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It's Like The Spanish Inquisition, CFL Style /The CFL Outsiders S03 E22 · The CFL Outsiders

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Hey kids. Welcome back to another episode of the CFL Outsiders.
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I remain as always your 100% impartial,
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completely unbiased, and just kicking back,
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host, old man, shouting at clouds.
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Joining me as usual is MJ.
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Hey everyone, happy Thanksgiving.
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I hope you got spoiled a little on the weekend.
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Mm-hmm,
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I hope for everyone too, yes. And MJ too.
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Yeah, hi everyone. ~ also hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
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I am still wearing my turkey pants because our mom fed us so well.
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So thanks, Mom!
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~
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Thanks, Mom.
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Yes, the recovery week tryptophton
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Yeah.
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or whatever it is and see if we can sleep through the show tonight.
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Yeah.
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So I see after the the game this last weekend one Hamilton fan
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is still wearing their Hamilton colors and one is wearing the traitor colors that
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defeated them.
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Well I wanted to show this off because these are the new Costco sweaters.
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are they okay?
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And they are embroidered, friends.
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This is embroidery. They are so nice.
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My I may have to look for that.
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I have
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we have several teams now in these embroidered ones that are really nice.
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And it's free shipping, they're on sale.
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I think some of the red blacks and Calgary Stampeder stuffs,
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the t-shirts are on sale for $10.
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Free shipping.
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I saw that. I was
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I was thinking I may have t I actually saw an ad for one read black on sale
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and I thought, you know, I may have to buy one just to commemorate this season.
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For sure.
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man,
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yes. Yeah.
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But yeah, these are really
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nice. They're really nice quality.
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So if you have a Costco membership or know someone who does,
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you probably need these hoodies and T shirts.
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I will check, although I di I did
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get a nice Saskatchewan one last year from Costco,
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normally by the time I hear they're on there they're the Sasky ones are gone.
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Gone, gone, gone. Yeah.
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No, this this was a Christmas
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gift to myself and I love it, but it's like the crest and it takes up my whole body.
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So getting it on and off is sometimes a real challenge.
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Yes Yeah. ~
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You need the embroidered one.
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So I need to go to Costco
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and get myself a new tI cat hoodie because although I love this one,
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it it is a challenge.
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Yes. But the nice thing about buying a present for yourself is you know you're gonna
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get something that they like.
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Merry Christmas to me.
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It was a great Christmas.
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Yes. And speaking of great things,
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we have another celebration to go.
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Hopefully the penultimate one.
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Hopefully we'd get one more week of celebrations 'cause MJ did pretty darn good
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in fantasy this week, didn't you?
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I sure did. I thank
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Nice work, MJ.
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you. friends, my advice going forward is if you once you set your fantasy lineup,
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it's kind of like multiple choice tests.
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Your first instinct is correct.
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Because I went and filled with it two more times than I was sweating bullets
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the rest of the weekend. Because in my original lineup I had Schaefer Baker
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and I had Butler and I had Mac Mahone.
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And were any of those three left in my lineup by the time it was all said and done?
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No, they were not.
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No.
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so I was playing against the Commissioner of the League,
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and I was down 62 points going into the final game.
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And we both had Philpot.
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~ Yes.
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And I was like, okay, Davis Alexander.
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I was like, he needs over 62 points for me to win.
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And I
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Five touchdowns and four hundred and some yards,
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wasn't it?
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I would like to thank the Saskatchewan Rough Riders defense for my win.
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Well, the second half defense anyway.
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The first half might have had you sweating a tiny bit,
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Yeah.
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but
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Well, congratulations. And I believe it's Elksheard you're
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Thank you.
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up against now, is it not?
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I'm up against
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the Elks herd. and the we,
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as you know, well, maybe you don't know,
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old man and I know, we each put in money at the beginning of the season,
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and we're playing for our charity of our choice.
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So I have picked, my charity is called Spirit North,
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and they empower indigenous youth through sports and play,
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and they operate out of BC, Alberta,
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Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Ontario Northwest Territories.
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They work in 160.
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communities in 172 schools and work with about over 18,000 indigenous youth.
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So that is the charity I chose and good luck to Elksheard.
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I hope I win.
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Yes,
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likewise on both of those. I hope that both have a good game and you come
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out on top.
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Yeah. I don't know if I can count on Davis this this week.
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Yes.
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Good good luck. I have to admit it took some pressure off me not having to choose,
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so we'll see. But yeah,
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it was it was a good choice. I noticed 'cause I still played 'cause what
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the heck you're gonna do it I noticed almost everybody in the league
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had Nathan and going with Mr. Alexander was obviously a very smart choice.
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I'm glad you see well we talked about it in the game,
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but I notice Nathan's got his hand all wrapped up and
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Yeah. And apparently Davis's hamstring is just fine.
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Yeah.
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Looks just fine. Looked great.
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Looked great.
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but yeah, this is this has been fun.
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it was I've had some good chats.
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Adam and I message on Instagram a lot with each other,
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so we've had some good back
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Happy to be playing for charity,
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we're doing not bad. This is the second year the podcast has been
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in the final 'cause I made it last year and Adam beat me.
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So you'll you I'm sure will take the next step and and bring one home
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for the team this we year. Yeah.
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Okay, well like knock on wood,
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Pressure.
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don't
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Note to self, set your lineup and don't look at it again and don't fiddle around
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Alrighty Yes.
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with it four times.
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Yeah. Yeah, because
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I know that 'cause th there's nothing more frustrating than than having moved
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somebody out of the lineup and watching them go in for three or four touchdowns.
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like you said, all three of those ones you mentioned did well,
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Shaper Baker with back Mahomes.
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but apparently
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you didn't need them.
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I didn't I just needed Alexander.
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Yes.
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Yes. ~ moving along, light week on news,
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about three or four things to talk about.
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first one Zach came out, Zach Tolaris this week and said he wants
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to play another year at least.
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He wants to play in twenty twenty seven and possibly further.
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I would have said before this weekend,
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that's kinda silly, but he had one of those games he has a couple of years.
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So so what do you think? should he be play?
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I mean it's his choice and all,
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he's got
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everyone just
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posting memes like Unk's still got it.
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And I'm like, Yeah, we were all like,
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so silly. But he just proved that when he's up but I mean he's not played
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for a few weeks, so he's nice and rested.
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So I think if he plays next year,
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I hope that they they tandem him up with Elgersma or Brown or whoever they're
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d putting in for second a little bit more and don't leave him in there
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for every game, all game.
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Yeah, or have
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Yeah.
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come back somebody brings back as a backup maybe.
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Yeah.
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'Cause it is a risk taking Zack on because this is not the first season
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in a row that he has been out multiple games with similar injuries.
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And so
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Yes.
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I think, yeah, great that you're back and that you're able to play
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and that you actually still want to play Fantastic.
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But that to me is a bit of a risk because if you're basing your whole offense around
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Zach, which happened again this year,
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you're riding the wave.
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they use him in tandem or a backup,
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but would he wanna come back if that's what he's doing?
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Or maybe he wants more of that coaching mentor role?
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I d I don't know.
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say what what he would do. I don't think he's under contract for Winnipeg after this
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year. And if he's
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Ottawa.
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it's his choice. he's he's a grown man,
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he gets to choose what he wants to do with his body.
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But frankly, if you look at the last time he got hurt in the banjo bowl there,
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I think, wasn't it, where he threw an interception and sort of ran near the
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the player and fell down and was out for two weeks,
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three weeks, whatever. So good luck if you come back,
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but ~ it worries me. But he's optimistic.
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I a love of the game. Yeah, optimistic
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Yeah.
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love of the game. But at what point do you start shifting that love to coaching?
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Like I think he's a guy that people like playing for and I think he's
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a teammate that people enjoy. So
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I don't know, not every player maybe transitions well into being a coach,
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but I think he would be one that would.
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Yeah,
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guess maybe that's not what he wants.
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If he still thinks he can go out there and win games does a team want him?
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we'll find out, I guess, as we go through the off season here.
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it it Winnipeg scares me because really they Egersma didn't work out for them
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at all the way they wanted this year.
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Brown was a complete bust, so They may run him back out one more year just cuz.
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Anyway, that's enough doom and gloom for Zach.
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Good news. MJ, you were saying that the women's flag team has been invited
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off to a tournament.
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Yeah, so there's it's the inaugural Grand Slama flag and it's gonna
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be during Super Bowl week in LA.
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these are the teams that got invited for women.
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Canada, US, Mexico, Great Britain,
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Spain, and China. And there is a five hundred thousand dollar prize pool.
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my.
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That's fantastic.
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Yes.
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So there's some people in the US have put this together and they're like
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we want to showcase women's flag and pay you.
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So this is a the great news for the women's flag football team in Canada.
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I hope they go out and show out and come back with a big prize.
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Yes. do you know when the tournament takes place?
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Was it
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In February, right same week as Super Bowl.
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'Cause was it last
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good.
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year? It was it during playoffs or Super Bowl or it was was it the NFL that also
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had some flag football during halftime?
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I know it ended up not being as much as we thought,
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but I think it was the NFL, right?
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Well the I think
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the Buffalo Bills did flag because Marc Antoine de Croix was just down there.
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I think somebody down there. And I did they I think they had like
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the men's national flag team for the US play and NFL players in
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a flag tournament and the NFL guys got wiped out.
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Yeah.
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I remember them showcasing
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it during halftime. Maybe it was the CFL.
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listeners,
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please help us out. We don't wanna Google it.
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Yeah, exactly. Fill us in for where
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we're deficient.
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Yeah, but that's great because when when are the Olympics?
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Like so this is a great chance for them to play international that they might
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not play. So that's fantastic.
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Yeah. And they've already qualified for
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Yeah.
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the the Olympics. So yeah, good all round 'cause
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Yeah. Well this would this would
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help their travel expenses if they could win this tournament.
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Certainly would. All right,
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what else did we have? ~ for anyone who's followed along here for the season,
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GT is no longer on the show this for the rest of this season anyway,
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unfortunately. He'd had to step away,
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but you will know if you've been around a bit that he had decided he took four
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of his vintage jerseys from his own collection and is selling them off
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for CFL fans fight cancer. And the deal was
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Since he's such a Calgary fan,
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he's gonna take the scores from the Calgary games against whichever teams these
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jerseys were, and whatever the total score was,
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he'll sell them off. Well this week they played Winnipeg,
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and he had said earlier that due to the fact the Winnipeg jersey does
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not have a nameplate on it at all,
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he's only taking two of the three games and he's taking the two lower score ones,
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which is a hundred and twenty-two dollars,
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if my math is right.
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So if anyone wants pick up a nice vintage,
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unfortunately I don't have a picture of it right here now,
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but a nice vintage Winnipeg jersey the and give some money to CFL fans fight cancer.
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This is an excellent opportunity.
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We still have the Toronto one with Carrie Joseph and the Saskatchewan Michael Bishop
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ones that are out there. So just message us if you're interested in any of those.
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And the last one will be
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A BC Lions G Roy Simon jersey,
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which it should I hope gain some more attention too,
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and that'll be after next week.
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So let us know if you're interested.
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Yeah, maybe maybe
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some family members, right? Aunt and uncle,
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Yes.
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I feel like we have some family members.
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mom and dad?
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I I feel
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Yeah.
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like my husband's got his eye on this.
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Okay. Yeah,
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Well, this this one is whoever gets in quick to us quickest after
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It might be
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the score comes in. So so l
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let's be a little bidding more.
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let us know and we'll go from there.
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But yeah, definitely. If it they make,
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like I said, great presents and these are ones that GT's had in
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the collection for quite a while.
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They're in great shape, vintage jerseys.
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Please consider doing that, helping out the CFL fans fight cancer.
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Other good news? First time I think you said ten years,
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MJ, that the Elk will be hosting a home playoff game.
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Don't know which
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More than 10.
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one yet, but one of them.
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It's been since 2015, friends,
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that the Elks have hosted a playoff game.
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Yes.
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And since they haven't been in the playoffs since 2019.
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So to turn that around and be hosting is a quite the accomplishment for that team.
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So this is really exciting.
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So I wanted
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Yeah.
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to go back because I was like,
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2015, that was forever ago. I'm not gonna remember anyone.
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~ Mike Riley was the quarterback.
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We had Odell Willis, the mayor of I forget what he called it now.
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The mayor of Sacktown. Sackville?
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What's that fuck? Swaggerville?
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Wherever he was. Yeah.
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Spakerville! That's what it was.
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I think it's Swag Swaggerville.
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Yeah, they had Swaggerville for a while in Winnipeg.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Who he was mayor of who wherever he was.
