Week 8 in the CFL has the Rouge, White and Blue CFL Podcast a bit divided: co-host Os Davis has aged badly due to a third consecutive last-minute heart-attack special by his Montreal Alouettes, while Joe Pritchard reckons with his Winnipeg Blue Bombers playing some shabby football for the first time since before Covid-19…

As ever, the RWB recaps the past week of football – including those comeback specials by the Als in Calgary and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in BC. We’ve also got a summary of the Crankshaft comic strip’s featured story on the Blue Bombers game and picks/predictions for next week (told y’all the pick in week 8 was the Hamilton/BC over!)….

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: One more victory like this and…

Sure, the Rouge, White and Blue CFL podcast will do the usual weekly bits: co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard talk week 7 action, make picks and predictions (for what it’s worth) on the week 8 games – you know the deal.

But first, the RWB chats up a neat informal CFL crossover event that will be going on for a few weeks yet. Get this: The creator of Crankshaft –

No, not the auto part. This Crankshaft is a spinoff of Funky Winkerbean –

Funky Winkerbean? It’s running today but was a particular favorite in the 1980s and 90s. As it turns out the creator of Crankshaft and Funky Winkerbean is a huge Winnipeg Blue Bombers fan, so the next couple dozen Crankshaft comic strips will be devoted to –

“What’s a comic strip?” Ah, never mind, just check out GoComics.com and you’ll get right into the story.

And the RWB promises they’ll be no other old-guy stuff for the remainder of the episode.

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: “We also sat around and watched football, which back then was called baseball…”

This week’s theme on the Rouge, White and Blue CFL podcast That strange feeling when the Calgary Stampeders and Hamilton Tiger-Cats are leading their divisions…

RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis look back on a week 6, which not only saw the Stamps and Ticats notch wins against division rivals, but wins games by dint of defense rather than ace QBs. Strange times, indeed.

On the other hand, another sad loss by the Edmonton Elks may already be taking this team off the playoff standings board already in what is probably another loooooong season for Elks backers.

This plus a look ahead to picks and predictions for week 7 – Will it be another four games in bizarro world….?

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast: Really, though…?