Third Down Gamble

Injection of positivity.

An amazing Week 10 of CFL football that provided much drama, intensity, and nailbiting finishes.  Montreal quarterback McCleod Bethel-Thompson struggles again, is placed on the six game injured list; can Caleb Evans right the offence?  What does Edmonton's win in Montreal, BC's in Hamilton mean for each team?  Argonauts' Head Coach Ryan Dinwiddie still wants answers for his team's performance.  (CFL on CBC theme music used with express written permission; podcast recorded August 12, 2025).

Rally this team.

A gut-wrenching loss to Hamilton leaves the Elks with more questions than answers.  Hamilton wins their six-in-a-row, is that offence unstoppable when Bo Levi Mitchell is running the show?  Montreal is hammered at home, are they in trouble?  Troonto and Ottawa play in a consequential game this week? Can Winnipeg avenge their two losses to Calgary?  (CFL on CBC theme music used with express written permission; podcast recorded August 5, 2025).

Fun to watch.

Quarterbacks: only Bo Levi Mitchell has played every game up-to-now.  BC's Robert Carter Jr. defies gravity in one of the most amazing interceptions you will ever see. Alouettes win in the final seconds, again.  Hamilton and BC claw back and forth in an amazing football game, highlighted by two Hamilton touchdowns in the last three minutes to win.  Has Winnipeg been knocked down from elite-team status?  Who will play quarterback his week in Ottawa: RedBlacks' Dru Brown and/or Stampders' Vernon Adams Jr.?  (CFL on CBC theme music used with express written permission;  podcast recorded July 29, 2025).

Quick Kicks with Steve Daniel (CFL Associate VP, Football and Team Analytics).

Special guest Steve Daniel joins to discuss quarterbacking in the CFL, how touchdowns off turnovers and kick returns impact the game, why lead fewer lead change equate to fewer games decided in the last three minutes, the depth of analysis now found in CFL Statistics, and how statistical presentations and understandings have evolved over the last 20 years.  (CFL on CBC theme music used with express written permission, podcast recorded July 24, 2025).

Caught him where he couldn't.

Guest-host Andrew Hoskins (The Turf District Podcast) joins to discuss the recent spate of hard hits on CFL quarterbacks and whether sanctions may follow with Hamilton's DaShaun Amos hit on Ottawa's Dru Brown.  The Tiger-Cats and Stampeders are making believers of many.  Ottawa Head Coach Bob Dyce, is his job in trouble?  Who will start at quarterback for Montreal and Edmonton this weekend?  (CFL on CBC theme music used with express written permission; podcast recorded July 21, 2025).