WEBVTT 1 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:40.759 Well, happy Monday, everyone, Welcome to the marcast. Here your CFL 2 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:43.640 Week two recap. Happy each and teenth if you have the day off. 3 00:00:43.679 --> 00:00:46.679 I know my wife Dorothy is off. Some of the schools like we're still 4 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:50.000 in session, others are, but we are here today, no days off. 5 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:53.560 We'll be doing our USFL a week ten recap tomorrow with Pat Raffino. 6 00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:57.159 Very excited. I had to talk to USFL playoffs there with two, two, 7 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:00.359 four, and six teams making the USFL playoffs from the same division even 8 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:04.280 but today we're talking CFL. I actually I have a lot to say today, 9 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:07.640 so this will be good because I actually did my homework this weekend. 10 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:11.519 We have Jason Housey here and Evan Willsmore. Jason, how are you doing? 11 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:14.519 Doing great? Read? How are you? We're good, Evan, 12 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:19.439 Evan my West coast you can. Patriot here and getting up a few minutes 13 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:21.760 ago to do this with me. How are you doing? Yeah, I'm 14 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:23.680 not bad. Definitely a bit of an early start, but I got another 15 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:26.040 good slit of games to talk about, so I'm looking forward to it. 16 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:30.799 I'm very excited. Here, Jay, Thomas Harry coming in. Hey, 17 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:34.200 what's up? So I decided after However, many weeks in doing this with 18 00:01:34.319 --> 00:01:38.719 Andy, Pat and everything, I decided I need to start taking notes for 19 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:41.040 the weekend. So actually did I have notes for all the games? I 20 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:44.439 actually haven't supposed to. Just like flying off the seat here we have all 21 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:48.799 that lots to talk about today kind of overall thoughts, and then we'll go 22 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:51.840 kind of game by game here, Jason, what did you make of this? 23 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:56.000 I enjoy seeing the blank here with these zero score for the Elks. 24 00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:00.120 What did you make just overall the weekend? I think that in general it 25 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:04.640 was better in terms of the quality of play from week one, which is 26 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:08.639 to be expected. But I think that in general the quarterbacks played well in 27 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:14.319 the exception of a couple of cases. We'll get to Eva wild you make 28 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:16.599 of everything? Yeah, I would agree, I say, you know, 29 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:22.159 overall play quality increased, but unfortunately the teams who you know, still had 30 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:24.360 struggles in Week one that seemed to roll over into Week two with you know, 31 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:29.520 Ottawa, Edmonton, and Hamilton in particular Saskatchewan. You know, they 32 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:32.560 played a good game against Winnipeg but didn't end up scoring enough to make a 33 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:36.479 count in the end, because what a pig put up forty five so we'll 34 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:38.120 get into more of that later. But yeah, overall, I thought it 35 00:02:38.199 --> 00:02:46.360 was a bit of a better slate than last week. Evan Frozer a second. 36 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:49.439 Yeah, I have a lot to talk about Saskatchewan too, because I 37 00:02:49.439 --> 00:02:52.560 saw a lot of tweets and there's a lot to look forward to here, 38 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:55.159 Like we just got our apps absolutely handed to us by Winnipeg. But there's 39 00:02:55.159 --> 00:02:59.280 like a lot I guess saw balls he talking about it and Hodge and everywhere 40 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:01.240 else like Scatch one, So we'll talk about that. Hang your heads high 41 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:07.000 there. Pretty poor game the Thursday night one the Ottawa A lot to say 42 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:10.319 about without Marshall Ferguson, friend of me of the show poo Pooling on XFL 43 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:13.520 week one and two, and I said, hey, Marshall, how does 44 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:16.919 it feel here? We have some of these things going on? But overall 45 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:22.199 I thought it was fun when I posted, Hey, you know our previouw 46 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:23.680 yesterday. Hey, we're gonna be talking about this this morning. The couple 47 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:27.960 of notes that came up to me was one the bad refereeing. I had 48 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:30.560 a bad officiating. I had a lot of comments about that. Jason, 49 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:36.759 have you noticed continuing bad? Like play whatever you want to call it here 50 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:43.080 going into Week two, not especially from the referees so far this season, 51 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:47.479 not more than normal. I think that the natural thing about the CFL game 52 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:51.439 is that there's going to be a lot of flags. There's more flags, 53 00:03:51.439 --> 00:03:54.280 I believe, on average than an NFL game. So I mean, I'm 54 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:58.800 just kind of used to it with the amount of penalties that are called. 55 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:02.080 But maybe there's some specific cases that people would point to, but none that 56 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:05.560 really pop into my mind. And then it was like we had some refeing 57 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:08.680 the passers and things. I just it was curious that, you know, 58 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:11.960 if it's one person, we just having the three or four people commenting on 59 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:14.199 it. I thought it was least something that has that stood out to you 60 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:19.560 as more egregious than others over of your life. Well me, sorry, 61 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:23.639 no, you know, if we're going to talk about, you know, 62 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:27.439 the refereeing, um, I think it's uh, you know, in all 63 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:30.639 these leagues, you know, I've heard complaints, you know, especially you 64 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:33.399 know in the XFL and the USFL because those are newer products. Obviously the 65 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:36.680 CFL has been around for longer, but I haven't noticed anything that stood out 66 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:39.920 too much. I mean, you know, every now and then you're gonna 67 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:42.519 get a bad call. It's just you know, maybe not right. And 68 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:45.959 there were definitely some things in that BC Edmonton game that you know, you 69 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:48.079 could maybe I don't know if the referee is maybe in that one had the 70 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:50.439 best grasp, but they still figured things out in the end, and I 71 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:53.720 thought, you know, it worked out all right. So I don't know, 72 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:57.120 I wouldn't sit here and complain about the refs. I mean, given 73 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:00.519 just football in general nowadays, like there's a lot of I am on the 74 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:02.680 refs in any league, like I was saying earlier, but I don't know, 75 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:05.560 this community just seems like, you know, classic like, oh, 76 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:09.560 your team lost, so let's try and find a you know, excuse to 77 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:13.439 make it seem a bit better. Yeah. The other thing too, continuing 78 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:16.480 to see people harp on like the live stats being updated. Now obviously we're 79 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:19.360 here today kind of going through the box score. Am I missing? Is 80 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:23.720 this in a real time? It's not going on there. I've seen Hodge 81 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:26.519 complaining about that as well. Jason, are you tracking, like the stats? 82 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:28.720 Is it? Is it? This thing? Am I missing? Where 83 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:31.319 it? The problem is? Yeah? So if you were to check during 84 00:05:31.399 --> 00:05:36.680 the game, there would be no stats available on anything TSN, Google, 85 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:42.240 sports Net whenever you usually find CFL stats, So they don't have any live 86 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:46.160 tracking on and a lot of the times, like a while after the game, 87 00:05:46.199 --> 00:05:49.399 they don't have it posted. So that's a major problem I think for 88 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:57.959 any professional sports league to have. Okay, because yeah, obviously here on 89 00:05:58.000 --> 00:05:59.759 this I don't do a lot of like lives. You know, I guess 90 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:02.000 if I was out watching Evan, has that affected your life at all? 91 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:04.000 I mean, I know I've just seen a lot of people talk about this 92 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:08.040 with like the sports betting and fantasy and all that. Yeah, you know, 93 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.279 I haven't had too many problems with it for me. I know, 94 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:14.439 I've been able to check during most of the games and it's been all right. 95 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:16.800 There was a game last week I think it was Winnipeg Hamilton where it 96 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:21.079 just kind of froze after halftime and it didn't really get going again until like 97 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:24.959 the fourth quarter or the end of the third or something like that. I 98 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:27.399 don't quite remember, but I don't know. To me, it hasn't been 99 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:30.839 terrible. I think the greater conversation we should be having here is, you 100 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:32.480 know why the CFL doesn't have it app yet? With all this stuff in 101 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:34.480 it. You know, I keep having to go on my you know, 102 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:39.040 web browser, Safari or whatever, typing in you know, CFL dot CAA 103 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:41.839 and then clicking on the game tracker. It's just a bit more work than 104 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:44.399 I'd like to have to put in. You know, with the XFL, 105 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:46.720 I could just go over to ESPN and that would all be there. With 106 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:49.120 the USFL, you could just use the Fox Sports app. So it's a 107 00:06:49.120 --> 00:06:53.399 bit surprising that the CFL is kind of lacking in that category. Well, 108 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:55.839 and then it just would have thought, you know, and now we're two 109 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:58.680 years into the genius sports thing and all of that. I see it a 110 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:00.319 lot of times people make fun of that, like this is the thing genius 111 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:04.360 sports. Yea, certainly something here in the XFL. And I think even 112 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:08.040 their app. I'm not living in dying by any of these leagues apps, 113 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:11.000 but even the XFL one, like sending out the notifications and hey, the 114 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:14.399 games coming up and this is the touchdowns and you can kind of track along. 115 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:15.759 I just think it's helpful. It makes it feel more. I know, 116 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:20.079 last year the USFL, they weren't piped into whatever app I used to 117 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:24.879 like live track my stuff, and it felt like these games were existing in 118 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:27.040 the vacuum. We're a little bit more this year. Yeah, you're getting 119 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:30.519 the notifications. Hey there's a touchdown. Okay, third quarters starting. I 120 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:31.560 think that's helpful. You're like, oh, yeah, that game is going 121 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:34.439 on, I should go watch it. Oh this game happened. That kind 122 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:36.959 of missed that. So, Jason, any other thoughts on that, We'll 123 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:42.839 get to the games. I'm not really anything more to add. I think 124 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:46.480 that it just it would provide another engagement tool. I do agree about the 125 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:50.160 app. I just think that's a basic thing to have in today's world. 