CFL 2012 Regular Season: Week 10

The Labour Day weekend is always the key measuring stick for CFL teams, the mark where teams have a feel for where they are heading into the home stretch of the year and the stacking for playoff berths gets under way.

Beyond the traditional rivalries that always make for entertaining football, the Labour Day weekend dictates that the time to knuckle down and get in gear is at hand.

To that, the BC Lions make the trip to Montreal, anxious to continue on with their winning ways, more than aware that the sleeping giant of the CFL may be starting to rise from what has been a rather slumber filled regular season thus far.  The Als finally seem to be firing on both offence and defence, making for an interesting challenge for the defending Grey Cup champs.

The games steeped in rivalry take over the schedule for the rest of the weekend, with the Bombers and Riders renewing their ages old reunion at Mosaic Field. Two struggling teams that need a win very badly, the Bombers with a new coach in charge and to impress, the Riders more than aware that the locals are getting a little anxious at their inability to close the deal in the fourth quarter.

The Argos make the trek down the QEW into Hamilton for the annual Labour day war, the last one of its kind in the old yard at Ivor Wynne, the Cats have been struggling to find the win column over the last few weeks, so will be in even more of a snarly mood than usual, making no doubt for a hard hitting nasty affair in Hamilton.

And the weekend and summer wraps up in Calgary, where the Stamps take on their provincial rivals the Eskimos, the best of Shelbyville vs Springfield, two towns and two teams that don't particularly like each other, with the Eskimos a surprising contender this season, while the Stamps have been struggling to find their pace so far this year. Making the Labour Day Classic a point where perhaps one of the two takes control of their destiny for 2012.

Previews and reviews of week ten can be found below

Friday, August 31-- British Columbia 25 at Montreal 30  (22,239)
Sunday, September 2-- Winnipeg 0 at Saskatchewan 52  (33,427)
Monday, September 3-- Toronto 33 at Hamilton 30  (31,032)
Monday, September 3-- Edmonton 30 at Calgary 31  (32,102)

Twelve men Prognostications: Predicted Winners

British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Hamilton
Edmonton

Weekly Record

1 - 3

Overall Record

19 correct, 21 wrong