“Revenge of the backup quarterbacks?” you may ask. “Revenge on who?” Well, the Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast might posit, how about the entire notion of “No Lead is Safe,” for example. Or how about on any fanbase with high hopes for a team depending on the likes of Davis Alexander, Dru Brown, Nathan Rourke or Trevor Harris? (OK, maybe not that last one.) So after a week of blowouts across the Canadian league, RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis are here to reiterate a few reminders all...
Jul 01, 2025•56 min•Ep. 290
Week 3 of the 2025 CFL season is now in the books – not exactly nut-cutting time, but Rouge White & Blue CFL podcast co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis can’t help but draw some conclusions about the season as a whole based on early results. And there are questions. Questions like… Can the Saskatchewan Roughriders – despite their early 3-0 mark – somehow stop shooting themselves in the foot with the dumb penalties and the occasional egregious mental error? (Concomitantly, are they good enoug...
Jun 24, 2025•56 min•Ep. 289
Another week of football, another Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast episode! In this one, RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis naturally run down all the week 2 action, marveling at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers winning without Zach Collaros or (for most of the game) Brady Olivera, at the Calgary Stampeders winning without Reggie Begelton (for most of the game) or an offensive touchdown, and most of all at the ice-cold kickers of this league in general – WTF happened this week? We’ve also got CF...
Jun 18, 2025•53 min•Ep. 288
It’s here! It’s finally here! The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast talke some week 1 of the 2025 CFL season, reckoning that, if the openers are any indication, quite a few high-flying offenses – like the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Calgary Stampeders, BC Lions, plus possibly the Ottawa Redblacks and Montreal Alouettes – should wow football fans through Novemeber. And speaking about these Alouettes, whoa, does RWB co-host Os Davis have raves like Montreal just won the 2023 Grey Cup…he can’t help ...
Jun 11, 2025•56 min•Ep. 287
Welcome to another madcap #cfl season! Os and Joe go through the rituals of predicting the future, be it full season predictions, pick'em for week 1, or a quick dive into fantasy. Come back next week to see us overreact to everything we got wrong!
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 201
Os and Joe get in some preseason reps without technical difficulties, and touch on the Argos QB situation, glimmers of hope in Calgary, CFL+ and US TV distribution, and AIRHORNS. #cfl #cflpodcast
May 27, 2025•35 min•Ep. 200
Despite some technical difficulties, the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast pushed through to produce yet another preseason episode packed with speculation. And this time, the madness is streamlined along the lines of the awesome CFL.ca Gamezone 2025 Preseason Futures contest. Hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis offer picks and preditions on 10 scintillating questions heading into the ’25 season, namely: Which team will win the East? Which team will win the West? Will any CFL quarterback throw for ...
May 22, 2025•52 min•Ep. 199
This week, Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis have a guest – none other than Alex Dormuth of the Piffles Podcast. As Piffles is a Saskatchewan Roughriders-centric podcast, the RWB talks a lot of Riders offseason, including the free-agent moves, cutdowns, draft picks and that punter controversy faced by the team. Nevertheless, at least two of us begrudgingly agree that this just might be the Riders’ year… One fun discussion bumpered by the RWB’s amazement that ano...
May 14, 2025•41 min•Ep. 198
With the 2025 CFL Draft (and the awesome concomitant Global Draft) behind us, Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard have thoughts, reactions, and overreactions. This week, the RWB talks some no. 1 picks, wonder if the Toronto Argonauts had the best draft, consider the interesting Winnipeg Blue Bombers-Hamilton Tiger-Cats Draft Day trade, discuss the possible outcomes for QB Kurtis Rourke, and do a bit more way-too-early speculation. And that thing about a beer spons...
May 06, 2025•27 min•Ep. 197
Aaaand the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast is back after a five-month hibernation period – what else is there to say? Lots, actually! RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard & Os Davis have the entire free-agency season – during which a few interesting players moved around, as we understand it – to recap and lots of speculation to indulge in. Then there’s one not-quite-prediction regarding the 2025 Grey Cup that just about breaks Joe’s Bombers-blue heart. Also: A warm welcome to new CFL Commissioner S...
Apr 22, 2025•56 min•Ep. 196
No, no, Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast Joe Pritchard wasn’t hiding out due to his Winnipeg Blue Bombers fandom in the aftermath of said Bombers’ loss to the Toronto Argonauts in the 11th Grey Cup championship game – we swear. In fact, Joe is even up for recapping a disappointing (for him) Grey Cup and discussing an enlivening (for just about everyone, reportedly) Grey Cup week in Vancouver with RWB co-host Os Davis in a, let’s say, thorough fashion. And just like the CFL itself, pretty much ...
