Hamilton at Toronto will be on TSN, ESPN+, BT Sport 3 and Yare.
Calgary at BC will be on TSN, ESPN+, BT Sport 3 and Yare.
Winnipeg at Montreal will be on TSN, RDS, ESPN+ and Yare.
Edmonton at Saskatchewan will be on TSN, RDS, ESPN+ and Yare.
HOW THE EAST WAS WON
- With a win on Friday, the Argonauts will earn the right to host the Eastern Final. Toronto is a perfect 5-0 at BMO Field this season, including a 17-16 decision over Hamilton in Week 6.
- In their last 21 meetings, the Ticats hold a 14-7 advantage, with four of those games being decided by one point.
- Jeremiah Masoli owns a record of 6-2 as a starter versus Toronto. McLeod Bethel-Thompson is 1-3 as a starter versus Hamilton.
- Bethel-Thompson has a 69.7 QB rating over his last 4 starts (4 TD, 9 INT), but has led the game-winning drive three times.
- The Argonauts are 6-0 in games decided by four points or less and 7-0 in games decided in the final three minutes. Hamilton is 0-3 and 2-3, respectively.
- If Toronto and Hamilton meet again in the playoffs, it will be the first time since 2015 when the Argonauts traveled to Tim Hortons Field for the Eastern Semi-Final and fell 25-22 to the home side.
- Toronto is looking to win six of its last seven games for the first time since 2007.
- The game will feature the leading rushers over the past two weeks: Don Jackson (120 yards in Week 13) and AJ Ouellette (107 yards in Week 14).
- Key Players in the season series:
- TOR | WR | Kurleigh Gittens Jr. | 18 rec, 211 yards
- HAM | WR | Tim White | 12 rec, 208 yards, TD
- HAM | WR | Jaelon Acklin | 16 rec. Â 200 yards, TD
- TOR | DL | Shawn Oakman | 9 tackles, 4 sacks
- TOR | LB | Dexter McCoil | 20 tackles, 1 sack
- HAM | LB | Simoni Lawrence | 17 tackles, sack, INT
- 11 of the past 12 division winners have made the Grey Cup. Saskatchewan was the lone exception in 2019.
WEST SIDE STORY
- Calgary has won nine of the past 11 meetings against BC.
- Both teams claimed road victories when going head-to-head this season: BC won 15-9 in Calgary in Week 2; Calgary won 39-10 in BC in Week 11. BC Place will be home to Friday’s rubber match.
- A Calgary win will eliminate BC from playoff contention.
- Bo Levi Mitchell is a career 9-5 against Michael Reilly. When facing Reilly as a Lion, he is 2-1.
- The Lions are on a six-game losing streak; Calgary is 4-1 in its last five contests.
- Reggie Begelton is expected to draw in for Calgary. In 2019, he recorded 102 catches (144 targets) for 1,444 yards and 10 touchdowns.
- BC is 1-4 at home this season, while Calgary is 4-2 on the road.
- In his last four games, Ka’Deem Carey has 437 scrimmage yards on 74 touches, including 11 receptions.
- The Stampeders are coming off a bye. They are 14-2 off bye weeks since 2012.
- Key Players in the season series:
- BC | WR | Bryan Burnham | 11 rec, 214 yards
- BC | WR | Lucky Whitehead | 6 rec, 108 yards (in one game)
- CGY | LB | Darnell Sankey | 17 tackles
- CGY | K | Rene Paredes | 9-for-9 on field goal attempts
LION ON THE HUNT
- BC’s Jordan Williams has 81 defensive tackles in 12 games, breaking the Canadian rookie record of 75 (in 18 games) that Mike O’Shea set in 1993.
- The 2020 first overall selection in the CFL Draft sits two tackles back of Ottawa’s Avery Williams (83) for the league lead.
- Only two true rookies have ever led the league in tackles:
- Barrin Simpson with 115 in 18 games in 2001 (the CFL rookie record)
- George White with 105 in 18 games in 2000
- No Canadian has ever managed the feat.
- Statistics surrounding tackles started being kept in 1987.
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