TUESDAY SHOW RECAP
Tuesday was Episode #46 of The Rod Pedersen Show. Here are the highlights!
- With Dupes in Montreal at the Rogers Cup, Rod was joined in the bunker by Riders/Stamps/Ticats alum Marshall Hamilton and Amanda Ruller. They recapped Week 8 in the CFL and Queen City Ex.
- A major focus of the show was the Cody Fajardo hype, and if the Riders should open contract extension talks with their rising star QB. The Nevada product is on a 1-year deal, and could become a hot commodity if he reaches free agency.
- That spawned the daily Capital Auto Mall/Universal Collision Centre poll question: Is the Cody Fajardo hype too premature? The results were pretty much 50/50. Marshall feels Fajardo’s sample size is too small if the Riders are thinking about opening their wallet.
- Amanda Ruller covers the Riders for Access TV’s In The Huddle and said Fajardo is a very engaging personality and it’s easy to see why his teammates are drawn to him, and want to fight for him.
- The crew previewed this week’s Rider game at Montreal, and how the stars are aligning for the Riders to capture a 4th-straight victory.
- The panel debated the question: Who’s the #1 team in the CFL right now? They settled on Calgary, and the interesting fact that the Stamps continue to win without franchise face Bo Levi Mitchell.
- Free agent linebacker Marcus Ball joined the show via video chat from his home in Florida. He’s awaiting a contract from a CFL team, and says the LB position is too difficult to fill with a rookie, cheaper player. The 2x Grey Cup champion feels he has plenty of gas left in the tank and could help a CFL team.
- NFL Insider Jim Lang joined the show via video chat from Toronto and discussed NFL training camps so far. Jim discussed the hot bottom-team, the Cleveland Browns, as well as the Ezekiel Elliott holdout situation and who the contenders and pretenders are this NFL season.
- Saskatoon Blades broadcaster Les Lazaruk joined the show to discuss Fajardo Mania, the inaugural season of the CEBL’s Saskatchewan Rattlers and what a blow it would be to the Blades if 1st round pick Kirby Dach sticks with the Chicago Blackhawks.
- In honour of show #46, the panel debated sports figures who’ve worn #46. The group included Kitwana Jones, Andy Petitte, Andrew Kostitsyn, Roman Polak and Ben Street.
- Today’s show is available or viewing now on our Facebook page or you can listen to the podcast by clicking on the PODCAST tab at the top of the page.
- Wednesday’s show will feature guest appearances by Derek “Duke” Meyers, Amanda Ruller, the Leader Post’s Rob Vanstone and hockey blogger Steve Dangle.
- See you at 10 am MT Wednesday on Facebook Live!
