It's football season in Canada too

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The kickoff of a new NFL season, and all the hype that entails, means Canadian football can get a bit lost in the shuffle. But the intensity will soon ramp up in the CFL, which is entering the final third of its regular season, and the Canadian university season is also underway. Here's a quick catchup on what's happening in the three-down game, starting with the pros:

Winnipeg is still the team to beat. Talk about rags to riches: the franchise that went 29 years between Grey Cup victories is now in position for the first three-peat since Edmonton won its fifth in a row 40 years ago. The Blue Bombers' 54-20 thrashing of rival Saskatchewan in the Banjo Bowl on Saturday improved their record to a CFL-best 12-1 — comfortably ahead of B.C. (8-3) and Calgary (8-4) with five games remaining for Winnipeg. The Lions looked like a threat when they were 8-1, but they've lost both games since their star Canadian quarterback (and Most Outstanding Player front-runner) Nathan Rourke went down with a foot injury that will likely sideline him for the year. The Bombers still have work to do before the playoffs, and anything can happen in that single-elimination tournament, so the betting markets "only" give Winnipeg about a 50/50 shot of winning the Grey Cup again. But no other team's implied title chances are even as high as 20 per cent.

Zach Collaros remains outstanding. With B.C.'s Rourke out of the picture, the Winnipeg QB has a good chance to become the first repeat MOP winner since Montreal's Anthony Calvillo in 2009. Besides leading the Bombers to the CFL's best record, Collaros tops