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RWB CFL Podcast #263" Chris Jones is out (and other stories)

RWB CFL podcast #263: Chris Jones out, end of an era

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast began when head coach Chris Jones was on the way to winning his first (and, as it turns out, likely his only) Grey Cup. Thiw week, the key CFL-centric story is the firing from the Edmonton Elks of Coach Jones.

Yet, RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis somehow manage to discuss other topics involving week 6 of the 2024 CFL season with all its interesting developments – just don’t talk to Os the Alouette fan about Cody Fajardo.

Following the recap, how about some takes on week 7’s games? Some of the point spreads are wacky (Toronto Argonauts just 3-point favorites at the Hamilton Tiger-Cats? Calgary Stampeders 4½-point underdogs at home against BC Lions?) and essentially disagree on everything except the Winnipeg Blue Bombers...

Rouge White & Blue: We’re on to next week.

RWB CFL podcast #262: Backup quarterback time begins

We’re about one-quarter of the way through the 2024 CFL season and even though two teams remain undefeated and one is still winless, some annual signs of the season progressing are staring to show. This week, the Rouge White and Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard take stock of week 5 to weight in on topics such as:

• What to make of the backstepping Toronto Argonauts losing to the Saskatchewan Roughriders?
• How competitive can the Calgary Stampeders get before season’s end?
• Is any team in the league besides the Montreal Alouettes really complete?
• Can anyone give the BC Lions a game right now?

And more, including a look at the week 6 pointspreads and CFL Pick ‘Em possibilities. A few intriguing lines for the bettors this week – like Toronto +7 at Montreal and Calgary +4½ at Winnipage – require some analysis.

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: First string, second string – we love ’em all!

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RWB CFL podcast #261: Os takes a beating

For Rouge White and Blue CFL Podcast co-host Os Davis it was just one of those weeks – namely, a total washout in CFL fantasy football and a clean 0-4 showing in the league’s Pick ‘Em contest. Yeesh.

Nevertheless, Os, together with RWB co-host Joe Pritchard, attempt to make sense of last week’s results – though truth be told, Joe doesn’t really need to after his own 4-0 Pick ‘Em run. What can be said about a slte of four games with three going down to the game’s final pay. And just how many bounces separate, say the 3-0 Saskatchewan Roughriders from the 0-4 Winnipeg Blue Bombers…?

We’ll also take a look at next week’s matches and some interesting-looking pointspreads, including the Toronto Argonauts giving just 3½ (at recording time; two hours later, up to 4½) points at the aforementioned Roughriders with little used QB Sean Patterson starting at QB for the injured Trevor Harris, not to mention BC Lions giving just 5 to the hapless Hamilton Tiger-Cats….

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Safe lead or no, we’re here for the football!

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RWB CFL podcast #260 -- What’s up with all the scoring

RWB CFL podcast #260: What’s up with all the scoring? So maybe three weeks of a single CFL season is too small a sample size for relevant discussion, by the Rouge White & Blue Podcast is a bit taken aback with the 1990s-style scoring exhibited by most teams early on. And so in this episode, RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis marvel at some barnburners to wonder why offenses are so far ahead of defenses early on in the 2024 season. Meanwhile, the RWB goggles at the continued domination of the league by the Montreal Alouettes, wonders about the 0-3 Winnipeg Blue Bombers, rubbernecks another disaster from the Edmonton Elks, and celebrates Joe’s 4-0 week in the CFL Pick ‘Em game. And then it’s onto week 4 in the CFL and the RWB co-hosts set a new precedent in finidn no common ground in picking the next slate of four games. Ready for some more scoreboard spinning…? The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: It’s OK, we dig the 90s… The Rouge, White and Blue is now part of the Shotgun Sports Network. Watch this episode – and those of other Shotgun shows on YouTube – or listen from wherever you get your podcasts!

RWB CFL podcast #259: We got your predictions right here

We’re totally jinxing the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast here but whoa, do co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis have some bragging rights after week 2…To wit, Joe maxed out in fantasy football while Os went 4-0 in the CFL Pick ‘Em contest and gave out at least one profitable bet last week (after missing Calgary Stampeders +9 by a single point).

But hey, the RWB isn’t here to talk about the past – not much anyway, because there are week 3 games to prognosticate! After admiring a nice performance by Bo Levi Mitchell and the Montreal Alouettes offense while lamenting the good luck blessing the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the dumb luck befalling the Edmonton Elks’, the RWB take a confident shot at predicting the week ahead.

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Come for the tangents, stary for the awesome predictions.

