Well, happy mark ast Monday here following the Labor Day Classic, Labor Day
weekend here. You know, when we had the commissioner on the podcast last
week, he always talks about your fun, fast anxiety. I can't get
three asks whatever, Randy Brother, this was a really good weekend. This
was a hot weekend here, I, Jason, and I think it's feeling
it to a little bit. Evans here, we're early today, Jason,
how are we doing? I felt better, honestly because I did a lot
of partying yesterday with the doubleheader. But it was a great weekend. And
let's talk some football. Yeah, Mariners loss, it's terrible. We're struggling
here in the aos, but this was a good BC Lions winning on what
was that Friday? Now? Just when the heck was that? Evan,
how are you doing doing well? Yeah? It was a great weekend of
football, one of the more important weekends I think for CFL football all year,
just giving you know, it's Labor Day Classic, obviously, but yeah,
I was really impressed with with a lot of those games. Some of
them really surprised me. And yeah, just excited to dive into it.
Yeah, I was trying to explain to Dorothy the whole, like, well,
it's like the divisional stuff. I don't know why BC played this weekend,
and I know normally that's Ottawa spot BC getting an Automa doing that,
but that worked out well for us here that the Saturday meet in Montreal.
I have a lot of funny tweets and stuff to get into today, but
I guess we'll start exciting game. Last night, come from behind. We
had headed out to dinner and we were, you know, like Tray kind
of was putting the game to bed, and you know, I tweeted,
and why does it take ten weeks to start trade four? And then kind
of everything else. The next thing, you know, Calgary comes back.
It kind of incredible come from behind victory. We pulled it up. We
were having a beer down the street, we're watching They were watching the game
on our phone. Jason, what did you make of this? I know
you were catching up, you know, laying on data after the fact,
trying to kind of catch up on this game. I would not expect this
from Calgary. Yeah, it was totally unexpected because there was very little time
left in the game. I think it was on five minutes to go when
they kicked the field goal Edmonton did to go up eleven points and then uh
yeah, just the surprising rally from Calgary. I was like, wow,
they scored a touchdown quickly because I turned off my data for a minute,
and then like a few minutes later, I'm like, oh, they're coming
back. So it was. It was a pretty crazy game and good to
see that from from Jake Maren the Stampeders. They've come out on the wrong
end of a lot of these close games this year this year, so it's
good to see that from them. Yeah, Evan, I know we were
kind of watching this in the chat as well. Andy was going crazy the
professor. I guess Reggie Bagelton is the professor now I heard was it from
Smith or whatever? You calling that? What did you? Because I Calgary
has just struggled there. Their offense was booed, you know, leaving the
field. I guess at halftime people were tweeting out. I know, Ryan,
one of our listeners, was tweeting out to see this turnaround. I
don't know Jake yelled at him at halftime or what was going on. Yeah,
I mean, I know at the end of the game, they interviewed
Jake Mayor and he said something along the lines of, you know, we
just have to learn to put things in the past, like I think a
light bulb or something switched off at some point there, and they were just
like, you know what, like we just have to go do this,
like don't worry about you know, everything that's happened, Like we just have
to go now because this is our opportunity. And twenty two fourth quarter points
for Calgary I think tells most of that story. Yeah, it was really.
I mean I I had the game on, I was, I was
getting some work done, so I was, you know, kind of paying
attention. I had it on in the background, and I didn't really look
at the score. I mean, and I got up from my chair to
go, you know, get something. I looked and I'm like, oh
jeez, like, you know, Calgaries right back in this. That was
when they scored. They scored a touchdown right before the three minute warning,
and then I watched that you know, final drive, which was I mean
probably one of the better, you know, game winning drives like that to
me, like that was like almost the last sign of life I think,
like from Calgary, just because they've had so many you know, offensive issues
this year to see them put together that drive, like Jake Mayer had a
big third and six conversion. I mean it was a free play because a
c. Leonard was off sides anyway, but you know, I think it
was to Reggie down the field, you know, seeing him do that,
that was great, you know, And again that was kind of like I
mean, if if Calgary were to lose that game, I mean, it
was it was gonna be all over. You know. That was then it
was time to start focusing on next year. And it still might be.
You know, I don't know how much this win actually saves them, but
you know the fact that they, you know, were able to put that
together in front of you know, a strong home crowd again on Labor Day
weekend, with everything at stake, it was just really good for Calgary.
I think they definitely needed that confidence boost. Yeah. I have the tweet
here from Hodge shocking is the Mpter Sailor season. I mean, I was
watching this game. You Mayor had the interception and he had a big sack
and I think he had the fumble and they were able to recover, and
I said, like, I mean, this is kind of the season for
Jake here at this point, I don't know if if you can go into
next year here where and I got to pull up the standings and the records,
but you know, if they drop another one, and we had talked
about the importance of that last week where they had the home and home and
you know, if they go here and they're they're three and nine going into
that, Like, I just don't know what that season looks like going into
next year. Jason, were you, I mean, this was kind of
make or break I think for Jake maryl last night. Yeah. Absolutely,
And I think that on the other side of the coint if they can win
these two games, they're right back in the thick of things. So I
think it's interesting because they also have another game against the Skatch one later on.
If they win that, they'll have the tiebreaker over them. So I
mean, they're still in the mix here. They just have to take advantage
of these opportunities. But they were able to do that in this one.
So one check mark off the board there. Yeah, I have this,
And Ryan was tweeting, just offense is gotta bleed out the field here at
mcmah and Derek Dons. Wow. I like seeing Derek, you know,
former at Calistaan Peter there really remarkable. The other thing that note too,
is just kind of how lopsided this game was. And I wanted to talk
tray Forward of it all Edmonton zero passing yards and thus far in the first
half, and kind of all this came down Trey running crazy because I don't
want his performance, you know, to kind of be overshadowed here with the
comeback at Trey was something else, Evan, I know, Andy was going
crazy and the chat what did you make of tray Forward here? You know,
fourth week in the run now, I guess starting Yeah, I mean
another another day, another complete performance from trey Ford. You know, I
would have liked to see, I think a bit more when it came to
throwing the ball. I think they left a couple of things on the board
there. But ultimately, I mean, you know, again his running ability
like that, you know, even in the NFL or college football or you
know, a more broad platform here like in the US. I don't know
if I'm seeing a lot of quarterbacks do things that that trey Ford is doing.
You know, when it comes to to running the football, I know
we have a couple of guys in the NFL that you know, Lamar Jackson
would probably be the best comparison, and before that Cam Newton and Michael Vick.
