CFL Update For the Weekend of July 23 -24, 2023

  

Okay, so it has been a long time since I gave any real sports updates, which includes the CFL. Guess I've been slacking as of late.

So it seemed like this was a good  opportunity to catch up a little bit. The CFL is now approaching the midseason point, with some teams having played seven games. Each team ill is scheduled to play an 18-game regular season. 

This weekend started with a Thursday game, when the hosting Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the best team in recent years in the CFL, held off the Edmonton Elks, 28-14. Winnipeg improved to 5-2 on the season, and are in second place, one game behind the Lions, while the Elks dropped to 0-7 on the year, and remain the CFL's only remaining winless team. 

On Friday, Montreal Alouettes heading into Hamilton and knocking off the Tiger-Cats, 31-15. The Alouettes improved to 2-3 with the win, while Hamilton dropped to 2-4 on the season with this loss.

On Saturday, the Lions defeated the visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders, 19-9. British Columbia remained hot on the year with this win, remaining in first place in the West Division by improving to 5-1 on the year. The Roughriders, meanwhile, dropped to 3-3 on the season, and are in third place in the West Division. 

Finally yesterday, Ottawa squeaked out a narrow win in an offensive shootout in Calgary, ultimately outlasting the Stampeders, 43 -41. With the win, the Redblacks improved to 3-3, while Calgary fell to 2-4 on the year with this loss.

Not in action were the Toronto Argonauts, the league's last remaining undefeated team at 5-0, who remain comfortably in first place in the East Division.