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Yeah, come on down to Winnipeg.
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~ Sean
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White was the kicker for them that year.
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Yes.
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For the Elks?
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~ yeah.
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Yeah. JC Sherrett ~ was middle linebacker and now is he coaching for the Elks?
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No. Yeah. Yeah.
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He's their defensive coordinator.
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Yes, he's the D C for the outs.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. And I think Jason Maas was head coach,
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~ Craig.
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wasn't he?
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No. ~ Chris Jones.
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That's right. 'Cause that's
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Chris Jones? ~ okay.
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Yeah, yeah, yes.
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right because then he peaced out.
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~ Ed Hervey
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All right.
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was part of that group, and then Craig Dickinson.
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~ right,
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yeah, because that was before Jones went to Saskatchewan.
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Right you are.
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Yeah, and
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~ Jarious Jackson was the QB coach.
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So like for me, that's a lot of familiar names.
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~
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That's a lot of
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so it's been a while, Edmonton.
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Yeah, it's been a hot
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minute.
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Yes.
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Yes it has. There's been a changeover or two there.
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Yeah,
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and I will like plug it. If you're looking for playoff tickets for these games,
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they start at $25.
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great.
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It's not expensive. it's either gonna be Halloween or the week after.
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So we'll see. Maybe you'll see me there.
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I you know what, friends? I have never been to a playoff game.
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So I might
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Well you'll you'll get to go to one here and I'm pretty
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have to go to one if
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Yes.
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if it's not snowing, because if it's snowing,
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I'm not going.
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But if it's not, maybe I'll be there.
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No ~ come on now
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Rain or shine football's an all weather game and I and I'm pretty
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Well I know my team won't be there.
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sure that you won't be b having to go on Halloween,
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so that's
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Yeah.
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Well, you never know.
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Yeah.
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Never
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know.
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Yeah.
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But I just thought, ~ how fun.
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if it's like it was in twenty fifteen,
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they won both playoff games. they won the cup that year.
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they were first in the West. So kind of similar
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They're setting themselves up to be in a similar position this year.
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And I think that's so exciting for that whole organization and the fans
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Yeah.
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especially. I know we're gonna talk about attendance,
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but if we look at their attendance from last year to this year,
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you know, if you win football games,
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people show up. So I'm really happy for Edmonton.
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the the fans there deserve it.
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This year Edmonton, next year Ottawa.
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Yes.
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Yeah, I was gonna say it gives hope to Ottawa,
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maybe.
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Yeah.
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All right. And for kind of the last thing before well,
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I we we still got like attendance and a couple of things like that,
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but the last thing sort of under the general news that isn't really news,
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it's more of us playing a game as it were.
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The CFL.ca has their all-star selection open that you can vote on
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Now you can vote up to three times,
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so we could do this three times,
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but in the interest of not getting too boring,
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we're only going to do it once and go with what we have.
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So this is going to be a consensus thing.
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we'll do each position. We'll let everybody nominate one player if we
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end up with two people on the same player.
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I guess they they're our pick.
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If not, then we'll have to make our cases and see who we can win over.
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So who wants to go first? Let's go with MJ for quarterback.
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Who's your all-star quarterback?
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I'm just kinda trying to like
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~ I think it has to be Alexander,
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does it not? Like, who else is there?
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Well, Rourke's been off and on a bit,
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but he has been getting better.
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And Kelly,
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I mean
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despite the interceptions, has had a hell of a year.
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Cody's winning.
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I am not voting
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for Chad Kelly for anything ever.
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So I am picking Davis Alexander.
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Okay. Okay, I'm just giving it options.
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How about MJ2?
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What do you think?
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I if Vernon Adams had been more consistent this year,
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he would have been an easy pick for me.
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Yes.
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But
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I think Davis Alexander has been the most consistent quarterback all year.
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so he gets my vote as well.
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So we'll go with that. One wide receiver.
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MJ two, you get to go foist.
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Only one.
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my goodness. Well it's not Tim White is is not my my pick.
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Ha ha ha.
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I don't know if you can pick anyone except for Tyson Philpot.
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I mean there've been some phenomenal catches.
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Like I mean, I've been watching a lot of Calgary,
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Brooks and Barnes, but I think for me and I love Eberhardt.
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he has been the heart of Ottawa this year,
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but I'm going with Phil Pot.
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All star Phil Pot for me.
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I think
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the only person that contends him is Tyler Sneed.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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I mean there there's others out there that have gotten over a thousand
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I mean Coxie
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and have played well.
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Coxy has played well. ~
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Jokes he's played well, yes he has.
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but I mean like let's be honest,
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like Philpot's gonna be probably MOP this year.
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Yeah. He he certainly should be.
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I mean
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Yeah.
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Jalen's played well too.
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not as well as Tyson, but Jalen's played well too.
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Keyshawn till he got hurt in Saskatchewan was having a good year.
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But unfortunately
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Like
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the we've had the B C receivers have all been sort of middle of the pack.
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Yeah, well this is like like Mac is
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They haven't sparkled and with
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having a good year in Edmonton.
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Yeah. Hardy.
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Hardy yeah.
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Yeah. But inconsistent again. He's up and down.
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But I think if
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you wanna talk about someone who is consistent week after week,
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Yeah.
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and I think you could he would catch a ball no matter who th was throwing to him,
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that would be Phil Pot, like Tyson Philpot.
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Yeah. Okay,
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so he's our choice there. What about running backs?
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Well let the you go first again,
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MJ.
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Well, there's lots of running backs that are excellent.
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you look at how Rankin was at the beginning of the year and that's completely tailed
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off. You look at Brady, who was supposed to have like a great year,
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and you look at Mills, Mills is injured now.
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so that's just unfortunate. I think my pick for running back would
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be Xander Horvath.
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Okay. Well I will counter that one with Brady because I do think that while
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he may not have been given as many of the chances I'd still think that
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he has been by far the best performing running back in the league this year.
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So that would be me. So how about you,
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MJ two? Do you have a third one for us to kick around or are you gonna
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I feel
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do a tiebreaker one way or the other?
20:18
like Horvath is really good at those like short yardage plays and yeah,
20:24
rushing, but he's also good at those short throws.
20:27
Whereas if we're if I'm thinking running back,
20:29
yeah, sometimes they give Brady those short passes,
20:32
but Brady picks up a lot of yards right off of that handoff.
20:35
I don't know.
20:37
No. 'Cause there's so many that like rank it like
20:39
Theis Thiece was really good but got injured.
20:41
Thiece was really good.
20:43
AJ Ouellette again, injured, but
20:44
injured
20:44
Been injured, yeah.
20:45
but he's a game but again, he is a game changer when he is playing well.
20:51
So I guess I gotta
20:51
So yeah.
20:52
think who's consistent, who is a game changer.
20:55
Like B C can rely on
20:59
a lot of others, but I think I'm gonna I think I might say Brady because Winnipeg
21:04
really had to rely on him this year for a lot of their offense.
21:08
and when Winnipeg ended up using him,
21:11
it did make a bigger difference than I think ~ this is so hard.
21:16
Yeah, Brady. I could talk about this all night.
21:18
I don't know. ~
21:18
Okay, so Brady's
21:19
our choice. Takes us to O Lineman.
21:22
I'll go first here and 'cause O Line is a tough one to to try and get a handle
21:27
Who are there options? my goodness.
21:29
on to see what they're doing. But
21:31
of the play that I've seen so far this year,
21:33
even though he's been in and out a little bit,
21:36
I think I'd have to give it to Beard in Edmonton,
21:39
who plays center there. he's let
21:41
Very few people rush by him at all.
21:43
He's been consistent in the run blocking.
21:45
I think I'd go that way. Any counter arguments or anyone else to think of?
21:51
Pete Dyakowski used to be my favorite player and he was an O-lineman,
21:55
but I feel like Yeah,
21:59
I feel
21:59
like listage in Montreal is an option.
22:02
I'm just looking through their options because I mean there's so many.
22:05
Revenberg is always a good option in Hamilton.
22:09
Yeah.
22:09
I didn't think he performed as well this year as as he has in the past.
22:12
Shepley in Toronto
22:14
is also
22:16
I was gonna say Toronto. 'Cause
22:16
He had a good year, but a yeah.
22:19
I'm trying to think of who's giving their quarterbacks the most time
22:22
and who's making the best blocks for those running backs.
22:26
Well, people blocking for running black strategy receivers and fullbacks,
22:30
but I mean it's
22:31
But making initial.
22:34
not Stanley Bryant, he's on here and that's not it's not anyone from Ottawa.
22:36
Yeah. Yes. I
22:38
There's a lot of
22:39
Hamilton players on this list.
22:40
Yeah.
22:42
Yeah.
22:43
There's still I I've been
22:45
There's injured players
22:46
like Quentin Barrow, how long he's played
22:48
six games and he's on this list for people to choose from.
22:50
Yeah. Well,
22:52
I think if you played you get yourself eligible.
22:54
I'm trying to avoid my Saskatchewan bias here,
22:57
but if we're gonna talk about just team to team,
22:59
Hardrick did have another good year at right tackle for them.
23:04
I wasn't terribly impressed with anybody out of Winnipeg.
23:07
Fortan at center for Calgary had another good year.
23:10
Mm-hmm.
23:10
But I can't think
23:11
of anybody else that really stood out there and I can't think of anybody in
23:14
B C that catches my eye, so
23:18
I'm happy to pick beard.
23:20
Yeah,
23:20
I'm happy with beard as well.
23:21
Okay.
23:22
Moving along so that we don't bore people.
23:24
Okay. David Beard it is.
23:25
Other way.
23:26
Alright. Haha. Okay. That means now we need a linebacker.
23:32
Who's the best linebacker in the CFL this year?
23:34
~
23:36
So I'm gonna so a couple names like DeBlanco in Edmonton,
23:43
like I watched him this last game and he was everywhere.
23:47
Beverette in Montreal
23:49
Yes.
23:50
is always
23:51
a good pick. Marquel
23:53
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. McKenna, the rookie at a B C has had a good year.
23:57
Marcali in Calgary. Moncrief,
24:00
Moncrief has had a good season.
24:02
He's gotten a few
24:02
yeah.
24:03
Moncrief had a bounce
24:04
back season and
24:04
of those interception sacks.
24:05
~ Niles
24:07
Morgan in Ottawa is at the top of the list for a lot of stats and
24:11
he missed some playing time with and with a broken hand and played five weeks with
24:15
his h broken hand.
24:16
he's a player on Ottawa that has never given up.
24:19
Yeah.
24:19
And Cormier is for them has also once he took over the weak side linebacker played
24:24
very well. Another one who's had who I thought had a fantastic season
24:29
was ~ Darkangelo out of the Argos.
24:33
But Winton McManus, I think he's a game changer too.
24:36
he's noticeable on the field. ~
24:37
Yeah.
24:38
He
24:38
is. Yeah, he made a
24:39
I wouldn't say
24:40
he's had his best year though.
24:41
But
24:42
Yeah.
24:43
~
24:44
Pickett, Stopplefield. There's too many good
24:46
I I
24:47
would pick okay, so my top three are Niles Morgan,
24:50
Tyrese Bedarette and Joel DeBlanco.
24:54
Okay. And just 'cause we haven't mentioned him yet,
24:56
not Sankey in there, the way he's been playing for B C lately.
25:00
That was gonna be one mine.
25:01
It's late. I
25:02
I'm looking for consistency across a season and I would contend that
25:09
Okay. So are we satisfied,
25:09
like the blanco is
25:11
MJ two, that those will be our three contenders.
25:13
Beverett, ~ de Blanco and who who was the first one that you had there?
25:19
Niles Morgan.
25:19
Stopple Fuel.
25:20
Niles Morgan.
25:21
~ Stubblefi Stubblefield considered
25:23
Doublefield. Yeah.
25:25
Yeah, he's he's he's strong side,
25:27
but he is I mean, that's the same thing that with Moncrief that we said,
25:30
so
25:31
Yeah. yeah. Like we could again debate this all night.
25:34
lot of people. This is the thing when there's so many people playing well.
25:36
Yeah. There is.
25:38
What about
25:38
Yeah.
25:39
what about if we go with ~ just ~ to to toss a a bone their
25:45
way go with the Red Blacks in Mr.
25:46
Ottawa. I agree.
25:47
Morgan.
25:48
Yep. I'm I'm happy with that one.
25:48
Yeah. Because
25:51
I think that defense that's like it's hard to fill Niall Morgan.
25:54
Like if he's not playing it's a disaster.
25:57
Whereas the other guys you can fill in and it'll be okay.