But I mean this is, uh, you know, this was something
else. I'll say that much. He you know, I have not seen
scrambling ability like that, you know, in a while. And again,
I'm really glad it's all coming together because like he's flashed this before. You
know, he's had opportunities to go in there and you know, to run
and you know, there were a lot of things you know that people liked
about that, but now just at a whole new level and it's it's really
coming together. And I think this was the best example of specifically what he
can do with his feet, because I mean it was he had so many
plays in that game where you're just like, that shouldn't be possible. I
think you keep looking at it, You're like, that's not right, that's
not possible, and I mean you can't even I mean, yeah, like
you could make the argument like, well, Calgary's defense, you know,
should just be tackling him, but uh, I don't know. I mean,
he's he's pretty evasive, and I think it would be difficult for any
even one of the better defenses in the league to go tackle that, and
I do think Calgary's defense is pretty good in some aspects. So yeah,
I think they were talking on the broadcast. I think Done Again had said
the week before, you know, when you get into the league, until
you can kind of figure it out, just keep running. And I thought
that that was very indicative of Trey. Where you know, you have the
athletics, you know, the great, the great, elusive athletic Taylor Cornelius
is not doing this and not rushing for a hundrew thirty five hours don't had
this tweet, you know, talking about Canadian football. I said, the
funny a meme kind of flooding around the weekend with one of the routes that
jessing his pants and one of the college games. I thought that was like
getting very off, getting very excited here watching this, Jason, what did
you make? I mean, this is kind of historic stuff Trey is doing
right now. Yeah, he's played incredible since taking over this starting job in
Edmonton, and I think the thing that stands out to me is just the
awareness he has when he's running the ball. He doesn't take many big hits
and I think that's obviously got injured last year, so I think that's something
trying to avoid, but he's doing it in a smart way. And I
mean just the speed that he has just put so much pressure on CFL defenses.
It's clear that, you know, with this big field, big guys,
these guys really struggle to you know, chase him down. So I
think at the end of the day, that's been game changing for the Elk's
offense. And I think that at the end of the day, in terms
of the whole rest of the season, it actually gives us a reason to
watch Elks games going forward because he's an exciting player to watch. Well,
that's the thing. I mean, even they lost here and I really thought,
I mean, like I said, Dorothy and I kind of headed out.
I'm like, man, like, Edmonton's really putting it together and they've
got three wins in a row here, you still feel like they have a
lot of momentum here. I don't know if it's was the defense to kind
of let let Edmonton down here. What do you make of that. Did
Calgary win the game, Evan, or did Edmonton did their defense kind of
give up here near the end? M Yeah, I would say I mean,
I don't know, like it's it's a tale of two halves, I
think, or it even comes down the quarters. But I feel like this
was more Calgary winning the game and just taking a stance to saying, like,
you know what, we're not going to let this opportunity slip away from
us. I mean again, that fourth quarter was just you don't see a
fourth quarter like that very often. I mean, we've had a couple games
in the CFL, like this isn't the first time Edmonton has blown a lead.
You go back to that that Winnipeg game where you know that was going
to be their first home win and like everything looked right and then you know
they just couldn't put it together at the end, and unfortunately that's the same
thing here. And I mean again, at this point, you know,
I think Edmonton, either way, you know, whether they win games or
not, is heading towards you know, some sort of change again at the
end of the season and into the offseason. But you know, it always
looks nice to win. And again taking down a rival on Labor Day at
their at their stadium, you know, that would have been a really good
opportunity I think for them to capitalize and they didn't again, which is okay
because we know that this team isn't complete. Yes it sucks, and yes,
this was a winnable game for them. They've been in a lot more
winnable games since trey Ford took over as the starter than they were before,
like a lot more. But yeah, ultimately, you know, I feel
like Edmonton just kind of, you know, this one slipped out of their
hands a bit, and uh, you know they could have done They definitely
could have done more to prevent that, but you know it didn't happen.
So yeah, you want to see Edmonton kind of maybe get the bounce back
here. He hates to see them lose the momentum here next week with Calgary
coming in to play, and obviously we got the monkey off the back with
all the home losing stick and all that. But you'd like, you know,
you don't want to see Emonton kind of totally fall apart. It does
make it makes you feel better to be an Edmonton LKS fan right now and
kind of feeling excited for the future. Jason other thoughts on this game,
Uh, not too much. I mean, I'll just highlight some player performances
I thought were impressive Steve and Dunbar has really got it going for the Elks
over the past couple of weeks. Good to see that from him because he's
one of the highest paid receivers. I do believe in the CFL this season.
I thought that the Elks defensive line played well at times during this game.
Jake Serezna Cony e Lee Acy Leonard all getting after Jake Mere at times.
And you talked about those two turnovers that Jake Mare had. I think
it was in the third quarter, so I think that was pretty big for
Edmonton at that point in the game. Unfortunately they couldn't unfortunately capitalize on it.
And then Marcus Lewis with its third interception of the season for Edmonton as
well, So some guys really stepping up. And then on the Calgary side,
I thought the receivers played very well down the stretch in this game.
Markith Ambel's was a former Stamp. Peter came back this season. It's done
a pretty good job since coming back into the lineup. And then Reggie Bagleton
has been you know, just be Smode the last couple of weeks. Yeah,
I see a numb our friend of the show now was on last week.
I love the player interviews are funny to me because, like I,
you know, kind of what makes him take kind of getting into it.
But he was the funniest guy. He just know you're getting very early tied.
Something's kinda like god like and that's it. Mayn't get excited here this
time, Evan, any other thoughts. I want to see if I have
anything else the funny to pull up here. I don't know. I'll check
to see. There's probably a couple of players I do want to highlight here.
Yeah, i'd say, uh, you know Calgaries receiving corps as a
whole in this game. You know, I know that they they were able
to throw the ball more and kind of open things up towards the end of
the game. I still wouldn't call this flawless, but you know, they
probably had I think between Mark and Michelle, Marquis Thables, you know,
Reggie Bagels, and you can even throw Luther H. Kunavanu in there.
I feel like they really had a bit more chemistry this time around. I
don't know. I'm not looking back back in every game, so I don't
know if this is the most complete game that they've played. From that standpoint,
but I really liked kind of the chemistry that was there, and again
it really reminded me of sort of what BC is doing that they're spreading around
the ball a bit. I mean, you've got four catches, seven catches,
six catches, three catches, different guys, you know, going different
places on the field. So that's always good to see. And then on
the Edmonton side of the ball, Yeah, Gino Lewis, you know,
he really it's good to see him get going. You know, he again
one of my favorite receivers in the league. Again, didn't have a huge
game, but you know, he did enough, did what he was asked
to do. And Manny Arsenal again getting in there, you know, second
on the team and catches and yards I feel like, you know, I
mean, he just came back from injury and you know he's over nine thousand
yards now. I think I might I might have brought that up last week,
but anyway, you know, just good to see him still going at
that age. And you know, definitely one of the more true veteran guys
around in the in the CFL, now up there with you know, the
Trevor Harrison's of the world and things like that. Yeah, we have a
couple of comments here checking in Coach Craik Sports Fund of the Show, Dunbar
and the Mark Hascros tdd TDS the same week. Coincidence, I think not
Alsa Lewis is checking in here and we had someone oh yeah al Max Matthew
Knadier finally able to make it live. Yeah, doing it a little early
today. I appreciate Evan getting up and doing the you know, doing that
working here with the Tuesday schedule. James checking in BTS Dance Studio. The
games are awesome. The other thing I was attendance, like the Danny Austen
of the World was like going crazy because the game and the Battle of Our
Burtha like it was later than it normally was. It looked like the crowd
was fine. I mean, I think the weather there was supposed to be
kind of hazy. They canceled the flyover. I know they were doing the
military appreciation, but it seemed fine. I had the Bagelton the professor I
said that comment, Tommy Lee Lewis looking huge. Yeah. They had said
Calgary hadn't lost four in the rows since two thousand and four, so they
were kind of getting into that historic period there, had they have dropped another
one, but I really thought that it just looked to me like Trey was
having a lot of fun on the sidelines. Mayor was not in the first
half, and then obviously he was kind of marking out at the end of
the game. But it just seemed like it's been kind of a painful process
for Jake this season. Doesn't seem like he's necessarily enjoying his time. Where
Trey, you know, he's just kind of a smiley, happy guy.
