The Rouge White & Blue CFL podcast

Is it November already? Apparently so, as the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast closes out our season with a wrap of the 112th Grey Cup. As had become tradition on the RWB, co-host Joe Pritchard tells us of his Grey Cup Week experience in his well-visited Winnipeg and specifically the efforts he contributed there for CFL Fans Fight Cancer during the festivities. Joe returned to the ‘States in good time to commiserate with co-host Os Davis on his beloved Montreal Alouettes’ loss to the admittedly unhateable 2025 CFL champion Saskatchewan Roughriders in that final game. In working through the stages of grief, Os is sadly still focused on a nightmarish second quarter, while Joe saliently points out a serious miss by Als HC Jason Maas. But hey, the RWB’s also accentuating the positive, congratulating the Riders on an excellent – if not exactly ultra-dominant – season, giving Trever Harris possibly career-ending props, and remaining bullish on the Alouettes’ future. We’ve also got a bit of speculation on 2026 (RWB’ll be the first to say “Is it June yet?”) including a fairly obvious prediction about predictions. Finally, Joe expresses his enthusiasm regarding the trick-or-treat rumors regarding Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea. The RWB caps the podcasting for now, but we’ll likely be back before you realize – say, sometime after the schedule release in December. Nice season, eh? The Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast: That’s a wrap (for 2025)!

O boy, o boy, o boy, it’s time for the 2025 Grey Cup championship game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Montreal Alouettes (one more victory lap: Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-host Os Davis’s preseason prediction)! This week, RWB co-host Joe Pritchard is prepping for his annual pilgrimage for the Big Game, this year in his beloved Winnipeg, and so Os is joined by Scout of the Elks Call podcast/fearless leader of the Shotgun Sports Network. Scout and Os run through division final games, both with spread-pushing 3-point differentials, and perform brief moratoria on the BC Lions and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Then it’s on to what we’ve all been awaiting: That 112th Grey Cup thing. We’ve got picks and predictions on that final game and, spoilers, about the only thing the agree on is that we’re destined for a close one. Enjoy, all! The Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast: Americans talking Canadian football (most of the time)…

After one heckuva CFL doubleheader (and Canadian sports tripleheader if you count game 7 of the World Series to boot), the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast is ready to celebrate our bad predictions – um, that is to say, preview the East and West Division Finals games – and yeah, throw in some predictions too. Co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis also have moratoria on the 2025 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (plus maybe the whole dynastic run as well) and Calgary Stampeders. They’ve got key matchups, recommended bets and, to be honest, they’ll probably miss by a couple kilometres… The Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast: That’s right, we’re talking about playoffs again!?!?!!

This time, it’s all about Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Montreal Alouettes and Calgary Stampeders at BC Lions. That’s right: It’s playoff time in the Canadian Football League, so what else should the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast focus on?   Co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis concentrate solely on the second RWB Bowl in three years (a.k.a. the East Semifinal) and the West Semifinal, which they reckon could be a classic defensive, ground-and-pound struggle and a high-flying scoreboard-spinning shootout, respectively… RWB’s got picks, predictions and lots of speculation; if this isn’t the greatest time of the year, we don’t know what is. The Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast: That’s right, we’re talking about playoffs!?!?!!

Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-host Os Davis is out this week (he must’ve gotten the first-round playoff bye), but co-host Joe Pritchard is here to chair this latest episode, welcoming in Santino Filoso of 3 Down Nation – coming to you live from Brazil! Santino is on the Ottawa Redblacks beat there at 3 Down, and so the team makes for the focus of discussion as he and Joe take on questions like “What happened this season?”, “What can be done about on-field and roster issues?”, “What can be done about off-field, fandom and front office issues?” and really “Can anything be done at all?” The RWB may or may not be back this week with a playoff preview, but look for the podcast at its regular time post playoff openers! The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: We love all the teams; well, maybe not the Riders…  

It all went by so fast … the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast digs in with a look at the penultimate week of the 2025 CFL season; co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard do the usual rundown of games played and days to come, but with the Edmonton Elks’ elimination, taking stock is also in the cards. The RWB looks back on a seemingly slightly less futile bid by the Elks and the remarkable wire-to-wire run by the Saskatchewan Roughriders, both this show’s and the vogue pick for this year’s Grey Cup back in June. As for picks and predictions for week 21, welllllll, we’re saying don’t even think about betting these games. Every single game potentially leads to subsequent games in which the second string might be waved in early.  However, RWB does believe in the Elks upset this week… Also, what's up with that whole Grey Cup Team Social Pass thing? In short, it ain't pretty. The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Enjoying Canadian football while we can…  

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast this week marvels at the way the league’s standings somehow tightened up further after week 19. After the Edmonton Elks and Calgary Stampeders topped the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats, respectively, RWB co-hosts Joe Prtichard and Os Davis marvel at the possibility of a four way, 9-9 tie bottlenecking the West side of the table. And the RWB also has a requiem of sorts for the Ottawa Redblacks; of course, we’ve been pouring one out for the hapless franchise for years… All this, plus picks and predictions for week 20 with – incredibly enough – all four games still carrying significance for the 2025 playoffs. The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Who do you have?  