126 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:55.079 And I think the CFL in general really struggles in terms of the digital space. 127 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:58.720 They're really trying to improve that with this whole genius sports thing, and 128 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:01.759 I think that, you know, the an excusable thing about the stats thing 129 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:07.399 is that they had a system before that worked fine for doing live stats during 130 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:13.600 the game. Why did they launch take that down before launching the other one? 131 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:16.920 Like, why didn't they just keep the old one up until the new 132 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:18.759 one was ready to go? So that's what I can't wrap my head around 133 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:22.959 with that. Well, I think it's interesting, and obviously I think change 134 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:26.439 is coming in general for the CFL. I remember, like last year we 135 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:30.279 had Danny Austin and a lot of the guys that normally would come to Great 136 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:33.679 Cup didn't come right. And now this year we saw all the layoffs last 137 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:37.200 week with the you know, the TSN twel sixty and I got you know, 138 00:08:37.240 --> 00:08:39.679 with Dustin over there and Jason Gregor and kind of longtime friends to the 139 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:43.480 show and trying to figure out Like, I'm just curious, like what all 140 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:48.399 this becomes now where if you're the CFL and we're losing we're losing some of 141 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:52.159 these like traditional outlets that are covering us anyway, right, and whether they 142 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:54.720 are choosing too or not. I mean in the case of if you're getting 143 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:58.360 laid off or whatnot. Like I'd be curious to see how the CFL kind 144 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:01.679 of rides this out where it's already kind of this niche fringe thing and trying 145 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:03.679 to attract you know what I'm saying, Evan, are you are you like 146 00:09:05.039 --> 00:09:07.240 you're trying to get some of these people. Now, I'll be curious, 147 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:09.759 like who if you do decide to come to Gray Cup this year with us, 148 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:11.919 Like who is still there this year? That kind of is uh doing 149 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:15.799 the daily stuff. Yeah, I mean, you know, it's interesting. 150 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:18.240 There's definitely a lot of people in this space. You know. I think 151 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:20.440 it's similar to the league, where you know, maybe there's been a lot 152 00:09:20.440 --> 00:09:24.639 of things that have been the same for a long time, and now you're 153 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:28.240 starting to see some changes, especially after the pandemic. I mean, the 154 00:09:28.279 --> 00:09:31.360 CFL, you know, missed an entire season in twenty twenty, and I 155 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:35.799 do think that plays a role into some of the sort of I wouldn't say 156 00:09:35.840 --> 00:09:39.279 lack of interest because they're you know, our long time fans that have stayed 157 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:43.039 loyal, but I think it's just harder now to kind of attract you know, 158 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:46.080 new people into this market, especially people like me who are younger. 159 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:48.240 It's it's really difficult because, like you said, it's a niche product, 160 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:52.759 and now we have so many leagues like this just in the United States, 161 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:56.000 you know, between the XFL and the USFL. I think people would rather, 162 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:58.120 you know, spend their time with that because it's more local as opposed 163 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:01.960 to, you know, doing something with the CFL, which is technically an 164 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:05.720 international product. But yeah, no, I definitely agree. There has there 165 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:09.039 has been, excuse me, a lot of turnover, and it will be 166 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:11.399 interesting to see. Yeah, like, you know, how is this going 167 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:13.639 to go in the future, not just from all this stuff we talk about, 168 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:16.679 you know, on the football side and the operations side, but the 169 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:24.039 media side as well, Jason, anything else to add Not not really, 170 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:28.039 but yeah, I do agree that it's it's incredibly hard to attract the younger 171 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:31.120 fans in this in this day and age. And I think that the biggest 172 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:35.399 problem is, like I was saying about the digitalized content, it's really it's 173 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:41.919 really important for this today's day and age for companies and businesses to really reach 174 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:46.039 the consumer on the platforms that they're currently on. I don't think the CFL 175 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:50.200 does a very good job of doing that, so that's definitely something that they 176 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:52.320 need to look to improve in the future if they want to survive. You 177 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:56.320 know, let's go here. I guess we'll start at the end and work 178 00:10:56.440 --> 00:11:00.320 back. This is the game I saw the least amount of, but I 179 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:03.639 certainly caught up on the highlights and kind of everything else. Sway, Kelly 180 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:09.080 making his big debut here, Chad for the Argonauts thrashing the Hamilton tie Cats. 181 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.600 We you know, we called I called on the show was our pregame 182 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:16.559 show I said, Believi Mitchell is going to be duty this year, has 183 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:20.679 has played, you know, poorly in two games. We'll start with Jason 184 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:24.039 here. What did you make of the tie Cats fourteen to thirty two loss. 185 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:28.240 Well, I was in intendance at Bemo Field for this one. Um, 186 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:31.759 great seats, but unfortunately for me as a Tiger Cats fan, Um, 187 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:33.600 you know, it was just more of the same from week one. 188 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:37.600 I think that maybe they played in general better than they did in Week one, 189 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.879 which is funny because they lost by more points. But I think that 190 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:46.600 a couple of key things are the key red zone interceptions in the first half. 191 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:50.320 Those twok really you know, points off the board for the Tiger Cats. 192 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:52.960 Even if you get three points there, I think it would have been 193 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:58.399 a completely different game from that aspect, you know, just really bad interceptions 194 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:03.519 from Believi Mitchell. That the play calling for Hamilton was very predictable. Run 195 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:07.519 on first down into the line for two yards and then you know you're stuck 196 00:12:07.519 --> 00:12:11.840 in second and long. So I think there was a lot of those situations. 197 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:16.120 So I'm not impressed with the Tiger Cats offense through two weeks. My 198 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:20.960 panic level is probably about to a five with this team right now, because 199 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:24.480 you know, of what we've seen the first couple of weeks, but we 200 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:26.200 have yet to see this team play at home. They've arguably played the two 201 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:30.279 best teams in the league the first two weeks. So I'm, you know, 202 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:33.320 kind of holding back a little bit of my concern for that reason. 203 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:35.759 But at the end of the day, at pretty disappointing starts the season for 204 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:41.440 the tiger Cats perspective. Even initial thoughts on this one, Yeah, you 205 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:45.000 know, so from the Hamilton's side, I definitely agree. You know, 206 00:12:45.039 --> 00:12:48.360 the play calling needed to improve, Believe I Mitchell I said last week. 207 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:50.559 You know, it's going to take a couple of games for me to really 208 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:54.879 decide, you know, whether or not he's just progressing in his career at 209 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:58.159 this age, or you know, whether it's a situational thing and you know, 210 00:12:58.159 --> 00:13:01.000 maybe he's going to get better after you know, falling out in Calgary 211 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:03.200 the past couple of years. But to be honest, after last night, 212 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:07.679 I'm already starting to draw the conclusion that, you know, maybe this is 213 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:11.600 just age and it's just not a great fit. You know. Matt Schiltz 214 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:15.440 came in and like the middle of the fourth, like start of the fourth 215 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:20.440 kinda and honestly played better I think than believe I did pretty much the entire 216 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:24.200 game. And you know, Matt someone I know personally, I interviewed him 217 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:28.200 about a year ago. Good friend James Butler played well. He was, 218 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:33.360 of course the big free agent addition for them over from BC, and then 219 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:37.720 Duke Williams who came over from Saskatchewan and had a nice game. But outside 220 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:41.399 of that, I don't know, there wasn't a lot to write home about 221 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:46.240 for Hamilton. Unfortunately, that one never really felt. I mean by halftime 222 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:48.519 even it was twenty two to six and I was kind of sitting there like 223 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:52.120 do I even keep watching? And yeah, to be honest, the rest 224 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:56.639 of the game just kind of went about as I expected. But for Toronto 225 00:13:56.720 --> 00:14:00.840 it was a great way to start. You know, they're next season after 226 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:03.600 the Great Cup, especially with Chad Kelly quarterback. You know, he had 227 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:09.080 three rushing touchdowns in that game and had he was pretty efficient passing too. 228 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:13.440 I mean, what is that two hundred and thirteen yards on fourteen completions, 229 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:16.480 so he was impressive. And then yeah, I mean that was I would 230 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:20.720 say the best part. And then also, um, what's his name? 231 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:26.559 Quantz stickers give him a special shout out. You know that he played defensive 232 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:30.600 back in fan control football, didn't play college football at all, so that 233 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:33.159 was definitely a good story to follow. And he had an interception in that 234 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:37.399 game game excuse me. And then yeah, I think overall that went about 235 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:41.399 as I expected. I mean, Toronto to me was gonna win that game, 236 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:43.759 especially given that it was at home. You know, they're raising the 237 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:48.279 Great Cup banner everything like that. It felt like a Toronto win. I 238 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:50.799 just again maybe expected Hamilton's to put up more of a fight. It was 239 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:54.720 similar to last week. Like, obviously, you know, Winnipeg is a 240 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:58.279 tough opponent. Hamilton's definitely had two really tough opponents. You're playing both the 241 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:01.799 teams that were in the Great Cup in the first two weeks of the season, 242 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:05.360 and you're playing you know, yeah, you're you're doing that, So 243 00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:09.360 that's that's pretty difficult. Um And ultimately, yeah, I mean, they 244 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:11.759 didn't put up the effort that I thought they could. But hopefully that will 245 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:18.039 improve in the games to come, although right now I'm not so optimistic. 