They had him doing one of the like, hey, I'm tray Forward.
You're watching the everyday classic here, Like I kind of thought all that was
good, like it, let's highlight some of these you know, some of
these young guys and Canadian guys. But yeah, I was once told in
the CFL that no lead was safe, and that's what everyone tells me every
time. And so there you go, Jason, anything else with this,
We'll get to the next game. H No, I think that's about it
for me with this game. So you were at this game in the Hammer,
supposedly really hot game. They're right warm temperature wise. It gotta be
a little embarrassing here Toronto coming in and just kind of kicking you guys in
the face. I'll give Jason the four first since he was there. Yeah,
honestly, I don't have that many notes about this one because the same
game, it seems like, has been played three times between these two teams
this season. I think where Toronto's really just jumped on them in the first
half and Hambleton just hasn't been able to dig themselves out of that hole.
And I mean it was brutally hot, Like you said, most people just
hanging out underneath the concourse and the shade the sun's side. You were really
just cooking out there in the sun. So that was not very joyable from
that perspective. But I mean the game was basically over in the first quarter.
I mean Toronto just a much much more explosive offense than Hamilton, and
I think that Hamilton just didn't do anything well to begin this game, and
I think that Toronto, on the other hand, everything went well for them.
So I mean Toronto is really just clearly the best team in the CFL
right now, especially with Winnipeg's lost this weekend, and I think they really
proved it this week. Yeah, they posted out Hamilton, they said Today's
Labor Day, our highest attendance for a Tiger Cat's home game in Tim Horton's
history, which is wild to me. I think that's wild that they haven't
I actuated simhere and they all went home sad. I thought that, Jason,
did you be honest? Did you stay or did you leave early?
When this when this game got out of hand. I actually stayed till like
two minutes left in the fourth quarter, actually, so I stayed longer than
some of the games I've stayed this season. I know the Edmonton game I
left at halftime a couple of weeks ago. So, Evan, what did
you make of this? I know we were talking in the chat, and
of course Mike Mits was going crazy. I have comments about a j and
all this, but I'll give you the flour first. Yeah, I mean
I felt the same way. You know. I think when I turned the
game on it was seventeen nothing Toronto was up, so you know that was
I don't I don't know. It was obviously surprising. I think, you
know, I expected Hamilton, maybe because it was Labor Day, you know,
to kind of maybe maybe put a better effort forward. But you know,
Toronto really is just that good of a team. And you have to
keep in mind, like you know that they were playing in such extreme heat,
Like I didn't even realize that until, you know, after the game,
like what the temperature was. I was like, jeez, like on
no wonder, you know, certain people are struggling out there, like no
kidding. But yeah, just like Jason said, I mean I feel the
same exact way. You know, we've seen this before when it comes to
h the Toronto and Hamilton matchup, specifically from this season. I feel like
every time they play, Toronto just gets the early jump and you know,
yeah, Hamilton will make a late push, they'll make a late effort.
They can still score, they can still get something going, but it's always
too little, too late, you know. And when you're when the opponent
is scoring forty one points, it's it's gonna be really hard to you know,
match that or you know, let alone top that. So yeah,
ultimately, you know, this game, I expected Toronto to win and they
did so. Again pretty uh, pretty routine performance. Chad Kelly, you
know, he had two picks. Wouldn't say it was flawless from him,
but if you look at I mean, if you look at the stat sheet,
Toronto's offense looks just about the same as they normally do. I think
a j. O Lett had his nearly you know, eighty rushing yards or
whatever, which seems regular now for him, and again very healthy average.
Uh you know, receiving corps definitely well broken up. They've got I mean
they have what they have three guys catch receiving touchdowns, three different guys.
I think my favorite play of this game was the aj Olett passing touchdown.
That was definitely a surprise and it was a pretty I mean from what I
can recall. Yes, I mean it was a pretty decent pass too.
You know, it wasn't some like thing right at the goal line, you
know, the red zone iim and he threw that thing right down there.
It was a pretty pretty decent games So, you know, good good for
a j Yeah, twenty six yards. You know, wouldn't say that's easy
for a running back. But yeah, that was definitely a highlight player from
this game. I forgot to mention too, like even in that Calgary Edmonton
game that there was a bit of trickery. I think teams wanted to,
you know, open up some some interesting plays this weekend you know, in
front of a big audience, and when you definitely saw that here with with
Toronto, although they were the away team technically. But anyway, going back
to Hamilton, I'll touch on them briefly, even though yeah, I don't
have many notes on them either. Taylor Powell. I like Taylor Powell's continued
progress. You know, it's a shame he has. Feel like he's had
a lot of you know, decent stat lines this season. But again,
Hamilton hasn't been winning a bunch. He he nearly threw for three hundred yards
in this game, so I was a bit surprised by that initially, given
again Felly, Hamilton's offense was pretty slow there until you know the second half
and then you know, just going down the going down the sheet. Here,
Tim White, I'm very impressed with Tim you know, he again Hamilton
has a nice rotation of receivers that I think can can come in and do
things like I've talked about Terry Godwin in the past, and he had two
touchdowns in this game. You know, a couple other guys. Again,
I'm still waiting for a big Duke Williams game. I know he might have
had one a couple of weeks ago. But really I thought, you know,
he would just be doing one hundred yards every week, but clearly that
has been the case, and maybe some of that has to do with quarterback
play. But ultimately, yeah, I think that's all I have on this
game. You know, pretty pretty straightforward. I mean, this game kind
of stood out is the one that you know, maybe wasn't as enjoyable as
the other three games on the slate this weekend, just because it kind of
felt over so quickly. Yeah, I had here, uh you, and
I want to get Jason thoughts on this. You know, it really felt
like Hamilton was turning the you know around, and they had the big win
last week against BC, and it just looked absolutely nimick. How are you
feeling right now? Because I know, Jason, you said, like,
what's kind of the same game I've seen, like are you? Are you?
How? What is your welfare check right now? Well? They're gonna
win in Ottawa next week, so you know they'll bounce back from this.
But I think that I've seen this before from the tie Cats. They looked
like great Cup contenders one game every year where they just beat a quality opponent.
