Hamilton Tiger-Cats (5-5) travel across the country today to take on the B.C. Lions (3-7) at 10PM tonight. This isn’t a must-win game for either team, but it’s a game that will play an important role in deciding the playoffs this season. Both teams are battling right now for a spot in the playoffs and are in vital need of a victory to maintain ground with the top teams. The Lions definitely have the momentum right now after winning the past two games and also have the home field advantage.

B.C.’s offence has woken up in the later part of the season, but it might be a little too late. Printers played great last week in a 37-16 stomping of the Argonauts. Casey also looked good against the Alouettes in week 10 after coming back from an injury and it has helped the struggling Lions move back into the playoff picture. If it weren’t for Printers, the Lions would still be in bad shape due to an almost non-existent running game.

Montreal Alouettes (6-3) will play the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (5-4) for the second time this season although they’ll need to travel to Ontario this time to play in Hamilton’s stadium. The first time these two teams met was in week 4 and Montreal easily won the game by a score of 37-14, but that was before Hamilton went on their winning streak. I definitely think the game this Saturday is going to be a lot closer then the first game between these two teams.

The Alouettes lost last week against the Lions 38-17 and it was easily one of the worst games I’ve seen the Als play in a very long time. Calvillo was injured last week and Leak started in place of him, but Leak didn’t look good at all and threw 2 INT’s. At the end of the game Santos came in to play QB for the Als and he went 10 for 12 through the air with 93 yards and 2 TD’s. Neither QB is going to get the chance to play this week since Adrian McPherson is coming off the IR and will play this week.

Edmonton Eskimos (2-6) play the Calgary Stampeders (7-1) on Labour Day Monday and the Eskimos will be looking to continue their winning ways although it’s going to be tough against the best team in the league. Edmonton still has a shot at making the playoffs this season, but in order to do that they’re going to need to win a lot of their remaining games. With the next two games against the Stampeders and then their next game against the Alouettes, winning might prove difficult for the Eskimos.

Last week the Eskimos beat the Roughriders 17-14 in a strange game. Saskatchewan opened up the game on fire and was winning the game 14-0 after the 1st quarter. Both Edmonton QB’s played in the game and whichever one starts this week will need to play better then they did last week. Ray threw 1 INT last week on 11 attempts and Zabransky threw 2 INT’s on 17 attempts. Whitlock had a good game running the ball and gained 74 yards on 14 carries.

The Toronto Argonauts (5-3) will take a short bus ride south to take on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (4-4) on Monday afternoon. This is a very important game and I’m sure the rivalry between these two teams will heat up on the field. With the East Division so tight right now the Argonauts could really use the win, as it would add a bit more separation between them and Hamilton. The Tiger-Cats look like they’re going to make the playoffs at the moment after a horrible start to the 2010 season.

Both of these teams are coming off of their bye week and in week 8 they played against each other. Hamilton won that game by a score of 16-12 in a rather uneventful match-up. Toronto held a 12-3 lead heading into the 4th quarter of the game, but they gave up 13 unanswered points in the quarter and threw the game away. With the game on Monday being played in Hamilton, it’s going to take a special effort from the Argonauts to win the game.