(alternative title: Argos win on missed FG; Football fandom freaks out)

After week 12, Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts could talk about how all four games came down to a touchdown or less, about another fantastic showing by the East, about how the top three teams by win-loss record are now in the East, about how the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are suddenly in second place thanks to the freefalls of the Saskatchewan Rough Riders and BC Lions…

And RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis do discuss such topics in breaking down and (slightly) hot-taking week 12 in CFL football – but it’s that rouge giving the Toronto Argonauts the literal last-second victory over the Riders that once again captured the collective imagination, indignation and, from south of the US-Canada border, confusion and derision. So RWB talks rouge (spoiler: Nooooooooooo! Never eliminate the rouge! Though some improvement could be made.)

The rouge, the games, the picks and predictions for Labour Day Weekend – all in this episode!

The Rouge White and Blue CFL Podcast: Rouge rouge rouge, yeah / It’s gonna get ya…

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Once again, Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts talk an anomalous sweep in the Canadian Football League – Just three weeks after an exceptionally rare 4-0 showing by the four East division teams, week 11 saw the visitors sweep the homedogs. RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis can’t decide which is more amazing: The visitors sweeping or Os going 4-0 in CFL Pick ‘Em.

Or maybe it’s the way the West has become the East, not to mention how suddenly the 3rd-place Winnipeg Blue Bombers and 5th-place Edmonton Elks look more like playoff contenders than the BC Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Adding intrigue to the league outside the lines were moves like the Hamilton Tiger-Cats hiring of Chris Jones (!) to the position of defensive coordinator; public appearances by brand new Edmonton *Elks* owner Larry Thompson and the concomitant will-he-won’t-he speculation surrounding the brand; and the imminent return of Chad Kelly for the Toronto Argonauts.

Otherwise, week 11 of the 2024 season was one of quarterback comebacks: Some quite good, some not so good, some quite amazing but not enough to overcome their own special teams…

Plus predictions for CFL Pick ‘Em (Did we mention Os went 4-0 last week? That means you’ll be fading this week, most likely…) and certainly something else.

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Sweeping it up weekly.

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OK, so the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast ins’t *quite* covering 1,001 news items, hot (or lukewarm) takes and predictions but hoo boy, is this league generating some serious fodder for chatter at the halfway point of the season.

First and foremost is the round of quarterback roulette in which most CFL teams are currently embroiled; more intrigue was added with the news that Nathan Rourke was released by the Atlanta Falcons and immediately re-signed by the BC Lions. Can Rourke’s reentry stop BC’s skid and reaffirm the Lions’ top-dog status in the West?

Also on the horizon is the expected return of Chard Kelly to the Toronto Argonauts, a morally dubious situation for team and league. Even more morally questionable is the rumour that new Edmonton Elks ownership will be reverting the team name utterly against the grain of the wider culture.

Some football actually happened up there in the Great White North, too, begging lots of questions going into the season’s second half, including:

• Trevor Harris or no, how far can the Saskatchewan Roughriders go with little-to-no running game?
• Similarly: Nathan Rourke or no, how far can BC go letting passing offenses move the ball at will?
• How long with the Calgary Stampeders, 4-0 at home and 0-5 on the road, maintain such an insane split?
• Are the Stamps and Toronto Argonauts better or worse than their win-loss records?
• What will become of Bo Levi Mitchell?
• Finally, could the 3-6 Winnipeg Blue Bombers actually crawl back into West contention?

All this plus picks and predictions for CFL Pick ‘Em, talk of this week’s (very scintillating) point spreads, and a few words on the importance of Kate Bierness.

The Rouge White & Bllue CFL Podcast: Ready for those second-half adjustments.

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