They did that last week against BC. Last year was when they beat
Winnipeg at home. So I mean, I've seen this before where they have
this big performance and then they have that classic tie Cats let down. So
I was expecting them to lose this one, but I thought they would be
a little bit more competitive, like it was like because it was on Labor
Day, like Evans said, it felt like, and it seemed like they
were mounting a little bit to come back. And they had the touchdown and
then they had that horrendous kind of offsides kick trying to do the short kick
and they cut to jeff Ryan Bold on the sidelines here, their special teams
coach hesus like, well, like that's the game. I mean, you
can't spot Toronto. You know what was it? They're starting like the forty
five and you know they immediately go down to score. I wanted to say,
I had a couple of clips here this AJLT you know, I know
we talked about his touchdown. This man is becoming the superstar kind of in
front of our eyes. I mean, this is incredible stuff he's doing on
the field, and now he's got the off the field stuff I saw him
doing the they had the panel there either with Milton never Kate never won doing
the halftime and at the end of the game and he's there with Thris Hammer
and he's kind of talking with them. They even brought it out when he
scored the touchdown. I thought that was really excited, Like this is just
really fun stuff. You know. Obviously we've talked a lot about Chack Kelly
this season, but seeing AJLT here, I think it's really great. The
other comment I had was Jack Kelly was having the time of his life here
and I know he got the big contract extension that we kind of missed the
episode talking because I think it was after the thing last week, but then
it was I had pre whatever taped stuff, but him getting his big extension,
and it really looks like he I did not see this from Chack Kelly
wanting to be kind of the perennial lifer here in the CFL. But really
looks like I'd be dance on the sidelines too if I was extended to one
of the highest quarterback contracts here. What did you make of this with the
chat Kelly, I know we miss kind of talking about his contract step.
Yeah, it was definitely I think a bit of a surprise. I think
a lot of us, you know, believe that I don't want to say
ego is going to get in the way, but you know, we all
kind of believe that he was going to be looking for another NFL shot,
and he still might get one. You know, I'm I'm personally skeptical that
he will, just because I feel like, you know, there was so
much I mean, dare I get into the Nathan Rourke stuff and how all
that's gone over. But you know, I don't know if he's going to
get an NFL shot at this point, just because again, he has a
bit of a different past compared to guys you know that we've seen go US
CFL to NFL, especially at the quarterback position. I mean, let's be
honest, there's not a lot of them, you know, but uh yeah,
I mean I think, you know, it was a well deserved contract,
and you know, some people also might view this as a bit of
a risk, just because you know, this is Chat's first year starting.
But I have no doubts. I mean, they're the best team in the
CFL right now. You know, this doesn't look like some sort of fluke.
I mean, he's been performing well now through you know, eighteen weeks
and uh, you know, hats off to him. I mean again,
well earned and you know, excited to see you know him, hopefully stay
in Toronto and kind of build a culture there because like right now, I
mean they're very well. It looks like they're well on their way back to
another Great Cup. And that's where all kind of started for Chad last year,
you know, when he came in and that's when everyone started talking about
him. Again. I think we've talked about it before, but like you
know, he had played a game before that, but uh, you know,
not exactly a memorable one, and I think it was only one game.
So you know, for him to come into the Great Cup and make
that impression, like I honestly think that's probably where they realized, like we
need to extend this guy one way or another. And then he's you know,
the play has definitely spoken for him the season on that front. So
yeah, really happy for Chad. It's great. You know again, Chad
Kelly is one of those guys where you really thought his career was kind of
over and he didn't know what was going to happen to him, and I
mean he was I felt like a couple of steps away from retirement at one
point, but want a turnaround. I mean, here he is, you
know, just slinging it in Canada every week, and you know, I
don't think that's exactly what everyone expected, but working out pretty well for him.
And he said, you know, he's gone on record saying, you
know how much he loves being up there in Toronto and it feels like a
home and you know, he can really build something there. And again,
like I feel like he wants to be there. It's not a fluke,
it's not you know, just saying that because we're winning and I can go
get another championship ring. I really feel like, you know, it's it's
important to him, the city of Toronto and the culture and everything. And
again, just just couldn't be happier for him. It's been a rough I
think it's been a rough maybe a couple of years for him in the past.
You know, he's done with some some legal problems, and I know
he's had I think his character maybe you know, I don't want to say
torn, but uh, you know, his character has been I think looked
at in a couple of different ways. A lot of people, I don't
know had the best image of him, but he's definitely cleared that he's cleared
that all up now and uh and that's really good to see, you know,
guys really making making something out of what originally was nothing. In a
way, Yeah, it's you know to me, it speaks to And it's
the same thing with the XFL and the USVEL like trying to get to this
point of you know, be in the spot where people can land and be
comfortable there, you know, even if it isn't your first choice. And
obviously Chad and you know, the Nathan thing, I think really kind of
hurt. And you can still see what the CFL media trying to kind of
rebound from that. Oh look like he's still doing it. Like, you
know, you want the CFL to be a place where at Chad Kelly can
come in and I can make whatever what's his contract, six hundred thousand a
year whatever, Like I can make great money. I'm a superstar. I
have a great team. You know, the staff here is awesome, the
coaching is great. I'm a superstar in Toronto. Like, I think you
got to get to that point, and I think it's exciting. You need
to have Chack Kelly is like that. And the XFL and the USFL.
We just saw where you know, the XFL got a puncher to the NFL
this year. That's awesome, and I'm glad everyone got opportunities, but you
need to get to the point where the XFL can be that too, of
like, hey, you can play in the spring and you can do your
other stuff and you still get on you know, TV and kind of be
whatever of a superstar. I had a question here for Jason before we move
off this game. I first off, Andy pointed out this they had like
their alt thing on today where it was like there the ALLT logo and it
kind of looks like the History Channel logo. I thought that was funny.
Their uniforms were great though, these alternative ones. Jason, what did you
make of that? And then what was this halftime show? Because I know
they had it on I had it on mute because I was watching the Mirragers
on split screen where the Proclaimers were they there were they playing? There was
just a cover band. This was a cover band or a cover band that
just plays cover. So I believe their name is Dwayne Dretzky. Yeah,
and you know the acoustics. The sound in tim Orensfield is honestly awful,
I think, And uh yeah, I couldn't hear any of the halftime show,
to be honest from where I was standing. But the guys that were
standing down there looked like they were having fun. I get speaking from experience,
because they had they had the wet show made up for when they were
there for their for the halftime show when I was there, or it was
him, then the lumin ear he did like the opening and then it was
the lumin ears and all of that, and yeah, it all sounded like
we could they just like put all these speakers and like they just they angled,
they brought it out all these big speakers and angled them all to the
fans. It just like you can't hear anything. Jason. Last thing on
this, did you like the all the all whatever they have is this like
there's is this a throwback jersey? What is this? Uh? The kind
of black hammer Jersey? I think they introduced it last year. I think
it's they're called the maid in the Hammer Jersey or something like that. Yeah,
I liked them as like a third Jersey. I like the you know,
regular home Jersey's better but it's always good to have a little change up
in the in the look. Here we go, moving on here. I
have been excited to talk about this game until obviously we have a great kind
of game last night with straightforward and all that listen to this, watch this
every snap the big liber Day or sorry, Labor Day Classic. I was
filming I do these little Indian festivals, and so I had my little CBS
Sports app and I had my Bluetooth. I was listening and they watched the
game on the way home. This was great. Saskatchewan has been you know,
lost many a time at home with winning bait kind of coming in Saskatchewan.
Here we have the penalties and all of that to talk about everything else.
Evan DF thoughts on this one before we get into it. Yeah,
I mean this, this game was great. You know, I unfortunately only
really got to watch the end of this game, and you know, it
sucks because I really like this game. I think I would have really enjoyed
watching from start to finish live. Yeah, I man, what a great
like it was just great. Like that's the best way I can put it.
And I think what's really important here what I'll really get into before we
start talking about players and you know, flow the game and everything like that
is Saskatchewan. So a couple of weeks ago I had this debate. It
was kind of like, well, Calgary Saskatchewan, they are the two teams
in the West where it's like they're kind of battling for that last spot.
