Early season meetings made the difference between Eskimos and Lions

VANCOUVER – When we last left the Edmonton Eskimos and B.C. Lions, they were fighting over first place in the West Division.
The Eskimos won that Week 6 matchup, improving to 5-0 on the way to a 7-0 start to the 2017 Canadian Football League season, while the Lions kept in stride with a 5-2 record, their only blemishes coming against Edmonton.
Fast-forward to Saturday’s third and final regular-season meeting at BC Place Stadium (8 p.m., TSN, ESPN, 630 CHED), and plenty has changed fo