Episodes
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
RWB podcast #224: Wrapping the Grey Cup and the 2022 season
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast welcomes back co-host Joe Pritchard from his trip to good ol’ Regina for the 109th Grey Cup last week. While Joe’s beloved Winnipeg Blue Bombers took a loss to the once-again charmed Toronto Argonauts, he’s more than ready to talk about quite the compelling Grey Cup.
So compelling it was in fact, that RWB co-host Os Davis doesn’t wonder if CFL fans are a bit spoiled with the quality of their championship games since the Ottawa Redblacks started crashing the Canadian football title party. Os also has a bit of a bone to pick with TSN, CFL.ca and others who can’t wait to tear down the Bombers with cries of “It ain’t a dynasty!”
Finally, the RWB chats briefly about the Bo Levi Mitchell signing and the immediate future of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats…
the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Yeah we’re saying it – Is it June yet…?”
Friday Nov 18, 2022
RWB podcast #223: a Grey Cup preview, naturally…
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
On Sunday will be played the 109th Grey Cup game, so what else would this episode of the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast be about? Well…
With RWB co-host Joe Pritchard actually in Regina, site of the Grey Cup as well as concomitant week-long festivities for fans and podcasting types, co-host Os Davis welcomes on our friend of show now based in Japan, international football podcaster Greg James.
Greg and Os put a moratorium on the Montreal Alouettes’ and BC Lions’ seasons and make our picks/prediction for the Grey Cup, including Greg’s solid reason for rooting on the Toronto Argonauts in this one (hint: it’s got to do with The Rock). The RWB does like the chances of a Winnipeg Blue Bombers threepeat, though…
As sports history buffs/geeks, Greg and Os talk some 1950 Grey Cup, a.k.a. The Med Bowl, a.k.a. the last time the Bombers and Argos played for the trophy. And as CFL fans, there’s no stopping some speculation on the immediate short- and medium-term future of the league…
Enjoy the Grey Cup! (And take the Bombers minus the points…)
The Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast: talking Grey Cups past, present and future
Friday Nov 11, 2022
RWB CFL podcast #222: Pants are overrated
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Just two more games – the division championship games – remain to be played before the Grey Cup is awarded, and the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast is certainly excited.
But before talk of predictions and Grey Cup game outcome, please allow RWB co-host Os Davis to do something he’s not been able to since RWB began: Take a fan’s verbal victory lap after a Montreal Alouettes playoff win.
Os and co-host Joe Pritchard eventually move on to other matters such as trying not to second-guess certain aspects of the Calgary Stampeders game against BC Lions in round 1 of the playoffs.
The RWB also makes the case for an Argonauts, Alouettes, Lions and Blue Bombers victory this weekend – we’re kinda liking the possibilities of an RWB Bowl of Winnipeg vs Montreal in the 109th Grey Cup…
The Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast: Making the case for wearing shorts in November
Friday Nov 04, 2022
RWB podcast #221: Playoff Time in the CFL
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
It’s that bittersweet time of year for the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: The CFL playoffs have begun, signaling another season’s end is near – but on the other hand, the Saskatchewan Roughriders are no longer playing.
So RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis are onto the playoffs! Specifically, round 1 of the 2022 CFL playoffs pitting the Hamilton Tiger-Cats against he Montreal Alouettes on the East side and the Calgary Stampeders at BC Lions in the West. With no more playoff scenarios to be had, the RWB instead gives you the scenarios in which each team can win its respective game. Picks and predictions, too!
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Playoffs?!?!?
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
RWB CFL podcast #220: On Pythagorean (and our) Expectations
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast is saddened that the games in week 21 of the 2022 season are absolutely irrelevant to the postseason picture, but not so much that RWB co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard can’t put together a solid podcast episode.
After talking the week 20 games, which showed most playoff teams (except possibly the Montreal Alouettes) in good form heading into the postseason, Joe and Os break down the regular season in terms of the Pythagorean Expected (PE) Wins statistic, a neat little statistic that holistically examines each team in a given season and determines how much better/worse they performed against an objective measure of expectation.
The RWB also takes a look at a post on the league’s official website CFL.ca, which applies their in-house simulation engine/algorithm to probabilities for this year’s Grey Cup. Os talks some good value bets in Grey Cup proposition betting, if you’re into that kind of thing.
The Rouge White & Blue podcast: There are no meaningless games, are there…?