And I think with this game, and I mean it was trending a certain
wave and before this game, but with this game, I think Saskatchewan has
officially you know, put themselves in that spot. They've separated. You know,
Calgary, Yeah, I get it, they won, they had to
come back. Whatever. They're maybe not out of it entirely, but I
don't know, it's like Saskatchewan, I think, with Jake del Galla at
the Helm, has been doing some really cool things and you know that they're
definitely making a lot of progress. You know. Yeah, they're above five
hundred right now, so they're over that hump. I just really like what
I've seen from them, and I feel like, you know, I'm not
gonna say that, you know, they're gonna go into the playoffs and make
a statement because I still feel like there's a couple of things that we have
to see before that but man like I wouldn't you know, I wouldn't just
immediately count this team out, you know, the playoffs. I mean,
if they can beat BC, if they can beat Winnipeg, you know,
there might be something there. And I know that's what a lot of people
might not want to hear. But I know Saskatchewan fans, like they're probably
sitting there, you know, hopefully we're thinking the same way, because you
know, I do feel like there is something now with that team. I
feel like they are better now than they were even with Trevor Harris. Maybe,
you know, I don't know if that's a bold statement or not,
but uh like there's just a lot of things that I feel like, are
you know, coming full circle over there, and it's it's good to see.
And you know, given how much change they've had over the past you
know year, they're kind of a rebuilding team in a way, but they've
they've already made a quick impression and uh you know, clearly they have the
right personnel I think to get it done. And right now I see them
in the playoffs and I see them, you know, still being competitive there.
Yeah, so obviously the big kind of highlight not highlight, but The
big talking point of this game is is the hit here we had on Claris
after the play Pete Robertson and I tweeted that yesterday and then sending out he'll
be suspended for the Banjo Bowls so he won't be in the game here on
the ninth Jason kind of initial thoughts on this because this was kind of the
big thing and we had Claros. I saw Jeff Hamilton interviewing him after the
game, talking where I have the clip here I can get to look up
friend of the jow Jeff Hamilton, and he's like, you know, what
do you think they're gonna do? And Claris, It's like, quite,
what do you think they're gonna do? They're not gonna do anything. He
was visible upset about this. He had to quote like, with his history
and concussions, he was surprised that they kind of didn't immediately do whatever.
And I know they pulled him off the sidelines to kind of do some checks.
What did you make of this? Kind of real controversial and almost caused
the Riders the game obviously until they came back. Yeah, I think this
was one of the stupidest things I've ever seen on a professional football field or
even professional sports in general, honestly, And that's saying a lot because I
watched watch the NHL as well, so I mean there's some dumb things that
go on there as well. But I mean, just it didn't make any
sense to me why it was so late after the play too, Like I
just it didn't make any sense to me. I mean, I don't think
Pete Robertson is a guy that has a reputation as a dirty player either,
So I mean, I don't know what was going through his head there,
but he's rightfully suspended for next week. Yeah they said here, Yeah he
was claris was couldn't believe that they failed to even throw the flag, and
then they needed the command sat to get the call. A lot going down
there, because he was incredible there, because you're sitting there, I'm driving
home watching the game, and they get the stop and they're they're we're going
to force Winnipeg to kick the field goal, and I think it would have
tied the game at that point. And then then they go and he does
this. It completely gives him a whole new stand downs plus everything else.
You know, Pipkin came in and what I thought was kind of cool was
you saw Claris on the sidelines like mad, because they gotta, okay,
we gotta you gotta sit out at least three plays and we gotta go through
the protocol here, and you know he wants to get back in and he's
fired up, and you know there, you know, you think, God,
I just drove the whole way down the field, like we want to
score, we want to take the lead. Really kind of hot there going
into overtime. I guess it was the first overtime victory here in labor Day
closet history, which is crazy, Rob Vanstone, friend of the show that
now it's with the writers, Evan. And then we talked like Saskatchewan kind
of training the corner here a Winnipeg a third loss for the season. What
do you make of that. I'm still not worried, but I think it's
still a reminder that, you know, I can't say this team is regressed
either. It's just still a reminder that, you know, things might be
more tight now, you know, not just in the West, but really
across the entire CFL than they were before. I mean, for a while,
it just felt like, you know, Winnipeg, they were the standard,
and I think they still are, you know, because every time you
think Winnipeg's out of it, you know, they'll turn things around and they'll
get you. I mean, if they go out, I don't know who
they're playing next week. I haven't looked at the schedule yet, but I
mean they could go out and you know, do demand a ball back?
It's the back and back. It's yeah, that's right. Okay, Yeah,
they're they're playing Saskatchewan again. That's right. Okay, Banjo Bowl.
It's gonna be hot, that's right now. Yeah, I mean you know
they like look when Winnipeg could easily go out there. I mean they're back
at home Banjo Bowl. Like they could go dominate next week against Saskatchewan.
I wouldn't be surprised because again, I think they still set a standard.
But you know the reality is like they're not. I think they were what
fifteen and three at one point last season or was that I think they were
fifty three? Yeah, I mean see now they're already nine and three.
You've got six games left. I don't know if they're gonna go undefeated,
you know, the rest of the way. So I don't know. I
mean again, record is one thing. I'm not really gonna get it into
record, but I think my overall point here is just, you know,
like even though Winnipeg may still be the standard, you can't guarantee things with
them the same way. I mean, they've had some games this year where
you're really just scratching your head, and even games that they've won, you
know, there's been a couple of times where you know, I'm like,
what's going on here? Like this isn't the Winnipeg that we know and love
and that we've gotten the custom too. I still think they have all the
right pieces in place. It's not something that needs to be changed. It's
just I don't know. I feel like sometimes you know, when you win
for so long, we used the term too comfortable. You know what.
I'm not gonna say Winnipeg's too comfortable either, but you know, I feel
like they might be trending in that direction and sometimes where they just have the
mentality that regardless of what happens, we can get it fixed. But you
know, sometimes the opponent might be looking at that differently and they might be
coming out too hungry, and you know, so so we'll see. It'll
be interesting to see you know what happens. I can't wait for the playoffs.
You know, there's a lot of intriguing things here. I just mentioned
before. Saskatchewan I think really has some momentum building. And boy, if
they go into Winnipeg in the Banjo Bowl next week and they go take that
game, yeah, I'm really starting to get sold on them, because at
that point there's seven and five, and I don't know that that's a team
I would not count out because I've always said, you know, rough Riders
have a lot of pieces on that team that I like, And again,
I like a lot of pieces on other teams, but Saskatchewan in particular has
some that I feel like, you know, guys that could be you know,
true superstars. Maybe not all of them have hit that status yet,
but they're certainly working towards it. And this weekend was a great example of
that. So, yeah, Winnipeg, going back to your point, read,
I don't know that this game for them, I think, you know,
part of it might have been I was really impressed with the crowd in
Saskatchewan. You know, part of it might have just been pure intimidation,
and you know, maybe they haven't experienced that in a long time. I
mean, I know they have good home crowds themselves, but you know,
a bit different when it's when it's the Labor Day Classic and it's a great
rivalry on the line. And again, you know, Banjo Bull next week,
so there's another opportunity for them to you know, they're going to go
back to their home and and try and you know, avenge this loss,
I guess. But yeah, ultimately, I think Winnipeg is just you know,
they have these games now where they just uh, there's a couple more
miscues and it ultimately ends up costing them. I think every game that they
lose or you know that isn't good for them. I feel like it's still
close. So that's again why you we're not right and Winnipeg off at all.