26:00
But if he Morgan's not playing,
26:02
it's a big deal,
26:04
And who about now that takes us on to the D line and we can't say Calgary.
26:09
So Yeah,
26:11
Except for a Clarence Hicks.
26:13
Yeah.
26:13
you can pick
26:14
one of the Calgary ones, but they they have have been pretty amazing,
26:18
I have to say. You know, Clarence Hex has been good,
26:21
Hutchings has been good in there.
26:23
Betts I even though he's up there with the sack leaders again,
26:27
I didn't feel like he had quite as good of a a year this year.
26:30
did do well in Edmonton, as as did Brinkman again.
26:34
If we say Julian Hauser, then I'm happy because it's a Ti cat and it's
26:37
~
26:37
Yeah. Yeah, and how yeah. ~
26:39
a a red black. But he
26:40
has had a good season, good enough that a team won
26:43
Yeah.
26:44
Osai
26:45
from the Tie Cats has played really well and two are ghosts,
26:49
~ Sean Lemon and Ralph Hawley.
26:51
And
26:52
choice would be Ralph Hawley. 'Cause that man
26:54
~ is a d he is everywhere you don't want him to be all the time.
26:58
Yeah. Okay. And
27:01
Yeah, twenty five sacks. Perfect.
27:01
a name we haven't a name we haven't thrown out there yet too
27:05
is Willie.
27:07
Yeah. Willie Jefferson is yeah,
27:09
Yeah.
27:10
him
27:10
and Sean Lemon.
27:12
It's his height, it's his hands.
27:13
Can we vote for Willie Jefferson's hands?
27:15
Willie's
27:15
knockdown hands.
27:18
We can vote for any attributes
27:18
A specific category.
27:20
we want, but we can only pick one D lineman,
27:22
so
27:23
who's played the most consistent?
27:25
Who's been the biggest game changer?
27:27
Who's been the player that people don't want to play against?
27:31
That you've had to plan offense around.
27:34
I don't know. I know we said no to bets,
27:37
but like he's got nine sacks
27:39
he
27:39
does, but he's he hasn't impacted games
27:41
Clarence has twelve.
27:43
the the way that that I would have thought.
27:44
Who has twelve? Yeah. Yeah.
27:45
Clarence Hicks has twelve socks.
27:47
Yeah, I I'd be okay with clearance picks.
27:48
Now he's undersized
27:50
and but he does still stand up against the run,
27:53
not bad. Do we want to go Clarence?
27:55
Okay.
27:55
I think so.
27:56
Well yeah,
27:57
although I would ~ my my choice is for Ralph Hawley.
28:00
Ralph, you're
28:01
Okay.
28:01
an Argo, but I love you watching you play.
28:04
Okay.
28:05
and do I wanna change on on that now?
28:07
No, I think what Hicks is doing is is pretty special,
28:11
so I will go with him too and we'll go that.
28:13
And then the best D B in the league this year.
28:16
This is a tough one.
28:18
Again, the defenses this year have really I don't know,
28:21
they've really been great. I know we've had some high scoring games,
28:25
but I feel like defenses that sh this year have won games.
28:30
Like Marcus Sales, just this weekend.
28:33
I know that they are not winning or whatever,
28:35
but I think that yeah, I don't know.
28:38
I think he's on a list. Jamal Peters is injured,
28:42
but
28:43
he would be another top one for me.
28:46
Yeah, Ford with Edmonton is is good.
28:46
Yeah. Trey
28:48
Yeah.
28:48
Jackson Finley from the Lions and Addae from the Red Blacks.
28:53
And would also throw
28:53
Yep. I would give that. definitely that
28:56
in Major Williams into this conversation as well.
28:58
Yeah. Yeah, I think out of
28:59
Winnipeg's got a couple of good ones,
29:01
but I think Williams is probably the best one that they have there.
29:05
And as good as Montreal's defense is overall,
29:08
I don't really think of any of the them that stand out specifically well with it.
29:14
So
29:15
this is hardly ketotonus? ~
29:15
Of the ones we've mentioned, who's the
29:17
the top one?
29:18
Cassantonis has not played as well as he did last year though.
29:22
That's
29:22
true actually. Yeah.
29:25
Yeah.
29:25
Major Williams though.
29:26
Yeah. Mostly ~
29:27
I think the biggest knock on that Hamilton defense is they've just been
29:31
on the field so much this season.
29:32
Yeah, exhausted.
29:32
Yeah, they're getting worn down.
29:33
they're just tired, right? they're just tired.
29:35
~ I
29:36
would try I think I would put either probably Tyrell is having a really good year,
29:40
Tyler Ford or Major Williams, I think,
29:42
Yeah.
29:42
if I
29:42
had to pick.
29:43
Yeah, those would be my top two as well.
29:45
Yeah. Okay, well
29:45
Like
29:47
I will make a choice on those two then and go with Ford 'cause as
29:51
Okay.
29:51
much as Major Williams is doing good,
29:53
I do think Ford is having a a another standout year.
29:58
Williams should get rookie of the year.
30:00
Yeah. Yeah, well although there's
30:01
Yeah.
30:02
a few good ones there too th
30:03
that'll be interesting. And we don't get to pick that.
30:05
So th let's move along now with our last three,
30:08
the special teamers. The ~ we'll do the special we have punter kicker
30:13
and special teamer. So that would be a a cover guy or a returner
30:17
which one are we doing first? That's three
30:18
Okay,
30:19
things.
30:20
So
30:20
we're doing the what they call what they call special teams.
30:23
So anybody on special teams that's not a punter or kicker.
30:25
because my thing has like
30:26
kicker, punter, and special teams as three separate categories.
30:29
Yeah, that's what they've got.
30:29
Same here. ~
30:29
No, yeah, so are we doing kickers first?
30:30
So that's what I'm saying. So not a anybody who No,
30:33
we're doing special teams first,
30:35
which is anybody who's not a kicker or a punter.
30:37
~ okay.
30:38
~
30:38
sorry, we're like special teams.
30:40
I'm like, yeah, these are special people.
30:41
We're special teams.
30:41
Yeah. I
30:42
~
30:42
know they make it confusing as hell.
30:45
if
30:45
Wooden had been able to return those two this weekend,
30:49
he would have automatically have been my number one pick.
30:53
Yeah.
30:54
Generion Grant is my person.
30:58
McAllister did not bad in Calgary as well.
31:01
But I do still think even though he's not doing quite as well since he's been
31:07
playing defense as well, I think Vavell out of Winnipeg is my
31:10
Yeah.
31:10
clear choice. So
31:11
Yeah, me too.
31:12
that he basically that's my that's my only no and I will I know we'll get to that,
31:17
but that's my only that's the only thing I wrote down for the Winnipeg game
31:21
was Babel
31:21
Yeah.
31:22
on caps underlined five times.
31:24
So I would have to go with him.
31:27
Okay, so that's we'll go to there were a few people that did quite well
31:31
on the cover teams and that too,
31:32
but Vavel I think sort of stood out.
31:34
yeah, we can put him in there.
31:36
All right, best punter.
31:38
~ it's well Jake Julian
31:42
Is good.
31:43
Yeah.
31:43
Mike
31:44
Vassett or J yeah, I think Jake Julian,
31:47
Mark Vassett or I think Mitch McCarthy or my three.
31:51
Okay. See I and
31:53
Yeah.
31:53
I wouldn't go with any of those.
31:54
I'd be going with Myers out of BC.
31:57
He's been kicking them close to a hundred yards all season,
32:02
I think.
32:03
Yeah. Who's placing them well?
32:07
you know what, to be fair, I honestly don't pay as much attention to the punting.
32:12
So I feel like I don't have much to say on this except for just the stats that
32:17
I'm looking at. So I don't feel like that's a fair vote.
32:20
I mean, if we're looking at stats,
32:22
like yeah, Julian
32:25
Yeah, and the thing is with Julian I don't think it's him.
32:28
I think it's what their special teams has decided,
32:31
but he doesn't place the ball into the corners of the field very much.
32:36
He tends to kick right down the center,
32:36
Yeah. But
32:38
which makes coverage
32:39
harder.
32:39
and is but Vasset for Calgary has been doing a good job of getting it in the corner.
32:43
He has? Yeah.
32:44
Yeah, I think I would pick facet.
32:47
Yeah.
32:47
Okay. All right. Vassett she be then.
32:50
Like I said, I've just I've been amazed by Myers all season that he's been
32:55
so responsible for the the BC's field position.
32:59
But here we go. Mark Vassett and a kicker.
33:04
well Sean White.
33:07
Vincent Blashard.
33:09
Renee Paradis. He saved a season for the Calgary Stampeders,
33:13
maybe. And and and
33:14
~ okay.
33:16
and kicked kicked a field goal that was amazingly enough longer than his age.
33:22
Okay, but Paradise has been hurt most of the season and he has not so
33:25
Yes, he has. Half the season. Okay.
33:26
I don't think that you can really pick him.
33:29
I mean, I that was amazing, it did save the season,
33:32
but if you're gonna talk about people who've been like kicking all year.
33:34
Yep. Yep.
33:37
I mean, Lauther's also been playing great.
33:42
but I think considering what Blanchard has been doing in Emmonton
33:44
and what their kicking situation was for years,
33:47
and they finally have somebody that they can count on.
33:51
Like that did that them kick in Kelowna where he like curved it was like bend
33:55
it like Beckham, like that was money.
33:58
Kick nine field goals in one game.
34:00
But
34:01
Okay.
34:01
Sean White also had the entire points for the Lions in one game.
34:08
Yeah. Yep. ~
34:08
Yeah.
34:09
The kickers are having a good year.
34:11
It's been nuts.
34:11
mind you, so
34:12
did Dawson Hodge for the Riders,
34:13
but that was a not as good
34:15
that was their
34:16
Yeah.
34:16
six points on banjo ball.
34:18
Maltos deals is also money, right?
34:20
Yeah. Yeah it's
34:20
Like he's he doesn't
34:22
kick it as much as any more because but when he's on he's he's kicking it.
34:25
Yeah, and he's got the leg for it and all too,
34:25
So I mean yeah.
34:26
So
34:27
yeah.
34:28
Hale is still on this list, which is interesting,
34:31
play, so he could be considered all star,
34:33
but
34:34
~ yeah.
34:36
We're gonna let you decide this one,
34:38
MJ too, 'cause we're we're sort of back and forth with this.
34:41
~ I hate
34:41
We've Blanchard Maltos
34:42
Dios.
34:43
being a decision maker because I'll just default to Sean White.
34:46
I just think
34:48
Okay.
34:49
you've got age accuracy clutch.
34:52
I'm
34:52
gonna let you go with that.
34:54
I will come over and join you on Mr.
34:54
And he caught he caught a ball on the sideline.
34:56
White. So there's our All Star
34:58
selections. Davis Alexander, Tyson Philbott,
35:01
Brady Oliveira. I think it's David Beard.
35:04
I think David's the first name there.
35:06
Niles Morgan, Clarence Hicks, Tyrell Ford,
35:08
Sean White, Mark Vassett, and Vavel.
35:12
Is it Trey?
35:12
Apple. That's an excellent team.
35:13
That's a pretty good lineup.
35:15
That that would be a good place to start putting a team together,
35:18
yeah.
35:19
Yeah.
35:19
Right.
35:21
Alrighty. So there they are. Everybody else,
35:23
remember to get out and do your votes.
35:24
You get to vote three times on there.
35:26
Make yourself known.
35:28
I laugh that this is kind of like the MLB All-Star voting where the Blue Jays fans
35:32
just like flood the zone. And I was like,
35:34
Yes.
35:35
you're letting the fans pick this year?
35:37
Let's see. I what a mystery about which which players will be chosen.
35:41
Yes. Yeah, the ~
35:44
I think the fans get a partial vote in this,
35:46
but yes, there's I'm sure there will be a lot of votes for riders just 'cause
35:52
So everyone else get out and vote.
35:54
Yeah, get out and vote, make your voice heard.
35:57
Yes. attendance this week.
36:00
We had a it was another good week for attendance.
36:02
The low was in Hamilton, unfortunately,
36:05
with just under 19,000. The high was Winnipeg sold out again at 32,343.
36:11
And the others were in the twenty thousand.
36:14
So so the average was just over twenty-four thousand.
36:17
So not a bad week. And we've got
36:21
We do player transactions of note now and we got to the point of
36:24
the season where there ain't any.
36:25
Nobody going
36:26
Yeah.
36:26
nobody's getting traded, of course.
36:28
Very few signings happening.
36:30
Zach Colaros came off
36:31
the six game injured list to be act Zach Colaris to be activated off
36:34
Sorry, which was this? Oh Zach Colaros Yes.