246 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:20.279 I guess you'd say, yeah, Evan with Quantez, wasn't it. I 247 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:24.120 was reading it down again, was trying to talk about fan control football or 248 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:26.840 and they were trying to talk about it on the broadcast. Is that accurate? 249 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:31.159 He said? All he said was a league where the fans called the 250 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:35.200 plays, But he did not actually say fan controlled football. I did pick 251 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:37.399 up on that. I was kind of waiting for him to say like FCF 252 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:41.399 or fan controlled football or something along those lines, but it didn't happen. 253 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:46.519 So somewhere and Patrick D's is shaking his fist like that. Uh. It 254 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:50.639 is funny though, like the way they'll go about talking to these players outside 255 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:52.399 of you know, when they ever like they ever talking about the Thompson a 256 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:56.039 lot in the USA ballots he played up north, or he played in the 257 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:58.919 different land, or he played in the different You're like, just say, 258 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:06.960 Jason, I was reading on here, how was Hamilton favored coming into this 259 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:11.159 match? I think it was around at two two and a half point spread 260 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:12.960 in favor of Hamilton, believe it or not, which was kind of shocking. 261 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:17.960 I did actually on my channel took I did take Hamilton to win the 262 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:21.799 game by one point. But you know, I just had a really tough 263 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:25.240 time picking this game this week. I really should have seen that effort for 264 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:27.399 the Argos coming out of the gate, Like, um, I really should 265 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:30.559 have seen that coming. Um. So I'm kind of disappointed that I didn't 266 00:16:30.559 --> 00:16:34.080 take the Argos in this one. But yeah, the tire Cats were surprising 267 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:40.360 favorites going into this game. This aj Ellett thing where he went viral with 268 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:42.120 it, it wasn't like, I don't even know what wrestling promotion it was. 269 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:45.120 It wasn't aw or whatever. He was spearing the guy this week. 270 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:48.399 And then I that was very classic, I thought, putting the Hamilton tie 271 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:51.679 Cats thing on did you have you you guys, Evan, did you track 272 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:56.360 any of that? There's that outside of your preview? I mean I saw 273 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:57.720 I saw a bit of it around on Twitter, you know. I mean 274 00:16:57.759 --> 00:17:00.720 I know that he's been doing wrestling stuff, and I mean I know, 275 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:03.480 I don't know how long he's been with the Argos now, but he's been 276 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:07.440 there for a decent amount of time. Um, he had a good game. 277 00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:10.039 I don't know if I mentioned that earlier, um, but you know, 278 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:12.440 he was someone who definitely carried the rock and you know, whenever they 279 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:17.039 couldn't, whenever they weren't passing it, they were definitely running it. With 280 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:21.319 him effectively him and Andrew Harris had a couple of carries and he scored as 281 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:23.519 well. UM, so yeah, that was that was good to fault. 282 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:27.119 But I didn't really I don't know. I wasn't. Um, I don't 283 00:17:27.119 --> 00:17:30.799 know. Yeah exactly like what wrestling like league he was competing for? How 284 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:33.480 any of that works? That that that is above my pig grade? I 285 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:37.680 will say, Uh, Jason, did you track any that? Because I 286 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.480 thought that was a pretty good I want to pull it up, but I 287 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:41.240 thought that was a pretty good, like viral thing for the US or for 288 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:45.440 the CFL to have. I didn't actually see the video of it, but 289 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:49.799 I didn't hear that he was. Um, I believe it was some wrestling 290 00:17:51.039 --> 00:18:00.799 thing in Toronto, Um, Greek Town. Don't cancel us here? This 291 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:10.720 holy crap. I mean, this is classic wrestling giving him the Great Cup 292 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:18.079 rank here. It is not. This is gonna be a championship right hand 293 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:23.640 by John Sampson. Don't violate championship memorabilia like that in this rank. Oh, 294 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:30.759 Shrick Gibson is out. I mean, that's this classic of there is 295 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:33.279 that? Do anything for you, Jason Is. I'm a wrestling fan. 296 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:37.960 I get excited watching that. Yeah, I love that kind of thing. 297 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:44.519 Anything to get the logo of the team or you know, the association with 298 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:48.039 the league out there, to more more eyes, especially for a niche product 299 00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:51.880 like the CFL. I think that's uh, that's important. I'm not a 300 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:55.759 huge wrestling to hand myself. I never really grew up watching the WWE, 301 00:18:55.880 --> 00:19:00.279 but a lot of my friends did, and my brother, um by brother 302 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:02.279 was a big fan of that growing up. In fact, we were actually 303 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:04.599 talking about it on the goat train back last night. Yeah, see this 304 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:07.160 is there. I won't play the audio again, but they obviously they took 305 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:11.599 it and they superimposed a tie cats a logo here on the poor gentleman, 306 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:12.759 and so I thought that was funny. I mean, that probably makes you 307 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:15.880 cry a little bit there, Jason, but I thought that was funny they 308 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:21.480 did that. The other thing with this Chad living up to I think the 309 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:23.720 expectations Evan, I know, you know, obviously coming off last year and 310 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:26.359 like he helped win the Gray Cup, but you know, mccag is in 311 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:30.920 there and then him going there was just it never really felt like they had 312 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:33.559 any doubt with Chad and the Brian Scott's up there and everyone else. But 313 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:37.559 Evan, are you just surprised how good Chad looks coming out of the gate 314 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:41.319 here? Uh? No, I mean there was a lot of hype about 315 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:44.680 him in the off season, and I think he's definitely I think he worked 316 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:48.559 a lot behind the scenes last year even when MBT was starting, So I 317 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:52.480 don't think this is a fluke or anything like that. I will say I 318 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:55.319 think it was John Hodge put up yesterday. He says, you know, 319 00:19:56.359 --> 00:20:00.359 do you think like Zach or do you think Chad Kelly kind of it's in 320 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:03.559 behind. I think it was Zach Claros and someone else is like the third 321 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:07.839 best quarterback in the CFL. And I said, well, just given sort 322 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:11.319 of the instability at the position across the league right now, because there's been 323 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:15.079 a lot of turnover, a lot of guys are getting older, there's a 324 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:18.680 lot that needs to be proven. Uh yeah, there it is, you 325 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:21.839 know, I said, yeah, because its like again, just because of 326 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:25.920 the uncertainty, you know, I think that like, he definitely has the 327 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:29.599 highest ceiling. It is a bit of a knee jerk reaction to call him 328 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:33.079 the third best quarterback in the CFL after one good game where he had three 329 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:36.559 rushing touchdowns. But you know, I'm gonna stand by my word and see 330 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:38.119 how that goes through the rest of the season. I really do hope that, 331 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:41.799 you know, this is Chad's year and that maybe Toronto gets back to 332 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:45.279 the Great Cup with him having started the full season as opposed to just playing 333 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:48.079 the one half of that game or whatever it was. I mean, I 334 00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:52.160 don't really think this is that I mean, I know John is known to 335 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:55.480 be a little hyperbolic sometimes, but I don't think that this is that crazy. 336 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:57.440 I think, you know, besides Claros, I wouldn't put Vernon in 337 00:20:57.480 --> 00:21:00.440 that category right now. Certainly would put corn Dog. I wouldn't put our 338 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:03.920 Buckle. I wouldn't put Cody. Really, Trevor Harris, I mean, 339 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:07.200 Jason, do you think that's that outlandish that Chad's a top three quarterback right 340 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:08.880 now? I think that's a good thing. I mean, getting you guy 341 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:11.559 in there to do that. Boy do you make of this? Well, 342 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:15.240 I can't really disagree based on what we saw in Week one. Obviously, 343 00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:19.119 tire Cats didn't have any tape on him. You know that always plays a 344 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:22.359 little bit of a factor. But I think from a physical standpoint, the 345 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:27.240 athleticism that he has brings to the table. I think that was really impressive, 346 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:30.720 and honestly, like you said, given the situations around the league, 347 00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:37.279 nobody's really shown to have other than Clariss and maybe like Trevor Harris, to 348 00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:42.359 have that kind of consistent of a floor. I think that. I'm very 349 00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:45.880 interested to see how Kelly does in the next couple of weeks, but I 350 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:49.920 don't think it's Atlantish to have him in the top three quarterbacks just based on 351 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:55.240 that Week one performance. We had a thing here. Oh, Evan was 352 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.880 in our group chat with saying, once you over under own the tie Cats 353 00:21:56.880 --> 00:22:00.799 to win this year, Evans saying, seven, Evan, standby value. 354 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:03.200 What are you making the tie Cats here going out the rest of the way. 355 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:06.920 I mean, I definitely I said this last week. I think they're 356 00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:11.839 in a bit of a rebuilding process. I wouldn't be surprised after this year 357 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:15.279 if there was some turnover on the coaching staff. You know, I think 358 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:18.440 they'll keep some of the you know, core pieces around still. I know 359 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:21.559 they have a couple of guys that were left from these are the great Cup 360 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:25.119 runs. But I don't know, like I'm looking at this thing and I'm 361 00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:27.960 just I'm not seeing a team that is really going to be competing. And 362 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:32.440 you know, maybe I'm proven wrong. I would hope so. But right 363 00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:37.240 now, there's just a lot you know that seems very not I don't want 364 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:41.759 to say scripted, but it's like, you know, there's just certain teams 365 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:45.039 where you look at them and you're like, if this person is you know, 366 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:47.839 here by the end of the season, or if they're not doing this 367 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:51.279 by this certain point, the outlook doesn't look great. And you know, 368 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:53.480 Hamilton, I will say, had a very impressive run. I mean they 369 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:59.160 made two great Cups technically back to back between nineteen and twenty one, since 370 00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:03.559 there was no twenty twenty season. Unfortunately, they weren't able to capitalize on 371 00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:07.960 that, and that was definitely a bit sad, especially because you know, 372 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:10.839 I used to cover the Tiger Cats for a bit and it was fun to 373 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:12.680 see them go all the way. But you know, I think right now, 374 00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:17.359 especially again on the coaching side, I mean, you know, we 375 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:19.720 talk about the players a lot here, but I think there's a lot within 376 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:25.640 that organization at the higher levels, you know, that could be potentially looked 377 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:29.279 at in a different way. At some point and that's not trying to discredit 378 00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:33.119 anybody. I think, you know, coach Steinauer has done a good job 379 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:34.559 there, you know, right over the course of a couple of years. 