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Don’t be so quick to anoint the Calgary Stampeders just yet.

The Canadian Football League backtracked Wednesday, sending out a correction on a previous announcement of a playoff scenario that had the first-place Stampeders clinching the initial playoff berth of 2018 with either a loss or tie by the Toronto Argonauts this week.

“Based on head-to-head scenarios in the West Division involving fourth-and-fifth-place teams, no teams can claim a playoff berth this week,” the statement read.

While it appears the Stampeders (10-2) are shoo-ins to finish on top of the standings for the fifth time in the past six years, the Eskimos (7-5) don’t quite see the run to the finish line as a one-horse race at the moment.

“The only way I look at it is it reminds me a lot of 2015, where we felt we could play with these guys, were as good as these guys, if not better,” said Eskimos middle linebacker J.C. Sherritt, whose squad is coming off a 48-42 win over Calgary to split their two-game season series this year.

Edmonton ran the rest of the table in that 2015 season, turning a victory in the Labour Day rematch into a 10-win streak culminating in a Grey Cup championship.

Of course, even if they won out the rest of the 2018 regular season to finish 13-5, the Stampeders would still have to drop three of their last six. But if it somehow ends up coming down to a tiebreaker, the Eskimos hold a 68-65 advantage in total points.

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