Episodes
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
RWB CFL podcast #234: Lots of scoring, lots of QBs, one big upset
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Wednesday Jul 19, 2023
Lots of scoring, lots of QBs, one big upset: That sums up week 6 of the Canadian Football League’s 2023 season in a nutshell. The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis expound upon all the intrigue and developments of the week gone by, digging deep by way of a few rabbitholes into questions like:
- Aside from the Toronto Argonauts, were BC Lions the big winner of week 6?
- How amazing was that Ottawa Redblacks win and does it mean that No Lead Is Safe has finally recovered from Covid?
- Might the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have been better off if the Saskatchewan Roughriders had pulled off the win in Calgary?
- And speaking of those Calgary Stampeders, where has the passing game been?
We’ve also got picks and predictions for next week’s games for CFL Pick ‘Em contest and betting alike, including that insane 15½-point spread on Edmonton Elks at Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
The Rouge White & Blue Podcast: Keep this brand of football coming, CFL!
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
RWB CFL podcast #233: One weird wild week of Canadian football
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Well, all right then – that was bizarre. The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast takes on the wild, weird and wacky week 5 of the 2023 season, and we’re going long to do so.
RWB co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard are amazed and illuminated by the happenings, commenting on the Rouge Bowl contested between the Edmonton Elks and Saskatchewan Roughriders (and just accountable should Chris Jones and T.J. Sims be vis-à-vis that final minute mental lapse?), the problem with the Calgary Stampeders (dude, it’s your quarterback), those snakebitten Ottawa Redblacks and the problem with the Montreal Alouettes – other than the special teams, that is.
Os also has a simple stat that all football leagues should track, and Joe’s got a superlative for his beloved Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
And this plus previews, picks and betting tips for the games of week 6 which, though likely to be interesting, have a challenge in topping this past one.
The RWB CFL Podcast: The “W” is for “weird”…
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
RWB CFL podcast #232: The Argos world that everyone else is living in
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-host Joe Pritchard returns from Montreal feeling energized by his time in that great city – not to mention having enjoyed an emphatic victory by his Winnipeg Blue bombers over the Alouettes.
But hey, this is the CFL in 2023 and certainly no fan can fail to be amazed at the dominating Toronto Argonauts, whom RWB co-host Os Davis is penciling in as Grey Cup favourites already – and not even completely irrationally speaking, either.
As is the standard, the RWB talks last week’s games and looks ahead to the four games of week 5; not the easiest to wager on or pick in CFL Pick ‘Em, but there may be some good choices available for the winning.
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Argonauts assemble! (or something like that)
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
RWB CFL podcast #231: Bon voyage (and a week 3 recap)
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
By the time you listen to this episode of the Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast, show co-host Joe Pritchard may already be in Montreal in advance of his Winnipeg Blue Bombers taking on the Alouettes in that great Canadian city.
(About the best Joe’s RWB co-host Os Davis can do is keep on winning at CFL betting – luckily he doesn’t believe in jinxes…)
But before the literal bon voyage, Os and Joe have thoughts on week 3 of the 2023 CFL season, a week in which Os’s scenario resulting in three winless and three undefeated teams came to fruition as the BC Lions exploded and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats imploded.
The RWB also has suggestions for avoiding the pitfalls of a three-game schedule in CFL fantasy football and Os has a real opportunity for those interested in taking a flier on that Monday night game this week.
All this plus Joe’s Three Easy Steps to Ending Your Career, and lots of rabbitholes coming up Simpsons!
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Comment dit-on <
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
RWB CFL podcast #230: Déjà vu – but this time, we’re awesome at fantasy footbal
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
Wednesday Jun 21, 2023
“Ladies, ladies, I don’t mean to brag, but … I am the greatest.” –Sydney Deane, White Men Can’t Jump
That’s right: For once both hosts of the Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast have reason to brag about their prognosticating skills. Joe Pritchard and Os Davis rank #1 and #3, respectively, in the Canadian Football Podcast Network fantasy football league (very tough league) after week 2 point-a-paloozas for both.
But the RWB promises the bragging is kept to a minimum with week 2 games to analyze – and it must be said the feelings of déjà vu are rife, what with last year’s slumping quartet – the Ottawa Redblacks, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Edmonton Elks and Hamilton Tiger-Cats – all taking emphatic Ls.
Then there’s week 3 to consider, a four-game slate which could leave the league in the bizarre situation of simultaneously fielding three undefeated teams and three winless teams. Os and Joe are a combined 7-1 in CFL Pick ‘Em and so quite possibly worth listening to for the nonce…
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Is early fantasy football dominance sustainable…?
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
RWB CFL podcast #229: Overreactions to week 1 (a classic!)