36:38
the six game injured list to start the game.
36:41
A miraculous recovery.
36:41
Yes, there are a few. Yes.
36:45
Yes, there are a couple of those.
36:46
Treyvon Campbell in Saskatchewan came off the list
36:49
Yeah.
36:50
and maybe shouldn't
36:50
Yeah.
36:50
have, but ~ yeah
36:53
Desperate times.
36:54
Yes. Alrighty, so that takes us to the games.
36:58
And again, I hope you got lots to talk about with the games.
37:02
I don't so much 'cause frankly,
37:04
while you know, it was late season football a lot has been decided and
37:10
It was not the most inspiring weekend of football to me.
37:13
There was only one game that wasn't really a blowout,
37:16
and even that kind of felt like it was.
37:19
So let's start with the the foist one.
37:22
Edmonton two weeks ago,
37:27
before they're by, had to go to the shootout period of overtime
37:32
to defeat the Hamilton Tiger Cats in Edmonton at home.
37:36
So they went out.
37:37
To Hamilton for the rematch this time.
37:39
This time's Hamilton's at home.
37:41
How's that gonna turn out? Well,
37:43
Hamilton apparently plays well in Edmonton.
37:46
Because it was Edmonton 37, Hamilton twelve.
37:49
Hamilton was in it for the first three quarters of the game.
37:53
This was kind of almost a theme this week.
37:54
Were they
37:56
Fell apart
37:57
in the second half.
37:59
Hamilton got themselves a kick return touchdown.
38:01
It was their only touchdown, but they got that.
38:04
Well,
38:04
And
38:04
the Hamilton defense played in the first half,
38:07
but the offense didn't. And then the offense started playing.
38:11
And then the defense didn't. So yeah.
38:14
Yeah. They take turns. No one wants to be greedy and take
38:16
Just took turns on the field.
38:19
all the play.
38:20
I was curious what the weather was like because there were a lot
38:23
of players slipping on that turf in that game.
38:26
noticeable. So whatever shoe choices they had,
38:29
it wasn't like you they made adjustments in the second half.
38:32
I just noticed that was weird.
38:33
Like that would be really frustrating.
38:35
for the players, But one of the coolest things,
38:38
I don't know if you saw, was each team had brothers on special teams
38:44
and their family
38:44
Yes.
38:45
that was there with like the dual jerseys.
38:47
I forgot their names. Yes.
38:48
Yes. And they were even lined up against each other on the special teams.
38:51
Yeah.
38:52
Yes, actually
38:53
That's fun.
38:53
playing directly against each other.
38:55
Yeah, the Hubert brothers was it not,
38:57
I think, yes.
38:57
Yeah.
38:58
And I thought, that's so fun. Like to be able to play against each other
39:02
in that way. Yeah, yeah. but Robostelli was back for the Elks.
39:05
So mm-hmm.
39:06
Yeah. And he got a couple of catches.
39:08
I don't remember him doing
39:09
a lot, but he got some in the Elks just played really well and Hamilton didn't
39:14
so much. The
39:15
Yeah.
39:16
the only
39:18
Did did the Elks play well or were they just playing Hamilton?
39:23
I
39:23
I thought that Edmonton played their game and and played it well.
39:26
They're not gonna blow people out a whole lot.
39:30
I mean it can happen. But this was a like thirty seven points is
39:35
is fairly decisive and
39:36
Is it thirty seven or twenty seven?
39:38
was it twenty seven?
39:38
Thirty seven.
39:39
Did I get that wrong? I may have marked that down wrong.
39:43
It's like let's not give them free points.
39:46
Yes, twenty seven to twelve. So I was wrong on that.
39:46
Elks field goal, field goal, single,
39:49
Yeah, my bad. Twenty seven to twelve.
39:49
field goal, then Cody got a touchdown there wasn't a touchdown
39:50
Yeah.
39:53
Hamilton
39:53
held them to field goals until that second half.
39:57
it
39:57
was close for the first part of the game.
39:59
But
40:00
Yeah.
40:00
again, it just like all the game games this weekend,
40:04
It was okay to watch, but it wasn't didn't inspire me.
40:07
In fact, I had here the note the one thing that stood out was the game ended.
40:11
I think Hamilton had the ball and got down towards the Edmonton end
40:17
on what would maybe even another score that wouldn't have mattered.
40:20
But the game ended, they were at zeros and even though it was
40:24
a blowout the officials decided no no
40:26
We're gonna put one second on the clock and let one more play go.
40:30
And you can see by the just the demeanor of every player on every team going,
40:35
Why? Just why are we doing it?
40:37
However
40:37
Yeah, so Dustin's
40:38
like, is there any time left on the clock?
40:40
And Luke said, I hope not. And
40:41
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
40:43
we're all like I was like, you're right,
40:45
Luke. I also hope there's no time left on this clock.
40:48
Yes.
40:49
And I feel like Yeah.
40:49
But if
40:51
if you were
40:52
Mm.
40:52
a if you were a fantasy player who had the Edmonton defense,
40:56
you liked that one second, 'cause that play ended up in a strip sack that
41:00
was recovered by Edmonton. And I think that's worth about eight points
41:03
for your fantasy team.
41:05
~ man.
41:05
Great.
41:06
No, the the play that summed it up for me was in the in the second half.
41:11
Ti Cat special teams, we're gonna try this trick play.
41:15
I've got to say
41:16
God my god
41:16
yes, the the fake punt.
41:18
with a straight face that we're gonna try this trick play.
41:21
And it's gonna be great. And and then it was a disaster.
41:28
And then the best part
41:30
was TSN Thank you for your shady moments.
41:33
They like close up on Scott and all you can see is him very clearly saying,
41:38
~ shit
41:40
Mm.
41:40
And and just like no reaction.
41:43
And I thought, yeah, that about sums up the season,
41:47
I think, in that reaction, right there.
41:50
also they tried a third and four gamble.
41:52
And not only were they offside on that,
41:56
but Frost got sacked by Carney on this.
41:59
Yeah. Yeah.
41:59
Yes.
42:00
So
42:00
like ~
42:02
But
42:02
four Frost got sacked four times by Carney.
42:05
Carney had four sacks, three in
42:07
Yeah.
42:07
the first half, like whoa. Unbelievable.
42:09
He was he was having up. Yeah.
42:09
Unbelievable. Yeah.
42:11
Yeah.
42:12
And if I
42:12
c if I can just say, just in case anybody didn't see the game,
42:15
what MJ two is talking about there is it I think it was in the third quarter,
42:20
wasn't it, where the ~ the Tiger Cats decided from about their own thirty they were
42:25
punting and we've seen something,
42:28
so we're gonna fake the punt and throw it to our wide out who's standing
42:31
out there on the sidelines and get our first
42:32
Tronowski.
42:32
down. And the punter was obviously not a quarterback.
42:36
The throw wasn't bad, but
42:38
His read wasn't good. Somehow he missed Zack Mathis,
42:41
who's w what is he? I think he's six six,
42:43
six seven. Sort of standing between him and the player he was throwing it to.
42:48
Pick six on a
42:48
Yeah. Yeah, there were two people
42:51
there. Yeah, and then yeah, ~ yeah,
42:54
and then ran it back for a touchdown.
42:57
So
42:57
Yeah. But it wasn't like he
42:59
snuck in out of nowhere and ~ baited him or snagged that or whatever.
43:03
No.
43:03
He was
43:04
That's when
43:04
you like fake it and just run like ~
43:07
And then and then
43:08
maybe, ~ he is not open, I should just punt this.
43:11
I should just should
43:12
Yeah. Go ahead and punt it anyway,
43:12
just punt this. Yeah.
43:14
yep. Not
43:15
So but
43:16
that's what I mean, like that place sums up for me.
43:18
then there was Whitney McManus.
43:20
Was it McManus or Stubblefield?
43:21
McManus when they were Edmonton was at the goal line trying to punch it in,
43:25
they they stopped them and he was like went to the Elks sideline,
43:28
he's like, run it again
43:29
Mm yeah.
43:29
Yeah.
43:30
Like run it again, and
43:30
Yeah.
43:31
then I was like, okay, we will.
43:33
And then they scored a touchdown.
43:33
Yeah, maybe.
43:34
I'm like,
43:35
what? Why
43:35
shouldn't have beaded them.
43:37
are you baiting them when you are down so much?
43:40
You can trash talk
43:41
I don't know.
43:42
like that when you're winning,
43:43
or if it's like a really close game,
43:45
but this was not. Anyway, you looked stupid because they went and punched
43:49
it in and you're like, Yeah.
43:49
Yeah. Ex did exactly what you said to,
43:51
yeah. Yeah, it's like the
43:53
I'm like,
43:53
thanks, thanks, McManus. We will run it again.
43:56
Like
43:56
Yes.
43:57
Yeah, it it's like the receiver that gets a garbage time touchdown to bring
44:01
you back within three scores and does a big touchdown celebration over it.
44:05
Yeah.
44:05
No, my favorite part, I mean I've had a lot of favorite parts,
44:08
but I really liked it when Wooden had a return for a touchdown
44:13
and then Wooden looked like he was about to get it and whoever would have
44:17
won a million dollars and Luke and Dusty are like,
44:21
just let 'em through. Come on.
44:22
Just let him through what does it even matter?
44:23
Yeah.
44:23
You're already winning.
44:25
It doesn't matter. Like let this player get that,
44:28
like or let you know.
44:30
They didn't.
44:30
thanks Adminton.
44:30
No.
44:31
So mean.
44:31
No. But
44:32
hey, Wooden was the one that was involved in winning the the million bucks
44:35
Yeah.
44:36
for somebody
44:36
Last year.
44:36
last year, so
44:37
Yeah.
44:38
Yeah.
44:39
Pity he couldn't do it all on his own this year.
44:39
~
44:41
Yeah, got close.
44:42
Yeah.
44:43
That was yeah.
44:44
my favorite was the Heckler. They had a Heckler that you could clearly hear through
44:49
a lot of the game. I don't know where they were saying but what my favorite line
44:52
was like he was yelling at somebody on the the special teams and he's like your
44:55
hands are not good
44:58
yes, that's you know what? Yes.
45:01
Sure. With with the thought in their head,
45:01
Sure, yeah. And like an accurate heckle,
45:02
I mean that's accurate.
45:04
yep. Yeah.
45:05
thank you.
45:07
Like never change Ti Cat fans.
45:10
That was the first game on Friday night.
45:10
Just I just want to say that when your
45:11
Go ahead.
45:13
your player when your quarterback is that flustered and they are getting sacked
45:17
a million times, you have other quarterbacks on your team available to try
45:21
Apparently not. No.
45:21
and get a spark,
45:24
but no. So thanks Scott. I thanks for that.
45:25
I know. I know, they kept showing forward,
45:27
They
45:28
but you know what?
45:29
report a lot. Thanks, TSN.
45:31
Yeah. No, it's
45:33
there's egos involved now and 'cause the last thing I mean,
45:38
I could be wrong on this. This is an assumption on my part.
45:41
But I really I truly believe the last thing Scott Milanovich wants is to go,
45:46
okay, we're gonna go back to Trey Ford for two games and have him ball
45:49
out and and play fantastic. 'Cause then he'll just look like an idiot
45:53
for the entire year. So I don't think Trey gets another chance.
45:54
Well you look like an idiot anyway.
45:56
Yeah, I know, but anyway
45:57
Yeah. Yeah.
46:00
The other game of the Friday night wasn't wasn't a lot more enticing or exciting,
46:06
unfortunately. Hopefully I have the score right on this one.
46:09
BC forty two Ottawa twenty. And again,
46:13
Ottawa put some points in at different points.
46:16
They got a nice touchdown with Ataboye.
46:18
but BC pretty much dominated whistle to whistle.
46:21
And yeah.
46:21
Yeah, right from the start, early score.
46:24
BC played the way they were capable of,
46:26
although they were getting some drops from their receivers again.
46:28
That was coming back And their defense was reasonably good.
46:32
it was never in doubt. But but for me again,
46:34
the only real sort of excitement of this was when our all star kicker,
46:40
Sean White, managed to miss a convert and Pimbleton took it back for two points.
46:46
Which I like to feel.
46:46
Yeah, all that work for
46:47
Yeah,
46:48
two.
46:48
you're
46:48
all star pick.
46:49
Yeah.
46:50
Yeah.
46:51
Hey now.
46:52
Don't diss Sean White. This is the Sean White Appreciation Podcast.
46:53
Yeah, you know. Not be hating on Sean.
46:59
~ but that was one of the most exciting moments.
