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Two-thirds of the way through the CFL schedule, no team has a letter before its name in the standings.
That means no team has clinched its division, no team has clinched a playoff berth and, of course, no team has clinched a post-season spot via the crossover.
Nobody has been eliminated from contention yet, either, which means all nine teams still have a shot at winning the Grey Cup.
And everyone still is fighting for their lives.
It looked like the last-place Redblacks had one foot in the grave when they were trailing the B.C. Lions by 17