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Wednesday Jun 14, 2023
Week 1 of the 2023 CFL season is in the proverbial books and so Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard partake in that classic exercise of football fandoms everywhere, namely overreacting to the opening week results.
And damned if they don’t actually have reason to gushily overreact: Not only did Os and Joe’s favoured Montreal Alouettes and Winnipeg Blue Bombers each notch a W, not only did they go a combined 7-1 in the CFL Pick ‘Em Contest, but both cruised to victory in week 1 of the new-look, new-play official CFL fantasy football game. But the RWB promises the glory-daysing is kept to a minimum.
Instead, the RWB’s got those overreactions to week 1, some lessons learned for the fantasy players and naturally pick ‘em picks and fantasy football tips, which for a week at least may be taken seriously.
Finally, as the CFL takes part in various observances of Pride Month, Os wonders about one aspect of this sort of outreach, i.e. What’s up with the dissonance between North American sports leagues’ outward message and its internal unwritten-rules mentality a good half-century behind greater society…? But the RWB promises no partisan politics or rhetoric included.
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: For every action, a passionate overreaction…
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
RWB podcast #228: the 2023 CFL season kicks off!
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
The Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast is proverbially ready for some football – CFL football, that is! Show co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis are back to regular business like making (quite possibly futile) predictions to play in the CFL Pick ‘Em contest. And as a respectable CFL fantasy football player, Joe gives a few hints for playing this year’s edition of the game and its new tweaks. rea
The RWB also considers the breaking news of The League’s partnership with Pro Football Focus and delve into the first of PFF’s publicly posted analyses of CFL starting quarterbacks and its top players.
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Kickoff can’t come soon enough…
Friday Jun 02, 2023
RWB podcast #227: Wait, how is this CFL/CBS broadcast deal going to work…?
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Friday Jun 02, 2023
New CFL season, new TV/streaming arrangement – and in the short term, this deal may not exactly be ideal for the US and international audiences.
On this episode of the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast, co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis welcome back Andrew Bucholtz of Awful Announcing and The Comeback for insight into accessing the CFL in 2023. In short, Americans and Canadian expats are looking at a no-frills reality of live streams only.
Beyond the business, the RWB chats up Andrew about CFL 2023 and his interest in this year’s edition of the Toronto Argonauts, the expectations for Bo Levi Mitchell with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and like topics along with a couple of not-so Early Outrageous Predictions™.
And what worthy podcast doesn’t fall prey to a conversational wormhole or two? Andrew talks some about his hobby of board gaming, his hosting of the San Diego Historic Gaming Con, and gives some good recommendations on tabletop sports and sports-themed board games.
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Life is but a stream…
Friday Apr 21, 2023
RWB podcast #226: Talking Hamilton Tiger-Cats of 2022, 2023
Friday Apr 21, 2023
Friday Apr 21, 2023
Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis welcome back frequently returning guest Josh Smith of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats centered Pod Skee Wee Wee to tak about, well, what else but Hamilton Tiger-Cats football…
It may not be June yet, but the RWB and Josh alike are getting ready for some Canadian football. Josh first takes a look back to assess the damage – perform an autopsy, really – on the, let’s say, subpar and disappointing 2022 version of his beloved Ticats. And looking forward to the 2023 CFL season, Josh takes on the question of what Hamilton can expect from new old QB Bo Levi Mitchell.
The RWB also bookends the upcoming season for the Ticats, with some discussion of the upcoming 2023 CFL Draft and just how great Grey Cup Week should be in Hamilton this November.
And you bet there’s more Way-Too-Early Outrageous Predictions™, too…
The Rouge White & Blue Podcast: covering the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and those other eight teams.
Friday Feb 17, 2023
RWB podcast #225: CFL free agency, 2023 edition, opens
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast is back – co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis return from the post-Grey Cup fallout for another season of talking Canadian Football League on the RWB – and just in time for the opening of the free agency period!
Joining Joe and Os on the RWB for this episode is Brandon C. Williams, the go-to guy for CFL fantasy football on the league’s official website CFL.ca. And after just two days of free agency, the three have much to discuss beginning with the headlining acquisition of Bo Levi Mitchell by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats – not to mention all the other striking moves made by the Ticats, much to the dismay of Os (and really any Alouettes, Argonauts and RedBlacks fan).
The RWB also get impressed and intrigued with the Edmonton Elks and Saskatchewan Roughriders’ prospects for 2023; get Brandon’s opinion on potential fantasy breakouts; and a scattering of Way-Too-Early Outrageous Predictions™…
The Rouge White & Blue Podcast: Huddled ’round the CFL hot stove (not June yet…)