Third Down Gamble

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).

A lot of options.

You could see and smell the air in Regina, an AQHI of 10+ refused to leave the area Friday night.  Calgary takes down another top CFL  opponent, making their case that the Stampeders are for real.  What happened to Edmonton vs BC, Tre Ford throws for 34 yards?  To gamble or not, Roughriders try it twice and do not succeed.  (CFL on CBC theme music used with express written permission, podcast reced July 15, 2025).

Credit where it's due.

Tempers flare and suspensions/fines follow as the summer heat intensifies, what can be done?  What could Noel Thorpe have changed defensively in the final seconds versus the Lions?  Did both Hamilton and Edmonton turn the corner?  Three-game weekend with so much pressure on all six teams playing in the CFL, who will come away winners?  (CFL on CBC theme music used with express written permission, podcast recorded July 9, 2025).

Will, money, and expertise.

Panic buttons are being punched over early-season attendance, is there really a concern?  If so, what can be done?  Discipline causes concern for the Roughriders. Toronto's Derek Slywka has a game for the ages in Ottawa.  Which injured quarterback will be available this weekend?  Will the Elks win their first game Sunday?  (CFL on CBC theme music used with express written permission; podcast recorded July 2, 2025).