Toronto @ Ottawa preview

Last Meeting ( Aug 2, 2018 ) Ottawa 41, Toronto 42

The Ottawa Redblacks look to cap off a successful regular season with another victory when they host the Toronto Argonauts on Friday. The Redblacks posted back-to-back victories over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, including a 30-13 road win in Week 20 to clinch their third division title in four years, and hope to avenge a 42-41 loss to the Argonauts earlier in the season before awaiting their next opponent in the Eastern Final on Nov. 18.

"One more game to go and the focus is on win No. 11 and then it's just one more win and we're in the Grey Cup," Ottawa wide receiver Greg Ellingson told reporters. "I'm a little nostalgic right now as it went this way the year we won the Grey Cup (in 2016) when we put ourselves in first place and then hosted the East Final." Toronto will end a disappointing season in the same stadium where it won the 2017 Grey Cup. The Argonauts, who shocked the Calgary Stampeders 27-24 in the championship game in Ottawa, became the first team since the 2006 Edmonton Eskimos to lift the Grey Cup and miss the playoffs the following year, as a season-ending injury to quarterback Ricky Ray in Week 2 and an inconsistent offence doomed Marc Trestman's team. "We didn't coach as well as we needed to coach and we didn't play as we needed to play," Trestman admitted to reporters. "Our performance was completely unacceptable."

TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, TSN

ABOUT THE ARGONAUTS (4-13): James Franklin threw for 205 yards and a touchdown while gaining another 71 on the ground in the 40-10 loss against Montreal as he searches for another rushing TD, which would see him pass Doug Flutie (14) for the most by a quarterback in a season. Veteran wide receiver S.J. Green needs 19 receiving yards in the season finale to become the 15th player in CFL history to go over 1,000 for the sixth time. Armanti Edwards caught five passes for 36 yards and a touchdown against the Alouettes and needs 103 yards to reach 1,000.

ABOUT THE REDBLACKS (10-7): Trevor Harris completed 23-of-30 passes for 267 yards and three touchdowns against Hamilton to surpass 5,000 yards for the first time in his seven-year career. Brad Sinopoli caught seven passes for 56 yards against the Tiger-Cats to set a single-season CFL record for most receptions by a Canadian with 116, eclipsing the old mark held by Ben Cahoon (112). Wide receiver Diontae Spencer was named one of the CFL's Top Performers of the Week after catching four passes for 116 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

EXTRA POINTS

1. The Redblacks have lost three straight meetings with the Argonauts.

2. Toronto is 0-8 on the road this season.

3. Ottawa RB William Powell (1,262) holds a seven-yard lead over Winnipeg's Andrew Harris in the race for the rushing title.

PREDICTION: Redblacks 27, Argonauts 17