The unbeaten RedBlacks head to Toronto to take on the 2-1 Argonauts at BMO Field. The odds maker has the road team favored in this game with Ottawa -1 on the point spread line. The total has opened at 53 points.
Ottawa battled Calgary to a 26-26 tie last week as a slight 1.5 home favorite. It is now 2-1 against the spread with the total going OVER in two of three games behind a league-high 99 points scored. Trevor Harris continues to light things up at quarterback in place of an injured Henry Burris with a league-high 1,083 passing yards and nine scoring strikes. Chris Williams has been his favorite target with 493 receiving yards and six touchdown catches.
The Argonauts have now won their last two games as underdogs with victories against Saskatchewan and British Columbia on the road. They have gotten a solid performance from Ricky Ray at quarterback with 751 yards passing and five touchdown throws and Brandon Whitaker continues to anchor the running game with the third-most rushing yards in the CFL (139).
- The RedBlacks are 7-1 against the spread in their last 8 games.
- Ottawa is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 road games.
- The RedBlacks 2-6 against the spread in their last 8 games on the road in Toronto.
- The game total has gone under in 4 of the Argonauts last 5 home games.
- Toronto is 1-4 against the spread in their last 5 home games.
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