47:01
Hardy
47:02
also had that huge catch for Ottawa after they had that fumble recovery.
47:07
And I thought, ~ okay, here we go.
47:10
And then again, like Ottawa, you just can't finish.
47:14
So ended up getting a field goal
47:16
you recover it, your defense does all it has to do,
47:19
Hardy has that great catch and you don't get seven points,
47:23
you get three. And that's
47:23
Discap yeah.
47:25
Ottawa's year
47:26
They weren't scaring the lions because they were down six there,
47:29
only down by six for a little while,
47:31
and my dad would like message me.
47:33
He's like, ~ I'm stressed. And I'm like,
47:35
Yeah.
47:35
yeah.
47:35
but I was like, don't worry, Dad.
47:37
Ottawa does this all the time.
47:39
And in the fourth quarter, they can't their
47:41
Yeah.
47:41
Yep.
47:42
defense can't play anymore, and off you go.
47:45
And that that that was yeah,
47:45
And that's exactly what happened.
47:48
by and large
47:49
Ottawa's been very good at trying hard through the whole game.
47:53
By the end of this one they they were just sort of let's just get us out of here.
47:58
That's what I saw. And
47:59
Yeah. Yeah.
48:00
But ~
48:00
shout out to Eberhardt though because he recorded a tackle in this game.
48:05
So after a BC interception he ended up
48:05
Yeah.
48:08
tackling. So you know what, if you're not catching balls,
48:10
Yep. Yeah. An all purpose player.
48:11
at least you're stopping them.
48:12
Like so well done.
48:13
Yes.
48:16
yeah the the BC running game is back.
48:18
Horvath two
48:19
Yes.
48:19
touchdowns, 89 yards rushing, and Butler had 89 yards rushing
48:23
and 76 yards receiving.
48:25
Yep.
48:26
So those two had been doing zero and then they just busted out.
48:30
So that was nice to see those two.
48:32
And then and then
48:32
you've got Ottawa that has this huge play,
48:36
ends in a field goal, and you've got Butler.
48:38
Huge run. And then B C is able to take that and turn that into a and to a touchdown.
48:44
And so yeah, you're able to finish,
48:47
you're able to get those points.
48:49
Well done, B C.
48:51
full credit to B C. they've definitely heated up for the end of the season here.
48:55
They're about seven of the last eight.
48:56
They've been playing a lot better.
48:58
They didn't play as well in Toronto.
49:00
And this game again, you know,
49:02
it you you can sometimes get away with a a lesser game if the opponent isn't quite
49:07
as good. But the way that the teams played this weekend,
49:11
there were I think
49:15
at least three teams out there,
49:17
maybe four, that BC,
49:21
if they played the way they did in this game,
49:22
they would have lost. I think that Montreal obviously outplayed them this weekend.
49:26
I think Edmonton played better than BC did this weekend.
49:29
And frankly, I think both Winnipeg and Calgary played better than
49:33
BC did this weekend. So
49:36
But like I said, you pick your weaker games for your weaker opponents
49:40
and it all turns out okay 'cause you still got the win.
49:43
Yeah, well lions are how many wins did they like it's like they're like nine
49:46
for ten or something? Like they're on a tear.
49:48
Seven of the last eight.
49:48
So that yeah, so I mean they I mean ~
49:53
like we're talking about the elks,
49:54
how they're like pulling out gritty wins they maybe necessarily not have deserved,
49:58
Yep. Yep. Yeah,
49:59
but mm, BC's doing the same thing.
50:01
exactly. They did they
50:02
did what they needed to do, you know,
50:04
that's the thing is you come out you come out with the win.
50:07
If they were playing one of those other teams,
50:09
maybe they would have played better.
50:11
as much everyone says we respect every team in this league.
50:14
These are all professionals, they all get played to play.
50:17
If we're if we don't play well,
50:18
we're gonna lose this game.
50:20
Every team says that about whoever they're playing against every week,
50:23
and it's generally true. But there's also the fact that it's really hard late
50:28
in the season when you're tired and you're going into a game that looks like
50:32
it should be a win. it's hard to to play at your entire full peak performance under
50:38
those conditions. Sometimes the body just lets up
50:39
Yeah. what's
50:41
going on with Rourke's hand?
50:44
I don't know.
50:44
~ yeah.
50:45
I
50:45
have heard a rumor that he has a chipped bone in that hand.
50:51
my. Yeah,
50:51
Ew.
50:53
And it's all wrapped
50:53
it's possible.
50:54
they has it wrapped up. I'm like,
50:55
And that's his ~
50:56
luckily for him he's not it's not his throwing hand,
50:58
but still, still that Cause I saw it,
50:58
Yeah. But still it makes a difference on taking the snap,
51:02
on on holding the ball. Yeah. Yeah.
51:03
I saw a flash and I was like, is he wearing a glove?
51:06
And then they showed up
51:06
close. I was like, no, it's like wrapped.
51:08
Like it's so something to keep an eye on heading into the playoffs here,
51:14
I would say.
51:15
Definitely.
51:17
But is there anything else to talk about here?
51:19
Just thought how are you going to evaluate Barnes if you never play him?
51:23
I don't know, Glenn, how are we gonna do that?
51:26
Come on, Glenn, Glenn, you're right,
51:27
Glenn. You're sometimes he
51:28
says things I agree with, and that was one I was like,
51:30
yes, Glenn, you're right. How will they evaluate him if they never play
51:34
or if you put him in for the last two minutes of a fourth quarter,
51:37
Yeah. Yes.
51:38
like
51:39
I agree with Glenn sometimes. I don't know that he has to say it eighty seven times
51:42
in a game, but
51:43
no,
51:44
but just in case you missed that part.
51:46
also
51:46
the CFL app did not have video highlights for this game on my app and
51:51
I was really annoyed.
51:53
Makes no sense. CFL, be better.
51:56
Last week they had highlights from two different games and not
51:58
the actual game itself on one of the games.
52:01
And I was like, okay, cool. So like I had to
52:03
Yes.
52:03
watch these on TS. I did watch this game.
52:05
It was so late though, I was like I didn't remember half of this happening.
52:08
I was so tired.
52:08
Yeah.
52:09
there was also I I think I'm going by by sort of memory here.
52:14
I think it was in the Friday one of the Friday night games anyway,
52:17
but but I noticed that T SN flashed up their graphic of the playoff scenarios
52:23
Yes.
52:23
of who's
52:24
where, who's one, two, three in the west,
52:26
who's one two in the east, who's out,
52:28
who's on the wild card and that.
52:29
And amazingly enough, Saskatchewan was nowhere to be seen,
52:33
but Calgary was on twice.
52:33
Why
52:34
no way was it Winnipeg, Winnipeg,
52:36
it was Winnipeg, I was on toys.
52:37
Well, was there one they did that with Winnipeg?
52:38
And I was like, yeah, because I was looking
52:39
'Cause I saw one with
52:40
at it and I was like, did Saskatchewan like get knocked out of
52:43
the playoffs because of this
52:44
Yeah. Well it's
52:46
game? And I was so confused.
52:48
The one that I flashed saw flashed up had had ~ Calgary in third place
52:53
in the West and in fourth place.
52:55
And just didn't have
52:56
Cool. I saw one
52:57
with Winnipeg in the the third place and then the Winnipeg in the crossover.
53:01
Did
53:01
they so yeah, so th th there were more than once.
53:04
They were not on their game.
53:05
They've also
53:06
they've also flashed up a graphic with the Ottawa Senators as the Ottawa Red Blacks,
53:10
and they have flashed up a graphic for Labor Day with the Elk's old name.
53:14
Yeah, wonderful.
53:15
but also TSN has been doing weird stuff like that weekend MJ and I were away
53:20
and we tried to watch the game on TSN and it was on TSN 5.
53:24
And and then this weekend I was really annoyed.
53:28
I know we're getting to the Calgary game,
53:30
but I recorded it to watch later and I missed half of the first quarter
53:34
Yep.
53:35
because of some US college game.
53:38
Old Miss Game, yeah. Yeah.
53:38
~ TSN,
53:41
No.
53:42
if you're gonna be the
53:42
Flagship
53:43
Sole provider.
53:43
partner.
53:45
The sole provider
53:45
Yeah, no, I know.
53:46
flagship partner.
53:48
Anyway,
53:48
Yes.
53:49
that's my TSN rant. Where's GT to give us a a ~ TSN rant?
53:49
Well Yeah. Yeah.
53:53
Yeah. 'Cause
53:55
yeah, I I've just there's so much that they're just doing wrong with it.
54:00
And I think like the the programming is just stupidity.
54:05
But I think what's happening with these graphics and with so much
54:08
of the stuff that's showing up wrong is that they've just turned it over to AI
54:11
Last
54:12
Yeah.
54:12
and they
54:12
don't even have anybody checking it now.
54:14
It's just save some money.
54:16
Let AI generate it all and let the fans point out when you when you're being stupid.
54:17
It's so
54:21
it's just like mailing it in. That's it's embarrassing.
54:24
It's
54:24
Yep.
54:24
Which is too bad.
54:26
too bad.
54:28
Especially this
54:28
Yes.
54:28
time of year when it is when th when this playoff race is so close
54:33
and so exciting that you can't even double check a graphic before throwing
54:38
it up onto the screen.
54:40
Yeah, I don't know.
54:40
I don't know.
54:41
Anyway, ~ thanks T SN.
54:44
Pride in craftsmanship.
54:46
well. Yes,
54:46
Thanks, T SN.
54:48
thanks, T SN. And thank you for showing us most of the game where Calgary went into
54:54
Upmost.
54:54
Winnipeg and lost twenty-eight to thirty-three.
54:59
I feel like the score was zero zero when we did get to finally watch it.
55:02
Yeah, there was that, yes. And I
55:04
didn't get a chance to look and see if maybe my PVR just recorded on
55:08
the the wrong channel if they had it on two or whatever,
55:11
but it was it was stupid anyway,
55:13
but it was and again this was the game that was close.
55:16
It ended up as a a five point win after Calgary got a late touchdown,
55:22
but then missed the two point try and the onside kick,
55:26
So it didn't matter. They still lost by the five points.
55:28
But again, this was one where
55:32
it kind of was the mere image of what Calgary did to Saskatchewan the week before.
55:36
Winnipeg just kept getting behind Calgary's coverage.
55:39
Throwing the deep ball. And VA had a not bad game but wasn't on as much
55:46
as he has been the last couple of weeks they fell behind and even though,
55:51
like I said, this wasn't a blowout,
55:52
it never really felt like Calgary was gonna climb back into this.
55:55
Every time they started to get close,
55:57
Winnipeg would just do something else and
55:59
Winnipeg had one of those Winnipeg looked as good as they've looked in
56:03
the last five years.
56:05
Tim White caught a long pass. So I know he did yes,
56:08
Yes. He also dropped one right over the middle too but.
56:09
Yes.
56:11
yes. But I thought, yes.
56:13
they just
56:14
look like this was the I just haven't noticed saying like they're
56:17
a different team when Zach is playing.
56:19
Nah.
56:20
But also I was like, no, because sometimes they do this.
56:23
They will play so badly, and you're like,
56:25
what is this garbage team? And then the next week they'll like
56:28
pop off something like this, and it's very inconsistent.
56:31
So again, I think we've talked about this all year.
56:33
I'm like, I don't know which team is the blue bombers,
56:35
and I have no idea which team is showing up in the playoffs.
56:37
Because if it's this team, some people are in trouble.
56:40
But if it's last week's team, I don't think you need to worry so much.
56:45
Yeah, and
56:45
they are they're back and forth.
56:47
it's not even that they're like it wasn't like they suddenly said,
56:49
we're gonna use Brady and run over them.
56:52
This was a passing game. This was a Tommy
56:54
Yeah.
56:55
Condell kind of game going deep every time he could.
56:57
And even with that, there was still out of the what did we have here?
57:01
It would have been sixty one points and twenty of those,
57:06
'cause twenty seven field goals.
57:09
So a third of the points for from field goals again in this one.
57:11
eight field goals tried, four by each team.
57:14
I feel like this game is summed up by the last onsite kick where Neil came down with
57:18
the ball that Alfred was going to and then he's like double his size.
57:21
And I was like, yeah, that's just how this game went.
57:24
Yep.
57:24
Yeah.
57:25
Like, this is this is a microcosm of how the the the play of this game.
57:29
Like, you
57:30
Yeah, and it's
57:30
didn't like Calgary didn't play necessarily bad,
57:33
but Winnipeg just played just played better.
57:34
Yeah. Yeah. And it
57:35
Yeah.
