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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
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
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
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
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
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…
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
When is a blowout not a blowout? Trick question: A blowout is always a blowout, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun.
On this episode of the Rouge White & Blue CFL podcast talks about the four emphatic wins of CFL week 14 as co-host Os Davis is relieved former Montreal starting QBs Vernon Adams Jr. and Antonio Pipkin didn’t make his Alouettes look bad while co-host Joe Pritchard enjoyed his beloved Winnipeg Blue Bombers taking yet another one from the increasingly discombobulated-looking Saskatchewan Roughriders.
The RWB also marvels at the incredible trolling of fantasy football players by the Calgary Stampders, who first gave Tommy Stevens 10 carries including four touchdowns in quite possibly the GOAT fantasy vulture performance, then finished with a garbage-time KaDeem Carey TD which flipped many a matchup -- including Os’s.
Then Joe brings us playoff scenarios – playoff scenario, really – and Os crunches the numbers (and schedule) to paint an ugly picture of a CFL with just two teams over .500 at season’s end. We’ve also got picks and predictions for CFL week 14; in short, a couple of these games could get ugly again.
The Rouge White & Blue podcast: What a blowout!
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
You want your CFL-flavored rants? Rouge White & Blue CFL podcast co-host Os Davis’s got your rants right here. Naturally, he’s got bones to pick with Trevor Harris and his Montreal Alouettes in general, another bad boy Saskatchewan Roughriders player, irrational Riders fans on Twitter and the excruciating inevitably of those Riders crossing over.
Luckily, RWB co-host Joe Pritchard keeps to his wits more solidly and is able to offer some more clearheaded analysis about week 13 in the Canadian Football League, and Os manages to get it together enough for picks and predictions for next week’s games…
The Rouge White & Blue podcast: Ranting about the games is half the fun…
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
Wednesday Aug 31, 2022
“Things are becoming clearer,” says Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-host Joe Pritchard, though co-host Os Davis isn’t so sure after a week 12 slate that surprised him – of course, that could be because he’s truly bloody awful at CFL Pick ‘em, CFL daily fantasy football and betting on CFL football…
In episode 212, the RWB reviews the week 12 games, with an accent on former Montreal Alouettes starting quarterbacks, and takes a look at next week’s games, staying remarkably on the rails the entire time. And Joe even feeds Os’s filthy gambling habit with some more admittedly good ideas for the Labour Day games…
The Rouge White & Blue podcast: Maybe clear, maybe not…
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Wednesday Aug 24, 2022
Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-host Joe Pritchard is back – for good, this time – just in time to address the cliffhanging, door-slamming, corner-turning and straight-up eventful week 11 in Canadian football. RWB co-host Os Davis has got seemingly endless questions and debate points, all beginning with “Is it over…?” such as…
- Is it over for Paul LaPolice as Ottawa Redblacks head coach?
- Are the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ playoff hopes over, as at least one Regina sportswriter guesses?
- Is it over for Bo Levi Mitchell, Cody Fajardo, Caleb Evans, Dane Evans, and CFL quarterbacks named Evans in general?
- Are Montreal Alouettes fans over their fears of Trevor Harris? and
- Is Joe over his love of Canadian fantasy football?
All this plus picks and predictions for CFL week 12 on the RWB.
The Rouge White & Blue podcast: Loving the second half of CFL season…