380 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:40.079 But it just kind of gets to a point where you know you're being figured 381 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:41.519 out, I think is what I'm ultimately trying to get out here. That's 382 00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:45.480 my you know sort of lead is like they've been you know, they've had 383 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:48.920 their run, but now it's like, you know, you switched quarterbacks. 384 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:52.720 There's a lot of things that are different for them already in this short period 385 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:57.039 of time. And again, I just don't see this as a great year 386 00:23:57.079 --> 00:24:02.319 for them, unfortunately, Jason, last thing on this and I haven't pulled 387 00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:07.799 up here with obviously bow missing, you're leaving the game, Schiltz coming into 388 00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:10.960 this lower body or is this cause for concern? Are we just getting him 389 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.079 out of there for the week? Like what do you I mean, is 390 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:15.279 you know, with Bobie and injury prone and everything. Well, I think 391 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:18.519 it's worth noting that they have a buy after this next week. So I 392 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:22.119 think that maybe they start Schiltz this week and then they because they have a 393 00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:26.640 short week, they play on Friday at home against Montreal, so maybe they 394 00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:29.920 you know, sit Bo for that one, led him to, you know, 395 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:32.599 sit on the bench for a little bit, um for for a couple 396 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.839 of weeks, and then give them back for week five. I think they 397 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:38.200 play Oddwall that week. So I think that's that's an option for them, 398 00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:41.079 And potentially what we could see, I think Schiltz, I mean from what 399 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:45.440 we saw, I mean, given that it was garbage time, you've got 400 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:47.559 to take it with a grain of salt. But I think that um he 401 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:51.240 played better than Bo win this one. So I think that, you know, 402 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:53.599 having that familiarity with the offense, you have a little bit of comfortability 403 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:56.359 with Scholtz. But at the end of the day, I think if Bo 404 00:24:56.559 --> 00:25:00.880 was missing the whole season or or is easy out for a significant amount of 405 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:06.200 time, he obviously has a history with injuries, So I think that's concerning 406 00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:08.000 um, you know, going forward for the Tiger Cats. But I will 407 00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:12.599 say, in terms of reprojecting like over under win or loss record for this 408 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:17.240 team going forward, I still think they're gonna win like eight games this year. 409 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:21.640 Look back last year, oh and four to start the season. Traditionally, 410 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:25.079 this team is a slow starter. Other than the twenty nineteen season, 411 00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:27.480 where they went fifteen and three, so I'm not too concerned. I think 412 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:32.000 they'll probably you know, figure it out, get a three or four game 413 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:33.759 winning streak somewhere in there. But at the end of the day, it's 414 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:37.200 disappointed to have another slow start for this team, and I do agree that 415 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:41.240 there could be some changes on the coaching staff. I think that Orlando Steinauer 416 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:45.240 has kind of lived off the success of June Jones, who was the previous 417 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:49.839 head coach, an offensive guru who you know, turned Brandon Banks into a 418 00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:55.079 receiver into a great receiver. That is, you know, other players and 419 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:59.200 you know, transition them into this great, powerful offense. And you've seen 420 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:03.079 a decline every every year in terms of their offensive productions. So I think 421 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:07.960 that's super concerning considering that, you know, just the that Steinauer is a 422 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:11.759 defensive head coach that doesn't really bring too much to the table in terms of 423 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:15.079 offense. I think that Tommy Condell has been there for a long time, 424 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:18.839 so I mean, maybe it's getting a little bit stale. So I do 425 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:21.599 agree with Evan that there could be some changes coming by the end of the 426 00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:26.039 year if this continues. Yeah, bo both making five hundred thousand, I 427 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:29.359 mean, you know, that's the big biggest thing on that big thing on 428 00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:32.319 that yeah, coming up here. All right, So now we have this 429 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:34.440 was my you know, my my crowning life. I have my BC Lions 430 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:41.079 had on here. Not not quite as electrifying as the Nathan Work like five 431 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:44.519 touchdown whatever the heck it was game last year that was like the greatest home 432 00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:47.519 you know that we had. We had one republic and kind of all that. 433 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:52.200 I didn't laugh at the game, Evan. And then I have a 434 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:55.839 couple of jokes here to make. Yeah, I mean, this game well 435 00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:59.839 unfortunately, I mean I expect the BC to win, and they did. 436 00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:03.000 But again, I'm probably gonna focus more on the team who struggled here, 437 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:06.079 and that was Edmonton, you know, being shut out for I think it 438 00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:08.680 was the first time in like fifty years or something close to fifty years, 439 00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:15.079 since the seventies anyway, and you know, ultimately this is just not acceptable 440 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:18.160 by any means. And I know, you know, again, I'll get 441 00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:19.759 the BC in a minute, but I think we need to talk about sort 442 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:25.200 of the urgency here for Edmonton. And I said last week, I said, 443 00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:27.519 this is a team, you know, the leash really isn't that long. 444 00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:30.160 You know, for a lot of players and coaches here because of their 445 00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:36.119 struggles in previous seasons and so far, it almost just looks like they're regressing 446 00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:38.119 even more. I mean, scoring zero points in a game. Even if 447 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:41.680 BC you know, turns out to be a ten plus win team this year, 448 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:45.119 which I think they will be, you know, that's just quite frankly 449 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:48.720 unacceptable. I mean, ninety one passing yards one turnover for Cornelius. I 450 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:53.240 mean you have to ask that question of when does you know, someone like 451 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:56.359 a Trey Ford come in or Kyle Loxley you did complete a pass in this 452 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:59.920 game, When does one of those guys you know, get a starting up 453 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:03.839 oportunity. I know Chris Jones has talked that Nledgium about how Cornelius has developed, 454 00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:07.519 and you know, he's been with Cornelius now for like three seasons. 455 00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:11.680 But it gets to a point where it's like, man like, I mean, 456 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.720 come out, like if it's not gonna work, it's not gonna work, 457 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:15.839 you know. And again, I don't want to sit here in week 458 00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:19.599 two saying that Taylor Cornelius can't do anything for this team because there's still sixteen 459 00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:26.200 games left. But so far, I mean, he's had one long touchdown 460 00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:30.240 pass to Gina Lewis, and outside of that, I mean, there's not 461 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:33.960 really much to work with there. He's a good scrambler, you know, 462 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:37.960 he can run when he's needed, but like, that's not gonna win you 463 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:41.000 the game, you know ultimately. And I get that that's a great part 464 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:44.160 of his game, you know, his build, his mobility, but I 465 00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:47.839 don't know, I'm really not sold on that at all. And then yeah, 466 00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:52.000 for BC, you know, I thought they had a decent game. 467 00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:55.880 You know, could they have done a bit better. Maybe there was a 468 00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:59.759 lot of weird sort of turnovers that happened early on where it was like the 469 00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:03.319 all just kind of seemed to be flying around between the teams and there was 470 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:06.839 a bunch of flags that you know, overturned those turnovers. I think one 471 00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:10.920 of them ended up counting. But yeah, Vernon had three hundred passing yards, 472 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:14.039 which I thought was pretty good. Did have a turnover, but I 473 00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:17.759 won't fault him for that. I mean he completed you know, twenty five 474 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:19.519 out of thirty five minutes passes, So I call it a good day for 475 00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:23.359 him. To Quan Mizzle the running back, I think that's how he pronounced 476 00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:30.960 his name. Definitely was impressive at least that's what I gathered from this game, 477 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:36.839 especially because he had such big holes to fill with James Butler leaving big 478 00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:41.680 shoes, I should say, not big holes anyway, Uh, yeah, 479 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:45.160 he was impressive at least to me. And then just going down the list, 480 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:48.920 Justin McInnis had a really good game. Was good to see that after 481 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:55.599 he had the big catch in Week one against Calgary Dominic rhymes again another impressive. 482 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:57.200 I mean, just look at this whole receiving core down here, and 483 00:29:57.240 --> 00:30:00.440 how sort of balanced this. You know, every one's got four or five 484 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:04.279 catches. It speaks to Vernon's ability to really spread the ball around. And 485 00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:07.960 I talked about that last week. I said, they have so many good 486 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:11.759 players in that receiving corps, but at the end of the season, there 487 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:15.119 might not be that much difference between you know, their top receiver and like 488 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:19.240 their fourth leading receiver. Just saying but then, yeah, I'd say for 489 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:23.119 BC again, could they have you know, done a bit better? I 490 00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:26.079 mean, obviously they shut out the opponent, which is great. I mean, 491 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:29.920 I maybe you could have scored a bit more than twenty two in that 492 00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:33.279 situation, But ultimately a good game for them. They're on the right track. 