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In the opening game of Week 18 the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Ottawa RedBlacks play the second of a home and home series on Friday night at TD Place Stadium. The odds maker has posted the home town RedBlacks as -4 point spread favorite for this game up from -3 with the total currently listed at 52.5 after opening at 53.5.
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The Tiger-Cats tight 30-29 loss to Ottawa last week as 2.5-point home favorites was their fourth SU loss in their last five games while going a costly 0-5 against the spread. They are now 6-9 SU (5-10) on the year and in real danger of missing the playoffs if they cannot quickly turn things around. Zach Collaros is still listed as questionable for Friday so Hamilton may have to once again turn to Jeremiah Masoli at quarterback in this two-game series finale.
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Ottawa has not been all that much better down the stretch run with just three wins in its last eight games both SU and ATS including last week’s much needed victory.
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The Tiger Cats are 0-5 against the spread in their last 5 games.
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Hamilton is 0-5 against the spread in their last 5 road games.
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The game total has gone Over in 4 of Hamilton’s last 5 games against Ottawa.
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The RedBlacks are 3-8 against the spread in their last 11 games.
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Ottawa is 2-4-1 straight up in their last 7 home games.
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