There's no way we could do that. They are the most talented team
in the league. But you know, sometimes there's moments like this where you
know, things just don't work out. And that was a prime example of
it. You know, Saskatchewan, I think it was just too much.
And again it was it was like Calgary they just had that you know,
like we need to go out and win this game, where at home,
you know, it's a great rivalry. There's so much on the line.
You know, if we don't win now, like you know, it puts
us in a I guess worst position, Like you know now that Saskatchewan won
this game again and over five hundred, which to me is a pretty big
deal, you know, with playoffs coming up in a only a couple of
weeks. Really, so yeah, I don't know, that's my that's my
bit about that. I feel like there's uh, maybe got carried away a
bit, but you know, there's there's a lot of talking about there.
It's it's interesting because I you know, yeah, no, you need this
rivalry to be hot, because Saskatchewan had got blanked at home for many,
many years. I mean, Jason, that's what I liked about it was
this this you know you call these rival recent times and when the pig comes
in and kicks your teeth and there, you know, it's like Toronto here
with Hamilton. I mean, this was a great show, like how how
bulletsh are you on? Jake Della Gallan kind of everything else here with Saskatchewan
Jason, Well, I mean, I think Dalla Gallas looked really good since
taking over the starting role. I think that one thing that stands out to
me with him is the arm strength. I mean, there are several tight
window throws he made in this one. I think on the two point conversion
to win the game, he had a really nice throw on that one as
well. So I think that it's good that he's playing well and as long
as they can have competent quarterback play, I think the rest of the roster
is pretty good. Like their defense. I know they gave up thirty points,
but ultimately they frustrated Winnipeg for large portions of this game. Look at
Zach clariss completion percent. It's pretty poor in this game, and I think
he had a really rough first half especially, So I think Saskatchewan's team overall
is pretty good and I think that maybe they even get Trevor Harris back down
the stretch and there can make some noise in the playoffs. Yeah, Bombers
had no passing yards in the first quarter, which is insane. It's insane
to think that when you when you like just visualize in your head, like
Hay like Winnipeg to be held to no passing yards. I had the other
things here. Oh and then we just had a couple like we're Winnipeg.
They had the kickoff and they decline the no yards or they gave up like
they had. There was a couple of rouges back and forth the Winnipeg gave
up, the kind of you know you kind of they kind of exist in
the vacuum. But then when it comes down to the end of the game
and you go to overtime, which is just cool. Like I know,
people pooh pooh the rouge and all of that, but then when you get
down to this tie ball game, it's kind of crazy that way to see
how everything comes together. I also thought, oh it was the game was
delayed on the CBS Sports here in the States because there were soccer going on
at Audi Field, which I just thought was interesting because Howdy Field is obviously
the home of the DC Defenders for the XFL, So I thought that was
interesting. That weird timing there. Uh you super Mario Alfred? They call
on Mario Alfred doing really good? Do we like that? Do you like
the super Mario and Evan? Are you high on the super Mario Alfred nickname?
Oh? I don't, I don't know, but I don't know about
nicknames, man. I mean, last time I think we talked about nicknames.
It was the Donut Boys in BC, and uh, I don't know.
We think it's been a bit far from that in recent weeks unfortunately.
But I mean sure, you know, I mean, I'll tell you,
like Mario Alford is a player, these are really I mean again, one
of the guys that I feel like, you know, maybe maybe he doesn't
get enough credit still because he's you know, a returner, just like guys
like Chandler Worthy. I don't think I had enough credit either, But yeah,
I mean, you can have fun with it. A couple of comments
here at Scott for the show Big Argos fan cats that go argos, Jason,
anything else on the Labor Day Classic, we'll get int the BC here.
Oh no, it was just a great game. Honestly, it really
lived up to the name of being a classic and just a classic great football
game. Well, it's cool. I mean, you know, we were
in the Gray Cup last year and it was not a very good crowd.
I think a lot of Saskatchewan fans were upset, you know, because of
the team missed the playoffs and they either like they didn't want to give a
Winnipeg like there was all this controversy. They didn't want to go and they
didn't want to sell the tickets. So it was cool to see mosaic like
big, you know, like kind of full, because it just when I
was there, I was kind of looking around. This is really not a
good crowd for the Gray Cups. So good to see kind of mosaic showing
that they can draw for that last game here. You know, at one
point in time, this would have been maybe a little bit more. I
wouldn't worried about this game, but ABC has not played great here in the
last couple of weeks. Felt really bad had Cody on the show. Cody
really did not have a good game here. I felt really bad for that.
He had a couple that end zone interception at the end. We'll go
first, Jason, what did you make of this BC winning? But I
found the storyline here was Cody maybe faltering a little bit. Yeah, it
was a must needed win for BC, But yeah, I think the bigger
takeaway is monfre All and I think that they still had a chance to come
back in this game late. But there was a key roughing the passer call
that was challenged, and I think it was Almando Sewell that had a big
sack that would have knocked BC at a field goal range when BC was only
up to at that point of the game, and upon review, they gave
them that roughing the passer call and BC was able to get the insurance touchdown.
So this game was a little bit closer than the score would indicate.
But I think at the end of the day, the Alouettes have proven once
again that they cannot beat any of the big three teams in the CFL,
the BC, Toronto or Winnipeg. And you know, they're o and five
against them, and I think they're six no against everybody else. Yeah,
this was I was watching. I had my my CFL Plus on my laptop.
I had the Mariners on because they you know, I can't because this
was the this you know, this was the online game. And Mariners came
down. They had the nail byither rebeat the Mets. JP had a home
run at the top of the ninth and then I'm watching the BC and Montreal
is making it. I'm like sweating through my socks. I was really I
really couldn't handle it was too much stress. Here, Evan, what did
what did you make of this? You know, Vernon finally come about.
BC really needed this. I mean this kind of would have been a disaster
for BC season to drop another one, right, I mean, BC definitely
needed it, But I feel like the storyline, I mean, you can't.
I just look at Montreal and I felt like that was start a winnable
game for me. It I really thought they were going to win, you
know, not not to I mean, not not to discredit BC or anything
like that. We all know they have the potential, and they ended up
you know, putting the game away and that was all fine and well,
but I don't know, I just looked at Montreal and I'm like, it
must feel it must just suck flat out because you know, you've got I
look at that game, and I'm like, they had a chance to win
despite Cody Fajardo, you know, playing one of his worst games of the
season, and you know, I don't know, I just I when BC
kind of a you know, overpowered them there at the end. But yeah,
definitely a much needed win for BC. I guess I'll start on that
side since it's a bit more positive. You know, Vernon Adams once again,
uh, you know, three hundred yards three touchdowns, Like what's new?
Just continues to do that every week, and you know, we shouldn't
be surprised at all to Kuan Mizzelle, Mizelle whatever it is. You know,
he had a i'd say, you know, somewhat quiet game, especially
because you know Montreal you know, will stand back, ripped off a big
run and I'd say he was probably the more impressive running back between the two.