All right, so week 18 in the 2025 CFL season was little more than three blowouts resulting in the elimination of the Ottawa Redblacks and defending champion Toronto Argonauts – nevertheless, the Rouge White & Blue CFL podcast is here looking forward to next week because whoa, does the plot thicken… As the 2025 CFL regular season reaches its finale, RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis put a moratorium on the previously mentioned teams’ seasons and, in picking and predicting for next week’s games, ultimately run through just a few of the many (many!) variations we could see in this year’s playoffs.   Plus, the RWB manages to conjure up a Hollywood movie plotline for each of the seven teams remaining in contention, from Cody Fajardo leading his Edmonton Elks through a couple of his former employers to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats ending the CFL’s longest run of futility as Bo Levi Mitchell reasserts himself as the league’s unquestionable MVP – and MOP. Check out this episode of the RWB for all the plotlines in the CFL… The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: The beginning of a beautiful friendship.  

Week 17 of the CFL season was thoroughly enjoyed by Rouge White & Blue podcast co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis – after all, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Montreal Alouettes both won, the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats lost, and the standings table just ratcheted up with excitement. So what’s not to like? Welllllllllllllllllllllllll… As fans of the Canadian game surely know, CFL commissioner Stewart Johnston this past week announced a half-dozen rule changes to befall the sport over the next two seasons – and some fans aren’t happy. In fact, the RWB wonders whether we’ll be watching an American football thtat’s Canadian in name only by 2030. This may be, concludes the RWB, all about the money. Depressing potential reality aside, the RWB nevertheless plows forward with an increasingly interesting playoff picture (and scenarios!) plus a tiny bit of fantasy football speak plus picks and predictions for week 18. The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: “Rouge” is the name, y’all…  

On this episode of Rouge White & Blue CFL podcast, co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis marvel at how much the narrative of an entire league can change in just one week. Like, for example, how this week after the BC Lions ran up 50-plus points on the Calgary Stampeders, the former suddenly look a lot more plausible to seriously compete for the Grey Cup than the latter. Not to mention the Montreal Alouettes stealing one from the similarly QB-challenged Toronto Argonauts to put the 2023 CFL champions in suddenly well stronger p;osition that the ’24 champs. And finally, there are the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, who – ah, nothing’s changing with the Felines, unfortunately… This rundown plus picks and predictions for week 17 (no way, already?!!?!?) from the RWB! The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Waiting for next week when everything’s different again…  

This week, it’s episode #300 of the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast – and as MAD magazine would put it on similar occasions: “very big deal.” Because this is football podcasting, RWB co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard aren’t so interested in the distant past when the recent past will suffice, like a week 15 in which 258 points were scored and the East division tightened. And for the Rider haters (hey, we’re sympathetic), the RWB rolls back gloomy thoughts of the 2025 CFL champion Saskatchewan Roughriders – does giving up 48 points to McLeod Bethel-Thompson’s Montreal Alouettes indicate chinks in the armor…? Per usual, RWB previews the upcoming week’s games and talks early playoff scenarios (or, rather, the lack thereof). The Rouge, White & Blue: Podcasting since Edmonton were last CFL champions…

Meanwhile in Canada… Coming into the homestretch, the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast notes that things are turning, um, south for co-host Joe Pritchard’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers, co-host Os Davis’s Montreal Alouettes, and not-quite-everybody’s vogue pick for the 2025 Grey Cup, BC Lions. So what’s left for the RWB to do but marvel (some more) at those Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats, not to mention the utterly amazing Justin Rankin? We wrap last week’s games and as usual try valiantly to put forth rational pick and predictions for week 16. The Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast: Just call us the Bethel-Thompson Twins…  

(Alternatively: “Two barnburners and a Calgary stampede”) In an annual tradition, Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast hosts break down the annual traditional slate of the CFL’s Labour Day Classic games. RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis are wowed by the Calgary Stampeders, accepting of another Saskatchewan Roughriders win and wondering where those Toronto Argonauts and BC Lions’ll finish. The RWB also couldn’t help but to peek at the remaining schedule, what with the 2025 season entering the homestretch (well, approaching the homestretch) while attempting to pick winners against the spead an din CFL Pick ‘Em… The Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast: Still saying nice things about the Stamps and Riders…  

What can the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast say about week 12 of the 2025 CFL season? Well, it’s a podcast, so you can be sure RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis fins something to say. Lots of somethings, in fact. Somethings like: Wouldn’t the Winnipeg Blue Bombers really, *really* like a bye right about now? Speaking of weirded-out schedules, how about the Calgary Stampeders now sitting at 5-0 versus the Bombers and Saskatchewan Roughriders? Is there anything more disenheartening than watching a star-studded Montreal Alouettes defense go for naught as the offense gets completely crushed in TOP and, you know, points scored? How about those Toronto Argonauts, hanging 51 on the BC Lions and suddenly playing themselves into contention? And how about those Edmonton Elks, just a half-game out of the playoffs while helmed by the mysteriously underrated Cody Fajardo? Answers (or at least attempts thereof) to these questions and more – plus picks and predictios for the Labour Day Classics of week 13… The Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast: Sorry, the N-F-what?

