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RWB CFL podcast #180: One-third finished or two-thirds left?

When originally uploaded, this episode got hit with some voodoo curse, resulting in some poor audio quality. This is the correct, full version of that episode.

With about one-third of the 2021 Canadian Football League season’s 63 regular-season games completed, Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard take stock of what the remaining two-thirds left to go. And as far as they can tell, there’s the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at the top, the Ottawa Redblacks at the bottom and the other seven all bucking for positions in the middle.

In rounding up last week’s games, the RWB takes a shot an answering questions like “Can the Toronto Argonauts really still be unsure about their quarterback?” and “How good is the Hamilton Tiger-Cats offense, really?” and “Could the Calgary Stampeders really finish fifth in the West?”

And onto next week as, believe it or not, Joe is again finding CFL Pick ‘Em a serious slog. Interestingly, he disagrees with Os on the outcome of every one of the four Week 6 games…

The Rouge White & Blue Podcast: Celebrating the wonderfully unpredictable CFL…

RWB CFL podcast #179: week 4-gone conclusion

A shortened week 4 it was, but Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard have more than enough substance to talk about from the three games played in the Canadian Football League last week.

The RWB discusses the mediocre to disappointing performances of Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Montreal Alouettes, the deficiencies and lotsa kicking in Ottawa Redblacks at BC Lions, and the rollercoaster trip that was Calgary Stampeders at Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

The the RWB looks ahead to week 5, with questions on their minds like “Can the Bombers keep pace with the Riders, and how good are these Riders anyway?” and “Could Hamilton really start 1-3?” and “When might the Redblacks next score a touchdown…?

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Is it Labour Day yet…?

RWB CFL Podcast #178: Talking "Year of the Rocket" w/author Paul Woods

The Rouge White & Blue flashes back to 1991, the year of an amazing Toronto Argonauts team boasting Rocket Ismail and Pinball Clemons plus new all-star ownership including Wayne “The Great One” Gretzky and John “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” Candy.

RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis interview Paul Woods, author of the soon-to-be-released book Year of the Rocket, which chronicles that 1991 Toronto Argonauts season on the field and in the front office. Woods talks about his book, his long devotion to the Argos, their checkered past, the craziness of the Ismail contract on many levels and the sheer awesomeness of that ’91 team.

All in all, a great flashback to a wild time in CFL football history.

The Rouge white & Blue CFL Podcast: It was 30 years ago today…

RWB CFL podcast #177: Overreaction (more!) to week 2

Apologies in advance, but Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis do a lot of glorying in this episode about the early success of their teams, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Montreal Alouettes respectively – not to mention the official RWB CFL fantasy football team captained by Joe and currently tops among the podcasting crowd.

Nevertheless, they try to devote some time to the other seven teams in the league, delving into the mysterious problems plaguing the 2021 Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Edmonton Elks as well as the sheer dangerousness of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

RWB also looks ahead to week 3, perhaps futilely attempting to predict outcomes of the four upcoming games while wondering if the Elks and Calgary Stampeders will really both being the season 0-3…

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Go, go, USFL Tecmo!

PWB CFL Podcast #176: Week 1 overreactions, week 2 preview

PWB CFL Podcast #176: Week 1 overreactions, week 2 preview

All right, who’s ready for opening day? Montreal Alouettes fans, that’s who – and so Rouge White & Blue podcast co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis are joined by Alouettes Flight Deck podcast co-host Tim Capper.

The RWB – for the first time in approximately 520 days – gets to recap a week of CFL football with hot takes, first impressions and some confirmation of preseason suspicions. Questions abound: What was up with the Toronto Argonauts special teams? Which is the real Saskatchewan Roughriders defense – the first half version or the second half? And will Trevor Harris lead to Elks to a touchdown from within the red zone this season?

We also take a shot at previewing the week 2 games (with some emphasis on the Als and their prospects this season), though Joe and Os are pretty sure they did about as well as most CFL Pick ‘em victims players.

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: We’re just glad it’s back…

RWB CFL podcast #175 – Happy Opening Day!

After far too long a delay, CFL Opening Day 2021 is finally here. Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis are back with that bread-and-butter of football fans everywhere: Game predictions.

We've also got some needed information for our US listeners: where to watch, where to play CFL fantasy football and the current situation with betting games online.

Finally, we'll take the quasi-obligatory shot at Grey Cup predictions, more of a mind-muddling challenge than ever before, seemingly – Can either of the RWB go against a very chalky Stampeders vs Tiger-Cats final…? (Spoiler: Sure, Os is crazy enough…)

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Let’s get out and play some football now!

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RWB CFL podcast #174 – West preview, fearless predictions

Three weeks before the CFL’s loooooongest-ever preseason is over, and Rouge White & Blue CFL podcast co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard are looking forward to August with this episode’s preview of the five West division teams.

The RWB has transaction roundups, pithy comments and fearless predictions aplenty about the West quintet from the stalwart Calgary Stampeders and defending champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers to the not-exactly confidence-inspiring BC Lions and refabricated Edmonton Elks. Then there are the already injury-ridden Saskatchewan Rough Riders…

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Forever guessing on the crossover.

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RWB CFL podcast #173 – East preview, fearless predictions

Believe it or not, we’ll be watching real professional Canadian football in less than a month, and Rouge White & Blue CFL podcast co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard are raring to go.

On this episode of the RWB, Joe and Os pay their respects to the rumors of the proposed XFL/CFL merger, killed ignominiously this week by a short statement from the Canadian league’s headquarters.

But so much for the past and for alternate universes – the RWB’s got a preview of the CFL’s four East division teams from prospective playoff teams the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Alouettes to a couple bushels’ worth of question marks called the Toronto Argonauts and Ottawa Redblacks.

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Looking to go undefeated in 2021…

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RWB CFL podcast #172 – Wake up, the schedule is out!

So there is Canadian football after Covid, as evidenced by the CFL’s release of the abbreviated, adapted 2021 schedule. Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis take note of some of the highlights in 16 weeks’ worth of games scheduled for Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays  -- essentially any days not occupied with broadcasts of the big bad NFL…

The RWB also takes stock of the long, strange history of the CFL and organized Canadian football itself, an outlier among the world’s sports associations. After over a century, professional Canadian football has become a mishmash of British, European and American ways of doing the business of sport. No matter what happens in the 2021 CFL season, this will be a year of historical significance for the game…

And hey – check out the our new shop! Hoodies, T-shirts, mugs, stickers … all emblazoned with the swell Rouge White & Blue logo. Click here, visit Creator-Spring.com or go to TinyURL.com/RWBshop. And thank you for your support, as they say.

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Is it August yet…?

RWB podcast #170 – On the CFL/XFL talks (What else…?)

If you’re a CFL fan, you’re thinking and talking about one topic this week, i.e. the announcement from CFL officials that the league was in discussions with the XFL about some sort of expanded partnership, and speculation naturally quickly ran rampant online.

In this episode of the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast, co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis, like many, consider the possibilities: Is this much ado about very little or is a revamping of the financially reeling CFL from top to bottom in order? The RWB mulls over everything from the ratio and the schedule to rule changes and expanded TV coverage.

And no matter how you take our hot takes, remember: It beats guessing at how much more football that Covid-19’s gonna kill before it’s over.

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Eagerly awaiting the Baltimore Stallions 2.0…