Cflnewbie, you should rank the team from 1 to 9 and always cheer for the team that ranks the higher on your list in a given match-up. That way, you can cheer four times each week.
Here are the best reasons to cheer for each team, and the best reasons to hate each:
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BC: (+) They have no known weaknesses. Dave Dickenson is a surgeon who can make any defensive unit look bad. Most of the Lions players are gentlemen. They always win. They are the top contender for this year's Grey Cup. (-) They wear orange. They can't manage to start a rivalry with anyone. They will kick the ass of any other team you may like.
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Calgary: (+) They're coming back from the dead after many years of being a circus. Joffrey Reynolds (HB) is becoming one of the league new sensation. If you like hot-dogging, Jeremaine Copeland and Nik Lewis are the hot duo you'll enjoy. (-) They let a horse poo on the field. Their QB is Mr. Turnover (he plays well, but will fumble or throw interceptions every game, especially if the game is thihgt)Â.
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Edmonton: (+) The CFL flagship team. They made the playoffs 34 years in a row (and counting). They have the most star-filled roster of the league. They never lose many games and usually don't lose by many points. Only team in the CFL to play on real grass. (-) They are the most hated team by the rest of the league because they never fail. The main reason they are so good is because they buy out all the free agents they want, without regards to the salary cap (which is not enforced in the CFL, hence, making it a joke). They don't develop players. They just hire experienced ones. Their GM is a maniac that will fire anyone he wants if the team don't win the Grey Cup.
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Saskatchewan: (+) They can't convince any star player of moving to Regina, so all their star players were locally developped. They never stop trying even though failing a lot and often. They have the most passionate fans in probably all professionnal sports leagues. All of their units showcase exciting players. Corey Holmes is the one example every father should give their son when it comes to being great both on and off the field. (-) When the season start, you always now up from the begining they will fall short. They are community-owned so they don't have much money to spend on good free agents.
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Winnipeg: (+) Err... they... errr... they possibly have some QBs that will be great in a few years... Uhhhm... They have Milt Stegall, whose entry to the Hall of Fame is garanteed. Charles Roberts is an electrifying player in spite of being on a team that doesn't help him at all. They have a powerfull punter, if that may ever be a reason to cheer for a team. (-) They play boring football, thanks to a clueless coach unable to identify flaws and correct them. They hire all the garbage the Stampeders releases. They won't go to the Grey Cup game. They failed lamentably to fill the stands the last time they hosted the Grey Cup game.
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Toronto: (+) Great coach with total class. A dangerous defensive unit. Some people also think they have the best kick returner in the league in Bashir Levingston, but I believe he is the most overrated guy at this position. Even his teammate Arland Bruce is better. They are the defending Grey Cup champs. (-) They are from Toronto, and that naturally comes with a condescending attitude. They spend money they don't have on players not always worth it, because they know the league will always bail them out if they get financially in trouble, because... well, they are Toronto. They don't develop much talent. They tend to hire veterans who made their proofs elsewhere. They have the worst stadium to watch a football game in.
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Hamilton: (+) Dany McManus was once a great QB. Troy Davis was once a great running back. Greg Marshall was once a great coach. Fans still hang on in spite of being 10-31-1 in the last three seasons. (-) They plain suck. They display no life, no hungryness, and they look like they don't care at all.
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Montreal: (+) The team that has the best record of the last 10 years. They never player for under .500 in a season since they reappeared. They have the winningest coach of the CFL. Anthony Calvillo has his name written everywhere in the record book and actually seems to be the only one with a chance to catch Damon Allen's records. There is not one CFL fan who doesn't love Ben Cahoon, who is like the Corey Holmes of the East. Ezra Landry, a 5 foot 3 kick returner, is a show in itself. (-) Don Matthews is a stubborn arrogant bastard (but it's okay if he's the coach of your team). They played bad recently. They always choke in the playoffs (they won the Grey Cup once in the past 9 years, when they were a top contender and division champions 8 times). They never re-sign their star players if they ask for good money (except Calvillo).
Ottawa: (+) In the last three years, they were a losing team decimated by injuries and pillaged of its good players in the off-seasons; a team where no free agent wanted to go and financially always on the verge of bankruptcy. Still, they fielded a winning and exciting team, which should earn them many kudos. Joseph, Ranek, Armstead, Collier, Banks are a few of many other reasons to cheer for them. They need all the fan support they can get. (-) It is still too early to know if they a really good, or just surfing a good wave like the Tiger-Cats were last year. Many players are too injury prone. Their cheerleaders are ugly.