Ray set a new CFL record by completing 479 passes during the regular season, but he hasn't found the end zone with one of them in quite a while. The Eskimos' QB hasn't thrown a touchdown pass in five games, but he has thrown six picks during that span. If Ray can't remember where the end zone is this week, the Eskimos' offense will have trouble keeping up with Burris and the Stamps.
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