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RWB CFL podcast #258: After week 1, (almost) everything is awesome

RWB CFL podcast #258: After week 1, (almost) everything is awesome

It happens every time to The Rouge, White & Blue CFL podcast as well as to fans, bettors and pundits: The realization that, during the propounding of preseason predictions, we all knew next
to nothing about many teams – or at least far less than we’d let on…
So how are RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis feeling about one week’s worth of priceless information and CFL viewing? Listen in for their not-quite-so-hot takes from the rustiness of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to the audacity of the small-balling Calgary Stampeders, from the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ recurring battles with awful penalties to the Edmonton Elks’ struggles against the fourth quarter…

Naturally, the RWB talks CFL Pick ‘Em in week 2 (hey, Joe might’ve gone 4-0 were it not for loyalty) and fantasy football (and hey, Os pulled off quite the showing, ranking #31 overall on a monster week).

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: So glad proper football is back!

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RWB CFL podcast #257: The season predictions bonanza!

Happy Opening Week to Canadian Football League enthusiasts! The Rouge, White & Blue gets our game on in the episode to (admittedly futilely) forecast the upcoming season.

First off, RWB co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard go long(-term) in picking division standing as well as win-loss records for each of the teams. Unlike previous seasons, there is much dissension between the two, who can really only agree  on a vision for two of the CFL’s nine teams.

Not only that, everyone’s favourite Sisyphean task during the regular season, i.e. making weekly selections in the league’s official “CFL Pick ‘Em” contest, has returned. Joe and Os get in their picks for week 1 and again mostly disagree on winners and losers. RWB’s got a passing look at the point spreads for opening week, particularly that insulting touchdown-plus’s worth of points the (*defending champion*) Montreal Alouettes are getting in Winnipeg, and the inexplicable positioning of the Saskatchewan Roughriders as an underdog at Edmonton.

CFL kickoff: It’s the most wonderful time of the year…

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RWB CFL Podcast #256: Forecasting the future(s)

The 2024 Canadian Football League season has begun! Well, sort of … as of this recording of the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast, one preseason game has been held – but that’s more than enough for RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis to speculate about the upcoming season, specifically within the framework of the league’s “Futures” competition.

Joe and Os take their shots at guessing the outcomes of ten futures – really player propositions and team props – including:

• Which team will win the East?
• Which team will win the West?
• Who will lead the reg. season in interceptions?
• Will a quarterback throw for 5,000 or more passing yards during the regular season?
• Who will lead the league ein receiving TDs during the regular season?
• Which team will have the most QB sacks during the regular season?
• Over/under: Will Brady Oliveira rush for 1,299.5 yards during the regular season?
• Which team will finish with the best regular season record?
• How many kick/punt return TDs will be scored in total during the regular season?
• And, of course, which team will win the Grey Cup?

Yes, the RWB does realize the futility, but it’s all in good fun until the games begin for real…

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Rouge White and Blue #255: Welcome to the 2024 CFL season!

Happy New Year -- or rather, Happy New CFL Season! With preseason games about to start in the Canadian Football League, the Rouge White & Blue returns for another year of podcasting our favorite gridiron game.

Co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis talk a whole lot of offseason football, from Chad Kelly's suspension to the reshuffling of the coaching deck in Saskatchewan to the un(?)-retirement of Shawn Lemon, and all points in0between.

The RWB's kicking off the 2024 season, so join us!

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RWB CFL podcast #254: Tales of the Hamiltonian Grey Cup

After the110th Grey Cup, after co-host Joe Pritchard’s return from Cup-hosting Hamilton, after US Thanksgiving Weekend, the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast has finally reassembled the team of two to wrap the 2023 CFL season, take a tiny peek ahead to 2024, and, oh yes, discuss the actual Grey Cup game itself.

Said Grey Cup of course resulted in a stunning victory by RWB co-host Os Davis’s favored Montreal Alouettes over Joe’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers – but Os manages to keep the trashtalk to an absolute minimum as the RWB just generally marvelous over the solid football action that was the 110^th Grey Cup championship.

And what CFL fan this time of year could resist idly speculating about next year? (After all, it’s what we’ll be doing for a good six months, anyway.) Joe cautions Os about fretting over the semi-offiical “potential CFL free agents list,” and explains with a single word the motivation behind the investigation into the Edmonton Elks’ club management structure.

Join the RWB as we take one final look back at the 2023 season – at least as far as Joe and the Bomber backers are concerned…

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Touchdown, Tyson Philpot!