But like you know, i'd give some credits to to Kuan Mazza.
I mean, he scored a touchdown on nearly five yards to carry. I'd
say pretty underrated performance from him, and not a player that we've talked about
it nauseum this season, just because I've feel like, you know, BC
hasn't been running the ball a lot. They like this, you know,
wide open offense where Vernon can throw you know, three hundred yards no problem,
and they've got six different receivers you know, working with whatever. There's
just not really a need for a guy like Mazella to do much. But
he did in this game. You know, he stepped up and it made
something happen. So that was good to see. And even Vernon. You
look there at the statute, eight carries fifty four yards, six point eight
average. I mean he was working there too, you know, he was
moving around and I know the the announcers we're talking a bit about, you
know, Vernon. Just to see him confident in his running abilities again,
you know, we're good. He kind of, I think, continues to
build on that. You know, Ever since his injury, I think you
know, there's been an increased level of from him when it comes to you
know, running the football, you know, and then again receiving go down
there. Like Alex Hollins, what's new, He's really he's almost taken over
that number one role in recent weeks. I know he was just on your
show. Yep, he was just doing that. I mean he was.
He was a really big player when I went to that game against Calgary and
you know, Keian Hatcher. It's that's been the one two punch really lately.
Was is Alex Hollins and Keian Hatcher. Those guys I think have really
stepped up more than than anybody else. And that's good to see more than
anything. And then yeah, I you know, going back to Montreal now,
Cody Fajarda, well, I think we've already talked you know about that.
It was just not not his best day he's had, you know,
as much as I've seen, you know, some surprising things from him this
season and overall a bit of improvement. And again, he's playing better than
I thought he would coming over from Saskatchewan. But you know, he's as
much as there's been those games, there's also been these games where it's like,
you know, it just feels like there's nothing going and yeah, he
throws for three hundred yards whatever, but sure didn't feel like that watching the
game. You know, I was like, uh, you know, I
just feel like there was a lot of a lot of struggles there, which
is unfortunate because again, you know, I do root for Cody at the
end of the day, and I feel like he does kind of have I
don't want to say he has an underdog mentality, but I feel like in
some ways he is the underdog in a lot of situations. Montreal is in
this weird spot now where you know, uh that they can beat the bad
teams, but they can't win against the good teams. So they're kind of
in this weird middle spot and uh, you know, kind of waiting for
them to really separate themselves here In the last couple of weeks. So I'm
sure they understand that, and I do believe that Cody can can lead that
charge here down the stretch again in his final couple of weeks. But I
think that the main storyline in the game for me here, well outside of
Austin Mac you know, who had a great game on the receiving end.
But we already talked about him so much. You know, I don't want
to recycle that too much, but we'll stand back. You know, stand
Back had that slow start to the season and he's been improving slowly since then.
But man, I mean he ripped off that run, you know,
went over one hundred yards on the day. That was great. You know
that to me, for the first time in a long time, that felt
like old will stand Back because he used to do that all the time.
You know, I feel like people who maybe are new to the game don't
realize, but this used to be a normal thing. You know, this
used to be something that happened every week. You didn't think much of it,
but now it's more of a rarity. So to see him do that,
you know, felt extremely special. Again, we talk about everything that's
happened with him, everything that's gone on you know, it hasn't exactly been
I think, you know, the best season for him, although he has
started to improve again in the past couple of weeks. I think he will
finish, you know, at a very respectable spot here. But you know,
again, just one hell of a play and you know, seeing that
live, you know, it just made me feel good. You know,
I was like and at that point in the game like to take the league.
Just just felt like, again, that was exactly what Montreal needed.
And I really hope we can see more of that again from Will down the
stretch here in these next or last couple of games, you know, just
because I really feel like, you know, he could honestly be the key
piece of this team if for whatever reason, you know, Cody keeps struggling.
You know, they only have maybe on one or two guys on the
receiving front, they can get it done all the way. I did have
some receivers come back too, and I know they've been depleted there, but
I'm I don't know. I look at Will stand back and I'm like,
this could be the guy that again really you know, allows Montrel to separate
a bit and get that big win that I think they've been lacking for a
while now, so I don't know. That's my take on that. That
was probably one of the most impressive parts for me. Yeah, oh and
totally. Now Lewis has a question, you're about the banjabol. We'll talk
about that at the end. Here we'll finish this game. The question I
have for Jason is, you know, when we saw it, Cody go
out, Caleb Evans performed really well, right, I mean, they they
win both the games, and they won at least one of them with him.
You know, there was calls we maybe don't want Cody to be at
the starting quarterback. Cody came back. They were on the short week coming
back from injury. Last week they lost here, losing the BC with a
full week, and that was kind of what Cody talked about in our interview.
And if you guys missed that, you know, the episode we had
Randy and Cody and who we had seven numbar on really good last week.
But here, you know, now, there's not a lot of excuses.
I guess. I guess I'm concerned for that. Tim and Cliff here tweeting
now with the Outlets fight deck, you know, Cody's looking overwhelmed and it
shows very boring football, Like how long do we stay with Cody here?
Jason, I guess is my question? Well, I think he still has
a relatively long leash, but it could get interesting because their next two games
back to back against Toronto, so those could be two losses. They could
be sitting at six and seven after being six and three, So that could
be a very realistic scenario. And I think at that point maybe you consider
if Jardo was really the reason for them losing those games. I think maybe
you consider a switch there. But I don't have much belief in Caleb Evans
as a starting quarterback in the CFL. I mean, yeah, he won
those two games, but I don't think he can show that with any consistency,
and I think we saw that over his time in Ottawa the past couple
of seasons. So I think the better off just riding it out with Cody
unless it completely goes off the rail here. Jason, are you what did
you make here in the Montarlots because they've they've looked hot, right, I
mean, we you know, I'm cheering for BC, but I obviously I
care about Montreal and they're well being as well. But like, uh,
what is the storyline now for Montreal season, because, like you said,
these two games, they could you know, Toronto could come in and just
completely kind of knock the wheels off this season. Like what do you make
of their welfare going forward? Well, I mean it's hard to say,
because going into the season, I thought this was arguably going to be the
worst team in the CFL, and there's certainly not that. But I think
there's somewhere in that mushy middle of the CFL where they're they're nowhere close to
those top teams and they're just nowhere close to being one of the worst teams.
So they're just kind of in the middle there. They'll probably still finished
second in the East just because of the status of the rest of the teams.
Hamilton doesn't look like they have their stuff together. Odda was very far
from that as well, so I think Montroll still finished the second. But
I mean, I don't have any faith in them, even if they win
the East Division semifinal, to go into Toronto and put up a fight.
So I think at the end of the day, yeah, they're just kind
of caught in the middle, and I don't think that they have a weight
out of it at this point. Yeah, just looking at my notes here.