Nov 30, 2024•57 min•Ep. 195
The time is upon us: The divisional finals games are in the books and this week plays the 110th Grey Cup between those dynastic Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Toronto Argonauts, champs of two years back. Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast previews the championship game, of course, but only after co-host Joe Prtichard consoles Os Davis about his Montreal Alouettes’ elimination, while Joe gets to lord it over the Saskatchewan Roughriders one more time in 2024. And before Joe heads north of the bord...
Nov 12, 2024•42 min•Ep. 194
All right, CFL fans – You know what time of year it is, you know the drill. Rouge White & Blue CFL podcast co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis talk the two semifinalslayoff games and next weekend’s two divisional finals games. (Spoilers: When reviewing and previewing, the same feeling pervades, i.e. damn, both the Toronto Argonauts and Saskatchewan Roughriders are straight-up scary.) Also, some hot and not-so-hot takes on recent front office moves involving three first three eliminated in Ca...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 193
That’s right: The 2024 CFL playoffs are upon us, and the Rouge White & Blue is forecasting the round 1 games, and wrapping the CFL regular season. Who do RWB co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard like to meet their favored Montreal Alouettes and Winnipeg Blue Bombers (respectively)? Tune in to this episode to find out… The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Postseason blues and ecstasy all in one… The Rouge, White and Blue is part of the Shotgun Sports Network. Watch this episode – and those ...
Oct 30, 2024•54 min•Ep. 192
…we are the champions / We are the champions / No time for losers / Cuz we are the champions… OK, so the Grey Cup trophy is still a few weeks away from being awarded – but Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-host Os Davis was in fact crowned the champion of the 2024 Canadian Football Podcast Network Fantasy League and so the song. And in all seriousness do Os and RWB co-host Joe Pritchard look back at the week 20 games in the CFL, look ahead to the final week of the regular season – or at leas...
Oct 22, 2024•32 min•Ep. 191
As the man south of the border once said, “Playoffs?!?!?!” For CFL postseason, the postseason hasn’t yet arrived, but with few highly relevant games remaining and the matchups just about set for those playoffs, what else can be discussed on the Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast? Co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard briefly touch on the week 19 games which included a lackluster performance from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Montreal Alouettes offenses plus an abysmal all-around showing by BC Lio...
Oct 18, 2024•45 min•Ep. 190
Well, it certainly *felt* like the Saskatchewan Roughriders eliminated three teams from the 2024 CFL playoffs with a 28-24 win that should haven’t been that close, though the Hamilton Tiger-Cats still kinda sorta technically mathematically could still sneak in to the postseason. And so, given the results of week 18, the Rouge, White & Blue CFL Podcast has one eye on the playoffs and another on the playoffs. Specifically speaking, RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis discuss, alongside the...
Oct 07, 2024•55 min•Ep. 189
Risin' up, back on the stream / Did our time, did our podcast… After week 17 sent Hamilton’s CFL fans on one serious rollercoaster ride, the Rouge, White & Blue podcast takes a look at the happinngs of last week with the viewpoint of the Tiger-Cats’ fans – the eye of the Ticat, if you will… Through Winnipeg’s blue-bombing of the juuuuuuuuuuuust about eliminated Edmonton Elks, though the Ticats’ own “upset” win over the floundering BC Lions, thorough the Ottawa Redblacks disappointing in snap...
Sep 30, 2024•52 min•Ep. 188
After week 16 of CFL play, Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard have questions – questions mostly of the “What’s up with all the” variety. As in… What’s up with all the high-octane RB play and short-yardage passing in the Canadian league right now? What’s up with Chad Kelly – not to mention Chad Kelly’s teammates on the Toronto Argonauts? What’s up with all the hype on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (and even the possibility of the illusory East croosover) when they’ve...
Sep 26, 2024•56 min•Ep. 187
A short slate of games in week 15 of the 2024 CFL season proved unkind for the great majority of Pick ‘Em players and football bettors – not to mention the BC Lions and Calgary Stampeders. On this episode of the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast, we’re again taking stock of standings and playoff picture, mostly through the angst of the fans. Without angst is RWB co-host Joe Pritchard, whose Winnipeg Blue Bombers mercifully got a bye and in so doing increased or maintained their lead over all ot...
