Excellent analysis. The best discussion is from 1:30 minutes to the end, where they discuss Canadian university QB Elgersma. There is a bias in the CFL coaching/scouting ranks which results in many good Canadian university players not getting recognized nor given a legitimate opportunity to be developed and play in the CFL. We definitely need more Canadian coaches/scouts in the CFL and less influence from south of the border.

thanks for keeping us up to date as always!

Great show!! The CFL cap going up to over 6 million is the best news I've heard since Doug Flutie. Great news. Doesn't TV agreement with TSN expire soon. I would love to see it go over 10 million. They will never compete with the NFL. But hopefully compete for their practice roster players.

Good show guys. Still a concern that the Bombers still have not got a good backup and successor for Collarus. Zach has one year left in his contract and will probably retire . Strevler or Terry Wilson are not good enough to take the Bombers to a Grey Cup if (when) Zach gets injured. We saw what happened in the 2024 Grey Cup when Zach got injured - total disaster. And Zach has had costly injuries the last two seasons. One would hope that Walters and O'Shea want to groom a successor in 2025 so they can seamlessly keep strong at that position. Will catch you guys next time.

given the current situation, could John Hodge please not wear an american hat?

2/3 of this podcast was pointless. All of those agreements are now null and void .

Should wear Argos Boat logo cap instead of baseball one.

Imagi e being BC,or Calgary and just learning that you could have kept your QB.. What utter Bush League BS.. All pending free agent agreements. should be null and void

Elks were wining and dining early before the start of tampering

Sorry JC you need to watch film on JJ Lapp!

Redblacks made 15 acquisitions on day 1 in 2022, they finished 4-14 and fired their coach at end of season. They were labeled as free agency champions

Good episode!

Congratulations! It's too bad the East West Shrine Game didn't invite a Canadian from a U Sports program this year. Hopefully they go back to inviting Canadians from Canadian schools.

Eliminate Qb sneaks when needing 1 yard for a 1st down/TD.

Locker room is no place to make interviews. Players have right to privacy!

Have to disagree with Justin Drunk. Putting the Vanier in the same stadium as the Grey Cup is a terrible idea. Cities bid on the Vanier and if you say that it "has to be" in the same city as the Grey Cup then U-Sports will get a cheap bid compared to other cities. U-Sports also doesn't like coming out west as much. After the Vanier in Vancouver they stayed out east. Finally Regina is going to break that trend but it'll be over a decade absence.

good to see passion for CFL from a cdn who played in nfl. My only issue is re the dislike of punting, he is coming from an nfl point of view where punt returns are negligible whereas in canada they are an exciting feature and stars are punt returners

Great interview! You guys hit all the big points that the Cfl are not properly addressing. This is why the league is forgotten especially in the GTA. It sucks for the players and the fans. I hope we can do better

The CFL moto should be- Our games are not fixed. No point in watching fixed games, no matter how good the league is.

Luke overall knows his stuff and is clearly a football buff. I hope more ppl pay close attention to him. CFL needs to find ways to incorporate this man as long as it's to our benefit.

The CFL is far far away from other leagues not close. CFL draft two rounds only on TV come on its a joke. Should put it on KZbin or something. Hopefully they have the combine on KZbin. Good points 👍👍👍👏👏👏

He said lots of interesting things, but I think the real challenge for the CFL is almost intangible, it's not marketing or money, but about creating a sense of urgency and consequence. As a season ticket holder, I love the game, it's the best place to watch high-level football with out breaking the bank. But the league doesn't inspire that irrational, die-hard devotion you see in NFL where even the Cleveland Brown fans can genuinely believe their team has a shot. That's the missing piece-how do you make every game feel like it really matters?

Luke Wilson for new CFL Commissioner!!!

I despise his idea of less punts. As a Blue Bomber fan the one player we sorely missed was Janarion Grant. His punt returns are electric and gave us such an advantage. One of the most popular players of all times was Henry Gizmo WIlliams. He was incredible returning kicks. Most popular player in the league for years. Incredibly short sighted take. What the NFL is doing with their special teams is ridiculous.

This guy is a total douche. He knows nothing about Canadian Football . He acts like his crap doesnt srink, yet he had less than 2000 career receiving yards. Chade Claypool had a more accomplished career,and his careervonly lasted 4 years

The explosion of fantasy football in the last decade. Supercharged the eyes on the NFL. Lots watch for their own team, not even following a specific team. Add in the gambling to the mix. You can see how ratings and TV revenue has gone thru the roof.

i think CBS got the best value with CFL and only paying one million dollars. CFL high level league and i think untapped potential in US market for CFL if marketed right .

Luke knows NFL. TSN is lucky to have him. He deserves a shot a ESPN but who knows what the politics down there will allow. And maybe a step forward for him would be co-hosting FanDuel with Sanchez - the fireworks would be exciting. Love his honesty in analytics and not pulling any punches. Thanks Justin for having him as a guest. A real treat.

Great chat!

The key to Taylor's success is his playing in a program that features RPO concepts. I would have like to hear Jim Nagy's thoughts on how playing in RPO driven concepts can help him in his adjustment.

He has been the leader the last couple of years - change is needed - removing him would be the thing to do. His message isn't getting through

How can you be comfortable with what you do. Are you kidding me?

As an ex golden hawk in Canada, this is great exposure for our Canadian universities. We have some good football up here

22:00 why is there no discussion of his soft skills, player feedback, assistant coaching hires, gm experience and ability to win through adversity.. nobody expected the backup qb to get it done. I don’t know if he’s an nfl coach or not but teams ought to be doing there due diligence and interviewing him to see what his vision is .. the raiders literally put AP in a HC role with no experience and how now swung the pendulum into an over the hill Pete 😅 while guys like no loyalty Coen and hyped up Ben Johnson are crowned as saviours 😂

Greer did it in a 16 game season Patterson almost did it in 14

Hoping Taylor gets a good look. Even if he is a Golden Gaels. From an old U.C Dino fan. Go Bob Torrance Go and Peter Canellan.

The fact that 170k CAD is only about 75k USD after tax and yiu guys talk about it like it is some massive salary is why anyone outside if Canada and maybe 3rd World countries would laugh at these numbers . Vernon Adams Jr earned more money than that during the 2020 season driving fir Uber in Washington State.

Juice Harris didn't need to lift weights

If Ryan plans to leave he most likely would want to bring up Arbuckle to the table for he did state that he has the ability to coach an wants him to coach for the argonauts. Seems like he would want to. Leave the team in good hands before heading across the border. Successful or not he will always havea plave in the CFL for Ryan Dwindedie is coach proven.

Well JC perhaps if the Lions weren't busy restructuring or pondering releasing 3 of their Receivers, they may have ranked higher than 6th in the " Schedule Reveal"....

Greer was a CFL legend watched him play at CNE stadium receiving long bombs from the great QB Holloway was incredible to see.

lol Mike O'shea will never leave here.. blue colored glasses Hodge

Good afternoon, gentlemen!

He will be fired at the end of 2025

Juuuuuuuuice!!!!!

Dunk is speaking in telepathy

Great to see you again! All the best to you!

Congratulations Andrew!

As a fan of the argos the fans are glad to have you back dont pay mind to those that have soo much to say yet they never come to thee games.

This is why you are in contril Ed. You clearly know what your doing. How is he making more then Tre. Ford. You jus do whats best for the team. You can get much more out of 2 OLmen then lewis.