Monday, June 11, 2018

CFL Picks ATS: 2018 Recap

In my Canadian toy boy and fiance-in-perpetuity Archibald's non-profit Canadian Football League (CFL) pool against the spread (ATS), I correctly picked Calgary -6.5 over Ottawa in the 2018 Grey Cup. I am 8-2 ATS picking the previous 10 Grey Cups. 
For the 2018 season, I finished 46-39-1 or 54% ATS: 11-9-1 with home overdogs, 10-5 home underdogs, 8-7 road overdogs and 17-18 road underdogs. 
I am 52.38% over 10 years picking CFL winners ATS starting in 2009 through 2018. I have had only 3 losing CFL year ATS out of 10. However, I am behind a simple all-underdogs strategy at 53.1% over 2009-2018. 
Arch points out that western teams were 177-99-2 straight-up against eastern teams from 2012 through 2018 and 148-126-4 ATS including Grey Cups and other playoff matches. The west has won 4 of the last 6 Grey Cups and 9 of the past 14. In 2018, the west was 29-13 against the east straight-up and 23-18-1 ATS.