Sep 16, 2024•44 min•Ep. 186
The 2024 CFL season experienced week to week has felt somewhat odd: Stuff like the crashes-and-burns of the BC Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders, the defending West champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers digging themselves out of a hole to rise to first place, essentially every team except the Calgary Stampeders forced to give #2 and/or #3 QBs quality minutes… This week, the , Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast considers the standings from the perspective of the preseason and things aren’t that far off...
Sep 06, 2024•52 min•Ep. 185
(alternative title: Argos win on missed FG; Football fandom freaks out) After week 12, Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts could talk about how all four games came down to a touchdown or less, about another fantastic showing by the East, about how the top three teams by win-loss record are now in the East, about how the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are suddenly in second place thanks to the freefalls of the Saskatchewan Rough Riders and BC Lions… And RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis do d...
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 184
Once again, Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts talk an anomalous sweep in the Canadian Football League – Just three weeks after an exceptionally rare 4-0 showing by the four East division teams, week 11 saw the visitors sweep the homedogs. RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis can’t decide which is more amazing: The visitors sweeping or Os going 4-0 in CFL Pick ‘Em. Or maybe it’s the way the West has become the East, not to mention how suddenly the 3rd-place Winnipeg Blue Bombers and ...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 183
OK, so the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast ins’t *quite* covering 1,001 news items, hot (or lukewarm) takes and predictions but hoo boy, is this league generating some serious fodder for chatter at the halfway point of the season. First and foremost is the round of quarterback roulette in which most CFL teams are currently embroiled; more intrigue was added with the news that Nathan Rourke was released by the Atlanta Falcons and immediately re-signed by the BC Lions. Can Rourke’s reentry stop...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 182
You read that right: the Rouge, White & Blue Podcast affirms that the CFL right now is absolutely nuts, bananas and any more idiomatic expressions with food you want to use. Seriously, RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis can only gawk in confusion at some of these teams, barely sputtering a “WTF” when asking stuff like: How did this BC Lions offense get shut out? How highly should we esteem the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, low-watt and banged-up offense notwithstanding? Do the Edmonton Elks st...
Aug 08, 2024•54 min•Ep. 181
As the dust settles on a historic East division sweep in week 8, the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast remarks on this year’s crop of backup quarterbacks; marvels at the Montreal Alouettes’ defense and the Ottawa Redblacks in general; and remains baffled by the unbettable Calgary Stampeders. RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis answer questions like: Are the Toronto Argonauts really a third-place team? Are the Saskatchewan Roughriders essentially a .500 team? Why do these Winnipeg Blue Bombe...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 180
At the top of this week’s Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast, the discussion naturally begins with a wrap of week 7 games – while meandering through some grousing about what was seemingly a poor fantasy week for everyone. (Jake Maier the top QB? A touchdown from rookie FB Clint Ratkovich? Dude.) Light on fantasy football points the slate of games may have been, but some fascinating points of discussion emerged for co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis to kick around. Questions like: Are the Calgar...
Jul 23, 2024•44 min•Ep. 179
RWB CFL podcast #263: Chris Jones out, end of an era The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast began when head coach Chris Jones was on the way to winning his first (and, as it turns out, likely his only) Grey Cup. Thiw week, the key CFL-centric story is the firing from the Edmonton Elks of Coach Jones. Yet, RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis somehow manage to discuss other topics involving week 6 of the 2024 CFL season with all its interesting developments – just don’t talk to Os the Alouette...
Jul 18, 2024•57 min•Ep. 178
We’re about one-quarter of the way through the 2024 CFL season and even though two teams remain undefeated and one is still winless, some annual signs of the season progressing are staring to show. This week, the Rouge White and Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard take stock of week 5 to weight in on topics such as: What to make of the backstepping Toronto Argonauts losing to the Saskatchewan Roughriders? How competitive can the Calgary Stampeders get before season’s end? Is any...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 177
For Rouge White and Blue CFL Podcast co-host Os Davis it was just one of those weeks – namely, a total washout in CFL fantasy football and a clean 0-4 showing in the league’s Pick ‘Em contest. Yeesh. Nevertheless, Os, together with RWB co-host Joe Pritchard, attempt to make sense of last week’s results – though truth be told, Joe doesn’t really need to after his own 4-0 Pick ‘Em run. What can be said about a slte of four games with three going down to the game’s final pay. And just how many boun...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 176