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
RWB CFL podcast #219: Riders say bye to Cody Fajardo…
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Remember way back in early July, when the Saskatchewan Roughriders got off to a quick start and start near the top of the CFL West standings at 4-1? The Rouge, White & Blue Podcast sure does – nevertheless, RWB co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard were, like, most of CFL fandom, to find out that Riders head coach Craig Dickenson had during the bye week benched Cody Fajardo, who subsequently more or less declared the end of his time in Regina.
The RWB talks the Fajardo/Riders story, with emphasis on the Riders’ short-term franchise morass, as well as a swell 1980s CFL board game before taking week 18 games – and how Os came upon a religious-like revelation regarding the 2022 Montreal Alouettes. We’ve also got picks and predictions for week 19, including just how many week 20 games will be relevant at all.
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Just keep rolling those dice and everything will be fine.
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
RWB CFL podcast #218: Going right down to the wire…
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
The Rouge White & Blue Podcast is at the point when we’re shocked that so much of the 2022 CFL season is over; what have we been doing all season…?
On this week’s episode of the RWB, co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis naturally run down all of last week’s CFL action including all the shenanigans of the Saskatchewan Roughriders-Hamilton Tiger-Cats game, the dominance of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers over the eliminated Edmonton Elks, question good defense by the Toronto Argonauts versus a timid BC Lions offense, and google over the Montreal Alouettes D’s disappearing act against the Ottawa Redblacs.
The RWB naturally also forecasts next week’s games with an eye to closing out the season with three races for playoff positioning – Calgary vs BC, Toronto vs Montreal, Hamilton vs Ottawa vs Saskatchewan – making things verrrrry interesting indeed.
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Dude, it was just, like, June, man…
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
RWB CFL podcast #217: Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast wishes our northerly neighbors a happy Thanksgiving as RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis simultaneously envy the Canadians for making their Thanksgiving Day weekend a four-day deal through to Monday.
After touching on Paul LaPolice’s dismissal from the Ottawa Redblacks – and Joe reckons he won’t see a head coaching position again in the CFL – and briefly on candidates for the Most Outstanding Player and other fan-voting CFL awards, Joe and Os dive in the week that was in Canadian football: Os is even happier with his Montreal Alouettes, whom he claims are the hottest team in the league; Winnipeg Blue Bombers diehard Joe Pritchard fears not the impressive-looking Calgary Stampeders and interesting BC Lions; and both lament the too-little-too-late coming together of the Edmonton Elks.
Then the RWB takes a look ahead to week 18 CFL games, figuring maybe the ’spread is too high on Edmonton-Winnipeg and that it’s straight-up incorrect on Saskatchewan Roughriders-Hamilton Tiger-cats…
The Rouge White & Blue podcast: Holding out for the RWB Bowl in the Grey Cup…
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
RWB CFL podcast #216: So you’re saying there’s a chance
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
It all seems like business as usual on the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast for a while. Co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis discuss the week that was in Canadian football: Os enthuses about his Montreal Alouettes, both pity the Ottawa Redblacks fanbase and the sad fate of head coach Paul LaPolice, admire the razor-sharp Calgary Stampeders and wonder where BC can go from here.
Then, as Joe recounts playoff scenarios, Os has a revelation that the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats could both miss the CFL playoffs in 2022, which threatens to derail the entire enterprise with Os happily babbling “So you’re saying there’s a chance” for several hours straight.
Luckily Joe manages to coax Os back to reality in time to play CFL Pick ‘Em for week 17 and plan for ways to lose money betting CFL games. All in all, it’s a lot of fun – though maybe not so much if you’re not a Ticats fan…
The Rouge White & Blue podcast: Oddball Americans loving the Canadian game
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
RWB CFL podcast #215: O gods, here come the Ticats..
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
The CFL might have been slightly short on number of games in week 15, but three games gave us plenty to discuss on the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast.
So RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis mull over items like the Edmonton Elks’ late fourth-quarter win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and the Riders’ rapidly slipping grip – formerly a stranglehold – on a playoff spot via crossover.
Like just how seriously we should take the Hamilton Tiger-Cats after they ran up the score on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Like why the Calgary Stampeders keep taking these heartbreak losses. And like how good things might get if/when Vernon Adams really gets rolling with the BC Lions.
Plus, Joe’s got playoff scenarios mostly involving West teams but including , Os has some adventures in gambling, and both the RWBs’ve got picks for next week’s games.
The Rouge White & Blue podcast: Always keeping the ratio correct…