TUESDAY RUNDOWN: THE COMMISH! PLUS JETS TALK AND MORE

We were honoured to be joined by the Grand Poobah of Canadian football and a big Winnipeg Jets name on Tuesday’s Episode #1,070 of The RP Show on Game+TV, WQEE Radio, Podcast and YouTube Live! Here’s the rundown:

• RP and Moose Dupont got the show going with The Warmup covering these Quick Six show topics: 1) The Blue Jays top the Nationals 6-3, 2) Nathan Rourke is waived by the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars. What’s next?, 3) Rod’s NHL Central Division prediction is: DAL – COL – NSH – WPG – MIN – STL – CHI – ARZ, 4) A trade in the NFL between the Panthers & Chiefs, 5) John Herdman takes over Toronto FC, and 6) NORCEA volleyball gets underway in Quebec City.
• CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie joined us in Segment 2 for a lengthy chat. He previewed this weekend’s Labour Day Weekend match-ups presented by OK Tire and said the intensity ramps up beginning this weekend! Ambrosie also discussed attendance being up in Toronto, BC and Montreal and expects packed stadiums this weekend. Regarding Maritime expansion, Randy said the door isn’t closed on Moncton, NB being home of the Atlantic Schooners. However he said the desire is still Halifax and there several interest groups in bringing a CFL team there.
• The daily Key Auto Group poll question was: Will Nathan Rourke ever play in the CFL again? At press time over 60% of respondents said no.
• Winnipeg Jets radio analyst Jamie Thomas joined the show for a camp preview and went through all the forward lines and various combinations head coach Rick Bowness has at his disposal. J.T. agreed with Rod that the Jets are a very good team coming back this season, despite the drama. He also addressed viewer questions including how the team will replace the goal production in the absence of Blake Wheeler and Pierre-Luc Dubois.
• In Hour 2 we were joined by Matt Afinec of the Hamilton Grey Cup committee. He discussed all the exciting events planned for this year’s CFL Championship Week and its “Hamilton flair”. All the info is at GreyCupFestival.ca.
• Monday’s Rockstar of the Day was Chris “Knuckles” Nilan. Tuesday’s was Randy Ambrosie.
• If you missed the show you can catch the replay at 10 pm PT/12 am CT on Game+TV, on our YouTube Channel or wherever you enjoy your podcasts.
• See you at 12 pm ET on Wednesday on Game+TV, WQEE Radio and YouTube Live!