493 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:37.480 Edmonton unfortunately not so much. Yeah, I want to I'm gonna. 494 00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:41.119 I didn't want to hit a baker yesterday because of Father's Day. But I 495 00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:42.799 want to get I want to get Justin McGinnis on the podcast here. I 496 00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:47.720 think that's our new kind of fresh with the missing Lucky and missing Keyan and 497 00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:49.240 everything else. I want to get get kind of in his head here, 498 00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:52.720 because he's really come on strong. Jason, what what did you make of 499 00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:56.119 this? I just kind of slather of the Elks. So I did an 500 00:30:56.119 --> 00:31:00.319 initial reactions video on my channel that got a lot of traction, Um, 501 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:03.240 you know, saying how the Elks are off to a disastrous start, And 502 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:07.079 it really has been a disastrous start for the Elk because I think that a 503 00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:11.880 lot of things are just inexcusable. With how much talent I think is around 504 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:15.079 this ross, or how much talent they brought in the past couple of off 505 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:18.279 seasons. I think that, um, you look at how Taylor Cornelius has 506 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:22.000 played, I think that, um, it's really inexcusable because you have guys 507 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:26.960 around him that have been productive receivers at other spots in the CFL. So 508 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:30.839 what's the common denominator. It's the quarterback position. So I think that sometimes, 509 00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:34.240 you know, or maybe they're just better off like going forward, you 510 00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:37.920 know, going with Tray Forward, running some kind of like run heavy option 511 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:41.680 offense, you know, something like that, just to get the ball moving. 512 00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:44.799 Because tray Forward, we saw him played a bit last year. I 513 00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:48.920 saw him play, start, started his first game in Hamilton, and I 514 00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:52.000 saw him, you know, really make a difference with his legs. I 515 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:56.559 think that really puts a lot of pressure on defense and could add another element 516 00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:59.759 that we're currently not seeing because yeah, we say that you know, Taylor 517 00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:02.440 cur Relius does have some of that scrambling ability, but if you're gonna just 518 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:07.359 say that's his biggest strength, that's straight forward's biggest strength, and that's even 519 00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:09.640 a bigger strength for him. So I think that, you know, going 520 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:13.400 forward, that might be the play that they do, or go with kay 521 00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:17.000 Loxley. But something has to change with its Edmonton Elks offense because zero points 522 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:20.119 in a CFL game. I forget who said it. I think it was 523 00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:22.440 Kerrie Joseph who said this about fifteen years ago. He's like, we're getting 524 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:27.599 shut out in a CFL game. That's an unacceptable So I think that at 525 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:30.559 the end of the day, just so disappointing for Edmonton. But I do 526 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:35.079 believe Chris Jones deserves a lot of heat as well. Going into a season 527 00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:38.240 with a field goal kicker that can attempt a fifty fifty one yard field goal, 528 00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:42.400 that is unacceptable. They had a couple of chances to take a lead 529 00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:45.559 early in this game, could have changed the entire tide of the game. 530 00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:49.880 Even with the field goal. They passed up fifty yard forty nine yard field 531 00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:52.680 goal attempts for a punt, the punt goes out of bounds and then they 532 00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:54.839 basically get no net yards on the punt. So I think that, you 533 00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:58.359 know, at the end of the day, just a really disappointing performance all 534 00:32:58.400 --> 00:33:02.079 around for the Elks. Anytime you score zero points is just unacceptable. So 535 00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:06.799 that's what I think about them. They just really need to do some soul 536 00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:09.599 searching and figured this out really quickly because jobs are going to start being on 537 00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:14.279 the line here and then for BC, I think that just a matter of 538 00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:19.799 scoring more touchdowns. I think that defensively, they've looked excellent obviously against Edmonton 539 00:33:19.920 --> 00:33:22.519 this game. You know, take that with a grain assault. But you 540 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:25.799 look back last week only allowing fifteen points to Calgary, So fifteen points allowed 541 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:29.799 in two games. Hard to do better than that. And then I think, 542 00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:32.559 you know, just like I said, finishing drives, scoring touchdowns, 543 00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:36.720 it's only the only complaint I have Offensively, I thought they moved the ball 544 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:39.960 very well. Yeah, it was so a couple of things that I have 545 00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:44.880 this tweet saying I thought this was good buy Brock. Sorry Elex fans, 546 00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:47.640 Cornelis ain't bad guy. Twenty six games enough of a sample size to figure 547 00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:52.039 it out. I agree with that. And I know that we have Darryl. 548 00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:53.599 I think that you used to ride for CFL news stub and he's still 549 00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:57.440 he's an ELX fan, and he's always been going on about, oh, 550 00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:00.960 you know, it's Cornelius all that stuff. It was to me there was 551 00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:02.279 the quote at the end of the game, and I was trying to find 552 00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:06.000 the tweet I had where it was Chris Jones saying, hey, you know 553 00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:07.519 we have our quarterback. You know we're set with that. I said, 554 00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:10.000 I don't know if you have your coach at this point, like, if 555 00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:15.199 you're that invested in and I, you know, I was. I was 556 00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:19.079 filming the children's dancer recital and I had my phone on, like my try 557 00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:21.400 you know, I'm watching the game and silent the whole, like the second 558 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.800 half. I watch the first half, watching the game muted the second half. 559 00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:27.119 I'm like, I'm seeing Kai Locksley warm up on the sidelines. I'm 560 00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:28.760 like, why the hell are that. I'm like, oh, they're clearly 561 00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:30.679 they're going to put in you know, Kay here at the end of the 562 00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:32.679 game and get Cornelis out of here like he finished the game. I mean, 563 00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:37.119 Cornelis finished the game. I thought that was weird. And then the 564 00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:40.920 BC thing. I when Vernon finally had the touchdown pass, I saw kind 565 00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:44.400 of a look of relief because I do think that Vernon was afraid that they 566 00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.599 were going to go, you know, TD list the entire game, like 567 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:50.679 you guys said, kind of completing drives but did not score any points like 568 00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:52.000 you guys said. In the CFL game, I was trying to explain to 569 00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:55.559 Dorothy how challenging that is with the rouge and kicking, like that's very, 570 00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:59.760 very hard to get. I think Dave Naylor said it was nineteen seventy was 571 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:04.800 last time that the Elks had been shut out Evan. In terms of Vernon, 572 00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:07.559 they called it good Vernon kind of at the at the CFL on the 573 00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:12.199 TSM panel at halftime. Was it good Vernon? They're bad Vernon this week? 574 00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:15.400 Oh, it was definitely good. I mean again, was it perfect? 575 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:20.480 No? Could he be better? Yes? But ultimately, like you 576 00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:22.119 know, the only thing that I would really fault him for is, yeah, 577 00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:24.920 not finding the end zone that much, But that doesn't all go on 578 00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:29.079 his shoulders. I mean, you know, as long as they can keep 579 00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:30.920 scoring and they can just kind of keep at the steady pace, I mean, 580 00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:34.360 they're gonna be just fine. They're gonna be, you know, right 581 00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:36.960 behind Winnipeg there in the West, and you know they're not going to have 582 00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:42.880 a problem. So the other question I had was a Ganey being out too. 583 00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:45.280 Looks like he's gonna be out. That's gonna be a big loss for 584 00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:49.480 Edmunton as well. At Jason any other thoughts, It's just I don't know 585 00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:52.119 what the Elks do at this point. I think last year it was like 586 00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:53.519 the struggles at home and that was kind of a joke, and now it 587 00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:57.840 feels like it's struggles no matter where they are. I mean, what would 588 00:35:57.880 --> 00:36:01.880 you like to see them do. Honestly, I think I would go with 589 00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:05.880 the quarterback switch. I think, like you said, twenty six games is 590 00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:07.840 enough of a sample size, and I think the big thing is we haven't 591 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:13.480 seen any progression from Taylor Cornelius at all. So I think if he showed 592 00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:16.119 some signs of getting better, stringing, some you know, good stretches of 593 00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:20.960 play together, I think you could justify having the position that Chris Jones has 594 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:23.280 and saying that he's our starter going forward. But at the end of the 595 00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:27.920 day, we haven't seen any kind of consistency from him or any kind of 596 00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:30.800 progression from him. So I think I would look for the quarterback position because, 597 00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:35.039 like I said, you're wasting the talent of all these great receivers around 598 00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:38.320 you. I think Dylan Mitchell has negative five yards in two games. That's 599 00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:43.039 that's pretty rough because he was expected to be a breakout star in the CFL 600 00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:45.480 this season. I had him on my top fifty players list, So you 601 00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:49.239 know, at the end of the day, I think when it's hurting the 602 00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:53.320 players around you, and you really have seen the players around him like succeeded 603 00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:57.679 other spots in the CFL, it really shows you that the problem is the 604 00:36:57.760 --> 00:37:01.400 quarterback position, and also the offensive line hasn't looked ideal either. They're really 605 00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:06.599 not confident in those short yarded situations. Probably the worst team in the league 606 00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:08.840 as we saw in Week one against the Scatch one, So that's a concern 607 00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:12.559 for them going forward. They kind of have a little bit of a flawed 608 00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:16.320 team building philosophy in my opinion, whereas they built from the outside the perimeter 609 00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:22.239 and not really built in the trenches. So I think, you