Bombers Receive No Love From Oddsmakers

[voodoochylde]

Original Story Here

 

The oddsmakers have rendered their verdict and they don't think much of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' chances to win this year's Grey Cup.

 

The website www.bodog.ca issued their Grey Cup odds this morning and oddsmakers assigned the Bombers the longest shot on the board at 10-1.

 

Bombers head coach Tim Burke said that sounded like an opportunity to him. "Maybe I will slip down to the U.S and lay a bet," Burke laughed during his daily media availability following practice at Investors Group Field on Friday.

 

The bodog website proclaimed the B.C. Lions the favourite to win this year's Grey Cup at 7-2, followed by the Calgary Stampeders at 4-1, the Montreal Alouettes at 9-2, the Toronto Argonauts at 11-2, the Saskatchewan Roughriders at 13-2, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at 7-1 and the Edmonton Eskimos at 9-1.

 

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[MOBomberFan]

This is about as surprising as finding out Hefney puffs the chronic.

[TrueBlue]

Seems about right.

[bluto]

5.5 - 1 ... i'm off to Bodog...

[iso_55]

Why surprised? We are coming off a crap season last year & looked the same Weds night. Lots to prove.

[Raydawg]

https://www.playnow.com/sports/football/grey-cup

 

The Manitoba site pays better

 

13-1

[MOBomberFan]

I think I'll play those odds. Why the heck not?

[DR. CFL]

These people are experts and calculate odds purely based on stats. To expect and believe otherwise is the things fans and homers rely on. As do teams that try and sell tickets. The most important marketing tool in the sports industry is hope. Ultimately there has to be a winner and a loser.