The Toronto Argonauts host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Friday night at BMO Field in Week 8 CFL action. The betting board has the Argos as a -4 favorite on the point spread line with the total line at 49.5 points.
You cannot go to sleep on the Blue Bombers based on a shaky 1-4 (SU and ATS) start. Following a 30-23 upset over Edmonton in Week 6 as nine-point road underdogs, they returned home last week to beat up on Hamilton 37-11 as 4.5-point underdogs last Wednesday night. The decision to go with Matt Nichols as its starting quarterback in those two contests may have resurrected Winnipeg’s season.
Toronto is coming off a bye week after it squeezed past Ottawa 23-20 in Week 6 as a heavy 10-point road underdog. The reason for such a high spread was Logan Kilgore taking over the reins at quarterback for an injured Ricky Ray. He ended that game with 322 yards passing and one score, but he also completed fewer than 60 percent of his 42 attempts while getting picked off twice.
- The Blue Bombers are 4-2 against the spread in their last 6 road games.
- Winnipeg is 2-4 against the spread in their last 6 games on the road in Toronto.
- The game total has gone over in 5 of the Blue Bombers last 7 games in Toronto.
- Toronto is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games.
- The Argonauts are 5-1 straight up in their last 6 games at home against Winnipeg.
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