know, 610 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:24.360 the Elks have a lot of soul searching to do, and you know, 611 00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:27.719 they just kind of have to go back to the drawing board. I think, 612 00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:30.320 yeah, like you said, I thought Mizzelle was good running back, 613 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:34.280 kind of filling in for BC. I know that there was obviously the concern 614 00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:37.280 there with Butler going the other thing. I thought it seemed to me, 615 00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:39.880 at least that Vernon was moving a lot more in the second half. It 616 00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:43.280 seemed like in the first half he's trying to be a little bit too much 617 00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:45.880 of a pocket passer. And I don't know if that if they just got 618 00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:47.880 more pressure on him in the second, but it felt like where he's scrambling 619 00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:51.159 more, he's a little bit better in that way, kind of trying to 620 00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:53.239 make up things and kind of be a little bit of an orchestrator on the 621 00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:57.079 field and that way. Yeah, I just have written here a corn dog 622 00:37:57.119 --> 00:38:00.400 equals duty. I'm just looking in through my notes. And then it felt 623 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:02.199 like they were finally trying to get rhymes going, that they had a couple 624 00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:06.440 of drop passes and he was missing that. Evan, any other thoughts on 625 00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:07.880 the Receiving Corps. I know you were talking about them kind of getting a 626 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:13.079 balanced workload there and a couple of the big stars being outright now for BC, 627 00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:15.280 Yeah, I mean the Receiving Corps. You know, I talked about 628 00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:17.880 him enough last week. I mean they you know, they're doing a great 629 00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:21.760 job. Someone's always going to step up. And even if you know they 630 00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:24.480 don't have the one guy that necessarily explodes onto the scene, again, it's 631 00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:28.119 always going to be pretty even you saw how many guys on that list that 632 00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:31.639 had like three, four or five catches. It's very very diverse, but 633 00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:35.880 very balanced at the same time. And I will say too, just talking 634 00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:39.320 about Vernon Adams again for a second, I think BC and someone said this 635 00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:45.280 in our chat to At some point BC was extremely smart forgetting Vernon Adams last 636 00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:49.119 year before Nathan Rourke left. Well, I mean obviously Nathan Rourke was injured 637 00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:52.480 and that prompted them to bring Va in. But now you look at again 638 00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:55.679 the sort of state of the quarterback in the CFL. Yeah, you know, 639 00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:59.559 it's it looks like a steal, you know, to get a guy 640 00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:04.360 like Va who again maybe isn't exactly in his prime. Like you could argue 641 00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:06.360 that, you know, Va, I guess I think it might have been 642 00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:08.960 like twenty nineteen in Montreal, was you know, at his peak, but 643 00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:12.719 even then, like he's still you know, one of the top guys. 644 00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:15.360 I mean, you could put him, to be honest, I would feel 645 00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:17.360 comfortable at this point maybe putting him right behind Zach Claros. You know, 646 00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:22.039 we were talking about this like top three guys earlier. You could maybe put 647 00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:25.239 Trevor Harrison there right now, especially after his game against Winnipeg, which we'll 648 00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:29.440 get into in a minute, you know, and then Chad Kelly obviously like 649 00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.880 we talked about. But I don't know, like at this point, like 650 00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:36.079 I think if Vernon can take this team to the playoffs and they can have 651 00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:40.199 you know, another run and at least challenge Winnipeg again, I'd say that's 652 00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:43.280 a win. I mean at that point, like I know, Rourke was 653 00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:46.800 extremely flashy, and I was very fortunate to see him play against the Alex 654 00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:51.760 last year, where he had I mean just in a phenomenal game, best 655 00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:54.119 game I've ever seen in person by any quarterback I think at any level, 656 00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:59.440 even though they had Rourke. You know, Vernon I think can carry the 657 00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:01.400 same type of Wait, maybe that's a bold statement. Again, I understand 658 00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:05.440 how good Nathan Rourke was. I know his season was cut short. I 659 00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:07.559 get it, trust me. But I really think that, you know, 660 00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:12.920 Vernon, you know, like there's nothing like with his receivers, Like I 661 00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:15.320 mean, who's stopping that. You know, at this point, they're gonna 662 00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:17.760 have to face a couple you know, difficult teams. I'm sure once they 663 00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:22.760 get to like the Torontos and the Winnipegs, like I said, maybe even 664 00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:24.880 like Montreal, you know, it could become a bit more difficult. But 665 00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:30.159 right now, I think Vernon is on pace for a great season and I 666 00:40:30.199 --> 00:40:32.159 think he could really return to that form that he was in, you know, 667 00:40:32.239 --> 00:40:36.440 maybe three or four years ago. Keep in mind that, you know, 668 00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:38.920 Lions also have Dan Evans here, you know, where you're talking about 669 00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:43.159 kind of having the quarterback Richards and then where our backup is probably better than 670 00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:46.679 I would say, certainly Cornelius and certainly whatever. At this point, Derek 671 00:40:46.719 --> 00:40:50.320 Taylor had tweeted out, and I think Derek said to come on the show 672 00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:52.199 this week, like who can play you know, who can play a quarterback 673 00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:54.079 for the Elks right now? And I said, like, yeah, I'd 674 00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:57.880 call it like DeAndre Johnson or someone in the USFL like, hey, you 675 00:40:57.960 --> 00:41:00.440 dismissed the playoffs, like let's get you up yere and kind of do that 676 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:02.760 half joking, but you know, I mean they could kind of figure that 677 00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:07.559 out. Last couple of notes from me, we had the big LLL Cool 678 00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:12.360 Jay concert. I thought this wasn't funny tweet by Jacques. I don't if 679 00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:15.119 you guys followed him on Twitter, said it's a real statement. See if 680 00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:17.559 I'm fan demographics said, la cool Jay gone through this phrase for appealing to 681 00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:21.480 younger crowd. I thought that was good, but you know, it looked 682 00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:27.559 good. I saw. I appreciated the like the sweet shots of them are 683 00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:30.119 hanging out with LLL like in there, you know whatever in the owner's suite 684 00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:32.719 or whatever that was. I thought that was cool. And then I especially 685 00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:37.159 I saw the tweet said that I know that Edmonton did the Christian Salisbury kind 686 00:41:37.199 --> 00:41:40.519 of tribute last week, and I thought that was nice that BC kind of 687 00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:43.960 had that going at the beginning of the game as well. For him. 688 00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:46.800 Obviously, you passed away too soon, and with the Edmonton we've tracked him 689 00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:50.559 through all the other stuff. Jason, any other thoughts, well, kind 690 00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:52.039 of double time through these last couple of games here we're going along. But 691 00:41:52.079 --> 00:41:55.960 this has been good. Yeah, I think just h I agree with you 692 00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:59.920 you guys said about Burning. I think he has a chance to really rejuvenate 693 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:01.239 his career here, and you're starting to see the signs of it. He 694 00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:05.239 played really well at the end of last season, so I'm glad he's in 695 00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:08.159 a situation that's very conducive to the way he plays. And you know, 696 00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:12.320 they may not be as explosive on offense as they were last year, but 697 00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:15.639 I think this defense could be even better than they were last year, as 698 00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:17.559 we've seen the first couple of weeks. So I think that, you know, 699 00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:21.559 we're gonna have to see how they played this Thursday against Winnipeg. That's 700 00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:23.960 gonna be a big test for them. But I'm excited about the BC Lions, 701 00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:28.840 you know, going forward. So we had the game here. This 702 00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:32.039 was the game I saw the least of. Like I said, Winnipeg really 703 00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:37.079 just kind of smacking around the Saskatchewan at home. I think they said that. 704 00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:40.239 You know, Winnipeg hasn't lost a game in Saskatchewan since twenty nineteen or 705 00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:43.760 whatever. Evan, I know you didn't see much of this game either. 706 00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:46.639 This was the late Saturday game, but like I say, at the top 707 00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:51.679 of the show, there was a lot of like apologizing for Saskatchewan looking good 708 00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:53.800 even in losing twenty seven to forty five. To me, it never felt 709 00:42:53.840 --> 00:42:57.559 that incredibly close. Do you have any thoughts and we'll toss to Jason. 710 00:42:58.679 --> 00:43:00.559 I mean, yeah, like you said, Reid, I didn't get a 711 00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:05.159 chance to watch much of this game, if any. I went back and 712 00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:08.719 I looked at the highlights. You know, Saskatchewan, I mean they had 713 00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:12.400 they had a great day passing the ball. I mean we can start with 714 00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:15.840 that. I know we already talked a ton about BC and they're receiving corps, 715 00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:20.119 but like you know, the rough Riders had two guys Sean Bain Junior 716 00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:22.320 and Kevin Jones went over one hundred yards. And then I heard a lot 717 00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:25.519 of praise about Samuel Mliss too. There was a lot of people like, 718 00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:29.519 you know, welcome to the CFL type of thing, so that was good 719 00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:31.719 to see. And then on the defensive side, I know, again we 720 00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:36.079 haven't talked much defense yet, and I fought myself for that. But like 721 00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:38.920 Larry Dean had a great game and that's obviously a familiar name to me and 722 00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:43.400 many others. Roland Milliken, who I talked about on the show last week, 723 00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:45.920 also had a pretty good game, I thought, with three tackles for 724 00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:50.719 loss. And then for Winnipeg, I mean, yeah, like you know, 725 00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:53.679 it was just a I mean, they've scored I think over because they 726 00:43:53.679 --> 00:43:58.599 had forty two last week against Hamilton's. So they haven't even had a game 727 00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:01.599 yet this season where they've scored below forty points, which is stagger I mean, 728 00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:06.119 that's that's just unbelievable to me. I mean, if you, I 729 00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:08.840 mean you want to talk about a strong way to start a season, that's 730 00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:13.159 how you do it. I mean, this is like just the polar opposite 731 00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:15.519 of Edmonton, and I hate to you know rain on the Elks parade there 732 00:44:15.639 --> 00:44:19.960 if there is any parade. But you know, I just feel like, 733 00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:22.000 I mean, there's it's such a contrast going from that game to this one 734 00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:27.679 where you're looking at such a you know, diverse group of players, and 735 00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:30.639 you know, there's so many what's the word I'm looking for. There's just 736 00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:34.920 so many, you know, different outlets and options and whatever. I mean 737 00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:37.360 if you look here, I mean Zach Collarro's you know, is posting like 738 00:44:38.239 --> 00:44:42.199 a similar stat line, you know, close to three hundred yards every game, 739 00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:45.119 two touchdowns. He's just kind of automatic with that at this point. 