Against the spread (ATS), I was happy to pick correctly SK -3.5 over montreal in the 112th Grey Cup.
I was 2-3 in the playoffs: 1-1 road underdogs in the 1st round and 0-1 home underdog and 0-1 home overdog in the conference championships. Including regular season and playoff matches, I finished 47-37 in 2025 = 9-9 home underdogs + 21-14 road underdogs + 10-8 home overdogs + 7-6 road overdogs.
I picked SASquatchEWAN because Godiva toy boy Archibald points out that western teams are now 290-194-4 or 59.8% straight-up against eastern teams from 2012 through 2025 including Grey Cups and other playoff games. The west was 27-15 straight-up this year and 26-16 ATS including Winterpeg's loss to MONTREAL in the eastern semi-final and the Grey Cup. SASquatchEWAN was 8-1 v. the east.
After 2024, I was starting to accept that the years of western dominance are over. In 2024, east bested west 23-16-2 after winning in 2023 as well. The east won 3 straight Grey Cups from 2022 through 2024. But, the west has now won 12 of the past 19 Grey Cups. I am proud, albeit insignificantly statistically proud, to be 11-5 ATS picking the past 16 Grey Cups, although I admit to losing the past 3 before this year.
I am 51% over 15 years picking Canadian Football League (CFL) winners ATS from 2009 on. (I do not do well enough to make a profit betting CFL games with real money, but every now and then my picks should be good enough to win a small, just-for-fun CFL season-long pool. I trail behind a simple all-underdogs strategy at 52% from 2009-2025. 2023 was the first year since 2014 for CFL underdogs to record a losing year ATS. 2023 was my worst year ever by far and my 2nd consecutive losing year.