Yeah, the run we should from stand back. That was his first
TV of the season, rushing TV, which is just crazy I think where
he was such a part of that. Yeah, Like I said, Cody
just really that terrible pick at the end. It was trying to kind of
play hero ball there throwing the I think there was three BC guys there with
the receiver Austin mac looking good. Oh yeah, and then we had that
Tyler sneed like trick playing for Montreal. I think I have that pulled up
at one point to show like, you know, Montreal trying. I mean
they're pulling out some stuff. Evan. Any other final thought, like what
do you know, final thoughts on this one before we kind of put this
to bed. Yeah, I don't, I don't know. I mean I
guess, you know, still just looking like down the stretch. I mean,
Jason brought up you know, Montreal's next two games. I mean,
you know, we'll see what happens. Like even if they do lose both
of those though, I mean, there's still gonna be in a pretty decent
position, like it doesn't really affect them that much. I feel like you
know Montreal as a whole, Like, yeah, you know, we talked
about Cody, but you look at the Alouettes as a whole. I mean,
they have a pretty long leash, you know when it comes to you
know, playoffs and things like that, just with the way the East has
panned out. So I don't know, I think ultimately, like I like,
there's still time to improve for Montreal, but you know, right now,
do they have the personnel to get that done? I don't know.
I'm an offensive about it, Like I feel like they could, you know,
come out and have some you know, I feel they could go out
and beat Toronto in one of these two you know, have a surprising outing
like you just never know. But even then, like, is that going
to be an accurate representation of what they are going to the playoffs? Like,
I don't know, it gets interesting here. We're gonna we really are
a kind of a turning point in the season. Again. I talked about,
you know, Saskatchewan, where they're at now, really you know,
getting over the hump, getting over five hundred, you know, big statement
win on Labor Day. It feels like they're making progress. You've got some
teams, you know, Winnipeg, even BC slowing down a bit in recent
weeks. Winnipeg, you know, having their game this week, and I
don't know if you can say that's slowing down, but you know, they
now they have three losses and uh, you know, I mean, yeah,
there's still the top of the West, but still some questions there.
So I don't know, it's it's a turning point in the season, and
you know, next couple of weeks are definitely gonna I think define you know,
we had We've had a lot of questions about certain teams this season,
and we've always asked, you know, oh, are they this or are
they that. I feel like a lot of that will get answered you within
the next I don't know, next three or four weeks, maybe next month
of the season. Through September, i'd say, is when we really start,
you know, figuring out like, Okay, well were we right about
these guys, were we wrong? You know, and all the things that
we've said in the past. So for me, it's kind of like an
evaluation period as a whole. You get to this and I remember when we
started coming to the CFL, They're like the games don't matter until after Labor
Day. And I hate that because like we're trying to sell, like you
know, trying to sell attendance in TV rating during the summer. But it
is what they say, like, you know, this is kind of the
second half of the season, and that's why we had Brandy Ambrosi on the
suite to kind of do the mid season check up. We had a funny
comment Harold Louise says, was was coding the Outlett's lost the curse of coming
on the Mark Cast. Well, so like Stephen Dunbar had a good week,
Alex Hollins is having good I think it's just quarterbacks. I think it's
quarterbacks because McClay Bethel Thompson came on when they were undefeated with the Breakers,
and then the Breakers lost. I don't even think I don't even know the
episode had aired yet, Like I think I tainted it for like a week
ahead, and I think they lost after he came on, and then famously
what was his name with Ben Holmes did not come on the podcast and then
won a Great Cup. So I think that the curse only worked for quarterbacks.
I think otherwise, if you're any other skilled position player, you can
come on and you're fine. The last thing here, Louis had a question
about the Banjo Bowl talking about that and I think they answered them the chat,
but it was the it was coined after the Blue MoMA Sprinser Try Westwood
a number of years ago called he said everyone in Saskatchewan is like banjo picking
in brands or something. Jason, do I have that quote right? Yeah?
I think so, Jason. Looking ahead of the schedule here, like
we said, BC much needed by week and then they'll come in. They'll
host Ottawa at home. Really has to be a must win I think for
BC there on week fifteen. Any other thoughts looking at the schedule next week,
I know we talked about Montreal going into uh, you know was six
six one nine or whatever they call it there. Yeah, I think it's
an interesting slate next week with all the rematches, and of course Hamilton and
Ottawa as well. So I think, you know, Hamilton just seems to
have Oddwa's number. I'm interested to see if that continues. The Red Blacks,
this is really their season. If they lose this game, they're pretty
much out of it completely. But if they can win, maybe they can
crawl their way back into it. They would actually be even with the tie
cats and wins, so I think they'd be one behind in the lost column.
But I think at the end of the day, that's a huge game
for both of those teams. And I think, you know, for the
other games, I think a Calgary and Edmonton again, if Calgary can win
that game as well, they'll have five wins Saskatchwe. If they pick up
a loss here, I think Winnipeg probably bounces back and beat s Scatchwe this
week. I think that's just the nature of them. I think they rarely
lose two games in a roll. I can't really think of the last time
they've lost two games in a row. So I think that's what I'm looking
forward to next week. Yeah, this is is Is it Triple Heather on
Saturday. That's remarkable here except for you know, say for this Hamilton game
the Friday, and that's kind of I don't know about that. This is
a tremendous slating games here, especially coming off of I think this Banja Bowl
is going to be very hot, like we talked about with kind of theo
obviously, the penalties and all that stuff seeing here with Edmonton and tray Forward,
and then I'm really curious, like we've said with montral and all of
that. Very excited Evan. Any other thoughts on week fourteen looking ahead?
Yeah, I mean, definitely some interesting games on the slate here. I
know we talked about, you know, Saskatchewan and Winnipeg kind of the revenge
game, and same with Calgary and Emonton. You know both those teams.
Well, Calgary already one, so really it's Edmonton, you know, revenging
their sort of slip up in the fourth quarter and giving up twenty two points.
But you know, the Saskatchewan Winnipeg game, I think really could be
if Saskatchewan wins again, like I said, and there're seven and five,
they go back to back, you know, beating Winnipeg first, you know
at home and then away, I mean that would be that would be great
for them. Then I would really feel confident about them, you know,
heading into this last couple games stretch of the season. Yeah, I guess
right. We got NFL, so now we got we're gonna have that because
no, I prefer the doubleheader Friday and then the douvileheader Saturday, three on.
That's a tough sells in the wife have the three games starting on that
bet. Yeah, I guess goofy scheduling now with the NFL and all of
that, we'll do our best. I need to figure out Friday's schedule.
I'm not quite sure what we're going to do, but go back and forth
with Jeff Hamilton. But I gotta work. We have this like Indian festival
that goes like through the night Wednesday and the Thursday, and they kind of
it's like their New Year's and it counts out at midnight and then they all
go crazy. So we'll see. I'm not sure. I'm a I'm gonna
beater Court like five guest interviews on Thursday coming off of that, but we'll
see. Check out Jason your channel obviously like and subscribe here as well.
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Jason, anything else from you, anything you have coming down the pike?
Not too much. I actually recently just started an NFL show over on
my channel as well, so go check that out in addition to all the
CFL stuff I have over there. Yeah, I'm I was saying last night,
I can't wait for Commanders Football because the Mariners have just kind of broken
my heart in the last couple of days. So no BC this week,
so little cheering on the Commanders. We are playing the Cardinals, I believe
at home. If we don't win against the Cardinals, who have yet to
name their starting quarterback, I think it's going to be a long season.
So God blessed there Evans. You know, Cooper cups out and hamstring injuries,
and Evans got its own or rational problems over there. So I appreciate
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