740 00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:50.559 And then receiving wise head Dalton shown you know who obviously came on and seen 741 00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:52.320 last year, you know, eight catches, one hundred and forty five yards. 742 00:44:52.320 --> 00:44:54.199 I mean, your day doesn't get better than that. You tack on 743 00:44:54.239 --> 00:45:00.519 a touchdown too, extremely impressive stuff from him. And then on defense, 744 00:45:00.760 --> 00:45:04.039 uh, you know they had I mean a couple of guys i'd say, 745 00:45:04.239 --> 00:45:07.800 you know, stood out Celestin Habba, who's a rookie um I want to 746 00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:10.920 say from Texas A and m Commerce he had a nice game. And then 747 00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:15.599 m Malik Clements had five tackles for lost, which was also impressive. Same 748 00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:21.320 with Brandon Alexander the cornerback. So again good to see all those guys, 749 00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:24.880 you know, kind of really putting things together again. Like I was going 750 00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:29.199 into the season, I really wanted to see how Winnipeg would start, especially 751 00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:31.119 um, just coming off the Great Cup loss. It's like, you know, 752 00:45:31.159 --> 00:45:36.280 how do you sort of tackle that momentum? Like is it gonna shift? 753 00:45:36.280 --> 00:45:37.840 You know, because there's a lot of moving pieces there. You've been 754 00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:42.159 good for so long. But to be honest, they retained a lot of 755 00:45:42.199 --> 00:45:45.480 their you know, core players, and you know, obviously I think I 756 00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:49.480 remember when Andrew Harris left to Toronto and that seemed to be a big departure. 757 00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:52.199 But Andrew Harris is getting older now, and I always knew, like 758 00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:54.559 Brady olivera I was going to carry the weight and he's done that so far. 759 00:45:54.880 --> 00:45:59.840 So things like that, They've just done a fantastic job sort of replacing 760 00:46:00.440 --> 00:46:01.920 the few players that they've lost, and I think that's why they're in this 761 00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:07.280 position where they can score forty plus points per game. Jason thoughts on this, 762 00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:09.920 and I have a couple fall up questions. Yeah, so I actually 763 00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:14.559 believe it or not. Despite the eighteen point deficit at the end of the 764 00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:16.559 game. I thought this was the most entertaining game so far this season. 765 00:46:16.800 --> 00:46:21.800 There was a point in this game where Saskatchewan was matching Winnipeg punch for punch. 766 00:46:21.800 --> 00:46:24.880 Trevor Harris looked incredible in this game, especially considering who they had out 767 00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:29.480 in the receiving corps. Obviously, keyon Shaver Bakers yet to join the team 768 00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:34.119 this season. He's out with an injury. You have Drell Walker who's out 769 00:46:34.159 --> 00:46:37.960 with injury. So I think that Saskatchewan looked great considering the guys that they 770 00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:42.679 had in there. And you know, I think this game really changed on 771 00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:45.800 the Geneering Grant punt return because I think that made it a ten point game 772 00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:50.679 and then Winnipeg just kind of take it home from there. But Winnipeg just 773 00:46:50.760 --> 00:46:53.719 such a well oiled machine. In terms of their offense, I think that 774 00:46:53.760 --> 00:46:57.880 their defense showed a little bit of holes. I think the first couple of 775 00:46:57.880 --> 00:47:00.320 weeks of the season, they may not be as good as they were the 776 00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:04.719 previous couple of years. But I think this offense is better than they've ever 777 00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:07.920 been and I think that's gonna lead them to a lot of victories. If 778 00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:10.199 they're gonna score forty points every week. I think there's nobody that's going to 779 00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:14.480 stop them this year. Yeah, was this the best? Was this the 780 00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:16.199 best punt return that I saw? This at least top three? I think 781 00:47:16.239 --> 00:47:20.199 Ben Grant was saying that as well, top three punt return he's ever seen. 782 00:47:21.559 --> 00:47:24.119 Jason, Yeah, it was absolutely incredible. I mean just count the 783 00:47:24.159 --> 00:47:30.960 broken tackles and how far he went like laterally across the field making guys miss 784 00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:34.000 before he turned it up. So, I mean, Jenerry granted Son an 785 00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:37.559 all time punt returner, I think for what he's shown the past couple of 786 00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:40.199 years in the CFL. The other thing I had, oh it was it 787 00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:45.679 ended the game late game when I finally got the game on in like Saskatchewan 788 00:47:46.079 --> 00:47:50.360 deciding not to go for it. We had seen Ottawa go for it on 789 00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:53.880 third down there at the kind of end zone goal I whatever in the Thursday 790 00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:58.239 game, and I like kind of aggressiveness because I was going back and forward 791 00:47:58.280 --> 00:48:00.320 with Christine the constable and I said, if you're onto at this point, 792 00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:02.119 what do you have to lose? Like I would go for it, like 793 00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:06.920 what are we trying to save here? And I felt the same for Saskatchewan, 794 00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:08.440 like Winnipeg, you can't match, you know, they always say that, 795 00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:12.440 like you can't match touchdowns with field goals, and especially Winnipeg, like 796 00:48:12.480 --> 00:48:15.039 they had the opportunity there to at least give it a shot, and I 797 00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:20.039 felt like not going forward and settling for the three and the Winnipeg comes immediately 798 00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:22.239 back, drives the field and gets another touchdown, It's like, well, 799 00:48:22.280 --> 00:48:24.039 now you're down. I just feel like you have to be aggressive there, 800 00:48:24.039 --> 00:48:28.239 and I feel like you have to play a perfect game to beat Winnipeg, 801 00:48:28.280 --> 00:48:31.039 and there was just too many issues there with Saskatchewan. Anything else from this 802 00:48:31.079 --> 00:48:34.159 one, I want to make sure we get through the Ottawa game. Jason, 803 00:48:34.199 --> 00:48:37.599 any other thoughts on the Winnipeg Saskatchewan Well, I'm glad you brought that 804 00:48:37.679 --> 00:48:43.519 decision up because I believe they were down by fourteen points inside the ten yard 805 00:48:43.559 --> 00:48:46.199 line about seven minutes left in the fourth quarter, so plenty of time left 806 00:48:46.199 --> 00:48:51.079 if they get the touchdown there to come back potentially in that game. But 807 00:48:51.159 --> 00:48:53.000 they decided to kick the field goal, and I'm just like, I'm a 808 00:48:53.039 --> 00:48:57.760 big proponent of always going for it if you're inside the ten yard line on 809 00:48:57.880 --> 00:49:00.920 third on third down, in this CFL, because if you turn it over, 810 00:49:00.960 --> 00:49:05.039 you're giving them a long field, whereas if you kick the field goal, 811 00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:07.800 you're giving them the ball at the forty yard line. Only gives the 812 00:49:07.880 --> 00:49:09.599 good offenses. You can get a couple first downs, they get that field 813 00:49:09.639 --> 00:49:13.559 goal right back, So the field goal doesn't help you in that situation. 814 00:49:13.679 --> 00:49:17.320 So I really don't understand that decision. Like you mentioned Ottawa's decision on the 815 00:49:17.360 --> 00:49:21.840 Thursday night game, I think I really did agree with that one despite it 816 00:49:21.920 --> 00:49:24.079 not working out. So I mean again, I'm big proponent of going for 817 00:49:24.199 --> 00:49:28.880 it on third and goal in those situations. The other thing too, you 818 00:49:28.920 --> 00:49:30.800 were saying Trevor Harris played good. I said he played good despite I was 819 00:49:30.840 --> 00:49:34.639 being totally wasn't going to play the game of Rod Peterson came out and said 820 00:49:34.679 --> 00:49:37.559 he's not playing. Trevor Harris is there? And then Andrew where he was 821 00:49:37.599 --> 00:49:40.400 that cried about that. I had anything else here? Should write you? 822 00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:45.360 People say either Trevor Harris whatever. Oh and then the last thing, the 823 00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:49.159 pizza feud. What was going on with this pizza feud the Winnipeg Saskatchewhy did 824 00:49:49.159 --> 00:49:53.320 I miss something with that? Is this a Canadian thing? I couldn't tell 825 00:49:53.360 --> 00:49:59.000 you. I'm there was something with Regina Pizza being being duty or something like 826 00:49:59.039 --> 00:50:01.559 that. Okay, so we end up with that all right, last game 827 00:50:01.639 --> 00:50:07.800 here, and this brought a little bit of enjoy to my heart because early 828 00:50:07.880 --> 00:50:10.000 on in the XFL season there was a couple of poor games, as you 829 00:50:10.039 --> 00:50:13.960 would expect from a startup league in the first couple of weeks of gameplay. 830 00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:17.159 Marshall Ferguson felt the need to chirp off on Twitter about the poor gameplay, 831 00:50:17.280 --> 00:50:22.320 and I was very happy to have Marshall Ferguson on the call for quite possibly 832 00:50:22.320 --> 00:50:24.280 the worst CFL game of the week, certainly of the season thus far, 833 00:50:24.400 --> 00:50:29.639 with the Calgary Stampeters beating the Ottawa Red Blacks that evan initial thoughts on this 834 00:50:29.679 --> 00:50:32.719 game, Yeah, this one was rough. Definitely a rough way to start 835 00:50:32.760 --> 00:50:36.440 the week. I you know, I remember putting this game on and I 836 00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:38.880 was like, oh, geez man, Like immediately it just kind of stood 837 00:50:38.880 --> 00:50:42.639 out as like a sore thumb. And I don't want to you know. 838 00:50:43.920 --> 00:50:46.920 I know there's been I heard some talk on Twitter about how sometimes when Calgary 839 00:50:46.920 --> 00:50:51.960 and Ottawa played each other it ends up being like this, But I don't 840 00:50:52.000 --> 00:50:53.719 know, Like I was watching that game and it was almost it's just one 841 00:50:53.760 --> 00:50:57.480 of those games where it's like what are we doing? You know, like 842 00:50:57.679 --> 00:51:00.920 what is going on? Like you know, like I don't I don't want 843 00:51:00.920 --> 00:51:02.840 to say I can do a better job than you know anybody that you know 844 00:51:02.960 --> 00:51:07.079 is in these sort of positions, but I mean you look at it and 845 00:51:07.119 --> 00:51:10.519 you're just like, I mean, there's just so many things that could have 846 00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:15.280 been done differently. I will say the one thing that I was pleased about 847 00:51:15.400 --> 00:51:20.039 was Tyree Adams getting some action in a quarterback for Ottawa, you know, 848 00:51:20.079 --> 00:51:24.159 the nick Arbuckle thing, Like he started the game okay, but still turning 849 00:51:24.199 --> 00:51:28.440 the ball over, still not finding the ends, Like all those problems are 850 00:51:28.440 --> 00:51:31.199 still there, right, So I think, again the Red Blacks are they've 851 00:51:31.239 --> 00:51:35.920 already started you know. Maybe I don't want to say making that transition, 852 00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:38.840 but like, would it be surprising if Tyree Adams you know, played again. 