57:36
Connecting like that Dembski
57:38
glitch and like again like when you have players connecting like that
57:42
and when you have
57:43
Singer, yeah.
57:44
yeah, when you're like when your coaches are making the right calls
57:49
at the right time, i it looks good.
57:51
Yeah. Yeah. When you get a return T D that helps too and you know,
57:53
Yeah. Yeah. And when you have Vavel.
57:55
Yeah.
57:57
it's just yeah.
57:59
Yeah. They just they looked like the Winnipeg team that
58:03
was winning championships and dominating for quite a while.
58:06
Yeah.
58:06
And
58:06
Yeah.
58:06
they
58:07
they've they somehow managed to pull that off over the last three years.
58:11
They've pulled that off two, three times a year.
58:14
They look that good. But
58:15
Yes.
58:16
then it just it's like it's an illusion and
58:20
I don't know if it's who they're playing against or what,
58:22
but
58:23
But it is really frustrating that they have this
58:23
That make any sense.
58:26
good game when Calgary needed those points.
58:29
~ yeah, poor Calgary.
58:30
Yeah.
58:32
Yeah, 'cause now Calgary's
58:32
Because
58:33
gotta go into B C and who knows what how that's
58:36
Yeah.
58:37
gonna turn out for them.
58:39
Yeah.
58:39
mind you, Winnipeg's put themselves up to eight wins,
58:44
so they're tied with Saskatchewan and Calgary.
58:47
But they've got and
58:47
I feel like they have a tie break.
58:49
Did who has the tie break? Someone I someone placed put put a bunch
58:52
of scenarios up and I got very confused and I was like,
58:54
Yeah. Winnipeg has the tiebreak over Saskatchewan and Calgary.
58:54
I can't math this. Okay. Okay,
58:58
Calgary has the tiebreaker
58:58
yes, that's okay. That's
59:00
over Saskatchewan. So Saskatchewan has to win by one more game than either
59:06
of those two teams to make it in the playoffs.
59:09
And Calgary's got a bye, so at the
59:11
Yes.
59:11
last game. So th they have one more game and that's it.
59:14
Yeah, they've got one more
59:14
This is it.
59:15
loss than both of the other two.
59:17
Yeah.
59:18
And if they if everybody loses out,
59:20
which is possible, if everybody loses out,
59:24
then Winnipeg takes third, Calgary takes fourth,
59:27
and Saskatchewan is out of the playoffs.
59:30
What a time. Like this is exciting.
59:31
Time to be
59:32
alive.
59:33
Yeah. Yeah. It's just yeah, it's
59:34
Ja
59:35
it's bizarre. And frankly, if you look at who they're playing,
59:38
Winnipeg's got Edmonton and B C.
59:40
Calgary's
59:40
Mm-hmm.
59:41
got B C. Saskatchewan's got Montreal and and Edmonton.
59:45
It is entirely possible they that all three teams lose out.
59:50
Lose the last two weeks of the season.
59:53
And and I think this is exciting football because even if,
59:56
you know, maybe the games might be great or they might not,
1:00:00
but you are invested because every game does now matter.
1:00:04
that's exciting. But yeah, I just felt bad for Calgary because I thought they
1:00:08
did play well and no one it's like the Spanish Inquisition,
1:00:12
like just no one expects Winnipeg to play this
1:00:15
The sped.
1:00:16
well. Like why?
1:00:18
th
1:00:18
but they might completely have a meltdown next weekend.
1:00:21
Like it's just who knows?
1:00:23
Well,
1:00:24
yeah, you want to see see stuff suddenly get interesting in the West.
1:00:29
What if Winnipeg and Calgary both win their games this weekend?
1:00:33
So Edmonton and BC loses. And let's go let's go a step further.
1:00:37
Let's say Saskatchewan also somehow manages to beat Montreal.
1:00:41
So now you do that and those two final season games between Edmonton
1:00:46
and Saskatchewan and BC and Winnipeg,
1:00:48
they're all playing for a a better playoff spot.
1:00:53
Okay.
1:00:53
Or a playoff
1:00:53
spot. So those that could be a heck of a good weekend.
1:00:58
Or it could be boring as hell.
1:00:58
This like the scenarios. But
1:01:00
Yeah.
1:01:01
again, it all depends on like Calgary is not really consistent
1:01:06
and neither is Winnipeg. And
1:01:08
No. And Winnipeg is
1:01:10
in Edmonton, where Edmonton plays well,
1:01:13
but BC's going to Calgary and Calgary does play a bit better at home,
1:01:16
so I don't know.
1:01:18
Yeah.
1:01:19
Yeah. Ugh.
1:01:21
Two weeks
1:01:22
we'll find out.
1:01:23
boy.
1:01:25
Because again the last game of the weekend unfortunately was another game that
1:01:29
was a entertaining game for a half of football.
1:01:32
And then
1:01:32
Yeah.
1:01:34
~ my child was very entertained.
1:01:34
Montreal just woke up. ~ I'm sure.
1:01:38
I don't recall exactly, but it wasn't it was still fairly close at the half.
1:01:42
Yeah.
1:01:43
Yeah, it was seventeen thirteen at the half for Montreal,
1:01:46
Yeah. So it was you know, it was
1:01:47
so
1:01:48
still yeah, so there was still a game going on.
1:01:50
Well, the first series, like Alexander th
1:01:50
But then they woke up in the sec
1:01:54
threw an interception, right? Like so I was like,
1:01:56
dear like Yeah, that was his third of the year.
1:01:57
Yeah, yeah, which doesn't happen a lot.
1:01:59
There I mean there was there was some good stuff there,
1:02:01
Like
1:02:02
but but the second half was a different well not really,
1:02:06
'cause they did get behind Saskatchewan's coverage.
1:02:10
The like I said, Trayvon Campbell came back and and they'd been Bell,
1:02:15
the rookie who'd been playing corner for them,
1:02:17
got beat up pretty bad, so I think Saskatchewan fans were happy to have him back.
1:02:21
He had a lot of rust. He got beat two or three times badly,
1:02:25
and he is one of the best.
1:02:27
cornerbacks they've had in the last year and a half.
1:02:30
don't know. Yeah. The big thing to me was they couldn't stop Alexander scrambling.
1:02:35
They couldn't get
1:02:37
No.
1:02:37
their hands on him and he would he would run around until somebody got open deep
1:02:41
and then throw it deep and be accurate.
1:02:43
And yeah. Yeah.
1:02:43
Or he'd be in the middle of a sack.
1:02:45
Six inches off the ground, shovel
1:02:46
Yeah.
1:02:48
passing to Scott for a 17-yard pickup.
1:02:51
Yep. Yeah. And
1:02:54
It it it is so fun to watch a quarterback who did have some injuries come back
1:03:01
and have such a major statement game.
1:03:04
Like, Montreal could have just phoned this in.
1:03:06
I mean not really, but but they could have.
1:03:08
And that is
1:03:09
They had that option, yeah.
1:03:10
and that is how Alexander played.
1:03:12
amazing. he put on this clinic on what to do and and good job on
1:03:16
the coaches for calling those plays and figuring out
1:03:20
where the weaknesses are and just like hitting it time and again.
1:03:24
~
1:03:25
you want to cover Phil Pot and Sneed?
1:03:27
Okay. we
1:03:29
Well
1:03:29
will throw to Stearns and Rambo.
1:03:31
Fine. T Rambo had two touchdowns.
1:03:32
Yeah. Exactly. Or or ~ Yes.
1:03:32
Yeah. Did Rambo have three or two touchdowns?
1:03:38
Yeah. I'm trying to think who else it was.
1:03:39
Ferdinand got a couple of passes in there with them and the but like I said,
1:03:43
the biggest thing though was they were they were getting pressure on Alexander,
1:03:48
but then they were leaving gaps and he was just popping out
1:03:52
He'd either wheel and go outside the the D end who wasn't deep enough
1:03:56
or there'd be too much of a gap between the D end and the D tackle
1:03:58
and he'd he'd head up off field that way and extend the play two
1:04:03
or three seconds and that would get somebody open deep.
1:04:05
It was depressing to watch.
1:04:05
He had three care
1:04:07
he had three carries for forty yards and I am a hundred percent certain that
1:04:11
the Saskatchewan defensive coordinator did not expect him to run.
1:04:15
No.
1:04:15
No, I
1:04:16
I I would
1:04:16
Well,
1:04:17
agree with that, I think.
1:04:18
Yeah.
1:04:19
the way he was moving around, I'm like,
1:04:20
has Alexander been playing flag football in his free time?
1:04:24
Yeah. Yeah.
1:04:24
Because the way
1:04:25
Yeah.
1:04:26
he was trying to break those tackles,
1:04:28
but again, like, I don't know,
1:04:30
I and I know I go on and on and on about Montreal,
1:04:33
but this is a team where players want to play and they're showing that
1:04:37
by how they show up on the defense,
1:04:40
finishing tackles, Alexander full out running,
1:04:44
when we talk about consistency,
1:04:46
Montreal's been consistent from the start this year.
1:04:49
and it's fun to watch. Sorry,
1:04:49
Yeah. Yes.
1:04:52
Yeah, it's a lot of fun watch.
1:04:52
But this was this Yeah. Yeah,
1:04:54
Riders fans. Shape
1:04:54
it's happened
1:04:55
definitely.
1:04:56
to all of our teams. It has happened to every single person's team.
1:04:57
Well Yeah.
1:05:00
and I I have to say I think this to me this was a step above almost
1:05:06
~ what we've seen from them. They've been good and they've had some
1:05:09
off games But the
1:05:09
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
1:05:10
difference was to me earlier in the season
1:05:12
Alexander looked like he still had,
1:05:14
whether it was a hamstring or,
1:05:16
the the lower leg came along later in the season.
1:05:18
And there were times when, he'd run,
1:05:20
but it looked like he was trying not to to run any harder than he had to.
1:05:25
He'd get out of bounds as quick as he could.
1:05:27
This looked to me like the Alexander we saw when he came in in the second half
1:05:34
a couple of years ago against Saskatchewan and beat them.
1:05:36
And they just couldn't put a hand on him.
1:05:39
He was
1:05:40
scrambling out and getting away from them and and that's what he looked like again.
1:05:44
And if that if he's healthy and not worried about his legs at all going into
1:05:49
a playoff scenario, that makes it tough for any other team in this league.
1:05:54
I will say, like last week I said like this was a the Grey Cup rematch
1:05:57
and usually I think this was like very important to the Alouettes,
1:06:01
this game. They might be letting the gas off the rest of the season a little bit.
1:06:05
but I think this game was very important to them.
1:06:08
And they and it showed because they they had a really nice video,
1:06:12
I think you saw it, MJ, they they nice video of like Jason and Alexander talking
1:06:15
and they were all talking in the locker room and like how they all play
1:06:18
for each other and how much they love each other and it was just I'm like,
1:06:20
you wanna know why your team can't beat this team?
1:06:22
You
1:06:23
Watch this and see what they have built,
1:06:25
and this is why you can't beat them.
1:06:29
Players won't wanna
1:06:30
leave. players are trying to get in.
1:06:32
Yeah.
1:06:32
you're building a winning club and
1:06:34
Yeah. Well it'll be interesting to see how they handle it this weekend,
1:06:37
'cause if they're gonna take their foot off the gas,
1:06:39
this is the game to do it. take out maybe Philpot,
1:06:43
take out maybe Alexander and maybe even Sneed say we don't need the game,
1:06:48
we can let it go, we'll come back in the our final game of the season
1:06:51
and play them for a half to make sure we got no rust on us and we're ready to go.
1:06:55
I'm not saying they'll do that.
1:06:57
I'm saying that this would be the game
1:06:59
to do it if you're going to
1:07:00
Alexander
1:07:01
had five touchdowns and he you they were showing him and Moss having a conversation
1:07:04
I thought he was gonna pull the Max Scherzer thing and be like,
1:07:07
I am not coming out of this game But he ended up coming out of the game just
1:07:10
Yes. Yes, he did.
1:07:13
for a little bit.
1:07:14
But only at at the very end.
1:07:15
I will say for the riders, it is fun to watch Schaefer Baker play.
1:07:19
He is such a great player. And I thought
1:07:19
~ he is so
1:07:20
Yeah. Yeah.
1:07:22
he had like I know that he was injured,
1:07:25
but I think that this is one of like the best games he's had since he's been back.
1:07:29
I think he's only been back, what,
1:07:30
two weeks? Three? Three weeks?
1:07:31
Yeah, three weeks in, but he didn't have a good
1:07:32
Yeah.
1:07:33
game. The he was his first week back was rusty.
