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Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Damn right the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast is ready for some (Canadian) football!
To this end, RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis have on Will Gertler of the Argo Fancast and Andrew Hoskins of the Turf District podcast to talk all aspects of the 2022 Canadian Football League season.
And when we say (write?) “all aspects,” we mean *all* aspects. Sure, Will and Andrew have analysis and predictions for their own favored teams (wait ’til you hear Hoskins’s forecast for the ’22 Elks), but the RWB also deep-dives into…
- Joe’s trip north and Andrew’s trip west for opening week – both attending games for the first time since pandemic conditions set in;
- why the Hamilton Tiger-Cats are to be feared in the East yet again;
- why the possibility of an East team crossover for the playoffs is so tantalizing in ’22;
- predictions (likely as futile as ever) for week 1 in CFL Pick ’Em;
- a sliver of fear and loathing for defending champion Joe Pritchard and the rest of these guys’ week 1 matchups in the CFL Podcast Network fantasy football league; and
- what’s up with the antipathy to Saskatchewan Roughriders fans?
Enjoy opening week!
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: We love Riders fans; no, really…
Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
Like the better part of the CFL-focused world, the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast got a bit tunnel-visioned this past week about the possibility of a player strike and the implications for the short-, medium- and long-term of the league.
So RWB host Joe Pritchard brought on John Hodge of the 3 Down Nation to talk about just that as well as other issues at the forefront of this offseason and, inevitably, predictions for the highly-anticipated upcoming season. (We promise the talk of a Winnipeg threepeat is kept to a relatively absolute minimum.)
The Rouge White & Blue Podcast: Dodging a bullet with Canadian Football fans…
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
The CFL Draft always brings optimism and excitement to Canadian football fans, and in 2022 we got some moving and shaking to make things especially intriguing. Joining co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis on the Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast to talk about what went down (we think) on draft day is Tim Capper of the Alouettes Flight Deck podcast.
Truth be told, given our loyalties and the general headline-grabbing, much of the focus is on how the Montreal Alouettes, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and especially the revolving door of the Edmonton Elks roster getting started by Chris Jones, the man who never met a roster add he didn’t like. The RWB is talking the no. 1 overall pick Tyrell Richards, the Ford Brothers and others.
Plus, a couple of outrageously early predictions for the 2022 CFL season are coaxed out of Tim and he provides travel tips for Montreal to Joe, who’s counting the days until he can see some live football north of the border again…
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Welcoming Tyrell Richards and all draftees to the league…
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
The Rouge White & Blue podcast has a good one for Canadian football fans this week (especially for those also into the NBA) as co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard welcome former Winnipeg Blue Bombers all-star wide receiver, current TSN analyst/commentator and CFL Twitter A-lister Milt Stegall.
Milt discusses a wide range of topics even before going down a classic wormhole in discussing the fates of the Toronto Raptors, Philadelphia 76ers, Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks with Os. Mr. Steagall’s brings great takes (some hot) on:
- the true sports love of his life;
- his possibly unassailable Pop Warner record for TDs;
- his brief run in the NFL and his long run in the CFL, including his participation in the “greatest football play of all-time”;
- making the transition to the other side of the microphone with TSN;
- assessing his former quarterback Khari Jones as head coach of the Montreal Alouettes;
- the possibility of an East team crossing over to the West for the 2022 playoffs;
- the recent rule change regarding hashmarks and the potential effect on CFL offenses;
- CFL fandom in the USA; and of course,
- #PaperPlates.
Joe and Os also weigh in with a few comments on those recently-released rule changes for the 2022 CFL season. Talk to you next week!
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Keeping the faith from here in the ’States...
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
Thursday Apr 21, 2022
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast has a good one for you this week, as co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis welcome as guest four-time Grey Cup-winning quarterback for Edmonton and Toronto, Ricky Ray.
Ricky runs through his whole career in the CFL as well as a couple cups of coffee in the NFL game, through NFL Draft Day to stints with two storied CFL franchises to retirement after a punishing in-game injury in 2018. Lots of great insights into the football player's life in general and specifically certain intricacies of a West Coast-style offense -- it's great stuff!
the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: We're making a career of it...