After week 11 of the 2025 CFL season, certain things have become quite clear at the Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast … things Like the Saskatchewan Roughriders may be even better than advertised; the (defending champion!) Toronto Argonauts might be worse than we thought; and, of course, the seeming inevitability of the West-to-East crossover come playoff time. The realization leads to some classic CFL-based conversation by RWB co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard – the RWB questions whether the crossover is in itself fair for the no. 2 and no. 3 West seeds. And while one easy solution might just be to add a 10th team, Joe presents an intriguing case as to why adding the Atlantic Schooners, Halifax Fighting Lobsters or whomever might actually be a *bad* move for the league. But beyond the tangents, the RWB guys (attempt to) make sense of the week that was and pick/predict week 12, including an RWB Bowl matchup featuring the Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs the Montreal Alouettes (with quite possibly QB #5 going for the latter) and a marquee Riders-Calgary Stamps game. The Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast: No more 2014, please!

Week 9 of the 2025 CFL season is in the books and thanks to wins, the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats have extended their divisional leads. The Rouge, White and Blue CFL Podcast seesd no end in sight – good news for fans of these two teams, though… RWB co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard wouldn’t know. Bombers fan Joe talks some of the shuffling in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ secondary after getting repeatedly torched by Damonte Coxie, win notwithstanding. And when Joe points out that the Montreal Concordes Alouettes were celebrating 80s Night, Os can only celebrate José Maltos-Diaz. As always, the RWB recaps the past week of Canadian football, and we’ve also got another weekly summary of the Crankshaft comic strip’s featured story on the Blue Bombers game (Minneapolis airport! A Zach Collaros namedrop! Poutine!). And of course, picks and predictions for next week (though don’t necessarily go with Joe on his Calgary Stampeders pick)… The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Wait, we’re halfway through this thing…?  

Week 8 in the CFL has the Rouge, White and Blue CFL Podcast a bit divided: co-host Os Davis has aged badly due to a third consecutive last-minute heart-attack special by his Montreal Alouettes, while Joe Pritchard reckons with his Winnipeg Blue Bombers playing some shabby football for the first time since before Covid-19… As ever, the RWB recaps the past week of football – including those comeback specials by the Als in Calgary and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in BC. We’ve also got a summary of the Crankshaft comic strip’s featured story on the Blue Bombers game and picks/predictions for next week (told y’all the pick in week 8 was the Hamilton/BC over!)…. The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: One more victory like this and…

Sure, the Rouge, White and Blue CFL podcast will do the usual weekly bits: co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard talk week 7 action, make picks and predictions (for what it’s worth) on the week 8 games – you know the deal. But first, the RWB chats up a neat informal CFL crossover event that will be going on for a few weeks yet. Get this: The creator of Crankshaft – No, not the auto part. This Crankshaft is a spinoff of Funky Winkerbean – Funky Winkerbean? It’s running today but was a particular favorite in the 1980s and 90s. As it turns out the creator of Crankshaft and Funky Winkerbean is a huge Winnipeg Blue Bombers fan, so the next couple dozen Crankshaft comic strips will be devoted to – “What’s a comic strip?” Ah, never mind, just check out GoComics.com and you’ll get right into the story. And the RWB promises they’ll be no other old-guy stuff for the remainder of the episode. The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: “We also sat around and watched football, which back then was called baseball…”

This week’s theme on the Rouge, White and Blue CFL podcast That strange feeling when the Calgary Stampeders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats are leading their divisions… RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis look back on a week 6, which not only saw the Stamps and Ticats notch wins against division rivals, but wins games by dint of defense rather than ace QBs. Strange times, indeed. On the other hand, another sad loss by the Edmonton Elks may already be taking this team off the playoff standings board already in what is probably another loooooong season for Elks backers. This plus a look ahead to picks and predictions for week 7 – Will it be another four games in bizarro world….? The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Really, though…?

One of the CFL’s unsung traditions – probably due to its sheer randomness – is the annual week’s worth of games whose outcome simply makes no sense in the moment. And so Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard rehash the week 5 slate, four games that destroyed any delusions you may harbored of pullilng off a decent year in CFL Pick ‘Em while giving hope (or maybe more hope) to the likes of Hamiltion Tiger-Cats and Calgary Stampeders fans. Amidst the bafflement around the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ blowout loss in the first-ever Stampede Bowl and Os’s gnashing of teeth over BC Lions running up 146 penalty yards yet the W in Montreal are kudos for a couple of RBs, quite a few special teams guys and, of course, Bo Levi Mitchell. Then it’s on to the proverbial next week with some Pick ‘Em picks and predictions on the lines – the RWB might be shaking off these losses for a while… The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Trying not to get upset about upsets…