1:07:33
But he was like leaning against yeah,
1:07:36
Yeah. But yeah.
1:07:36
Yeah. Yeah.
1:07:37
leaning against that goalpost after that touchdown that made me really happy.
1:07:39
Yes. Yeah. No, he yeah,
1:07:42
Yep, so
1:07:42
he did good. He got the one
1:07:44
Yeah.
1:07:44
when it counted and he got the one late in garbage time and then they ran
1:07:47
in a two pointer from AJ to make it look like it was
1:07:48
Hmm. Yeah.
1:07:50
a a reasonable score. But but no,
1:07:53
Yeah. 'Cause AJ's back from injury too.
1:07:55
it just yeah.
1:07:56
So like the riders
1:07:57
have had a bit of a rough go. So it's nice to see those guys coming back healthy,
1:08:01
being able to play.
1:08:02
I don't know what's happening with Keishon Johnson and Emilus but again there's more
1:08:06
to it than that because they're back to closer to what they had
1:08:11
as their original starting defense and it's still just not playing terribly well,
1:08:16
so
1:08:17
Unfortunately they're a team that regressed through the year and unless
1:08:21
Yeah.
1:08:21
there's a miracle turnaround, which is always possible,
1:08:24
but I don't think so.
1:08:25
As long as you get in the playoffs,
1:08:27
anything can happen.
1:08:28
Yes.
1:08:28
That's
1:08:28
true.
1:08:29
Yeah.
1:08:30
You
1:08:31
just gotta get in. I guess like my last well two.
1:08:34
Like Sneed got that onside kick recovery.
1:08:36
He is five seven. So that team like like we are the your
1:08:38
I know you want your hands team out there,
1:08:39
but
1:08:40
hands team, the shortest guy on your hands team's,
1:08:42
but that's just how they're playing,
1:08:43
right?
1:08:43
it was a beautiful day there. The trees looked gorgeous in the background.
1:08:48
I wished I had been there for that game.
1:08:50
It would look like such a beautiful day to sit outside and watch football
1:08:53
in Montreal.
1:08:54
Yes.
1:08:55
Yes indeed. Yeah, no the to me the only way Sneed should be on a
1:08:59
a onside recovery team is if he's sitting on the shoulders of one
1:09:03
of their offensive tackles, but but apparently he can do it.
1:09:05
Old school rugby play. Crop up.
1:09:07
Yes. Yes.
1:09:07
Yeah, just like a lifter.
1:09:10
Yeah. And he wasn't the only one out there.
1:09:12
They did have a couple other taller receivers that just went deep enough
1:09:14
Yeah.
1:09:15
to get to him.
1:09:17
So that was the weak Yes it was.
1:09:17
But yeah, that was a lot of onside kicks this weekend though.
1:09:21
That's exciting.
1:09:22
That was a lot,
1:09:22
That's fun.
1:09:23
yeah.
1:09:23
A lot
1:09:24
of field goals, a lot not so much this weekend,
1:09:26
but the last two or three weeks.
1:09:27
A lot of onside kicks. One thing that I didn't do,
1:09:29
I'll see if I get the the the gumption and the wherewithal to do it,
1:09:33
I may go and look at what the how many points were scored in the three quarters
1:09:38
of the season. The first six games,
1:09:39
the middle middle six, and then these last four to this point.
1:09:43
Cause it feels to me like the scoring has really dropped off since Labor Day.
1:09:48
There's been some teams have still been putting up a lot of scoring,
1:09:50
but there's been a lot the games haven't all been close.
1:09:53
it felt to me like in almost every game coming up to at least through June and July,
1:09:59
the games were two or three point games and both teams had points
1:10:05
in the high thirties to forties.
1:10:07
Yeah, 'cause I just think back to the Stampede Bowl.
1:10:09
Like that was a ridiculous Yeah.
1:10:11
Like what is like seven touchdowns or something?
1:10:13
Yeah. Yeah.
1:10:13
Like Yeah.
1:10:14
Yeah.
1:10:15
Yeah.
1:10:16
But it and it just doesn't seem to be happening near so much.
1:10:18
So normally they always joke or talk about the fact that defenses do better
1:10:23
at the start and then the offenses pick up.
1:10:25
This year it seems like it's been the opposite.
1:10:27
opposite. Thank goodness for the kickers.
1:10:29
Yes.
1:10:30
Yeah.
1:10:30
Some
1:10:31
for some
1:10:31
teams. ~
1:10:34
The story writers fans. Yes.
1:10:37
Now it's fine. It's fine.
1:10:37
Yeah. Reb go ahead. Rub that twist that knife a little.
1:10:44
Okay, that's the games. Power rankings MJ.
1:10:48
Ooh Yeah.
1:10:48
The official MJ's official
1:10:50
CFL Outsiders power rankings for week twenty are Montreal at the top,
1:10:54
Goodness, what is even
1:10:56
I'm guessing.
1:10:57
yeah, what is even happening right now?
1:10:59
I don't know what's happening.
1:11:00
Alright. Number one, alouettes.
1:11:02
Number two, elks.
1:11:05
Number three, BC. Number four,
1:11:08
Argos. Five is the bombers up out of the basement.
1:11:12
Six is the stamps. Seven is the riders.
1:11:16
Eight is the Tycats, and nine is the Quebec City.
1:11:20
And ten is the Red Blacks. Okay.
1:11:22
Yeah. Yes. Yeah.
1:11:23
Nine is the Red Blacks.
1:11:25
Yeah.
1:11:27
Yeah. And I I think that's about accurate right now.
1:11:33
Yeah. The bombers moved up four spots.
1:11:35
Where will they be next weekend?
1:11:35
Yeah. Yeah, well exactly. Because
1:11:36
Who knows?
1:11:39
all you can do is what you've seen.
1:11:40
And yeah, that I
1:11:41
Yeah.
1:11:41
I mean that was really that was like watching that I felt like I'd gone back
1:11:46
in time. Three
1:11:48
Yeah.
1:11:48
or four years.
1:11:49
Yeah.
1:11:49
I have a lot of feelings about that.
1:11:49
I feel like they I feel like they did not
1:11:53
the Calgary did not plan for Zack whatsoever.
1:11:55
Like they
1:11:56
No.
1:11:56
planned for Drew Brown and then just never shifted anything once they
1:11:59
saw Zack was starting. I don't know.
1:11:59
Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. I either
1:12:03
that or they got full of themselves and thought,
1:12:05
~ you know, this is good we're gonna win this 'cause Winnipeg's playing so bad.
1:12:09
I don't know.
1:12:10
And then you
1:12:10
get behind and that's the end of that.
1:12:12
Yeah. Yeah, and
1:12:12
Yeah.
1:12:13
that was it. And they they
1:12:13
Winnipeg just has
1:12:14
a magic day like they do sometimes and then
1:12:17
They
1:12:17
they never gave up. They kept fighting,
1:12:20
but it just always felt like Winnipeg had an answer no matter what they were doing.
1:12:24
Yep. Ugh. So good job bombers this week.
1:12:28
Boo.
1:12:28
Yeah, good job, bombers.
1:12:29
Yes.
1:12:30
Yes. Nice to see you back.
1:12:33
Sorry, Ty Cats
1:12:33
Injury report.
1:12:34
moved back down to number eight.
1:12:36
Yes.
1:12:38
Well you never know. Saskatchewan keeps going the way they are,
1:12:42
they'll drop below the tiger cats before too long.
1:12:45
injury reports for this week. What do we got?
1:12:48
Most of these have got a couple of days in so that they're what they're showing
1:12:53
is somewhat realistic with one exception,
1:12:56
but anyway. Toronto I think is two days in.
1:12:58
They only had two players listed as limited,
1:13:00
Huslow and Kemp.
1:13:02
And two of any note anyway, the names that you'd notice.
1:13:05
Ottawa, who's playing Toronto in the weekend was was worse.
1:13:09
Anderson, who they picked up as their backup running back,
1:13:11
was did not participate. So was Boyd from the O line.
1:13:15
And on the D line, not necessarily names that I recognize so much,
1:13:18
but they've got so many new players in there,
1:13:19
these could be starters for them.
1:13:21
And three of them, Evans, Parks and Talala,
1:13:23
were all did not participate. And then
1:13:27
Blaylock and Revis from the defensive secondary and Opoko from the
1:13:31
D line were limited. So
1:13:34
Yeah. So I don't know. Winnipeg,
1:13:38
boy, red blunks.
1:13:38
it yeah. Winnipeg was
1:13:39
No red blacks.
1:13:42
day one, so just the entire lot roster was did not participate.
1:13:46
You know, basically no no that it was Olivier Demski white singer.
1:13:52
So four offensive weapons. Yeah.
1:13:53
Yeah. Everyone who ran.
1:13:56
Yeah.
1:13:56
Bryant,
1:13:57
somebody I don't recognize from the D line,
1:14:00
Gakuth on the D line, and then Ayers at linebacker and Smith
1:14:04
in the defensive backfield were all did not participate.
1:14:07
But that was first day for Winnipeg.
1:14:09
I'm assuming probably all of those will be playing this weekend.
1:14:13
Too much turkey.
1:14:14
Yep. Edmonton, Beard did not participate.
1:14:18
Bah Badaham, Baham, Badaham, I can never pronounce his name properly.
1:14:22
DK from the D fence didn't. And Huber,
1:14:25
one of the
1:14:25
The special teams twins did not participate this weekend and or this week so far.
1:14:30
And same with Cordell Jackson.
1:14:32
And then on the limited was Murray from the O line,
1:14:37
I believe, and then Leek and Luther,
1:14:39
who have both been out, are now back at practice,
1:14:41
but in limited capacity.
1:14:44
BC was day one as well, so we don't know if how much this might change,
1:14:48
but Bell and Tavai from the D line were did not participate,
1:14:52
and Butler, Peters from the secondary and Schluger from the O line were all limited.
1:14:57
And then with Calgary, another big list of did not participates.
1:15:03
And I'm not sure if this was day one or two,
1:15:05
I don't remember, but Alfred, Bagleton from the receiving core were both
1:15:09
did not participate. Williams and Ashmore from the O line did not participate.
1:15:14
Green from the defensive secondary did not participate.
1:15:17
And then Brissett and Anjou, who have both been out lately,
1:15:21
were back at practice in a limited capacity.
1:15:24
Alfred took a his head hit off the turf pretty hard.
1:15:26
Yeah. So I hope he's okay.
1:15:28
Yeah. He may be
1:15:29
Yeah,
1:15:30
hopefully he's okay.
1:15:31
Yeah.
1:15:34
So
1:15:34
that brings us to having to decide what's gonna happen this weekend.
1:15:39
~
1:15:39
yeah.
1:15:40
Put
1:15:40
your pronostication caps on. Some of these might be easy to pick,
1:15:45
some may not be. We'll see. Toronto at Ottawa.
1:15:49
No line on who's playing quarterback for Ottawa?
1:15:54
Who's playing quarterback for Toronto?
1:15:57
Kelly was hurt last time they played.
1:15:58
We've had a break since and a bye,
1:15:59
It it
1:16:00
but
1:16:00
doesn't matter who's playing quarterback for Toronto.
1:16:04
No.
1:16:05
It could matter.
1:16:06
No. They have Arbuckle though.
1:16:09
They have Arbuckle They will be completely fine.
1:16:11
yeah.
1:16:15
Sorry, Ottawa.
1:16:16
Sorry, Ottawa.
1:16:18
Enjoy your lemons road team.
1:16:20
Yeah, poor road team.
1:16:22
How does he not have an ulcer?
1:16:23
That's all
1:16:24
I don't know.
1:16:25
I can think about. I'm like such a mom.
1:16:26
I'm like, you're gonna give yourself a stomach ulcer eating all those lemons.
1:16:31
You were worried about the guy in Winnipeg who used to wear shorts until they
1:16:33
won the Grey Cup, weren't you?
1:16:35
No, I'm not worried about that man.
1:16:37
I am worried about this young man's like digestive health though from
1:16:41
all these lemons.
1:16:43
Okay. And
1:16:44
I will pick Toronto as well. I you never know.
1:16:48
Ottawa could win a game this year,
1:16:50
but no, I'll pick Toronto. Winnipeg going into Edmonton.
1:16:55
MJ, you get to go foist. You got the double E sweater on,
1:16:57
my god. Whoa!
1:16:59
you get to
1:17:00
No.
1:17:02
I like if Winnipeg plays like they just played,
1:17:05
I think Edmonton's gonna have all they can handle.
1:17:08
But can Tommy Condell do that two weekends in a row?
1:17:12
I have not seen any evidence of that.