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Happy New Year from the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast! With a couple months to go before the CFL 2022 season kicks off, the RWB emerges from hibernation to talk Canadian football in what promises (cautiously optimistically) to be a full season.
RWB co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard invite on Josh Smith of Pod Skee Wee Wee to get RWB 2022 started off with some crazy-fearless way-too-early predictions for the season – Josh has quite the doozy about the East while Os tries to save CFL Pick ’Em players some aggravation in advance.
The RWB also talks the chances for a Winnipeg Blue Bombers threepeat; reasons for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to be looking over their collective shoulder; how much we should believe in the Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Elks; the amazing self-destructiveness of Vernon Adams Jr.; and how to get some background on draftees before the upcoming CFL Draft.
All this plus what is promised to be the final word on four-down football for the CFL.
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: A return to normalcy, for what that’s worth…
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Well, that went by quickly – suppose that happens when you shave four regular-season and all preseason games off the CFL schedule.
Rouge White & Blue CFL co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard take a look back at a very satisfying Grey Cup (particularly for Winnipeg Blue Bombers fans like Joe) and, incredibly enough, already look forward to the 2022 season with a new schedule peppered with oddities that naturally elicits discussion of the Atlantic Schooners and free agency to speculate about…
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Ready or not, here comes 2022…
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
And then, as they say, there were two: More precisely, nearly here is Grey Cup 107 which features a rematch of the still-defending champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. So, what else could this episode of the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast be about?
Actually … the RWB has a bit more, including a few verbal notes on the conference championship games of last week among which hope is offered Toronto Argonauts in the face of season-ending debacle on multiple fronts. Plus, coverage of that other championship game happening this weekend: co-host Joe Pritchard’s bid for the title of the DFS CFL podcasters’ league. (Represent, Joe!)
In all seriousness, though, all focus is on the Grey Cup, a rematch two years (plus!) in the making. The RWB talks key players, X-factors, winning conditions and playing conditions – and as ever, there are game predictions based on the thought-provoking lines of Bombers -2½ and an over of 43½.
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: wishing you a Happy Grey Cup Weekend!
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
Thursday Dec 02, 2021
The Rouge White & Blue Podcast hopes all those who didn’t sufficiently enjoy the CFL regular season in 2021 were tuned in to last week’s playoffs, scintillating as both games were.
For co-host Os Davis: the Montreal Alouettes-Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Calgary Stampeders-Saskatchewan Roughriders games boiled down to a single question each: “Does momentum actually exist?” and “Can a loss in football be blamed on one individual (particularly in a you-had-one-job scenario)?”, respectively. Naturally, RWB co-host Joe Pritchard deftly supplies answers.
Then, as they say, it’s on to next week and the CFL conference championships: the publicly-perceived coin toss pitting the Ticats against the Toronto Argonauts and the potential blowout of Saskatchewan at those ridiculously good Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Are we destined for the chalk matchup of Argos-Bombers? Could we get the Angleo Mosca Memorial Bowl with the Ticats enacting revenge? And do the Riders have any chance?
All this plus a brief look at the CFL’s year-end award nominees (mostly so Os can declare once again that Adam Bighill was robbed of the MOP) and Joe’s fantasy football progress in the DFS-format CFL podcaster league.
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: R.I.P. 2021 Alouettes, Stampeders…
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
For Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard, this part of the season is a bad news/good news situation. The bad news is that the 2021 season is almost over – and with four fewer weeks of games and no preseason, CFL 2021 literally feels like it has just begun. The good news is that it’s playoff time and the games are on Sunday, really the proper day for professional football.
After crawling his way past the .500 mark and coming off a 4-1 week, Joe feels particularly qualified to pick the first round of CFL playoff games, namely Montreal Alouettes at Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Calgary Stampeders at Saskatchewan Roughriders. Os chips in a probably unpopular take on the West game that he’s likely to lose money betting on as well.
Finally, considering that one RWB co-host has a twitter handle named for the original USFL, Joe and Os are briefly diverted by a little speculation on the upcoming USFL 2.0 on FOX launch.
Happy Thanksgiving holidays, USA CFL fans!
The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Who can prevent a Bombers-Argos Grey Cup…?