853 00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:44.599 No, I mean he did, Okay, he still had to turnover 854 00:51:44.639 --> 00:51:47.320 as well, but like a tiny bit more efficient in the past game and 855 00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:52.360 had more passing yards, So I'll give that one to him. Yeah, 856 00:51:52.480 --> 00:51:57.400 just the whole game really felt you know, sloppy, I think is the 857 00:51:57.440 --> 00:52:00.800 word for it. And I'm glad that you know that the game like right 858 00:52:00.880 --> 00:52:06.199 after that, um, I think it was it was Winnipeg Saskatchewan was the 859 00:52:06.239 --> 00:52:08.800 game after that, right, yeah, yeah, after Yeah, So I'm 860 00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:13.440 glad that there was kind of that turnaround. Um. But man, like 861 00:52:13.960 --> 00:52:17.880 you know, I'll just say it's with all that in mind, I'm glad 862 00:52:17.920 --> 00:52:22.000 that Calgary was able to pull through because I do feel like they were the 863 00:52:22.039 --> 00:52:24.760 better team here. Um. Was it a perfect day for them by any 864 00:52:24.800 --> 00:52:29.280 means? Not really? They did all right on offense. You know, 865 00:52:29.400 --> 00:52:32.159 Jake Mayer two hundred and seventy yards. Dedrick Mills was someone I had my 866 00:52:32.199 --> 00:52:35.800 eye on, you know, really the whole game. Um, he was 867 00:52:35.880 --> 00:52:38.599 being talked a lot. Is like again he had you know, some shoes 868 00:52:38.639 --> 00:52:44.880 to fill there. And then Reggie Begelton Begelton, Um, you know he's 869 00:52:44.920 --> 00:52:47.079 been with Calgary now for a while. Um, I know, I remember 870 00:52:47.519 --> 00:52:52.239 back when I first started doing CFL coverage, he had signed with the Packers 871 00:52:52.320 --> 00:52:54.119 or something, and then now he's come back and you know, still with 872 00:52:54.159 --> 00:52:58.039 Calgary, you know, doing his thing all these years later. It seems 873 00:52:58.079 --> 00:53:00.320 like so, you know, good for him him on that front, but 874 00:53:00.440 --> 00:53:04.480 ultimately, yeah, I mean this game was just kind of one where you're 875 00:53:04.519 --> 00:53:07.679 like, you know, you're glad it's over and you move on. And 876 00:53:07.719 --> 00:53:10.280 I think the teams maybe thought that too. I could be wrong, but 877 00:53:10.320 --> 00:53:15.559 like, that's that's what I just gathered from watching on my TV. Jason 878 00:53:15.639 --> 00:53:19.280 thoughts. I had a quote here Bob Dyce after the game, we have 879 00:53:19.320 --> 00:53:22.320 to look seriously look adapted everything we're doing as a good if we a firm 880 00:53:22.360 --> 00:53:24.840 believe we just have to correct the errors because like this only comes back. 881 00:53:24.960 --> 00:53:28.199 This isn't a different team about him. Feel like, what did you make 882 00:53:28.239 --> 00:53:32.119 of this really pitoful performance by Ottaway. Well, one stat tells the whole 883 00:53:32.199 --> 00:53:37.760 story of the first two games for the Autoo Red Blacks. Zero offensive touchdowns. 884 00:53:37.159 --> 00:53:42.400 That's inexcusable and honestly, Edmonton would be right along with them if not 885 00:53:42.440 --> 00:53:45.920 for that one hundred and two yard touchdown by Eugene Lewis in the first game. 886 00:53:45.000 --> 00:53:50.679 So Ottawa, you know, I feel for them because they've been stuck 887 00:53:50.679 --> 00:53:52.760 in the mud for the last several years here. I mean, this was 888 00:53:52.800 --> 00:53:57.480 a team that justin twenty eighteen they were in the Gray Cup. I mean 889 00:53:57.639 --> 00:54:00.760 and just the last several years here we just have not seen them get anything 890 00:54:00.760 --> 00:54:05.239 together, especially on the offensive side of the ball. I think that, 891 00:54:05.360 --> 00:54:07.119 you know, the first half of this game was very hard to watch. 892 00:54:07.199 --> 00:54:10.440 I think that once Tyree Adams came to the game, it was a lot 893 00:54:10.480 --> 00:54:15.519 more watchable. Calgary also played better offensively in the second half. I think 894 00:54:15.559 --> 00:54:19.800 both offenses played terrible in the first half. I think really the only touchdowns 895 00:54:19.840 --> 00:54:22.280 that Calgary got were off turnover, so you know, I think that was 896 00:54:22.320 --> 00:54:25.239 a really sloppy game from that perspective. But in the second half, I 897 00:54:25.239 --> 00:54:30.000 think Calgary got some things going. Good to get Reggie Bagleton going. He 898 00:54:30.039 --> 00:54:34.079 had a very disappointing year from in my opinion last year. I think he 899 00:54:34.199 --> 00:54:37.159 was my number one receiver going into the league last season, so it was 900 00:54:37.199 --> 00:54:40.280 good to see him get going. Willie Kennry had a big reception at the 901 00:54:40.360 --> 00:54:45.599 end there. But overall, I think that this game was one basically by 902 00:54:45.679 --> 00:54:49.119 one really strong drive in the third quarter by Calgary to get a touchdown. 903 00:54:49.679 --> 00:54:52.719 But other than that, I think that, you know, Ottawa really just 904 00:54:52.719 --> 00:54:54.840 didn't get anything going again, not getting it in the end zone, and 905 00:54:54.880 --> 00:54:59.679 it's hard to win games like that. Jason, do you think that Mayor's 906 00:54:59.719 --> 00:55:02.280 kind of fallen off here and not living up or how do you how do 907 00:55:02.280 --> 00:55:07.559 you kind of grade his performance thus far? Well, first of all, 908 00:55:07.559 --> 00:55:10.119 I actually wanted to say that I believe these statistics are wrong. I believe 909 00:55:10.159 --> 00:55:14.280 the I think he actually passed for over three hundred yards in this one, 910 00:55:14.320 --> 00:55:16.960 So I mean that's another thing with the statistical system that have an error resolve 911 00:55:16.960 --> 00:55:20.320 over the place. But I think he was better in this one. I 912 00:55:20.320 --> 00:55:23.360 think it was acceptable. Still not the level of play I'd like to see 913 00:55:23.440 --> 00:55:27.519 from him, but I think that I didn't really have any problems with this 914 00:55:27.639 --> 00:55:30.440 performance. He the one turnover rehad, I think it was off as receivers, 915 00:55:30.480 --> 00:55:34.159 and so I'm not going to really fault him for that. So I 916 00:55:34.199 --> 00:55:37.079 think he was much better from week than week one. So I think that 917 00:55:37.239 --> 00:55:42.079 given the bar for a quarterback play in the CFL right now, I still 918 00:55:42.079 --> 00:55:44.760 think he is one of the better quarterbacks in the league. And I think 919 00:55:44.800 --> 00:55:46.199 that, you know, if he can just play like this going forward, 920 00:55:46.360 --> 00:55:50.280 even if he doesn't play any better than this, I think that, you 921 00:55:50.320 --> 00:55:53.199 know, I think Calgary doesn't really have too many things to be concerned about 922 00:55:53.239 --> 00:55:57.400 going forward because the rest of their team is just very strong. They're always 923 00:55:57.400 --> 00:56:00.320 gonna be able to run the ball, and that was a big difference Week 924 00:56:00.360 --> 00:56:05.000 one for them because against BC they could not get that running game going whatsoever. 925 00:56:05.320 --> 00:56:07.239 In this game, Detrick Nels had a huge game, So I think 926 00:56:07.519 --> 00:56:10.880 getting the running game going, allowing him to lean on play action a little 927 00:56:10.920 --> 00:56:16.199 bit more is a big thing for Mayor going forward. The other because Kadeem 928 00:56:16.360 --> 00:56:19.960 was out too, right is he on the sixth game? Coadem carry right 929 00:56:20.000 --> 00:56:22.840 now? Is he on yeah? Sixth game injured list? Yeah, so 930 00:56:22.159 --> 00:56:25.239 certainly not good there. We'll start to wrap this up look ahead. Here. 931 00:56:25.440 --> 00:56:28.599 I had a comment here might have to be on the stream here. 932 00:56:28.719 --> 00:56:30.599 I can put users in time out if they have inappropriate comments. We have 933 00:56:30.679 --> 00:56:35.960 just reminded the defending Gray Cup champions are America's CFL team. Trummor. I 934 00:56:35.960 --> 00:56:37.840 don't appreciate that, Mac, then I do not appreciate that. Yeah, 935 00:56:38.039 --> 00:56:42.599 Chris knows. I tho the BC Lions are America seam looking for it. 936 00:56:42.760 --> 00:56:47.239 Here I had the schedule Evan thoughts BC here with the early game kicking off 937 00:56:47.280 --> 00:56:52.880 Thursday, we'll have our show regular on Friday again this week and our kind 938 00:56:52.880 --> 00:56:55.199 of our regular weekend show here BC going on Thursday, and then we have 939 00:56:55.760 --> 00:57:00.880 Montreal at Hamilton, Saskatchewan at Calgary, and then Toronto at Edmonton. That 940 00:57:00.920 --> 00:57:04.760 could be a scary one there, Evan, thoughts of the game you're looking 941 00:57:04.800 --> 00:57:07.559 most forward to heading into the weekend, Well, I definitely think BC at 942 00:57:07.559 --> 00:57:10.599 Winnipeg is the headliner. That's gonna be the real test for the lines. 943 00:57:10.639 --> 00:57:14.320 You know, they've come out pretty hot. A couple of things they could 944 00:57:14.320 --> 00:57:17.079 have done differently, but ultimately they're two and o. Both them and Winnipeg 945 00:57:17.119 --> 00:57:20.840 are two and o at top of the West, so that'll be interesting to 946 00:57:20.880 --> 00:57:23.679 see. I mean, BC's playing at their house, so you know that 947 00:57:24.000 --> 00:57:28.559 that makes it a bit more difficult. That's definitely the matchup I'm most excited 948 00:57:28.599 --> 00:57:31.199 for. The other one that I'll talk about here is Saskatchewan at Calgary. 949 00:57:31.400 --> 00:57:35.679 I feel like that'll kind of be, you know, one of those teams, 950 00:57:35.679 --> 00:57:37.639 like you know, I mean, right now, it seems like BC 951 00:57:37.800 --> 00:57:43.079 and Winnipeg are gonna be the two you know, Western teams, but like 952 00:57:43.360 --> 00:57:45.639 Saskatchewan and Caligraph, I feel like it's sort of you know, who slots 953 00:57:45.679 --> 00:57:51.159 in at number three there and I think that I think that that might um, 954 00:57:51.639 --> 00:57:53.119 that'll be interesting. I feel like that game could determine a lot about 955 00:57:53.880 --> 00:57:57.880 just sort of how the rest of the season goes, especially just through the 956 00:57:58.039 --> 00:58:04.840 entire Western Division, even though it's only Week three. Yeah, Jason, 957 00:58:04.960 --> 00:58:10.079 In terms of do you think Hamilton gets a bounced back here, I reluctantly 958 00:58:10.119 --> 00:58:15.480 say they do. I think I do think they generally play much better at 959 00:58:15.480 --> 00:58:17.800 home year to year, and I think if Matthew Schiltz is playing, I 960 00:58:17.960 --> 00:58:22.480 oddly have more confidence that they'll win this game. But Montreal is coming off 961 00:58:22.480 --> 00:58:25.960 a bye week, which is the diagrams kind of got screwed a little bit 962 00:58:25.960 --> 00:58:30.440 by the schedule makers at the beginning of this season. Obviously, Toronto having 963 00:58:30.440 --> 00:58:32.880 the bye week week two, they have to travel to Winnipeg week one, 964 00:58:32.920 --> 00:58:37.800 and then Montreal off a bye again here, so I think that's something to 965 00:58:37.960 --> 00:58:42.119 keep in mind. But I think Hamilton coming back home generally plays with a 966 00:58:42.159 --> 00:58:45.679 lot more energy there, so I think defensively they'll play a lot better or 967 00:58:45.719 --> 00:58:49.360 maybe get Cody Fajardo will throw a couple of interceptions here or there. So 968 00:58:49.679 --> 00:58:52.840 I think Hamilton, I'm pretty confident in a bounce back for them, Mac 969 00:58:52.920 --> 00:58:58.480 the Knife. Here you can win tickets to the XFL next year or the 970 00:58:58.599 --> 00:59:01.000 USFL twenty twenty three Champ Chip game, which has not taken place yet, 971 00:59:01.000 --> 00:59:06.840 so we could still add a subscribers here before July. First watch it there 972 00:59:06.880 --> 00:59:08.280 and then Chris. Here are lots of emojis. I don't know if this 973 00:59:08.320 --> 00:59:13.159 is appropriate, but we'll put it on here. I think Cornelius got a 974 00:59:13.159 --> 00:59:15.320 lot of poop emojis here, and we're gonna go beat the Argos that way. 975 00:59:15.639 --> 00:59:19.079 It should be exciting here. Evan, anything else for me before we 976 00:59:19.079 --> 00:59:22.199 get out of here, You know, I don't think so. Like I 977 00:59:22.239 --> 00:59:25.199 said, I mean, you know, I really want to see some of 978 00:59:25.199 --> 00:59:29.800 these teams that are struggling turn around. I mean that everyone says that, 979 00:59:29.840 --> 00:59:32.400 but I really mean it because especially teams like Ottawa who have been in the 980 00:59:32.400 --> 00:59:37.039 basement for a while, and same with Edmonton, especially those two. It's 981 00:59:37.079 --> 00:59:39.960 just I really hope here that at least in the first month of the season, 982 00:59:40.000 --> 00:59:44.400 that they're able to get a win and turn things around, because right 983 00:59:44.440 --> 00:59:47.519 now it looks pretty grim for some of those teams. Fortunately, you know, 984 00:59:49.280 --> 00:59:52.000 teams like BC have continued to be strong even though they've lost some key 985 00:59:52.039 --> 00:59:55.679 pieces, you know, the argos. They still had a couple of questions 986 00:59:55.679 --> 01:00:00.239 even coming off the Great Cup win. Clearly not a problem yes to day 987 01:00:00.239 --> 01:00:02.639 against Hamilton. Hopefully they continue that. Um so you know, teams like 988 01:00:02.639 --> 01:00:07.480 that, I mean, everyone is in a different position right now. I 989 01:00:07.519 --> 01:00:09.760 feel like and I mean that, I mean that in some good ways, 990 01:00:09.760 --> 01:00:13.559 and I mean that in some bad ways. Like there's some teams that have 991 01:00:13.679 --> 01:00:15.960 a lot of work to do, and there's some teams that have really none 992 01:00:16.000 --> 01:00:19.199 to do. Like if you're Winnipeg, like, I don't see what you 993 01:00:19.199 --> 01:00:22.360 could really change to make things better. But that's usually how it goes about 994 01:00:22.400 --> 01:00:27.320 every year. I'm just a bit surprised to some extent that, like some 995 01:00:27.400 --> 01:00:31.400 of these teams have shown like no improvement whatsoever, like at all. Again, 996 01:00:31.480 --> 01:00:35.000 I get it, it's week two, knee jerk reaction. Whatever. 997 01:00:35.039 --> 01:00:40.159 We're not gonna you know, we're not gonna. I don't know anyway. 998 01:00:40.559 --> 01:00:45.400 Um yeah, I'll stop, I'll stop rambling now. Yeah that's good. 999 01:00:46.079 --> 01:00:52.800 Jason, we're here week two of this. You're now ingratiated in the writers 1000 01:00:52.880 --> 01:00:57.440 group Twitter that you don't don't sell our secrets to the Canadians here, anything 1001 01:00:57.480 --> 01:01:00.559 else from you here as we work our way through the season. No, 1002 01:01:00.840 --> 01:01:04.760 I'm just excited for Week three. I think that we're learning more and more 1003 01:01:04.800 --> 01:01:07.840 about these teams. I think, you know, once we get past the 1004 01:01:07.880 --> 01:01:10.159 third fourth week of the season, then we get a much better idea of 1005 01:01:10.679 --> 01:01:15.159 you know, where these said teams are at. I think once everybody's had 1006 01:01:15.199 --> 01:01:17.880 their home openers and everything like that. So I'm excited to see what we 1007 01:01:17.960 --> 01:01:22.679 have in store going forward. I will say, if you're still on the 1008 01:01:22.719 --> 01:01:24.239 fence here, I did tweet you know, if you're still on the fence 1009 01:01:24.280 --> 01:01:28.599 and you're like, I gotta don't really care about the CFL USFL ending here 1010 01:01:28.599 --> 01:01:31.199 And I did have this tweet yesterday. I was really proud of the Breakers 1011 01:01:31.239 --> 01:01:35.199 Gamblers game. First half was one of the worst house in football I've ever 1012 01:01:35.199 --> 01:01:37.880 seen. I said, I probably apologize any fathers out there watching this game 1013 01:01:37.880 --> 01:01:40.519 with their children. If you're still on the fence about the CFL. It 1014 01:01:40.559 --> 01:01:45.559 can't be any worse in that half of football yesterday. So join us, 1015 01:01:45.719 --> 01:01:49.280 Pat and I will be back tomorrow. We'll be doing USFL Week ten preview, 1016 01:01:49.320 --> 01:01:52.400 and then I think Pat is doing an all USFL team that we're going 1017 01:01:52.480 --> 01:01:54.440 to be doing here on the podcast this week. I think Derek Taylor, 1018 01:01:54.480 --> 01:01:58.440 like I said, it's coming on, and I believe Rick Sarah Tella as 1019 01:01:58.480 --> 01:02:00.880 well. We're gonna be talking to XFL Rookie Draft and the team's kind of 1020 01:02:01.000 --> 01:02:06.760 rounded out. Appreciate everyone like and subscribe, get your USFL twenty twenty three 1021 01:02:06.840 --> 01:02:09.679 championship tickets or XFL next year. Appreciate it. We'll get out of here 1022 01:02:09.679 --> 01:02:10.639 and thank you guys so much