1:17:14
so ~ Edmonton's got quite a little list of Yup,
1:17:21
it's Concrete Castle of North vibes.
1:17:23
I will take the odds.
1:17:24
Okay.
1:17:26
MJ two.
1:17:28
~ this this was my pick in my notes I have them both circled.
1:17:33
So ~
1:17:34
Mm-hmm.
1:17:34
Yeah.
1:17:34
that's not helpful. We're not allowed to have ties.
1:17:36
So
1:17:38
but I I honestly do think that if the bombers play like they did,
1:17:42
I mean we I'm saying stuff we already know,
1:17:44
then they win. But I think elks are at home.
1:17:47
They want these points. I mean they don't absolutely need them.
1:17:51
Winnipeg needs them. I don't know.
1:17:53
You know, I'm gonna pick Winnipeg.
1:17:53
Edmonton needs them.
1:17:53
They're also
1:17:55
they also need they
1:17:56
Edmonton
1:17:56
well, Edmonton's trying to get the West final instead of the semifinal.
1:17:59
Yeah. They could still lose
1:17:59
That's true.
1:18:00
You're put
1:18:01
it to B C, so this is still an important game to to both of these teams.
1:18:06
I don't know, I think Zack is back.
1:18:07
he just announced he's doing another year.
1:18:10
Well yeah. Gonna play another thirty years,
1:18:11
Dembski's babble.
1:18:12
yes.
1:18:13
~ against my better judgment,
1:18:16
I will pick the bombers. But I I'm just riding this
1:18:19
Okay. ~ so th
1:18:21
wave.
1:18:22
I'm the tiebreaker for the podcast.
1:18:24
Who do we pick then? Well, I think that there's one thing that will define this
1:18:27
game, and that's the fact that Zack will start it but not finish it.
1:18:31
Yeah.
1:18:31
And ~ I take Edmonton.
1:18:34
Yeah, I feel good about this.
1:18:37
Yeah.
1:18:38
Yes I did. Yes they did.
1:18:38
They beat Calgary, they beat Calgary and just never know what maybe Tim
1:18:43
White will catch all his passes.
1:18:45
Wouldn't that be nice?
1:18:45
Yeah.
1:18:46
Possible, but I ~ anything's possible.
1:18:50
It's also the next game. Montreal comes back out to Saskatchewan.
1:18:53
Now, like I said, we don't know who's playing what where.
1:18:57
It could be backups in for Montreal.
1:19:00
And frankly, I'll go first and the way that the two teams played this last weekend
1:19:05
with the backups in Montreal will probably win.
1:19:08
So I'll take Saskatchewan.
1:19:09
Have to.
1:19:11
yeah, I appreciate you. ~ Als
1:19:14
you have no dog in this fight,
1:19:16
so you can be logical and just say,
1:19:18
Yeah, Montreal
1:19:20
It's true.
1:19:22
I think that the way that the Alouettes offense is rolling,
1:19:27
even if Crum is in there, those receivers are gonna make something out of nothing.
1:19:32
And I'm not sure that the Saskatchewan defense is ready to keep up.
1:19:38
And you're right, I was watch I am a little worried about Harris
1:19:42
and what's going on. I and I think
1:19:45
Yeah, again, no passes over twenty,
1:19:46
twenty five yards this weekend.
1:19:48
Yeah.
1:19:48
if you can't do that against Aloet,
1:19:50
they're gonna burn you.
1:19:52
All a sudden there's gonna be a 50-yard pass to Rambo,
1:19:55
who you didn't cover because you were too busy watching Sneed and Phil Pot.
1:19:59
And so I think that this will be a much closer game this weekend because
1:20:03
I think the Alouettes are gonna be a little less out for revenge.
1:20:07
But I'm still gonna pick them because they are the top of the league
1:20:14
for a reason.
1:20:15
Yes
1:20:15
indeed. I can understand that.
1:20:17
And then the last one, BC, who's had
1:20:21
a couple of Yeah,
1:20:25
less impressive performances, but are still winning,
1:20:28
goes into Calgary, who frankly could lose this game
1:20:34
and still get third place. No,
1:20:36
I don't think they can, 'cause Winnipeg now has eight two,
1:20:39
so they could get fo lose this game and still get fourth place.
1:20:41
But
1:20:43
They may be motivated. BC on the other hand,
1:20:46
if they win the last two and Edmonton loses one,
1:20:48
gets first place. So they will be motivated as well.
1:20:51
Your thoughts, MJ two.
1:20:55
~ this is tricky. I'm gonna stall.
1:20:58
our my parents and my aunt and uncle are going to this game this weekend
1:21:02
and they keep they've they haven't full out invited me,
1:21:06
but they've like
1:21:08
Said multiple times, hey, are you around this weekend?
1:21:11
We're going to the game.
1:21:11
Ha ha
1:21:12
So I I might end up at this game.
1:21:14
We'll see. Crash the birthday party.
1:21:17
But I think the stamps are gonna win this.
1:21:19
They're at home. They play well here.
1:21:21
I know that Alfred is out, but they've got such a good receiving core.
1:21:24
the way the Lions played, they did a lot of runs.
1:21:26
I I don't know. I'm gonna stick with the stamps though.
1:21:29
Okay. MJ.
1:21:32
Ooh.
1:21:33
Is VA gonna have two bad games in a row?
1:21:36
They do play better at home.
1:21:41
Will my dad and my uncle being there cheering for BC change
1:21:47
the vibe at McMahon? Maybe. Maybe they are the BC Lions magic.
1:21:53
I am a little worried about Rourke's hand and his receivers are playing
1:21:57
a little sloppy again.
1:22:00
This comes down to I don't like this one.
1:22:04
I don't want to pick. I'm gonna pick the stamps.
1:22:06
I
1:22:07
Yes.
1:22:08
think that they're more des I think they're desperate.
1:22:10
This is their last ~ It's their last game.
1:22:10
Yep. It is. They have to win this.
1:22:12
Then they're on the buy. This they have to do it.
1:22:14
They have to
1:22:15
do it. So if they don't win it,
1:22:16
that that you so I think that they're gonna be very motivated.
1:22:20
Maybe.
1:22:21
Yay. And
1:22:23
like both of you, this is the toughest one of the weekend to to overcome.
1:22:30
I'm
1:22:33
Tempted to say Calgary. I've also been guilty of underestimating
1:22:39
BC for the second half of this season.
1:22:43
So I think I will go against my tendencies and I'll take B C.
1:22:49
Yeah, this this is the game this weekend.
1:22:51
This is the
1:22:52
Yeah.
1:22:52
game.
1:22:53
Yeah, until next week's bye game.
1:22:55
Ha ha.
1:22:56
Yes. 'Cause we have also we also have the game between Edmonton
1:23:00
and Winnipeg this week.
1:23:01
I know. I was just gonna
1:23:02
say actually there are two really important games.
1:23:04
I mean they're all important, but no.
1:23:05
Yes. And then next
1:23:06
week we have the game between Saskatchewan and Edmonton and the game between
1:23:07
I feel like this one's gonna be I feel like Yeah.
1:23:10
Yeah. Yes.
1:23:10
B C and Ca and Winnipeg.
1:23:14
Yeah.
1:23:16
Yep. It could very easily have playoff things decided in the last well,
1:23:22
I'm sure that there will be some parts of the playoffs decided in the last week
1:23:25
and there could be a playoff spot decided in that last game between Edmonton
1:23:30
and Saskatchewan.
1:23:31
We may not know until then. ~ somebody's come in to keep you company.
1:23:36
Yeah, he's got his his lighthouse.
1:23:38
So he's happy. Yeah,
1:23:39
Ha ha ha.
1:23:39
Is he chewing for the stamps? That looks like it's red and white.
1:23:42
yeah,
1:23:42
it is red and white. So I live in a Stampede's house.
1:23:43
I recognize that white lighthouse.
1:23:46
Well that w that came in a Costco pack at one time,
1:23:46
you might have it for your I think so.
1:23:50
didn't it? Yes,
1:23:51
It sure did. Yeah,
1:23:53
Thanks, Costco.
1:23:55
there was a s a seagull and I forget what else there with it,
1:23:55
get your dog toys, get your hoodies.
1:23:58
yes.
1:24:00
And now you can get jerseys.
1:24:00
In Calgary, they have
1:24:02
they have Grey Cup hoodies at Calgary Costco's,
1:24:05
everyone. I saw one
1:24:06
cool. But
1:24:06
~ I should go check it out.
1:24:08
in my mom's like laundry area.
1:24:09
I was like, what's this? And she's like,
1:24:11
~ me and my sisters all got one for our trip to the Grey Cup.
1:24:14
So I was like, you guys are so cute.
1:24:15
~
1:24:16
Yes. Now now all that Costco
1:24:18
has to do is start doing CFL jerseys for our dogs.
1:24:20
Marketing. ~
1:24:23
Ooh.
1:24:25
now yes. That sounds yes.
1:24:26
Yes, please. I think my dog
1:24:30
could use a Kenny Lawler jersey.
1:24:32
Yeah. Yeah.
1:24:36
yes. A dog for a dog, yes.
1:24:38
Yeah.
1:24:40
~ well it was a little shorter this week,
1:24:42
but not a whole lot. So
1:24:43
Well
1:24:45
Turns out we do have things to talk about.
1:24:47
Yes blah
1:24:48
blah blah blah blah I can go on,
1:24:50
yes I can. Okay, closing thoughts
1:24:55
closing thoughts. I'm really excited to see where all these games head.
1:25:00
I I mean we all know that the season really starts after Labor Day,
1:25:06
but I feel like this is where the season is really picking up and it's been
1:25:09
a lot of fun as a fan to keep track and and watch.
1:25:13
So
1:25:14
Thanks, thanks West for keeping it interesting.
1:25:16
But if you wanna get in touch with me,
1:25:18
I am on Instagram at MJ's Plaid Heart.
1:25:22
posting about football, soccer,
1:25:24
~ the Flames. I haven't checked the score yet.
1:25:27
They played tonight, I'm sure they lost,
1:25:29
but maybe they'll surprise me.
1:25:31
And MJ.
1:25:32
Yeah, I'm a this is down to the wire.
1:25:34
This is my favorite. I love this.
1:25:36
I mean it's less stressful for me because my team isn't involved,
1:25:39
but it's been fun for me to watch all of this playing out without
1:25:42
any too much stress. in the midst of all your CFL viewing,
1:25:46
if you live in Alberta, please go vote.
1:25:49
Our vote
1:25:49
Hm, yes.
1:25:50
Yes.
1:25:50
is
1:25:51
advanced polling is open. Referendum election day is on the Monday.
1:25:57
this is
1:25:59
you know what I d I'm just gonna say it,
1:26:02
please vote no to the nine and vote to stay in Canada.
1:26:04
Like this is the these questions are just inane and it's divisive and it's awful
1:26:10
and you know kids deserve education and people deserve health care
1:26:13
and please please vote because this is critical for your neighbours
1:26:17
and for yourself. So yeah.
1:26:20
Thank you. Yes.
1:26:22
Yes. We
1:26:23
~
1:26:23
yeah, you can find me not talking about that on the CFL Instagram.
1:26:27
But
1:26:27
Yeah.
1:26:28
you will f find me talking about that over on Blue Sky at Sports
1:26:33
and Plants and we'll be talking football and the brewers are in
1:26:36
the playing the Dodgers and I am cheering for the brew crew.
1:26:40
That's baseball.
1:26:40
That's baseball, right?
1:26:45
Okay.
1:26:46
My kid is a huge Brewers fan, so this is this is the what's happening in our house.
1:26:51
the one time that the the goddess managed to talk me into trying a cruise which
1:26:56
I did not like at all, part of the only thing that made it bearable for
1:27:01
me was there was a a very nice couple from Milwaukee.
1:27:04
And they both told me that the brewers are what makes Milwaukee bearable,
1:27:09
so Yes.
1:27:14
And these two guys weren't necessarily the biggest sports fans in the world,
1:27:17
but they were Brewers fans. I guess,
1:27:20
yeah. That's about it. I'm enjoying I'm going to enjoy this final season where
1:27:26
it is extremely difficult to make it in the playoffs.
1:27:29
Only two thirds of the teams in the league get in.
1:27:31
Stop it. No negative thoughts at the end,
1:27:33
old man. This is all good stuff.
1:27:35
A good weekend of football coming up.
1:27:38
Interesting games. Lots to see,
1:27:41
lots on the line. I hope everybody enjoys it,
1:27:44
and until next week, for MJ2 and MJ,
1:27:48
this is old man saying Get the hell off my lawn.