Football season is almost here! Well, football north of the border style as the 2011 Canadian Football League season kicks off next Thursday when B.C. visits Montreal. And thus Bodog has unveiled several football props for the year.
Let’s look at the prop for which player will lead the CFL in passing yards this season. The reigning passing king is Saskatchewan's Darian Durant, who threw for 5,542 yards in 2010 to outdistance second-place finisher Kevin Glenn of Hamilton by 440 yards. U.S. football fans might remember Durant from his days as a North Carolina Tar Heel. Durant is the second-favorite on Bodog to repeat as passing champion at odds of 11/4.
The favorite is Montreal quarterback Anthony Calvillo at 9/4. Calvillo, who finished fourth in the league in passing last season with 4,839 yards, is poised to break a hallowed record this season. He is zeroing in on Damon Allen’s career record of 72,381 yards passing and should reach that mark before Thanksgiving. Calvillo is 4,221 yards short of Allen’s all-time yardage mark. The only time in the past nine years he hasn’t thrown for significantly more yards than he needs was in 2007, when he missed five games because of his wife Alexia’s lymphoma.
Calvillo, who has been the starter in Montreal since 2000, already is the only Alouette quarterback ever to win three Grey Cups. Calvillo was diagnosed with thyroid cancer last fall but says he’s healthy. The 38-year-old will try to lead the club to a third straight title, which hasn't been done in the CFL since Edmonton won five in a row from 1978 to 1982.
The other top players on this prop are Calgary’s Henry Burris at 15/4, Edmonton’s Ricky Ray at 9/2 and Glenn at 11/2.
Let’s look at the prop for which player will lead the CFL in passing yards this season. The reigning passing king is Saskatchewan's Darian Durant, who threw for 5,542 yards in 2010 to outdistance second-place finisher Kevin Glenn of Hamilton by 440 yards. U.S. football fans might remember Durant from his days as a North Carolina Tar Heel. Durant is the second-favorite on Bodog to repeat as passing champion at odds of 11/4.
The favorite is Montreal quarterback Anthony Calvillo at 9/4. Calvillo, who finished fourth in the league in passing last season with 4,839 yards, is poised to break a hallowed record this season. He is zeroing in on Damon Allen’s career record of 72,381 yards passing and should reach that mark before Thanksgiving. Calvillo is 4,221 yards short of Allen’s all-time yardage mark. The only time in the past nine years he hasn’t thrown for significantly more yards than he needs was in 2007, when he missed five games because of his wife Alexia’s lymphoma.
Calvillo, who has been the starter in Montreal since 2000, already is the only Alouette quarterback ever to win three Grey Cups. Calvillo was diagnosed with thyroid cancer last fall but says he’s healthy. The 38-year-old will try to lead the club to a third straight title, which hasn't been done in the CFL since Edmonton won five in a row from 1978 to 1982.
The other top players on this prop are Calgary’s Henry Burris at 15/4, Edmonton’s Ricky Ray at 9/2 and Glenn at 11/2.